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It will be a Su-27UB1M which is essentially a standard Su-27UB, first acquired back in the USSR days and inherited by the Ukrainians back in the early 1990s, and then modernizized to NATO standards in 2012, which involved a minor overhaul of the radar, navigation and communication equipment. You can see some here:A beautiful photo. Flanker in the AM. I didn't know Ukraine had twin seat Su-27s. Is this a Su-35?
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Yeah they fire lit cigarettes.Will they be effective against Russian air soft vests?
How many of these are Abrams, Challengers and Leopard 2s? In addition to these three, the upcoming package also includes a bunch of PT-91 Twardys from Poland and T-72s from Morocco.PARIS, Jan 27 (Reuters) - A total of 321 heavy tanks have been promised to Ukraine by several countries
No doubt Morocco is paying back USA support in the western Sáhara and arms sales.Morocco sends 20 modernized T-72 tanks to Ukraine as Germany witholds Leopard 2s
Morocco has sent tanks to Ukraine to enhance its counter-offensive against Russian forces. Twenty modernized T-72B main battle tanks havewww.military.africa
He may well beat the UAF to the punch and launch his attack before the new equipment arrives, but there is an excellent chance that he may not have had the time, to put the necessary preparation and ground work in place, for the attack to succeed.Putins set to beat the UAF to the punch with an early offensive on 24 Feb.
They will need to ride out the storm until `western equipments turn upon in sufficient numbers to be decisive.
Melitopol is the key, take that, and the Orcs will need to retreat back to Crimea
He may well beat the UAF to the punch and launch his attack before the new equipment arrives, but there is an excellent chance that he may not have had the time, to put the necessary preparation and ground work in place, for the attack to succeed.
He was lucky in the original assault 12 months ago that Ukraine didn't have to equipment to exploit the chaos and confusion. Its a very different Ukraine army now, an army that has proven its ability to make the most of any mistake, and has the weapons to do it.
That is true but the he still needs to prepare and without the right structure in place it can easily stall. When that happens the mass of half trained infantry can easily become more of a problem to Russia than a help.Indeed, but he's shown a willingness to use relentless human wave attacks to wear down battle hardened and very well equipped Ukrainian forces and gain ground.
Casualties mean nothing to him, if he loses 100,000 men KIA gaining Zaporishia, he'll considerer it a good exchange.
Also, many of the Ukrainians fled or even turned sides during the initial invasion, especially during Russia's offensive from Crimea into the Kherson and Zaporizhia oblasts. Compared to Kyiv and Kharkiv those two folded quickly. Hopefully the UAF has weeded out those types from their ranks.He was lucky in the original assault 12 months ago that Ukraine didn't have to equipment to exploit the chaos and confusion.
Apparently the Canadian ones are little to no better?My understanding is that the Spanish Leopards are in such disrepair that they're essentially useless.
How many of these are Abrams, Challengers and Leopard 2s?
Putins set to beat the UAF to the punch with an early offensive on 24 Feb.
They will need to ride out the storm until `western equipments turn upon in sufficient numbers to be decisive.
Melitopol is the key, take that, and the Orcs will need to retreat back to Crimea
Indeed, but he's shown a willingness to use relentless human wave attacks to wear down battle hardened and very well equipped Ukrainian forces and gain ground.
Casualties mean nothing to him, if he loses 100,000 men KIA gaining Zaporishia, he'll considerer it a good exchange.
Apparently the Canadian ones are little to no better?
'Don't tell Ukraine I'm falling apart': The imagined thoughts of a Canadian Leopard 2 tank
Dear Diary satirically re-imagines a week in the life of a newsmaker. This week, the thoughts of a Ukraine-bound Canadian Leopard 2 tanknationalpost.com
Mothballed Spanish Leopard 2A4s "Unusable" For Donation To Ukraine
Spanish defense minister Margarita Robles said on Tuesday that Leopard 2A4 tanks in storage were in an “absolutely unfortunate” condition precluding donation.www.overtdefense.com
Yet both Spain and Canada are now offering their seemingly under-maintained Leopards to Ukraine. Presumably we're sending those in the least worst condition.
I was surprised to read that Canada's Leopards are neglected. We have a Canadian division of Rheinmetall that was supposed to be focused on Leopard maintenance, shown below.Or for spare parts, if nothing else.