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  1. Guess it broke youtube TOS. Here's the vid https://files.catbox.moe/lsmbjv.mp4 And here's the original post https://www.instagram.com/reel/C30C48-vsgL/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
  2. Russian(?) soldiers use thermal blankets to obscure their IR signature and sneak up on a Ukrainian(?) solider in the night. Sorry for the music and crap resolution, I ripped this from social media.
  3. 7). Bundestag politics are such that even if Germany wants to do something militarily, it can be a multi year process before anything happens. Seriously, they have been trying to retire their Tornadoes for 10 years with no progress. I think they want to send Leopards but the typical German obsession with rule following means that they can only do it "the right way", whatever that means.
  4. I think India is still producing rifled 120mm ammo for Arjun, with some.... colourful product names Definitely why the Brits are sending them, yeah.
  5. loading is a pretty easy job to train, especially since Ukraine already has those Slovenian M-55S tanks in service. Logistics and maintenance will be pretty hard, and it probably won't be easy to learn the peculiarities of the Challenger's fire control system. It's the only modern MBT I can think of that doesn't have independently stabilized optics for the thermal sight, instead relying on gun stabilization to keep the picture level.
  6. Size comparison between the Merkava and Abrams (and their crews). Definitely shows how tall the Merkava is, the Abrams is by no means small.
  7. Unconventional urban camo for some PUMA IFVs. Knowing German procurement I'm sure the taxpayer paid thousands for those pallets. Still, not a bad job.
  8. A very unique Sabre, this is a CAC Avon Sabre built in Australia that was apparently loaned to the RAF at some point to test the Firestreak (at this point under the 'Blue Jay' designation) missile. The firestreak, like many early heat seeking missiles, was absolutely massive weighing in at 300lbs.
  9. Can I get a summary of what these graphs show?
  10. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russias-ria-state-agency-reports-fuel-tank-fire-kerch-bridge-crimea-2022-10-08/
  11. Weird, TV guided munitions aren't really common on drones. I know the Qaem missiles have a laser guided version, I wonder why the TV version was chosen by Russia. Also, you mentioned that this was found in the black sea, who recovered it?
  12. Is this supposed to be LOS thickness or KE equivalency?
  13. In this context "Russian" refers to "Russian servicemen". If you add Wagner and DNR+LPR troops then yeah definitely over 30k dead on the Russian side, that's a given. Honestly I expect the fighting to slow down a lot during the winter, and the 300k new soldiers will only show up next spring/summer. It takes a lot of time to train them and get equipment ready after all.
  14. Things were sort of following that "go higher fly faster" mantra until the 70s, when it became clear that turbofans could offer much greater longevity and serviceability than turbojets, and at the same time transistors had all of a sudden gotten cheap and efficient, replacing vacuum tubes. Transistors offered the potential for aircraft to become far more autonomous, as well as significantly improving the accuracy of radars (and reducing their size... without which fox-3s wouldn't be possible). All of this contributed to the extension of air combat beyond the visual range, largely accomplished with long range radar guided missiles, and that's why stealth is such a hot commodity, for the few nations with industrial bases strong enough to produce stealth aircraft. To date only the US , China and Russia have done so. I sort of doubt that, I think aircraft will be burning fossil fuels long after the last gas car has been retired. Even the lightest battery has nowhere near the energy per weight as good old aviation fuel, and weight is the primary concern with any aircraft. Nuclear aircraft may become feasible, though they would need to be absolutely massive, and would be naturally suited to long sorties. Nuclear powered aircraft could in theory remain airborne for years at a time, so I'm positive when they do show up they'll be crewless. I'm sort of imagining a giant flying drone with onboard nuclear reactors, perhaps functioning as a 24/7 AWACS over a combat area, maybe providing high resolution footage of ground targets as well.
  15. Very true. If it is the Yagatan, they've certainly changed it quite a bit, at least superficially. The back of the engine deck is extended, and storage seems to be added everywhere. I wonder why they would remove the muzzle reference, considering it was a nice advantage as far as fire control was concerned. To be honest, I think it looks pretty cool. What sort of 120mm AP could Ukraine have access to?
  16. Cool if true, but I'm not sure. Bustle should reach further back, and it should have a muzzle reference, no?
  17. Hopefully this works better than the current solution of strapping dumb bombs from the 50s on the Pak Fa
  18. Smaller arc than Russian tanks for sure considering the lack of side ERA on the hull, but not much different than western tanks, better in the sense that at least the turret sides have ERA. The LFP is somewhat problematic but it's still statistically unlikely to be hit so not a big deal. Also I really like how the Chinese (finally) fixed the old cleavage weakspot that the original ZTZ99 inhereted from the T-72 (and goes all the way back to the T-64). You can tell if you look at a ZTZ99A without ERA that it doesn't have as much of a weakened zone for the drivers periscope. I think they might have reclined the drivers position like in a Chieftain to do this but I'm not sure.
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