Czech president: Ukraine could have our L-159 jets
The Czech Republic could give Ukraine some of its L-159 fighter jets to support its planned counter-offensive, Czech President Petr Pavel was quoted as saying on Wednesday.
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This are the 2 plausible versions: an ambush by Ukranian planes and friendly fire. Some sources discard manpads because they consider the explosions too big for manpads.Looks like UAF MiG-29s, possibly armed with AIM-7 Sparrows ambushed the four Russians lost yesterday.
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Nice work. It's amazing that after fifteen months of fighting that Russia still have no air supremancy. Given the low TBO and total life of Soviet-era engines, it's also a testament to the MiG-29's reliability and/or to the heroic determination of its Ukrainian mechanics.
Question, where are Russia's MiG-29s? Did they replace them all with Sukhois and scrap the MiGs?
Things may be starting to go wrong with Russia, as two more senior officers were killed in the front lines.
Reuters
(Reuters) -Russia's Defence Ministry said on Sunday that two of its military commanders were killed in eastern Ukraine, as Kyiv's forces renewed efforts to break through Russian defences in the embattled city of Bakhmut.
In a daily briefing, the ministry said that Commander Vyacheslav Makarov of the 4th Motorized Rifle Brigade and Deputy Commander Yevgeny Brovko from a separate unit were killed trying to repel Ukrainian attacks.
It said that Makarov had been leading troops from the front line, and that Brovko "died heroically, suffering multiple shrapnel wounds". The defence ministry rarely announces the deaths of military command in its daily briefings.
That's actually showing the 120mm gun armed version I posted earlier.
A colonel leading from the front does not mean he is necessarily doing the job of a captain or a lieutenant. Sometimes the colonel, with his greater experience and wider battlefield responsibilities, may see an opportunity that his subordinates can't see and it's simply more expeditious for the colonel to provide direct control. The captains and lieutenants will still be leading their companies and platoons. There are plenty of examples of senior leaders leading from the front...and it can pay off, providing the leader isn't killed.
Colonel's are BN and Brigade commanders. They are never too far from the front anyhow.
I don't know whether to be disappointed or relieved....... maybe I'll go with both.....What the **** - no temper tantrum from Prigozhin today
He's tired and shagged out after a long squawk.What the **** - no temper tantrum from Prigozhin today
Having a colonel lead his unit from the front is an admirable trait to encourage subordinates and urge them on to greater achievements. Men will follow a leader that they see as indestructible. The problems come when that leader gets killed...and the myth of indestructibility is exposed. The impact on unit cohesion can be far worse than if the colonel had remained further to the rear to direct the forces.
Shouldn't this have been awarded to Putin?
That kind of reminds me of Curtis LeMay: He generally did lead from the front until he was no longer allowed to. While he made very harsh demands of his men, he did everything he made his men do.Having a colonel lead his unit from the front is an admirable trait to encourage subordinates and urge them on to greater achievements.
Potentially, but there's also something to be said about a leader who had the guts to do everything he made his men do -- he didn't have to, but did it anyway.Men will follow a leader that they see as indestructible. The problems come when that leader gets killed...and the myth of indestructibility is exposed. The impact on unit cohesion can be far worse than if the colonel had remained further to the rear to direct the forces.
Well, it can be particularly if it leads to micromanaging or positions that should be held by junior officers being held by senior officers. We would see these problems become a major issue with the USAF (particularly under LeMay after he took command of SAC).If the colonel has to perform the job of captains or lieutenants, there is a problem relating to the captains or lieutenants formation.
It also helps to have disciplined troops, too.
Both Rommel and Patton had excellent results not only because they often led from the front, but because they had the confidence of the troops under their command.
When Patton took charge of the US II Corps in Tunesia, he turned it around and created a force to be reconed with.
Before that, the II Corps had been roughed up by Rommel at Kasserine Pass and moral amongst the rank and file was not all that great.