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I mentioned it earlier but I think we need to take this election tampering/far-right promoting thing a bit more seriously from now on
Definitely!
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After talk about young Russian protestors…
Wow, what courage and spirit! That's not a good look for the Kremlin - two heavies in full riot gear dragging away a tiny frail hero of the great patriotic war. If they get to see it ( a big if, I know) that's got to make a lot of Russians feel uneasy? I like to think that's the true Russia, not Putin and his cronies,
Yep all the while we are putting constraints on protest in this country 😐
For someone on a mountain bike forum you’ve given a disturbing amount of thought on how to efficiently murder a lot of people.
Doesn’t require very much thought at all, history provides us with plenty of vivid examples of guerrilla and asymmetric warfare, hit-and-run tactics, and insurgents using IED’s and suchlike.
In Stalingrad battles were fought underground by blowing holes through interconnected cellars, tanks trying to work their way along narrow streets were attacked from above and behind - blow a track off with a strategically placed explosive, it’s dead in the water.
With increasing numbers of St Javelin being provided, accurate and effective attacks on armoured columns can be carried out from two miles away, and it’s a fire and forget missile, and not a one-shot launcher either.
Modern iconography at work…
The Javelin! That's something I knew nothing about 6 days ago...
Dunno if this is one of the ones on eBay, but these lads look to be having some fun with their new whip!
https://twitter.com/olex_scherba/status/1499059588779368449?s=20&t=xv7oKcam6U0mvift5D9OYA
STW really need to stop this bollocks and stop our forum providing a weird release for these plonkers.
Because censorship has been shown to work so well, yeah…?
How do you know that some elements of NATO aren't trying to figure out how they could train and supply an insurgency at short notice?
As for the suggestions, not pie in the sky, that's pretty much what NATO have faced in various guises for the last 2 decades at least; it looks they're kind already there from some of the videos I've seen, Ukrainian SF attacking the flanks of columns etc.
Anyway…
Opinions on Abramovic potentially being able to buy himself a clear conscience…? I am not sure any other Russian oligarchs anywhere else in the world right now would be being afforded the luxury that our Clown in Chief PM is affording him… Chelsea football club should already be a seized asset!
Dunno if this is one of the ones on eBay, but these lads look to be having some fun with their new whip!
Don’t think I’ve seen someone looking so deservedly smug as the guy filming it in a long time… Best thing I’ve seen all day! Brilliant! 😂
The landscape has changed, we are about to witness the wall go back up now, i can’t see any other way, in this modern age, a near 70 year old man who is quite possibly not right in the head is about to set Russia and supporting countries back 30 years.
The next few years we’ll see a lot of movement in NATO and the EU, as well as western armies modernising a bit more, look at Germany, they are about to go full speed ahead into building their armed forces, crazy times ahead.
All that money that should be spent on combating climate change is just going to go straight into weapons and armies.
We are truly, utterly, categorically *can't type anything that would get past the swear blocker*.
All those weapons might eliminate the biggest cause of climate change - the human race. 😬💣
And some of it will be utterly wasted through poor procurement processes requiring overspends to rectify having their procurement pants pulled down by companies who've overpromised and under-delivered. It's like a mouldy cherry on a cake of shit.
All that money that should be spent on combating climate change is just going to go straight into weapons and armies.
Opinions on Abramovic potentially being able to buy himself a clear conscience…? I am not sure any other Russian oligarchs anywhere else in the world right now would be being afforded the luxury that our Clown in Chief PM is affording him… Chelsea football club should already be a seized asset!
They've not been seizing, they've been freezing assets.
He's gone several steps beyond that and:
a) Giving away somewhere between £1.5 and £3 billion
b) Calling it a war (which won't go down well at home).
If we have to stop using Russian fossil fuels it might accelerate renewable development though.
I think this thread would really benefit from each post having the poster's military credentials explained before they add their thoughts.
I'll start:
Fat grumpy middle-aged man who got kicked out of the Scouts after 45 mins in the early 80s
The problem with the analysis so far is that .......
