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Mar 17 5 tweets 2 min read
as i have been saying for over a year...
"THE T-90 TANK IS A DEAD END OF THE T-72 TANK". its really nothing new, no super weapon, most parts are T72, and in some ways its worse than a T72. at $5 million each its a huge waste of money, please keep building them!!!!
recently a ukr soldier with a WWII era karal gustov took one out.... with a shot to the FRONT. yes the thickest part of the tank ImageImageImage
so far the ukr army has killed or captured about 20 of them Image
they recently took one apart and found out that they are still using a 1937 designed motor that is under powered for what it is pushing making it slower... gagadget.com/en/war/225993-…
now that the truth about it is out there i cant see too many more sales going forward with this turkey, resulting in loss of hard currency for russia..... i wonder if there is a alternative out there, ow wait ImageImage

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Mar 18
again the squirrel line has been activated..
"David! Can you please do a short thread on TOW 2b… how the missle flys over, but shoots warheads down over target? That is 🤯"
ok here we go......
lets start with the target... any random ru tank,
look at the blocks all over it. the blocks are ERA or explosive reactive armor..
great for things like older RPGs or LAWs...
they have little effect against a tank round or a tow II Image
the first tows would hit the brick and blow up, some of the super heated plasma would vent away from the blast. this was somewhat protective... for the 1970s.. yes 1970s tec used on a modern tank, Image
Read 12 tweets
Mar 17
another question to the squirrel line...
" David,
I really enjoy your input. I have no military background, so I hope you can answer me a question regarding the damage artillery and tanks do:
I often see videos where shells are somewhat exploding near a tank, artillery piece or a group of Russian soldiers (the lastest case mainly dropped from drones). It often seems to my none professional eye that they do not that much of damage.
How directly does a hit to be to be critical?
Read 15 tweets
Mar 16
just got a question on the Secretsqrl line.....
"Hi David. Ukraine needs more manpower to succeed as the Russians will keep coming. For generations. How about that argument?"
ok down the squirrel hole....
1. lets look at the numbers... 144 million vs 44 million.. but wait ukr allows women / gays in the military (army).. ru does not (officially).
yes russia has a larger military, that takes manpower, and a navy, strategic air force, nukes all that take manpower. that ukr does not have to ma.
Read 9 tweets
Mar 16
in the military if you are a battalion commander in combat YOU DONT SEE THE WHOLE BATTLEFIELD!!!!
you dont see whats going on behind the lines, you dont know about future plans, and YOU DONT GIVE INTERVIEWS without the army public affairs officer there!!!! news.yahoo.com/battalion-comm…
i was interviewed (or they tried to) quite a few times in baghdad. every time a CNN guy would come to talk to me i loved to talk to them
CNN "so how do you like it hear sgt"
me "its FUCKING GREAAT"
CNN "umm sgt could you please not say the F word on film?"
me.. "sorry sir i will try not to say fuck"
CNN "ok again..."
me "fuck i love it here, ow sorry F word again"
CNN "GURRRR"
me "im fucking sorry sir"
Read 4 tweets
Mar 14
just a rant... no one take offence
BUT..
Ok this is going to be a bit of a rant about something I have seen and experienced that in my opinion Ukraine is really messing up on and is a simple fix, its also making Ukraine NOT look good to many.
First I am going to clarify it has NOTHING to do with the Ukrainian aid group im working with, they have been great. If you have any extra money liberty Ukraine is where it should go in my opinion… its not about them…
1.As a civilian I love helping liberty ukr. WAY over 150K in gear has been donated directly from me or by a handful of fundraisers I helped get going.
Read 24 tweets
Mar 9
so its a pattern,
russia tries a ground attack... losses. then during the pull back or redeployment of troops throws a tantrum and fires off a heavy bombardment of rockets to try and punish the ukr civ for getting its butt kicked on the battlefield.
word was the 155th and 40th have been pulled back and the battle was paused.. probably wagner has stopped or slowed. so....
81 launches of missiles of different bases:
- 28 launches winged missiles of air base h-101/h-555;
- 20 Launches of Winged Missiles of Marine Base "Calibre";
- 6 X-22 winged missiles;
- 6 Launches Winged Missiles Air Base X-47 "Kinjal";
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