"All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again." (4 Viewers)

[Admiral Beez]

But first they need to inspect them, several of them seem very old and you don't want do send unstable explosives or rocket fuel per ship or air.

Agreed. In the newsclip at 1:14 it's reported that the Ukrainians are willing to travel to Canada to inspect them. If they did come, hopefully there is other stored and short-dated weaponry they can inspect and take. The below is an older report from 2018, but it gives an idea of DND's need to dispose of weaponry and kit.

DIRECTOR AMMUNITION AND EXPLOSIVES REGULATION Annual Report

Pg7 - Demilitarization and disposal. A repeat observation, the Department of National Defence's stockpile of surplus, obsolete, deteriorated and time-expired ammunition and explosives awaiting disposal is well documented. While there has been progress through the Assistant Deputy Minister (Materiel) initiative of establishing a departmental disposal capability, the current limited institutional capability for largescale demilitarization and disposal continues to pose a significant safety concern, of particular note are the more than 80 000 155mm M119 red bag propelling charges awaiting disposal.

 

[RogerdeLluria]

Interesting data on FPV drone warfare.

Update on FPV drone warfare (27-01-2024)

FPV drone usage, stats and analysis As my previous article [1] and thread on X [2] highlighted, assessing the evolving impact of FPV drones is crucial to understanding their role in the dynamics of…

tochnyi.info

 

[GTX]

Ukraine Says It’s Getting Long-Range Strike Missiles With Its F-16s

A top Ukrainian defense official says the country is awaiting strike weapons with a range of 300-500 kilometers for its future F-16s.

www.twz.com

 

[Admiral Beez]

Ukraine Says It’s Getting Long-Range Strike Missiles With Its F-16s

A top Ukrainian defense official says the country is awaiting strike weapons with a range of 300-500 kilometers for its future F-16s.

www.twz.com

Too bad there isn't an AAM with the range of the AIM-54 Phoenix available to put onto the Viper. Though it would have been a beast of a large weapon for a little Viper.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

Too bad there isn't an AAM with the range of the AIM-54 Phoenix available to put onto the Viper. Though it would have been a beast of a large weapon for a little Viper.

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The AIM-120D goes almost 90 miles, just shy of the -54's range.

 

[GTX]

Or MBDA Meteor: 200+km range

 

[GTX]

Hackers expose data on Iranian drones sold to Russia

The Prana Network hacking group has exposed critical data about the production and pricing of Shahed-136 drones intended for Russia. According to Militarnyi news agency, which analyzes the data, this breach sheds light on the covert dealings between Iran and Russia, with implications for...

defence-blog.com

 

[GTX]

Or MBDA Meteor: 200+km range

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Further to this idea:

https://mil.in.ua/en/articles/meteor-potential-improvement-of-ukrainian-f-16/

 

[GTX]

Following the tradition set by Ukrainian Farmers with their tractors towing Russian tanks:

Ukrainian soldiers captured Russian spy drone using robotic vehicle

Ukrainian soldiers have achieved a notable feat by capturing an almost undamaged Russian reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) known as the Orlan-30. This incident comes after the Orlan-30 was forced to make an emergency landing due to interference from electronic warfare measures. The...

defence-blog.com

 

[GTX]

Russia uses Grom standoff weapon in attack on Kherson

Russian forces have used cutting-edge weaponry to launch an attack on the center of Kherson. According to Militarnyi, the wreckage of the Russian Grom-1 air-to-surface weapon system was found at the site of the attack. Grom is a Russian air-to-surface weapon with a pair of pop-out wings. Despite...

defence-blog.com

 

[GTX]

Ukrainian Minefields Are Complicating The New Russian Offensive

Last week, a column of Russian vehicles was destroyed in the Donestk Oblast traversing a Ukrainian minefield. Similar minefields are along the Kharkiv-Luhansk axis.

www.forbes.com

 

[GTX]

Russia Wasn’t Supposed To Deploy Its 70-Year-Old T-55 Tanks In Direct Attacks. But Then Russia Got Desperate.

A T-55 isn’t just vulnerable to heavy anti-tank weaponry; it also is vulnerable to infantry weapons as well as to the smallest of Ukraine’s small drones.

www.forbes.com

 

[GTX]

Relevant given the role played by FPV drones in Ukraine:

Are FPVs Game-Changing Tank Killers? Part 1: Reasons To Be Doubtful

Critics suggest FPV kamikazes may look good on social media but their actual effectiveness is overstated. How do perception and reality stack up?

www.forbes.com

Are FPVs Game-Changing Tank Killers? Part 2: The Numbers Say Yes

A detailed look at the destruction of Russia's advanced T-90M "Breakthrough" tanks shows that FPV drones are responsible for a surprisingly high proportion of kills.

www.forbes.com

 

[GTX]

One Ukrainian Paratrooper And His Partner, Working Alone Near Vuhledar, Have Knocked Out 40 Russian Vehicles. He ‘Got A Taste For Blood.’

In ground combat in Russia’s 23-month wider war on Ukraine, the luckiest and most skilled fighters do a disproportionate share of the killing.

www.forbes.com

 

[Snautzer01]

Relevant given the role played by FPV drones in Ukraine:

Are FPVs Game-Changing Tank Killers? Part 1: Reasons To Be Doubtful

Critics suggest FPV kamikazes may look good on social media but their actual effectiveness is overstated. How do perception and reality stack up?

www.forbes.com

Are FPVs Game-Changing Tank Killers? Part 2: The Numbers Say Yes

A detailed look at the destruction of Russia's advanced T-90M "Breakthrough" tanks shows that FPV drones are responsible for a surprisingly high proportion of kills.

www.forbes.com

About the T-55.
Same was said about the Sherman in other words.
Sure, a Tiger 1 vs Sherman is a 90% kill for Tiger team.
However. Going in with massed amount of tanks into a gap or bridge a front with hundreds its a different ball game. Explore the breach, that what the T-55 and i might say the Sherman is ment to do. Not a 1 on 1. Thats why Shermans were so succesfull. We had a bunch and boy could they go fast around a problem and shoot the shit out of everything else. Leaving said problem on on island wich is not healthy with those trigger happy arty and bazooka boys.

I feel that the Russians are too impatient to make sure they can punch through and have enough assets to exploit.
They loose too many to build up.

They try to fight a soviet battle, but forget there is no soviet union anymore.
The T-55 in massed swarms can still be dangerous but in 2024, alone it will not be a problem for those pesky drones for wich it has no defence.
And this is not only a T-55 problem. This many kill drones were not taken in to account in plans.

 

[GTX]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQQOQjkrT74

 

[GTX]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ntOfTrIumI

 

[GTX]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8E_ogYXj0A0

 

[GTX]

With Ukrainian general Zaluzhny in peril, Zelenskyy plans major reset

An ongoing rift in Kyiv could finally boil over.

www.politico.eu

 

[GTX]

In town to get his Hero of the Russian Federation medal perhaps...

Is Tucker Carlson in Moscow for Putin? The pro-Kremlin crowd hopes so

An interview with the Russian president would be “an epochal event,” one Russian Telegram channel crows.

www.politico.eu