The War in the Ukraine

tankphobia

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On the other hand, does China actually have an exact version of this type of suicide drone?

They have CH-901 in swarm configuration, but these drones don't seem to have as good range as Shahed-136

GB-6A and WS-43 seem to fit the bill in some ways, but I don't think they can be launched en masse from 1 truck.

Theres so many drone variants in the PLA its hard to find a specific one lol. But most Chinese drones focus on EW and ISR.
Looking at the PLA UAV thread, LQ-302 comes to mind for something of similar/better capability, with swarm capability of up to 25 combat units and you can probably flatpack 50 of them in a truck seeing as the wing folds. It's probably a fair bit more expensive tho, since it will also have some ISR capability compared to the Shahed-136 which is really just a rudimentary cruise missile if you want to be pedantic about it.
 

sheogorath

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Ukraine liberates more land from Russian occupation.
How is that southern offensive going, though?. Or are we going to pretend nothing is happening in the south or around Bakhmut because doesn't fit the "winning" narrative?
I predict winter will interesting for Russian draftees who aren't given tens to sleep in or winter gears as we have seen from recent videos. I suspect we're gonna see mass surrenderings of dafter Russians because they dont wanna freeze to death.
That's a whole lot of assumptions to make for a couple of videos and a lot of projection, too

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Nobo

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I predict winter will interesting for Russian draftees who aren't given tens to sleep in or winter gears as we have seen from recent videos. I suspect we're gonna see mass surrenderings of dafter Russians because they dont wanna freeze to death.
O yea? Do you think Russia should pull one or two "Project 100000" since we have seen there are some countries who are expert in which draftees should be sent in ? :rolleyes::rolleyes:
 

baykalov

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If this is true, it must be a record of going from mobilization to captivity in just 3 days... Xd!

According to popular pro-Russian Telegram channels, this video is a fake. The captured man is from the Donbas and is forced to lie on camera, in the interests of Ukrainian propaganda, that he was recently mobilized in Moscow.

Zelensky has been trying very hard in recent days to discredit the mobilization in Russia, and has even started speaking in the hated Russian language.
 

Sinnavuuty

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If the maps are correct then encirclement is a very real possibility (if not happened already).

Russian troops will need to retreat from those positions
This map is still very conservative in terms of AFU's advances. Russian troops at Lyman are already under operational siege. This only reinforces my conviction that there are almost no Russian troops on the front line, the same situation that happened in Kharkiv will happen in Lyman and I seriously think that the AFU will advance to Svatove (and they will succeed) as soon as Lyman to fall.
 

Stealthflanker

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How is that southern offensive going, though?. Or are we going to pretend nothing is happening in the south or around Bakhmut because doesn't fit the "winning" narrative?

I wonder if "feint" narrative still around.
But yeah apparently everything is concentrating in Kharkov nowadays. While Kherson front is not seem to favorable for Ukrainians.
I would expect people will hype and "larping" about Lyman as it's in rather critical condition.

Now that the Referendum is complete.. It should be time for Russians to set things in motion particularly on offensive department. As the longer it takes, the more chance Ukrainian forces to start entrench themselves in and if Kharkov is still on the table.. it will be tougher nut to crack.
 

Weaasel

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This map is still very conservative in terms of AFU's advances. Russian troops at Lyman are already under operational siege. This only reinforces my conviction that there are almost no Russian troops on the front line, the same situation that happened in Kharkiv will happen in Lyman and I seriously think that the AFU will advance to Svatove (and they will succeed) as soon as Lyman to fall.
The Russians sure a taking their sweet time to bring in reinforcements if that is the case... Why the Russians would be so negligent in terms of manpower in Kharkov, yet so proactive in Kherson and Zhaporizhizia is head scratching...
 

Anlsvrthng

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In the U.S. weapons industry, the normal production level for artillery rounds for the 155 millimeter howitzer — a long-range heavy artillery weapon currently used on the battlefields of Ukraine — is about 30,000 rounds per year in peacetime.

So, it is not millions / year, but ten thousands / year.

Pathetic.
 
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