Miroslav

Between 6 to 12 Ceasar 8x8 will be sent to Ukraine.
 
https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2022/10/01/la-france-prepare-la-livraison-de-nouveaux-canons-caesar-a-l-ukraine_6143991_3210.html
 
 
Those vehicles were initially part of the Danish order, but according to the article they were still in the technical validation phase and there were (unspecified) problems regarding compliance to Danish requirement so the Danes were not too fussed to see them donated to Ukraine.
 
Compared to the 6x6 version, the 8x8 has a more powefull engine (410 hp) to compensate for the increased weight (from 18t to 32t), has an armored cabin complying with lvl 3 STANAG and lvl 2 IED, carries twice the number of rounds (36 vs 18) and use an improved loading system.
 
Will be interesting to see if the 8x8 will handle the upcoming mud better than the 6x6.

I think this shows pretty well how disjointed from reality leadership of the army/politicians were in the start of this war.

 
 
 

A bit on ASVK-M use.
 

Norwegian M109A3 spotted in Ukraine around Kiev :
 

Yes but if China become the sole supplier of critical components to Russia and their main buyer for natural resources China will be the one who set the prices, not Russia.
The main risk long term is to see an increased vassalization of Russia to China. China is already the senior partner in the relationship between the two country, and regardless of the issue of the war it will only get worse at times goes on (heck if Russia is actually perceived as winning the war, the sanctions could always potentially become worse).
 
A Russia dependent on China for it's key imports and exports will have to sell it's resources for cheap and China may be actually able to get their hands on a few key technology they still have issue with (like fighters jet engines), potentially driving Russia out of the weapons export market by proposing cheaper alternatives with a similar technological level. Reduced income from sale of raw resources (potentially compensated somewhat by increased market price) and a civilian and military industry that's becoming less competitive will only see the Russian economy worsen.
 
The longer this war drags on the worse it will be for everybody but China :
Europe will be lacking energy and raw resources (at least in the short term) and is currently spending a lot to plug the biggest gaps (abyss) in it's defence (though the later will probably help in the long run). For the US, in the short term they will see Russia disappear as a threat (not that Russia was much more than a regional power with access to nuclear weapons at this point anyway) and they will be able to sell gas and weapons to Europe. Long term they'll have to face China as a country with access to cheap Russian natural resources and that didn't spent anything (be it resources, money or military potential) during the war in Ukraine (same problem apply to Europe as well). Russia will end up in a much worse situation by the end of this war, that much is a given at this point (Worse economy, severely depleted military potential, a part of the educated population having fled the country, isolation on the international scene, etc). The only question is by how much. As for the rest of the world, they'll have to suffer from the long term consequences of a major economical crisis potentially coupled in the short term with a lack of wheat for some country.  
Also keep in mind that China may not want to alienate it's western economical partners too much (at least for a time) so the support it will provide to Russia may be limited (potentially making Russia fall faster and harder and thus cheaper to buy out when they'll get really desperate).
 
Really the best scenario for the world as a whole (Ukraine and Russia will get shafted in one way or the other anyway) is for the war to end as fast as possible (which should be obvious at this point). One reason for the war to end would be one side suffering unsustainable attrition be it in men or material. Russia still have the mobilization card to play (but that may be a hard sell to the Russian people) and potentially greater reserves of soviet era material. Ukraine meanwhile, may gain the technological edge if western weapons supply goes on and they have a population that is ready for full mobilization. On the other hand, Ukrainian moral seems to be flagging lately (at least in Donbass) and it's their country which will be in ruin when the dust settle. Russia could also stop the invasion if they manage to take enough of the Donbass to sell it as a victory, but Putin and the associated system is really playing their political future on this war (from the outside it looks like more and more that they locked themselves in a do or die situation) so it will have to be somewhat significant gains.
 