Fat grumpy middle-aged man who got kicked out of the Scouts after 45 mins in the early 80s
I wasn't kicked out scouts, and currently volunteer with Boy's Brigade. Ergo anything naval, I'm a genius.
Just just hope the powers at be on our side sort this out and this is not taken to the next level. We have a lot to lose. Just getting over covid this is just what we do not need. We need to get back on track.
I have worked 18+ years in counter terrorism. Ran a hostage rescue team in europe, africa and the middle east. I don't respect the Russians much after seeing how they play in theatre at the agent level. That is what scares me.
Things are getting even weirder, there’s a buildup of 1940’s biplanes near Ukrainian territory:
Not sure if I posted this before, but here’s some background to the Javelin;
https://www.realclearscience.com/articles/2022/02/28/how_the_javelin_missile_works.html
I got hoofed out of the Air Training Corps, didn't like the horrible polyester uniform. Went to the Army cadets much more fun, now play a lot of COD.
I wasn’t kicked out scouts, and currently volunteer with Boy’s Brigade. Ergo anything naval, I’m a genius.
Busy much? 😉
Just just hope the powers at be on our side sort this out and this is not taken to the next level. We have a lot to lose. Just getting over covid this is just what we do not need. We need to get back on track.
I have worked 18+ years in counter terrorism. Ran a hostage rescue team in europe, africa and the middle east. I don’t respect the Russians much after seeing how they play in theatre at the agent level. That is what scares me
Admiral Matt_oab !!
This is all great stuff!
Mashr - basically Stark Enterprises
To be clear, I was never in the military, however my dad was in the RAF, and ended up in a Japanese PoW camp in Singapore, and my step-brother was in the Navy and had his ship sunk by an Argentinian Skyhawks.
Will that do for enlightened insight? I’m probably about as qualified as some MP’s appearing on telly.
Quote on one of them fancy suits please?
This is all great stuff!
Mashr – basically Stark Enterprises
Can’t, semi-conductor supply is now double-****ed so lead times on fancy suits have gone mental
I had a Bowie knife and Black Widow catapult in the 70s - the weapons of choice for any kid of that era. Did 10m match air rifle shooting for many years too. I’m General material! 🔫💪😀
Seems like it. Hope you kept that air rifle.
So jealous, I just had an old Army issue clasp knife.
Making a video for social media in a warzone can be hazardous to your health!
**No blood, gore or physical violence, just a very shaken but lucky bloke**
Sold it for a new carpet when we got married - needed the cash! 🤣
Admiral Matt_oab
We're merchant navy, nothing over captain here. I don't like to overstate my credentials.
That is really sweet
Sold it for a new carpet when we got married – needed the cash! 🤣
With regards those old biplane...
Although designed primarily for crop-dusting, the An-2 proved to be a highly adaptable aircraft for both civilian and military operators
Chemical attacks?
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I was never in the airforce nor a Chemical warfare unit but I have watched some videos on youtube
I played F16 combat pilot a lot on my Atari ST.
I say that as a joke but what I learned in that game and subsequent flight sims does actually help me understand the air combat stuff a bit better!
Re the Russian spokesman lying through his teeth . . . remember the Iraqi "information minister" telling his army and the world that the western forces were "nothing to worry about", while you could hear bombs landing outside and dust was falling (war movie style) from the ceiling of the bunker he was in....
I played delta force 1 on my PC. That prepared me for most missions.
Whatever happened to the Iraqi information minister anyway? LOL.
I hadn’t even considered the older part of the CV with F-117 Nighthawk. I was even able to use that jet for air to air missions I’ll have you know
Ex military aviator. Operated in Iraq,Afghan,Sierra Leone, Balkans, East Timor.
No idea what the army get up to once I threw them out of the back!
One guy I play cricket with is a Russian Speaking Film Journo currently out there in Ukraine. Also my cycling buddy has a Ukrainian wife, whose parents are in Crimea, plus lots of friends/relatives all over the country.
