Russian invasion of Ukraine

Dunno how accurate these stats are.

CNN reports that Russian artillery fire is down nearly 75%...5,000 rounds a day compared to 20,000 at war time high US investigating whether this is due to RU ammo shortage, UA precision strikes or RU regrouping.

Slava Ukraini.
 
grunge said:
This is a month old but I missed it. Hopefully it happens. The US Airforce is petitioning the Pentagon for permission to send the older Reaper drone stock to Ukraine, Fingers crossed this happens. would be a massive game changer.



the main reason the pentagon is against this is they dont want Russia to get hold of them even though they are old, even being old, they are way ahead of anything Russia has. It would need to be assumed this would happen if they are sent.

There are also apparently plenty of the US airforce and Pentagon who want to see how the Ukrainin's use them and how they hold up being used in ways that the US hasn't used them for.
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Reaper drones could be a game changer shifting the static dug in lines which are not being moved with artillery, another method of hitting supply lines as well.
 
SPIDERBOY said:
Dunno how accurate these stats are.

CNN reports that Russian artillery fire is down nearly 75%...5,000 rounds a day compared to 20,000 at war time high US investigating whether this is due to RU ammo shortage, UA precision strikes or RU regrouping.

Slava Ukraini.
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Down to all three I would imagine
There's not a chance Russia would have thought they'd be using so much ammunition and the Ukrainians have proved they receive very good Intel on ammunition dumps
 
Wasn’t sure if to post or not but heard the below interception of some russian soldiers bragging about the raping and murdering of innocents in Lyman some time back and thought fuck it…



Intercept - hope they catch these animals and get tried or better still theyve been shot

 
BlueAnorak said:
Russian economy starting to go down the shitter @$56bn a month.
Telegraph Article:
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All his pillars of support are being systematically eroded -

  • Continued battlefield losses that are even pissing off deluded state tv pundits and military commentators
  • Finger pointing in full throttle between the FSB, Wagner and the military command
  • Depleted military and hardware
  • Ukraine hopefully shortly receiving even more advanced hardware as NATO/EU/U.S rallies more around Ukraine
  • Air defence systems being ramped up around Ukraine negating the attack on civilian infrastructure
  • russian economy buckling under crippling sanctions
  • China finally waking up to the fact that they have backed a donkey and look to slowly reverse out of their position
  • Nuke card is a busted flush I suspect
This only really leaves forcing Belarus to open up a Northern front to complicate matters which carries its own dangers for Lukashenko. Continued mass mobilisation will just fast track a civil implosion and bring no discernible advantages to russia on the battlefield.
 
crooky said:
What can a Reaper drone do that artillery can't? Is it a case of extended range or something else?
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They can loiter at long distances which the US has reservations about if they are used inside Russia. Being in the air though allows them to get a better view on the enemy and I would imagine the Hellfire missiles they come with have a better accuracy than artillery shells.

Those front lines that are going nowhere and at a stand still would be easier to hit to make a break through.
 
crooky said:
What can a Reaper drone do that artillery can't? Is it a case of extended range or something else?
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I presume a drone could put a bomb or missile through a 6th floor window with it being almost on top of the target whereas artillery shells from 10 miles away are subject to wind, humidity and the coriolis affect
 
crooky said:
What can a Reaper drone do that artillery can't? Is it a case of extended range or something else?
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It can be fitter with Air to Air, Air to ground, and smart bombs.

would increase the range of a lot of the missiles we have sent that had to be changed to ground launch from air launch.

Mixed in with lots of top end recon tools.
 
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