Jagdflieger
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- Mar 23, 2022
It's not a fire control system, but an optronic setter for the Thales Catherine FC and XP thermal imaging cameras
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It's not a fire control system, but an optronic setter for the Thales Catherine FC and XP thermal imaging camerasI may have found the answer in this 2014 tweet.
If they are right this is Thales fire control. Still not sure about its exact mission and functionality¡. Anyone Tank savvy?
The Chinese have the exact same design flaw in their own tanks."Pop goes the weasel"
I sometimes wonder what Britain and France, having guaranteed Poland's security would have done had Stalin jumped the gun on Hitler and invaded Poland two weeks before Germany. But that's a topic for another thread... hmmm, what if ideas are brewing now.After all, the USSR worked with Hitler to invade Poland and divide the spoils. I'm guessing that little piece of history is not part of the Kremlin-sanctioned official narrative about WW2.
I had heard about this as well - but Ukrainian losses claimed by Russia were 2 aircraft, 4 helicopters and 4-6 TB2 drones.Konashenkov said Ukraine lost four aircraft, 10 helicopters, 29 drones, three armoured assault craft and over 50 "Ukrainian saboteurs" in the fight for the island. He eight Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 drones were shot down over two days this week.
Guess it keeps growing ...I had heard about this as well - but Ukrainian losses claimed by Russia were 2 aircraft, 4 helicopters and 4-6 TB2 drones.
I sometimes wonder what Britain and France, having guaranteed Poland's security would have done had Stalin jumped the gun on Hitler and invaded Poland two weeks before Germany. But that's a topic for another thread... hmmm, what if ideas are brewing now.
Guess it keeps growing ...
Also read on some pro-russian channels that
/conspiracy-theory-start
The foiled Ukranian assault on Snake island was engineered by US and UK officials. And that they (The US and UK officials) where captured while assaulting Snake island by Wagner group. And that those officials are right now being tortured by Wagner group.
/conspiracy-theory-end
I guess Poland's apology will be something like "Russian ambassador go fuck yourself"More whiney bitchery from Russia....
Russia has demanded a formal apology from Poland, and threatened future reprisals, for a protest on Monday in which an ambassador was doused with what appeared to be red paint in a Warsaw cemetery.
Moscow's ambassador to Poland, Sergey Andreyev, was surrounded by people protesting against Russia's invasion of Ukraine as he went to lay flowers at a ceremony for Soviet soldiers killed in the Second World War.
A decision on further steps will be taken "depending on Warsaw's reaction to our demands", the Russian Foreign Ministry said on its website.
I have to admit, it was a gutsy move by the Russian Ambassador to visit a Soviet WW2 war cemetery in Warsaw. After all, the USSR worked with Hitler to invade Poland and divide the spoils. I'm guessing that little piece of history is not part of the Kremlin-sanctioned official narrative about WW2.
Have in mind that those conspiracy theories are not for us, they are for internal consumption.Again, the hypocrisy. For years, Moscow has claimed that the Wagner Group is nothing to do with Russia's military operations. Now, apparently, they're front-and-centre.
Also, please show us these US and UK officials that were captured. Let's have names, please, and photos so these nonsense claims can be verified. This is another unintended consequence of thinking that you can "own" the narrative. Will claims of US and UK involvement in Snake Island increase demands from the Russian people to retaliate and commence operations against US and UK forces?
Have in mind that those conspiracy theories are not for us, they are for internal consumption.
So what does Russia have in mind in the way of "future reprisals" for Poland, a "special operation" to root out Nazis there, too?More whiney bitchery from Russia....
Russia has demanded a formal apology from Poland, and threatened future reprisals, for a protest on Monday in which an ambassador was doused with what appeared to be red paint in a Warsaw cemetery.
Moscow's ambassador to Poland, Sergey Andreyev, was surrounded by people protesting against Russia's invasion of Ukraine as he went to lay flowers at a ceremony for Soviet soldiers killed in the Second World War.
A decision on further steps will be taken "depending on Warsaw's reaction to our demands", the Russian Foreign Ministry said on its website.
I have to admit, it was a gutsy move by the Russian Ambassador to visit a Soviet WW2 war cemetery in Warsaw. After all, the USSR worked with Hitler to invade Poland and divide the spoils. I'm guessing that little piece of history is not part of the Kremlin-sanctioned official narrative about WW2.