Tuesday, June 13, 2023

WTF! Russia has African volunteers fighting in Ukraine?

The colorization is terrible. What would be worse is for this guy to be captured by Azov. Stripped T-Shirt once meant (I believe) an elite unit. Can't see that so what gives? This is curious to me. We know Russia is big in Africa but I did not know they were recruiting down there. Anyone have info and on how many they have serving. Yeah I know. It's always about money so how much are they offering for how long service?
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If Shoigu tries to take over Wagner PMC, Shoigu will die....Prigozhin is a mad lad!

 This is crazy.  Its like the CEO of Triple Canopy telling the US SecDef that in a time of national emergency he can't take over the company but goes one step further and says he will die if he tries.

This is the kind of statement that will get me visiting you at your house in the early morning hours with nothing but ill intent.

Prig is a mad lad!  Either this dude needs an intervention or he needs to shut his mouth and prepare to do some damage, i.e. send some men over to Shoigu's home in the early morning hours.

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Ukrainians haven't even reached Russia's main defensive lines? This is the best summary of operations yet...

 NEWS UPDATE VREMIVKA SALIENT EVENING JUNE 12

First Ukrainian gains and then some areas retaken by Russian forces. There has been hard battles all day long on the Vremivka SALIENT. First we had the usual Ukrainian night offensive and then the counteroffensive by Russian 127th Division.


During the early morning Ukrainian forces took control of Novodarivka (1) and the third settlement in the Mokri Yali River valley, Storozheve. Later on during the day the main part of the fourth valley settlement Makarivka (3), came under Ukrainian control. 


At noon Russian 127th Division started a major counteroffensive. Mainly towards Makarivka, but also towards Storozheve on the left flank and north of Urozhaine on the right flank. Minor offensive operations was also made in the vicinity of Levadne (3) and Novodarivka (1). The russian counteroffensive was supported by massive artillery and air bombardments.


As a result of the Russian attack and the bombardment, Ukrainian forces retreated from (the farm) Levadne and Russian forces retook it. Ukrainian forces has avoided taking control of Novodarivka so it's again in the green (contested) zone. The Ukrainian forces has also been driven to the northern outskirts of Makarivka. Russian attacks are ongoing.


The aim of the Russian forces are not to reclaim all the lost settlements, but to retake Makarivka and the Russian defences west of Storozheve. By doing this they secure the only supplyroad to Rivnopil (4) and the northern defences (red line). If that supplyroad is cut the Russians must withdraw from that defenceline 4 km to the south to a new defenceline (white line). That wouldn't be catastrophic, but RuAF want to hold the forward defenceline (red shaded) as long as possible, to increase Ukrainian losses. To hold the northern line the western flank also must be secure. That's the reason why Russians forces spend so much energy on  Levadne and Novodarivka.


In general the entire Vremivka salient is hard to defend, since there are few supplyroads. Several of the roads are also dirtroads (yellow) and barely usable in bad weather.  The main supplyroads (purple) in the east are situated outside the defenceline in the north. Blahodatne  doesn't even have any direct contact with neighbouring settlements. Ukrainian forces don't have to take the salient. It would be enough to cut the supplyroads on the eastern and western side to force the RuAF to withdraw from the entire salient. Instead the UkrAF has spent lot of energy with frontal assaults on the northern part of the salient with heavy losses (picture 3).


RuAF wants to keep the Ukrainians away from their main defencelines as long as possible, so that most of the Ukrainian forces are spent when they reach the main defences. On picture 4 you'll see that the first Russian major defences (black dots) are more than 10 km to the south and the first (of two) main defenceline are more than 15 km to the south.

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Monday, June 12, 2023

Et Tu Dubai?

Thanks to Duke 7 for the link! Wow. Washington we might have a problem. The Middle East has turned towards Russia and China in a big way. Seemingly more towards Russia. Africa is contested between all the major powers. S. America is starting to look like a Chinese playground. The only other "power" that isn't aligned is INDIA and they seem to be keeping all sides at a distance. Europe, Japan, S. Korea and Austalia might be with us. But the rest of the world? They seem to be turning away. We have to do better.
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This is the ultimate proof that the offensive is going badly. The US will allocate a new 325 million dollar aid package tomorrow to Ukraine.

Tell me shit is fucked up without telling me shit is fucked up?
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Polish-supplied Ukrainian 155mm Krab howitzer’s turret decapitated from the body

Many of the blurry pics of destroyed equipment is now being claimed as being modern decoys. No doubt about this one. First Krab I've seen destroyed like this. The German Howitzers seem tough as hell though. Saw one shrug off a hit from a loitering munition.
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Garlic Chicken & Broccoli

 

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What is reported to be Russian barrier troops executing fleeing soldiers. Wait. I thought fleeing enemy was still considered combatants?

Showing my age here. Obviously sensibilities have changed but I was taught that fleeing enemies were still combatants and were to be treated as such. I won't even go into "cleaning" or "tidying up" a battlefield. That's one good thing (probably the only good thing) about this war. If people are paying attention (which I doubt) then they'll quickly move past the "glorious" warfare insanity that some appear to have.

I can't help but think about those Jokers that have been "lucky" enough to have survived the fight so far on both sides.

Everyone says the winter wasn't bad in Europe?  It was for the guys in the field.  That you're getting less rain?  They've been pissed on.  The summer?  Ate up by bugs, boiling in their clothes and probably not enough water to keep themselves hydrated.

And if they remain lucky they get to do it all over again for the following year.

Back on task.

Shooting a fleeing enemy is legal right?
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Dude fought the law and lost bad (mildly NSFW)

 

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This counteroffensive is rather feeble...