Comical Ali you’re thinking of. Chemical Ali was someone entirely different and much more sinister. Comical Ali survived and now lives a quiet retirement in the UAE.
Lord Flashheart, is that you?
Ex military aviator. Operated in Iraq,Afghan,Sierra Leone, Balkans, East Timor.
No idea what the army get up to once I threw them out of the back!
One guy I play cricket with is a Russian Speaking Film Journo currently out there in Ukraine. Also my cycling buddy has a Ukrainian wife, whose parents are in Crimea, plus lots of friends/relatives all over the country
Oh yeah, haha. Well at least the horrible turd got his comeuppance. Is the other one working in PR?
Thanks for the correction.
Comical Ali you’re thinking of. Chemical Ali was someone entirely different and much more sinister. Comical Ali survived and now lives a quiet retirement in the UAE.
Experience? Oh yes, you name it, not only have I seen the film Top Gun 6 times, I've also built a 1:72 scale Avro Vulcan
The only movie I watch is hotshots 1
Well my prediction of 3 days and out was all wrong!
Former ammunition technical officer spending much of my career in counter terrorist IEDD and weapons intelligence. Now retired and watching day time TV. My CV is not especially useful at this stage of the conflict, but I have a few top tips for the yellow and blue team when they enter the insurgency phase.
You will be busy when this is over
Well, I never expected to see this, but a Tory MP has used Parliamentary privilege to name London lawyers working on behalf of Russian oligarchs and the Russian regime.
https://abovethelaw.com/2022/03/going-ahead-and-naming-names-of-lawyers-working-for-russian-regime/
I remember reading my dad's old notebooks and aide memoires as a kid. He was RE EOD way back when for a bit, grew up mostly in germany when he went armoured. Learnt a lot about the things that went bang from him, but I was more interested in the armour if I was honest.
Former ammunition technical officer spending much of my career in counter terrorist IEDD and weapons intelligence. Now retired and watching day time TV. My CV is not especially useful at this stage of the conflict, but I have a few top tips for the yellow and blue team when they enter the insurgency phase
Fair play to the C4 news presenter for essentially telling the Russian MP to FO after her bleeding heart story.
@CountZero fair one. Still think he's a turd, but that's for other reasons (he voted against the waiving of fees for foreign commonwealth service leavers).
But certainly shines a light on the race to profit from the sanctions.
Fair play to the C4 news presenter for essentially telling the Russian MP to FO after her bleeding heart story.
What's this?
My twitter just told me it’s Gorbachev’s 91st birthday today.
Turns out it’s not just a mischievous former spy getting up to his high-jinks but has in fact been a decade+ long plan to destabilise any democratic government.
No? Really?
I remember reading my dad’s old notebooks and aide memoires as a kid. He was RE EOD way back when for a bit, grew up mostly in germany when he went armoured. Learnt a lot about the things that went bang from him, but I was more interested in the armour if I was honest.
I've lots of RE mates. When I served the EOD responsibilities were complex. RE lead on mines and enemy air delivered weapons. Navy clearance divers did everything below the high water mark. RAF did 'friendly' air delivered weapons, airfield clearance and downed aircraft. We (RLC and RAOC before them) led on anything home made (IEDs) and land service items (grenades, artillery ammo, mortars etc). These days things are more joint and there is more crossover between cap badges and services.
At 8:40
@Alpin, there's a surprising number of potentially helpful 'books' on the internet. Mind boggles!
but a Tory MP has used Parliamentary privilege to name London lawyers working on behalf of Russian oligarchs and the Russian regime.
Naming them is stepping things up but there are several tories who have been campaigning against the misuse of the courts in the past. Not least because a former tory MP Charlotte Leslie is currently being taken to court by a tory donor Mohamed Amersi after some infighting.
Private Eye cover it from time to time and those law firms dont come across well even accepting Private Eye has a certain bias (the side about Carter-Ruck being mispronounced seems a tribute to the eyes nickname).
