Modelling armour in Ukraine crisis

seriously! Picture a dozen guys sitting in a circle with a twenty dollar Sony radio in the center. There’s a home brew antenna going outside, and we’re listening to the radio show called “Oldies But Goodies.” In this are at least three bottles of whiskey, and you can guess the rest. You unscrew the cap, and it’s the FNG’s job to take it outside for a proper funeral. The radio show lasts about an hour (we have no idea about time anyway). It’s most late fifties and sixties rock. Then it’s replaced for a show called “Oldies but Oldies.” By this time we are on our fifth bottle at the least and you know the rest. This is forties and fifties music, and we are so stoned that we don’t care. This will usually got to about midnight, and then it gets serious. More hooch is dug up, and from there the sky is the limit to our actions. Streaking the battery was old stuff. Marching in a full blown parade to further piss off the leaders of the company (doing it naked really ups their blood pressure). Come daylight, and you’ll see guys passed out here and there with that dull grey “I’m sick as hell look about them.” Two hours later they’re good to go.

It wasn’t all bad
gary

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Interesting reading…

Dutch arms deliveries to Ukraine

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Purportedly a T 90M in Muriapol…

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Here’s the original video this vidcap comes from

https://twitter.com/i/status/1518549434216427520

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Looks like the guy above is riding a Chinese-built Musstang MT125-8

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News here says that Krauss-Maffei Wegmann will deliver Flakpanzer Gepard. Watch out Mi-24! :grin:

Ukraine version of Möbelwagen?

IIRC similar combinations were used in Afghanistan by the Soviet Army.

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Oh my gosh, how cool would that be. I give it about five seconds before the Ukrainians start shredding BTRs and BMDs with it in a direct fire mode!

Will wait.

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They better use the ammo on Mi-24, Mi-28, Ka-52 and Su-25.

It will take more than 5 seconds to wait. Even 5 months is not enough:
But a problem would be the training of the crews, as this defense system is somewhat sophisticated.”
But they will not send their soldiers there. There are negative experiences.

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Never seen combat or not, this kitty is still bloody good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn-CU4nXvcQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAGJA7XTABc

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At least beautiful!
But I don’t want to collect it as a model. If I will collect equipment of this class, then this one:

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The Terminator variants are for ground assault not AA Defence. The whole idea arose between and after the Chechen wars- a vehicle to provide better and more direct infantry supporting firepower. It has also never seen combat and the lack of procurement suggests it probably never will.

Последний гепард был снят с вооружения в 12ом году.

The last “Gepard” was withdrawn from service in 2012.

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I’m all for it".
But Gepard was no longer involved, and the Terminator was not involved yet.
Let’s wait and see.

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A pretty model.
Are you it building?