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In between they tried 6 small roadwheels on the T-64. While they never changed them on those tanks, they never used that pattern again so I can bet it wasn't especially successful.Yep, it's a T-72. The T-55 and T-62 both had 5 main road wheels, albeit with different spacing. The T-72 has 6 large road wheels.
In between they tried 6 small roadwheels on the T-64. While they never changed them on those tanks, they never used that pattern again so I can bet it wasn't especially successful.
Roadwheel number & spacing is one of the best tells of which tanks are which till you get to the T-80/T-90 era.
Nearly all the MiG-29s and Su-27s in the U.S. are privately owned.Plus the US could send all its MiG-29s.
God, my heart breaks for this wee one and all the others.
This has to stop.
Isnt it paid into a euro controlled account? Thats more or less frozen. Can get in but not out..A stark message for the EU about the relative expenditures of their support for Ukraine -vs- the money they've given to Russia for oil and gas (Source: BBC):
The European Union has spent €35bn (£29bn) on Russian fuel since the start of the war, compared to an outlay of just €1bn to Ukraine in arms and weapons, the EU's foreign policy chief has said.
"We have to help [the Ukrainians] defend themselves... We have given Ukraine €1bn. It might seem a lot but €1bn is what we pay Putin every day for the energy he provides us," he told the European Parliament.
His remarks come as EU ambassadors meet to consider a fifth round of sanctions against Moscow – including a ban on imports of Russian coal.
"Today we put an end to coal but this is only a small share of the bill," Borrell told MEPs.
European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen has said the EU is "working on" additional measures including restrictions on oil imports.
And a related commentary:
It shouldn't really come as much of a surprise that the EU has spent more on Russian energy since 28 February than on supporting Ukraine's war effort.
The EU's 1bn euros (£830m) of military assistance is hardly an insignificant amount, particularly when combined with other Western commitments (the US total is now around $1.7bn).
But when the EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell mentioned the figure earlier today, he clearly meant it to sound shocking, to concentrate vexed European minds on how the EU can wean itself off Russian fossil fuels.
It's an anguished debate on a continent where Russian energy is so crucial and where many voices, notably German, are warning of the economic damage that could be wrought by rapid sanctions on oil and gas.
Today, the EU is poised to end imports of Russian coal, but as Borrell says, this is only "a small share of the bill".
Coal imports are dwarfed by purchases of Russian oil and gas.
Isnt it paid into a euro controlled account? Thats more or less frozen. Can get in but not out..