Posted on 07/30/2023 6:19:30 AM PDT by JonPreston
> Or are we stuck with having to examine reports from both sides and trying to figure out where the truth lies?
Always.
> That’s an average of $20,719.35 per year.
Reasonable return for the amount of time it probably takes to put it together day after day.
“genocidal assault”
I don’t think you know what those words actually mean.
Was the USA committing “genocidal assault” in Iraq and Afghanistan? How about Libya?
When people say “it’s all propaganda, everyone is lying”, it’s a cop-out that reminds of people saying that they used to work on their own cars, but now they’re “too complex”. Well, yes and no. If you’re changing brake pads (or doing any other front end work), changing belts, hoses, alternators, etc., very little is new. If you’re trying to troubleshoot a CAN Bus, that’s a different ballgame. But the thing is, most of the complex computer-controlled systems (like engine control) will also point you to where the problem is, and things like CAN Buses rarely fail (at least in imports).
And then you have YouTube.
So my conclusion is that people who claim the above simply don’t want to do the work.
No question. Some of the pro-Z channels are pulling in more than $100K a year, and one much, much more. And YouTube / Google harvests from all.
“WOLVERINES!” ;)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loWQv6EYfwI
04:36 / 10:38 in the video
June 7, 2023 at the beginning of the Ukraine offensive
“Lone tank” with artillery support.
AND! The Russian tank only fired potatoes at the Ukrainians!
The Ghost of Moscow.
Tweak of the Day!
The dead men aren’t.
“The truth is Ukraine is still Ukraine after 500 days of genocidal assault by Kremlin Bolsheviks. “
The Ukraine Ministry of Propaganda thanks you for your support.
“Its in a mine field. Old video from early this year, now in USA hands.”
Regardless of whether the incident took place in a mine field or if it’s an old video, the main focus of my initial post remains on the significance of drone spotting targets and effective tactical communications in modern warfare. The context and location of the specific incident may vary, but the core message about the importance of these factors in contemporary military operations still holds true.
Both the Russian and Ukrainian military are showcasing this capability.
One Russian Tank Defeated Entire Ukrainian Column. Russian Recaptured Areas Near Statromaiorske
Prominent Russian milbloggers have been increasingly presenting Ukrainian counteroffensive operations inaccurately as a series of failed Ukrainian assaults along the entire line of contact.[1] Russian milbloggers widely amplified footage on July 29 claiming that it showed a single Russian tank defeating an entire Ukrainian company with armored vehicles as if the event had occurred recently, but the footage is actually from June 7 and shows Russian artillery units striking the Ukrainian column.[2] Russian sources have previously recirculated old footage to support claims that Ukrainian forces are suffering significant armored vehicle losses, and the amplification of the footage on July 29 indicates that Russian sources are deliberately amplifying old footage to support the Kremlin narrative.
You can verify the citations in this PDF.
Whether this skirmish occurred in June, or in July, this is professional commentary on what is observed.
Copied twitter post for those without access
https://twitter.com/GeromanAT/status/1685527899955249152
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— GEROMAN — time will tell - 👀 —
@GeromanAT
After the publication of footage of the defeat of the UAF convoy near Novodarovka in the Zaporozhye region, accusations were poured against the RF Armed Forces that the same attacks were published several times. Here’s what you need to understand about it.
Firstly, the crew of the T-72B3, who jumped onto the convoy with equipment and single-handedly shot the first two tanks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and several armored vehicles in a few minutes, shows an incredible level of professionalism.
It is worth recalling that the Ukrainian troops that were ambushed were equipped with modern weapons, drones for reconnaissance and received information about the movements of the Russian Armed Forces from NATO intelligence, but after the first explosions of equipment, all assistance was reset in a few minutes.
Secondly, few people noticed that the tank arrived at the place of accumulation of the Armed Forces in just two minutes, after which it began to conduct rapid fire from a prepared position. This once again confirms that the Ukrainian troops in this area were waiting and the effect of surprise was used not by the attackers, but by the defenders, which is generally surprising, given the reserve and combat capabilities accumulated by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Thirdly, the absence of artillery fire in the first minutes of the battle is quite logical. Artillery fires at coordinates and works across areas, and in this case there was a risk of covering the crew of the T-72B3 tank with fire. If you watch the episode in its entirety, you can clearly see that after the crew of the tank worked and retreated under the cover of the second vehicle (it approached after the main phase of the shooting of the column), the Russian artillery finished off the damaged equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine without risk to friendly forces.
Fourthly, the accusations that the mines did half the work for the tank crew look completely ridiculous. Minefields, the work of which the Military Chronicle described in detail earlier, were just invented in order to do half the work on the battlefield. It is noteworthy that their density is high even on the 55th day of the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and this problem is not solved by the Ukrainian army for many reasons.
It is important to note something else. The Ukrainian military is dying en masse on the front line without fire cover, and scarce Western equipment at this time is in hangars for security purposes, especially after the footage of the defeat of the Leopard column and the Bradley infantry fighting vehicle covered by the world media.
The loss of people of the Armed Forces of Ukraine seems to worry much less than the loss of equipment. Tanks and infantry fighting vehicles will be much more difficult to get a second time. Such an approach inevitably leads to the depletion of the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, regardless of what type of attacks (local or brigade) are used for strikes.
Video from a different angle from Novodarovka once again confirms that the defense of the RF Armed Forces is built correctly and works.
Военная хроника
Two Majors
[Whether this skirmish occurred in June, or in July, this is professional commentary on what is observed.]
Weasel words for “mostly true fake news”
Just trying to play along with the weasels without having to sort back through the messages that geolocated this skirmish and dated it as part of a multipronged Uke offensive that occurred in July and was claimed as a Uke success
Regardless, the tactical observations are provided for military analysts
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