The town of Makarivka was lost and then recaptured by the Russians? This is a feeble counteroffensive if they're unable to consolidate on gains made on the battlefield. Defense is easy. Combined Arms in the attack are hard. No wonder we don't hear the chest thumping anymore from the Ukrainian side. 

I say again. 

Turn off this war before even more lives and treasure are lost. Everyone has diplomats for a reason. It's past time those bubbas earned their pay.


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Sicario seen with AT-4 anti-tank missile. How can it be anything but Narco-Insurgency in Mexico

 

When you have Narco Hitmen walking around with AT-4s how can it be considered anything but a Narco-Insurgency. I'm sure our intel agencies have even more info on the issues there and I'm sure they've already labeled them as such. Quite honestly a "partial" intervention into the border region with Mexico to establish a buffer zone ala North/South Korea is probably warranted at this time.

But back on task.

AT-4s in Mexico in the hands of gangsters.  How long before some connected individual decides to make a trip or have it delivered across the border for some spicy domestic action.

Law Enforcement, Politicians and the general public is not ready for what's coming.

Times are so good that Americans are worried about silly shit. That's gonna end soon and shit is gonna get real for everyone.
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Ukrainian HMMWV was blown up by a mine during the assault on Russian positions in the east.

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Evacuation of Ukrainian soldiers from M2A2 Bradley ODS-SA after it was first hit by ATGM & then hit a mine.

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Examples of possible (Euro-)Trophy APS installation on non-turreted variants of Piranha V and ASCOD.

 

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Open Comment Post - Ukraine War Discussion - 12 June 23/ Where are we at with the offensive?

 I have to wonder where we're at with the Ukrainian offensive.  The fog of war has arrived full force on the internet and the Ukrainians aren't putting out much at all.

I've said it once and I'll say it again.

Defense is so much EASIER than offensive action.

But what kills is that NATO trainers taught individual activity.  Doing grunt shit.  Tanker shit.  Gun bunny shit.  

Did they forget that those separate skillsets have to be trained TOGETHER to operate as a combat team to make it work?


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Assault Breacher Vehicles (ABV) enter the fray to jump start Ukraine's offensive. They don't appear to be the answer.

 Thanks to S300V4 for the pics!

*Why are the plows set to scrap that deep?  Might do better getting Israeli D9s if they're gonna move earth instead of clear a path.  Any Combat Engineers in the audience to explain this?

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Sunday, June 11, 2023

The Pentagon Is Freaking Out About a Potential War With China (Because America might lose.)

 Thanks to J Villan for the link!

Note.  I smell shenanigans in this article.  Why?  Because several Senators are pushing hard (as well as the Pentagon) for a defense budget plus up even though they cut domestic programs.  Additionally they have emptied our stockpile of munitions and it will take YEARS to rebuild them.  So what do you do when you've slammed your own citizens, basically propped up a foreign govt and want to get into a fight with the Chinese?  You make them out to be a boogey-man (yes I am aware that I've said in the past that we should have killed them in the crib...but that was then, this is now...even 4 years ago we would have won more easily not so much now) that has to be stomped at all costs.  You even throw in that it'll change our way of life.  FULL FEAR TACTICS!  I tell people when we get into a dust up that the reason why they lost (I am talking shit) is because I was fighting for right.  That's with crack heads and street trash.  But who is fighting for right when China sees this as reunifying a breakaway province?  If Texas went its own way would we fight for it?  Not saying they're right but YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND YOUR ENEMY'S MOTIVATION!

via Politico

war began in the early morning hours with a massive bombardment — China’s version of “shock and awe.” Chinese planes and rockets swiftly destroyed most of Taiwan’s navy and air force as the People’s Liberation army and navy mounted a massive amphibious assault across the 100-mile Taiwan Strait. Having taken seriously President Joe Biden’s pledge to defend the island, Beijing also struck pre-emptively at U.S. and allied air bases and ships in the Indo-Pacific. The U.S. managed to even the odds for a time by deploying more sophisticated submarines as well as B-21 and B-2 stealth bombers to get inside China’s air defense zones, but Washington ran out of key munitions in a matter of days and saw its network access severed. The United States and its main ally, Japan, lost thousands of servicemembers, dozens of ships, and hundreds of aircraft. Taiwan’s economy was devastated. And as a protracted siege ensued, the U.S. was much slower to rebuild, taking years to replace ships as it reckoned with how shriveled its industrial base had become compared to China’s.


The Chinese “just ran rings around us,” said former Joint Chiefs Vice Chair Gen. John Hyten in one after-action report. “They knew exactly what we were going to do before we did it.”

Here 

FD2030 or not.  US Marines will be the side show to surface action groups, air expeditionary wings and carrier air wings along with subs for this fight.

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Freedom of the Press 2023

 

Am I the only one that has noticed that the govt has a few pet journalist that it leaks information to? Freedom of the press? It's really become a joke in the West. The reality is that the mainstream press is simply an arm of the govt that tailors the news to what it wants the public to know/rage/fear about. A true free press would be conducting relentless investigations of Congress, the White House and every govt agency.  The idea of a free press has become a joke.  Even worse is the idea that journalist feel like they should be respected.
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Russian KA-52 Attack Helicopters are gobbling up Ukrainian armor

Thanks to Duke 7 for the link! 

Perhaps I was to quick to call the demise of attack helicopters in favor of uavs. This is an impressive display.

Bonus.  Footage of a drone boat attack that was thwarted.
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Czech APS for Pandur II looks awesome!

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