One possible reason for Russia’s slow advance in some areas may be down to the use of cheap Chines commercial civilian radios:
Used to have radios not unlike those for a while at work. They were crap, barely intelligible communication a quarter of a mile away, actually, it was impossible to contact someone you could see the other end of the main site, it was easier to shout!
There's some good audio of their comms, civilians are using off the shelf scanners to listen in and disrupt their them.
I'm sure if you have a google you'll find them, some have subs. I found it fascinating, I expected them to have secure comms.
I had a cap gun, cowboy hat and bow'n'arrow.
Just call me Field Marshall.
At ease.
argee
Full MemberA lot of Call of Duty tactics being recited as the way ahead, lets hope Ukrainians are up to speed on the latest tactics for CoD and Battlefield!
Definitely NSFW but this made me laugh, turns out that even actual war is exactly like an online game voice chat when the soldiers find an open channel
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I've emailed a question ? Asking if there are any holes in it.
Fair play to the C4 news presenter for essentially telling the Russian MP to FO after her bleeding heart story.
Should have asked her what she thinks it will be like living under the new latest version of Stalin.
Asking if there are any holes in it.
And I know it says cash on collection only, but would you deliver it to Hartlepool?
At the risk of sounding like I have to check under the bed every night to see if Putin is hiding there, I think he’s been moving all the pieces into place for a long time.
Blokeuptheroad, I was a wheelbarrow technician for 321 back in 2003. Best posting I ever had.
Just spent 2 hrs walking around Thursley Common with an ex colleague. He reminded me that 2 weeks ago that I said "pootin would have nothing to gain from invading so I can't see it." He disagreed.
At the end of the walk the only thing we agreed on was that all the recruits that were patrolling about the common had better kit than we did.......
You'll need a crew, I'm happy to put up a van to drive over a pick it up. Game?
I had a cap gun, cowboy hat and bow’n’arrow.
Blokeuptheroad, I was a wheelbarrow technician for 321 back in 2003. Best posting I ever had.
I did many postings in 321, as a no 2 and an operator. Well before your time though! I created a fair bit of work for the wheelbarrow techs. I started on the Mk 7b and finished on the 8b. Cutlass was just coming in.
Just to sorta lighten things a teeny bit, there’s a clip just surfaced of our favourite Ukrainian President taking a call from Angela Merkel about Ukraine’s application to join the EU:
I loved working on it to be fair and spent most of my time just driving between the dets getting fed bacon sandwiches by you lot. I think it was guilt because of the state they ended up in! Got me away from a mechanised Bn for 6 months and i wore uniform twice. Once for my arrival interview and the other for my end of tour interview!
The poster who slated the thread asking how anyone can even begin to say that they have any knowledge of the subject has hopefully learnt a lesson.
STW actually does have some qualified/ or even experts on here in about every subject you can think of!
That doesn't include me,I might add.
Just watching the latest news. Looks like Kherson (important port) may be gone, but not entirely clear. Kharkiv holding out, for the moment. Mariupol sounds appalling with mass civilian casualties. Some odd things though - the Kyiv convoy seems to be stuck, and the Russians don’t seem to be making much progress in Luhansk and Donetsk which seems surprising, although maybe the defences were better prepared having been at war for 8 years.
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The poster who slated the thread asking how anyone can even begin to say that they have any knowledge of the subject has hopefully learnt a lesson.STW actually does have some qualified/ or even experts on here in about every subject you can think of!
That doesn’t include me,I might add.
I'd take that with a pinch of salt, there's a lot of folk who know stuff relevant to this, but in relation to this actual invasion, i think there's few on the planet who understand what the hell is going on and for why, a lot of it just defies military doctrine, tactics and common sense!
moab - yep, that's me!
I reported it - also if anyone clicked on the link to see what it was, you should delete your recent browsing data so it's off your computer just to be safe.
That's armed conflict in a nutshell.
a lot of it just defies military doctrine, tactics and common sense!
Tango with Putin, half way through on BBC FOUR now, is worth a watch on iPlayer.