Russians and chinese both get black eyes.
Don’t those tires come with a 50,000-mile warranty?
Great article đź‘Ť
“Might”. Based on one photo of one vehicle.
Yep. The invaders are losing $15 million air defense systems because of cheap knockoff chicom tires and lazy maintenance.
Xi needs something to shift his focus.
I heard an early report over a week ago now that the forces coming down from the north are largely from Belarus and that those forces were not battle ready like forces from Russia proper. That might explain morale, readiness, and maintenance issues.
Do you mean Chinese tires could be the chink in Putin’s army?
Sources on Telegram and Twitter are saying that many of these vehicles have dry rotted brake lines and so forth from no maintenance.
*side note: China is watching very closely because many of the weapons Ukraine has been given have also been given to Taiwan. They now know that any invasion fleet crossing the Strait will be destroyed.
Might be the tires. Or it might be the bridge ahead of them that blown.
IF ONLY Putin had ponied up for Michelins. Well, maybe next time Vladimir.
“’stalled’ 40-mile-long military convoy in Ukraine “
Are they really stalled, or are they building up and positioning? I guess it depends on who you ask.
It is too bad that Ukraine doesn’t have the wherewithal to effectively attack this parked convoy.
Or , excerpt from this article:
https://patrickarmstrong.ca/
Russia Observer
RUSSIA UKRAINE 2
Snip..."At the moment they are readying for the next phase. The long column that so obsessed the “experts” on CNN is the preparation for the next phase. And that is this: “You didn’t get the hint, so now we have to hit you”. The fact that the column has been sitting there indicates that the Russians know they have complete air superiority. Secondly it is a message to the Ukrainian armed forces that it’s over, give up. (And one should never forget that the Russians/Soviets have always been the best at strategic deception, so who knows what’s actually there versus what the images show?)
As far as I can see they’ve created three cauldrons (encirclements). Probably the most important one is the one around Mariupol where the main concentration of Azov, the principal nazi force, is. Another is being established around the main concentration of the Ukrainian Armed Forces facing LDPR. And there appears to be another developing to the east of Kiev. A super cauldron of all three is visible. The nazis will be exterminated; the ordinary Ukrainian soldier will be allowed to go home. The nightmare question is how many ordinary Ukrainians will be free to choose. ...snip"
(Article has discussion of what Russia wants; Capitulation without extended street battles. go to link)
Snip...."We are seeing the collapse of post Cold War triumphalism, “end of history”, “unilateralism” and all the rest of it. Reality is biting, and biting hard. All you have to do is watch CNN’s parade of talking heads and “experts” speculating about how crazy Putin is: they don’t understand, therefore he must be nuts. For the West, as it has been, it’s over. The confusion, the bullshit, the boasting, the hysteria, the bans: the West has nothing left in the locker. Pour Russian vodka down the toilet, fire a singer and director, change the name of a drink or a salad, ban cats or trees, sanction a Russian plutocrat and steal his yacht, wear a blue and yellow t-shirt. Pathetic. And don’t, under any circumstances, allow a Russian outlet to tempt the sheeple with “disinformation”. Just like the USSR but stupider. And who thought stupider was even possible?" ...more at link.
(Clinton, Obama, Biden. Architects of American Decline that have brought us to this point. (Writer: "I was an analyst in the Canadian Department of National Defence specialising in the USSR/Russia. I started in the time of Chernenko and watched the whole thing develop.
I was a Counsellor in the Canadian Embassy in Moscow 1993-1996.
I retired in May 2008 and have been writing on Russia and related subjects on the Net ever since." Snip.
(Before the reign of Trudy the Red.) Another viewpoint.
Need a graphic of the bwahaha guy pointing at China tires.
They work. Had one blow out on the Howard Frankenstein.
5.56mm
Presumably the convoy stopped under the envelope of S-400 anti-aircraft batteries in Belarus and beyond the reach of any artillery camouflaged near Kiev.
*facepalm*
Besides weapons, can Russia build anything right?
Bought a new 23’ travel trailer in 2020.
Side note, I could sell it now and more than I paid.
Anyway, I was talking to a friend, who has the same manufacturer trailer. He had a complete casing failure while towing and pulled over to change the tire. It exploded and ruptured his sewage pvc and he had to change the tire in a puddle of his own poop water.
Did some research and sure enough, these cheap CHYna tires are a known issue, even on light travel trailers.
I immediately bought five new HD Goodyear tires
Choose wisely grasshopper.
No roadside assistance swimming in my own poop water.
...that is all