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buffnut453 said:
The pros and cons of Russia using older MBTs:

www.forbes.com

The Russians Aren’t Just Running Out Of Tanks—They’re Running Out Of Tank Crews, Too. And It’s Going To Get Worse.

It’s possible thousands of experienced Russian tankers have died in the wider war; replacing them might be as difficult as replacing their tanks is.
www.forbes.com www.forbes.com
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One Con that I haven't seen mentioned is that I cannot see a 100mm in a T55 penetrating any current Ukraine tank, and I include the T72 as well as the very small numbers of M1, Challenger and Leopard tanks in that thought. A T62 will probably have a chance against a T72 and Leopard 2a4 but only a chance. With all the other disadvantages of the T62 it is likely to be only a small chance.
My understanding is that Leopard II a5 upwards have better armour
 
GrauGeist said:
This:

And this:

is straight out of the history books.

The first could easily be read as:


The larger picture is, that while Russia is thinning it's forces along it's front in order to feed the meat-grinder, it's allowing Ukraine to build up it's forces as well as opening the door for Ukraine to strike weakened lines elsewhere on the front.

Stalingrad V2.0
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Yep. I think I said something to that effect here a few weeks ago as well. You're absolutely right, I hope.
 
Glider said:
One Con that I haven't seen mentioned is that I cannot see a 100mm in a T55 penetrating any current Ukraine tank, and I include the T72 as well as the very small numbers of M1, Challenger and Leopard tanks in that thought. A T62 will probably have a chance against a T72 and Leopard 2a4 but only a chance. With all the other disadvantages of the T62 it is likely to be only a small chance.
My understanding is that Leopard II a5 upwards have better armour
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Ukraine is also receiving a batch of 100+ leopard 1 (i guess leopard 1A5). Considering the thin skin of Leo 1, they will probably penetrate each other easily.
Though, if the leos are up to the 1a5 standard, that means 80s technology. So they can probably fire earlier.

Anyway, as I said in previous posts, I don't expect too many tank vs tank combat. Most tanks will be killed by ATGMs, artillery and, in the case of minimally trained Russian crews, mines. We have actually seen a lot of tank kills by mines recently.
 
manta22 said:
Absolutely! Where was the need to know? Why was this sensitive intelligence accessible to an organization so far down the chain as the National Guard anyway? Heads need to roll in Washington, too. Incompetence is bad enough but when combined with malice, things are getting dangerous.
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It may not be that he was directly given access to such but just happened to be there by accident - lax I know but often the stupidest things happen. It might also be that he was assisting/aiding someone from higher rank - happens all the time. In such a case, the higher person will also be in trouble. It doesn't excuse this moron from what he did taking photos and posting them though. He is still responsible for those crimes.
buffnut453 said:
He was serving at an ANG Intelligence Squadron. I imagine those units may be involved in actual intel support to forward-deployed forces simply because it's tough to train on intel using fake data. If that's the case, then his unit would have had access to all sorts of material. The question remains how he was able to liberate it so easily and without anyone noticing (e.g. checking print logs etc).

I must stress I have no knowledge of the actual situation here but I have heard of Guard units providing forward support to the regular military. Just wondering if that's the case here?
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That is a good point. I have seen all too often that when people are immersed in such stuff all the time they can run the risk of becoming lax about it. I remember people printing out letters to landlords on Secret networks and also having to up brief subordinates because others officers couldn't keep their mouths shut when in earshot of those not cleared.
 
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GrauGeist said:
I saw it mentioned that this Airman had something to do with IT, so I suspect it's not a matter of his being cleared for a level of Intel access but rather him poking around on computers and/or servers where he didn't belong.
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According to here:

www.abc.net.au

Who is the 21-year-old allegedly behind the massive US intelligence leak?

US authorities believe military information technology specialist Jack Teixeira is behind the biggest leak of intelligence documents in more than a decade. So who is the T-shirt-clad young man heavily armed FBI agents arrested?
www.abc.net.au www.abc.net.au

With his role, he would have been responsible for accessing military communications networks and ensuring their protection.
 
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Glider said:
The thought in my head is why would a junior member of the Air National Guard have a need to see this type of documentation. I would have expected that access would be strictly limited to people who need access to it for a purpose
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The sweet sound of stable doors slamming way after the horse has gone

The Pentagon has also 'begun to limit who across the government receives its highly classified daily intelligence briefs,' CNN reported on Thursday.
 
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