The War in the Ukraine

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xypher

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gelgoog said:
Of course you did not bother reading the comments on that flamebait Twitter post and had to reproduce it here on the forum.
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I did read like half or more, the comment section is just full of people with Ukrainian flags circlejerking this and noticing even more inconsistensies. Could you link to the specific comments that explain why X-Ray does not match the truck?

EDIT: So either those Twitter comments are really buried somewhere or were deleted. I had to google through and found that the X-Ray is apparently for the DAF that transported the cargo from Georgia to Armavir, it was made on Verkhny Lars. The truck that eventually blew up was International ProStar and was not scanned.
 
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sheogorath

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Bellum_Romanum said:
Only idiots that keeps LOL with their emoji would dismiss what you wrote when none of these folks have been, or living in Canada.
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On that note, I do remember the pro-Ukraine squad would mock Russia for the slow pace of gains or when the offensives would stall. Most of the Ukranian offensives have stalled and our friends are nowhere to be seen to provide their analisys and comments.

Soldier30 said:
As reported, 6 tanks and more than 10 units of other armored and automotive vehicles were destroyed.
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More of those non-substantial losses, as someone called them
 
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This war has gone on for long enough that all sorts of weird things are happening. First we got that news of MiG-29 vs Shahed-136 and the manned fighter was the one that went down. Now we have this:
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1580492869705822208
Drone on drone dogfight.
Would this count as another instance of China arming both sides ala Iran-Iraq War?
 
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Atomicfrog

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TongHua said:
These Lancet kamikaze drones seem quite deadly. When used in conjunction with recon drones they can pick apart tank columns on the move.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1580542306284732417
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Clearly, it's sad to see a small explosive payload who would not even scratch the armor making probably a lot of damage on a MBT with all hatch opens. Possibly mauling the crew, risking to setting off amunition and possibly ruining screen or controls near the hatch.
 
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memfisa

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Atomicfrog said:
Clearly, it's sad to see a small explosive payload who would not even scratch the armor making probably a lot of damage on a MBT with all hatch opens. Possibly mauling the crew, risking to setting off amunition and possibly ruining screen or controls near the hatch.
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Until they remove the HE warhead and put something like HEAT instead. It would be highly specialized toward heavier armor and ineffective against lighter vehicles and manpower, however it would probably slice through a tank quite nicely and cause some fireworks inside. Even with the hatches closed

It's hard to judge the angle of approach but I'm sure it's not strictly limited to comming in at ground level, so used in more if a top attack role dive boming its target even at a moderate angle would send a stream of molten metal pouring downwards into the carousel with a high probability of ammo cooking off
 
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memfisa said:
Until they remove the HE warhead and put something like HEAT instead. It would be highly specialized toward heavier armor and ineffective against lighter vehicles and manpower, however it would probably slice through a tank quite nicely and cause some fireworks inside. Even with the hatches closed

It's hard to judge the angle of approach but I'm sure it's not strictly limited to comming in at ground level, so used in more if a top attack role dive boming its target even at a moderate angle would send a stream of molten metal pouring downwards into the carousel with a high probability of ammo cooking off
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An ATGM warhead on these would surely do nice penetrating damage, flying path would be more critical. But like we see in most of the attack... all hatches are open and the HE warhead probably disable the crew anyway. You need people taking care of the crew, other recovering the tank. In term of manpower, just disabling the crew produce a big lost to the enemy. Damage to the tank just add up on it.
 
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