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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLuzFvTM0TU

Wasn't there a lightly armored APC version of the little T-20 gun tractor?

I think it was used for artillery tractors. 

Maybe not complete noobs but people who have at least touched a rifle once. Even the greenest of the green usually have ~20 hours of basic weapon training before doing live fire. 

I don't know if things ease immediate/remedial action on the rifles and ease of mechanical or battle sight zeroing are going to be to much in detail for a video? 

I go with  standard range of targets from 50 to 300 meters. Each rifle fired from a standing, kneeling, sitting, and prone positions. A quick run through a tactical range if you have access. Field stripping, maintenance, magazine loading and reloading. I'd also use experienced shooters if you want to get the most accurate results. 

I guess because I've been doing that period of living history for so long, I figured people had already run that Berserk stuff through the wringer.

The real "scary" guys are the ones with the good armor and the carrying the Dane axe.    

I also am not particularly familiar with the details of ERA. 

Couple questions;

1. How effective would DPICM be in setting off ERA? One of the tactics we trained on as forward artillery observers was to shower tanks with DPICM to damage external components such as optics, antenna, gun tubes, and ERA. However, I never had the opportunity to do this and never actually had an real confirmation that it would work. 

2. What is the impact of the ERA detonation on the crew? 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP2SE5LEEpo&index=20&list=RD0B4L8C3oxQs

It's made of space aged polymers. 

To be fair

 

Gavin rolls off the tongue alot better than M113

 

Beside's, that mediocrity on tracks dosent deserve anything over two syllables 

That's why we just called them "tracks". 

I got the book being PDF'd by my brother in law. He found it in the UNLV library. Keep in mind that  I am more concerned with actual doctrine as written in operations manuals rather than academic interpretations.  

I am still reading through the Russian field manuals but you can compare some of the differences in the US FM 6-20, FM 6-20-20 through 40 and the Russian Artillery Field Manual of Ground Forces. 

A good example is fire support for the brigade element and below. Cold war NATO doctrine is concerned with precision artillery fires at the brigade level and batteries are assigned support tasks to individual maneuver BCT that are controlled by a maneuver BCT fire support officer, who in turn takes fire support requests from company fire support elements, who are enlisted members and attached directly to the maneuver combat elements.  From what I am reading in the Russian manual, the majority of artillery is controlled by a field grade officer (Major or above) who is in charge of all fire support in his divisions sector. Fire support planning seems to surround a strategy of massed fires along specific fronts prior to tank/infantry assaults and deep rocket strikes into the rear areas.

I am just now getting into the more detailed battalion and company level support, defensive fires and such. 

Gunnery and gun emplacement, camouflage, tactical movement, and other standard artillery SOP  is pretty much the same. 

 

Here are some of the links to the manuals. 

Is that gun tube bent? Maybe is just the angle of the photo. 

I found a copy of the book, thanks. The Links EE gave have also been helpful. 

I knew NATO and Soviet tactical artillery employment where significantly different but this is really showing me how much. 

Holy smokes that is bad. 

I'm having a blast working my way up the T-34 line. The tears of the weebs nourish my soul. 

What are the plates hanging off the turret ERA?  I've seen them on T-80s as well.

 

Just stand-off spaced armor, or something fancy?

They distort GSR.  Things like the AN/TPQ 36 and 37. It also messed with some laser guided artillery rounds. We learned about not designating certain parts of Russian tanks because of these skirts as well as the anti-laser systems they had. 

*edit, LoooSer already answered. 

That "naturalnews.com" is also a real laugh fest. 

I have a few burger rings. Basically the same thing as a biscuit cutter without the handle. 

Social media has made it even worse. Poorly researched, badly written, or completely inaccurate stories seem to be on a persistent "heavy rotation" on places like Facebook.  

They are being sent to Rostov for training, but apparently all they're doing is digging and filling up holes in the article, the butt of many Soviet era jokes.

Every army is the butt of that joke.  I've swept dirt motor pools, spent an entire day making sure a line of vehicles were parked in a straight line, etc.  

Sounds like these guys just didn't like being in the army. 

I guess things have really changed since I trained with Russian soldiers. They all seemed professional and wanted to be doing what they where doing. I'd have fought next to everyone guy I worked with.

The only veterans I have in the family served during Soviet times, so  I'm not sure how training is done for new soldiers in Russia? Are these new soldiers being sent to an existing army base in Rostov for training?  Are they already trained and being deployed to that part of the country for whatever reason? 

Why would a soldier consider being sent to a place in their own country "unlawful"? If no one is being sent into Ukraine, why would they be worried about it? 

My sister does that. 

It actually took me a bit to start liking peanut butter. We didn't have it when I was small in Ukraine. They didn't have it when we moved to Ireland either. I think I was probably 7 or 8 before I actually tried it. 

I always thought it resembled a card deck. Same with mech warrior, you have drop decks that you build out. 

I still enjoy this game. Might have to sign in and play again. 

He is a great guy. I wish this stuff would take off more here in the US. We are always having to travel to Europe for the big markets/events.