Posted on 03/05/2024 9:03:35 AM PST by marcusmaximus
It’s reckless, if not insane, to deploy an open-top, unarmored all-terrain vehicle—in essence, a heavy-duty golf cart—in combat just a quarter mile from the front line.
But two years into Russia’s wider war on Ukraine, Russian commanders are at least reckless if not not insane. Apparently this weekend, a Russian unit—possibly the 488th Motor Rifle Regiment—attacked positions held by the Ukrainian 60th Mechanized Brigade in Yampolivka, in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast.
A Russian column including what appeared to be MT-LB armored tractors and at least one T-90 tank motored west toward Yampolivka. That itself wasn’t unusual. What was unusual was what else was in the assault group.
Several Desertcross 1000-3 ATVs. The Chinese-made Desertcross is an 85-horsepower ATV. It’s the kind of thing you’d find at a construction site or on a farm. It’s not the kind of thing you’d ride into battle, as it lacks armor and weaponry.
But as Russian vehicle losses exceeded 10,000 late last year, the Kremlin bought 2,100 Desertcrosses for $17,000 apiece—and shipped them off to Ukraine. While it makes sense for Russian regiments to use the ATVs as utility vehicles in rear areas, it doesn’t make sense to load them up with infantry and add them to assault groups.
That’s exactly what some callous Russian commander did this weekend. And with predictable results. As the assault group closed to within a quarter mile or so of the outermost Ukrainian positions, the 60th Brigade peppered the group with cluster shells then plucked at it with explosives-laden drones.
When the smoke cleared, the T-90 and several Desertcrosses lay wrecked among a lot of dead Russians.
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The rat is leaving the sinking ship.
Victoria Nuland’s Ukraine project has utterly failed and the shadow President of Ukraine resigns from the US Govt in disgrace. She will be remembered as the coup manager, proxy war aficionado, NordStream plotter and “Fuck the EU” lunatic who…— Kim Dotcom (@KimDotcom) March 5, 2024
Golf carts stronk as bull!
The resignation of Cookie Nuland is primarily due to the upcoming investigation by the FBI and the Office of Special Operations. investigations of the US Department of Justice, where 10.5 billion dollars were spent on Maidan in Ukraine (the public was told about 5 billion), as… https://t.co/QE5CkfyvHt— -- GEROMAN -- time will tell - 👀 -- (@GeromanAT) March 5, 2024
LOL! Geroman the Nazi from Austria!
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What are the odds she shows up in Europe to stoke a few European countries to put troops into Ukraine.
She’s not going away; she’s redeploying to other locations.
It worked before:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_on_Sidi_Haneish_Airfield
Why did Victoria Nuland resign doink?
Golf cart?
as a golfer and someone who has tipped a cart or two, golf carts are far tougher than most people think. except in ponds.
If I remember jeeps were utility vehicles and not normally deployed as offensive attack vehicles. Getting ambushed in one or an MP ceckpoint version with a machine gun, isnt the same as using one in an assault.
Iz not ‘golf cart’! Iz Ruzzian T-24 tank! T-24 iz stronk az bull!
“golf carts are far tougher “
This is going to be a great movie .....
I’m thinking ...... Jason Statham
Transporter 5 .... OR .... Crank 3
I can not wait
Did you get your identity mixed up?
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"Abuses of democracy and human rights continue to be a daily occurrence in Ukraine. The appointment of Dmitry Yarosh, the leader of Right Sector, a nazi-fascist paramilitary force, as an advisor to the armed forces that have spread terror across the country, constitutes yet another sign of the authoritarian and anti-democratic nature of the present government in Ukraine.
Dmitry Yarosh, wanted by Interpol, has been tasked with integrating volunteer battalions into the army with the support of US instructors present in the country since the middle of last March.">
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What are the odds she shows up in Europe to stoke a few European countries to put troops into Ukraine.
She’s not going away; she’s redeploying to other locations.
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BINGO
She’s desperate.
"David Axe", Forbes' King of the Red Rubber Nose.
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