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SaparotRob said:
Okay, Chancellor Scholz won't send tanks to Ukraine until the U.S. does. Screw it!
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That may be Finland's POV as well.


Since they're not yet in NATO are they relying on security guarantees from the US? Or more likely, Finland shares the global realization that Russia is a paper tiger, incapable of invading anywhere, let alone a Russian graveyard like Finland.

Imagine Ivan's fear when these beasts roll out of the winter's mist.

 
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In '39, Finland didn't need no lousy 'estinkin tanks.
 
SaparotRob said:
In '39?
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Yep.

The Koiras and Naaras tanks were Renault FTs.

They had the Vickers Mk.E and some tankettes.

Once the Soviets attacked, Finland got all sorts of new tanks, although I think they had to retreive them on their own since no Ukrainian farmers were around at the time.

Then of course, they got some tanks later from Germany, like the PzKfw Mk.IV and StuG III.
 

So, SODs are sad, and SADs become sod? Interesting.
 

The Russian offensive against Bakhmut is likely culminating as ISW forecasted on December 27.[1] US military doctrine defines culmination as the "point at which a force no longer has the capability to continue its form of operations, offense or defense," and "when a force cannot continue the attack and must assume a defensive posture or execute an operational pause."[2] If Russian forces in Bakhmut have indeed culminated, they may nevertheless continue to attack aggressively. Culminated Russian forces may continue to conduct ineffective squad-sized assaults against Bakhmut, though these assaults would be very unlikely to make operationally significant gains.

Several indicators support the assessment that Russian forces around Bakhmut have culminated.

Senior Ukrainian officials are visiting frontline positions in Bakhmut unimpeded. Ukraine's Military Intelligence Directorate (GUR) chief, Kyrylo Budanov, visited Bakhmut on December 27-28 and was geolocated to within at least 600 meters of the previously recorded Russian forward line of troops.[3] Budanov's visit supports previous Ukrainian social media reports that Ukrainian forces conducted a tactical counterattack that repelled Russian forces from the outskirts of Bakhmut on December 21.[4] Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Bakhmut on December 20.[5]

Institute for the Study of War

This page collects ISW and CTP's updates on the conflict in Ukraine. In late February 2022, ISW began publishing daily synthetic products covering key events related to renewed Russian aggression against Ukraine.
www.understandingwar.org

Bad time of year to be in this state, if the weather cooperates with the Ukrainians. Forces in that state are ripe for being rolled up.
 
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