The way I see the situation right now is that Ukraine is aiming for maximal attrition of Russian forces in order to make the political and economical cost of the war unbearable while refusing to fall back in Donbass (even if regrouping could help militarily) and pushing back where they can (like in Kherson which would also double as slap in the face for Russia if they actually manage to retake it). Ukrainians knows that every territory they lose now, they'll have a very hard time reclaiming it once the war is over. Russia on the other hand is trying to gain as much control of the Donbass as possible in order to achieve a victory of some kind while taking minimal risks to limit their losses (advancing slowly while destroying everything in front of them by a massive use of artillery).
 
There is also a risk that Russia may escalate the conflict in some way (Full scale mobilization for example), the rethorics of some Russian reporter or even politicians is becoming increasingly disconnected from reality and we are hearing absurdities like a presenter saying on Russian state TV that we have entered WW3 and that Russia will have to demilitarize the entirety of NATO :
 
Or a member of the Douma seriously saying that Russia should kidnap a minister of defence from a country member of NATO while they are in official visit in Kiev.
 
Words have a meaning, and it should be high time that the Russian elites remember that. Because spouting that kind of non sense all days long on public channels will end up leaving a mark in the long run.
 
 

Russian SFs after Syria started to show some love to Ksukha, lel.

Well, I think the Army is about to relearn some very silly lessons with NGSW, but one thing I doubt they'll regret is the M157 NGSW-FC.

Moded AK-105s or 205s used by Chechen Rosgvardia unit

 
 

It wasn't me who said that. I don't know about Chinese birder problems, this part of Russia is quite calm. Only region that might generate problems are Central Asia, islamists, Afghanistan-related.

Yeah that solution seems like a bandaid, and I wonder if the AM series is poised to take over once that becomes obvious.

After few guntubers said about Russian army having no red dot sights - here is few pics of Russians with red dot sights.

 
 

DMRs of VDV troopers that were going to Ukraine.

 
 

At this point i have no idea. Seriously.

To quote myself:
 
 
Your impoliteness is uncalled for and your accusation of laziness would be better aimed at yourself.

In a discussion on an ongoing war, in which parties to the discussion are citizens of the warring nations, it really would fit you as a moderator to have an ounce more respect and grace than Eric Cartman.

To quote myself:
 
 
Your impoliteness is uncalled for and your accusation of laziness would be better aimed at yourself.

In a discussion on an ongoing war, in which parties to the discussion are citizens of the warring nations, it really would fit you as a moderator to have an ounce more respect and grace than Eric Cartman.

Yes. Specifically parts with Slavic-heavy population. Russia will fall apart into bunch of small homogenous-ish countries, if this route will be unopposed.

Yep. It looks like they'll get some T-72M1s and BMP-1s (including ex-Swedish Pbv 501s, but they're not seen on the train below), as well as Bushmasters from Australia.
 
 
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/czech-republic-sends-tanks-ukraine-czech-tv-reports-2022-04-05/
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/germany-okays-sale-former-gdr-infantry-fighting-vehicles-ukraine-2022-04-01/
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-04-01/what-is-the-bushmaster/100958322

An old mystery finally solved! The inner workings of the TKB-022 revealed courtesy of Max Popenker:
 
 

Russian thermal imager/NVG monocular "TNM", with fused vision function by Shvabe

 
   And another device, made in Russia (or assembled), unknown name, found here, for sale for 700 000 rubles.

 
 
   And videos of view from it, showing fused mode.
https://vk.com/video2297868_456239253
https://vk.com/video2297868_456239252
https://vk.com/video48278575_456239466

ADS on MoD calendar dedicated to SSO/SF

 
 

And another day dedicated to one of most notorious weirdo gun designers/modifiers in current days in Russia - the infamous Obobob.
 

 
https://vk.com/@sofa_expert-ak-74mb
   And here is AK-74MB. Inside it is just stock 74, all changes are bolt on stuff:

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 

Interesting thing - a version of AK for a time of big war.

 
 

thx for all the responses was more curious then anything else

This whole AK-50 project is useless waste of time and money, if we speak about just a weapon. Not a bad way to get spotlight, though.