"All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again." (34 Viewers)

[wlewisiii]

Former Dutch YPR 765 APCs and Polish T-72s:



the song on the video is:



(Hat-tip: LGF Comment: Last week there was Ukrainian video footage ... )

 

[Glider]

Those Dutch APC's look just the ticket for Ukraine.

 

[Admiral Beez]

Former Dutch YPR 765 APCs and Polish T-72s:

That first T-72 needs a flag. Standard anti-armour tactic is to hit the lead tank so the others can't maneuver. You don't want the UAF MANPAT operator to only realize he's hitting a UAF column when he sees the second tank's flag.

 

[wlewisiii]

Those Dutch APC's look just the ticket for Ukraine.

They're based on the old reliable M-113. Not the greatest armor but they're the Timex of AIFVs - they just keep on ticking. The 25mm is a good support weapon but not so big as to tempt you to fight with targets that are too big for you.

 

[J_P_C]

With both sides flying identical aircraft, how does a SAM team identify friend or foe? Do the UAF aircraft have IFF transponders?

Parol and Kremnij systems - probably identical to this one used by russians with exceptions of different daily code used - it must be confusing anyway...

 

[Admiral Beez]

Parol and Kremnij systems - probably identical to this one used by russians with exceptions of different daily code used - it must be confusing anyway...

It's no help blending into the background, but this is close to the WW2 invasion stripes that prevented unintended friendly fire.

 

[special ed]

National Defense magazine, just received ,June, page 6 : "Royal Air Force Air Marshall Ian gale, director-general of joint force development at U.K. Strategic Command, said the British armed forces intend to leverage the tweets-against-tanks tactic in Ukraine, where anyone with a phone can take a picture of a Russian vehicle, send it out, and provide targeting data to those who need it. You can get a social media sweeper that will geo-tag, where tweets come, add a photo, and more recently, provide targeting-quality coordinates," he said at the IT2EC trade show in London. "We're working... to regularize that, but to protect it from interference that others have wished to put intro it."

Also, page 10 has an article about the Pentagon seeking tech partnerships with Swedish defense companies.

 

[vikingBerserker]

That is just brilliant

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

Likely. But if Sweden and Finland want into NATO and Turkey holds the cards, then the former two had better consider the latter's definition.

Here's Turkey's POV

Finland and Sweden: 'Guesthouses for terrorists'

Turkiye voices objection to Finland, Sweden joining NATO, for now - Anadolu Ajansı

www.aa.com.tr

Agreed, Turkey holds the stronger hand than anyone else in the equation, including other NATO countries.

I suppose it depends on how pliable Turkey's definition can be along with how pliant the two applicants are regarding Turkey's final stance.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

He won't need PT in the morning!

I was wondering while watching the vid, "who's getting the better workout, the barrel or the loader?" That's one hard-working SOB.

 

[ThomasP]

I just read that the Poles are sending 240 of their T-72M1/M1R tanks to Ukraine. Has anyone seen mention of this number previously? I had read that they were sending some of their T-72s to Ukraine, but 240? Is this correct?

 

[SaparotRob]

I just read that the Poles are sending 240 of their T-72M1/M1R tanks to Ukraine. Has anyone seen mention of this number previously? I had read that they were sending some of their T-72s to Ukraine, but 240? Is this correct?

In wlewisiii's post, #7541, the tanks in the vid were from Poland. This was shown in Denys Davydov's YouTube 2nd video today, 6 June. It's very entertaining.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

In wlewisiii's post, #7541, the tanks in the vid were from Poland. This was shown in Denys Davydov's YouTube 2nd video today, 6 June. It's very entertaining.

I haven't read of any number as large as what @ThomasP quoted.

 

[J_P_C]

I just read that the Poles are sending 240 of their T-72M1/M1R tanks to Ukraine. Has anyone seen mention of this number previously? I had read that they were sending some of their T-72s to Ukraine, but 240? Is this correct?

236 is the official number with more than 100 2S1 and undisclosed number of BM21 (probably more than 50),

 

[ThomasP]

Thanks for the confirmation.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

Does anyone have a source?

 

[ThomasP]

"What Heavy Weapons the West Has (and Hasn't) Sent Ukraine - New Lines Institute"

The article is from May 3, so it is out of date, but presumably accurate to that point in time.

 

[J_P_C]

Does anyone have a source?

"official"- it means confirmed by polish ministry of defense - as well donation of 18 brand new Krab howitzers with 54 sold with undisclosed delivery date, they didnt said how many RPG76, assault rifles, ammunition, 40mm revolver grenade launchers, warmate loitering ammunition and others

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

"official"- it means confirmed by polish ministry of defense - as well donation of 18 brand new Krab howitzers with 54 sold with undisclosed delivery date, they didnt said how many RPG76, assault rifles, ammunition, 40mm revolver grenade launchers, warmate loitering ammunition and others

Oh, I wasn't stipulating "official, just something where I could read details about that number of tanks.

 

[J_P_C]

Oh, I wasn't stipulating "official, just something where I could read details about that number of tanks.

https://defence24.pl/
well informed polish portal close enough to the officials and polish defense industry - there is also english version of this

https://defence24.com/