Warfare Russia/Ukraine War
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Rheinmetall is supposed to be sitting on 80 Leopards (hopefully not 2A4's) waiting to setup/refurbish. Could very well be mistaken, but seem to remember these were not of the Bundeswehr.
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What Bradley Fighting Vehicles Will Mean for Ukraine
The Bradley has the speed, range, and firepower to help Ukraine retake its territory.
www.thebulwark.com
Discussion is mainly of the M3 Bradley.
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I would assume us to donate 2A4. Krauss Maffei (and ChemChina) will make good money from European rearmament.
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For all those wondering what idiots would spend all of their available resources to attack a place with no strategic importance; it's the corrupt greedy kleptocrats calling the shots looking out for their own self-interests.
www.reuters.com
U.S. thinks Putin ally Prigozhin wants control of salt, gypsum from mines near Bakhmut
The United States is of the view that Russian President Vladimir Putin's ally Yevgeny Prigozhin, who is the founder of Russia's most powerful mercenary group, is interested in taking control of salt and gypsum from mines near the Ukrainian-held city of Bakhmut, a White House official said on...
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I get the point, but would Russia atack Poland? A NATO country? no way, they can't even take a junk from Ukraine not to mention that would be total suicide for them.
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Technically true, but completely relying on your allies isn't a plan, but a gamble.
They might not want to risk nuclear war by helping you just like they're being hesitant and holding back now with every arms delivery because of Russian nuclear sabre-rattling.
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Russia doesn't have the capacity on attacking another country. And Poland is not Ukraine. And Poland is Nato. Russia wouldn't dare. And if it would it would also mean game over to russia, nuclear or non nuclear.
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Germany is in negotiations with Brazil and Qatar to buy back Gepard SPAAG's sold to these countries between 2013 and 2022. In the event of a success, Germany could donate another 50 Gepards to Ukraine. Rumour has it that Brasilia and Doha are offered either money or a replacement in the guise of the Gepard's unofficial successor, the Boxer Skyranger.
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The only ceasefire Russia deserves is when every Russian in Ukrain territories are dead and the Russian economy collapses their mothers would be sucking Somalian dicks just to get a new passport.Ruzzia will most probably not survive this in its present form.
This is the beginning of the final stage of the show called "The collapse of the Soviet Union"
Kein Putin, Aufstände, Bürgerkrieg: Experte prophezeit „zersplittertes Russland“
Ein Verteidigungsexperte sagt den Sturz Wladimir Putins in Folge des Ukraine-Kriegs voraus. Russland prophezeit er sogar einen möglichen Bürgerkrieg.www.merkur.de
Coffey advises to not try to change and modernize the Russian society this time but rather exploit the coming weaknesses of the living corpse the RF is.
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No, they were bought back from the German Army on an agreement that Rheinmetall would resell them to the Army on a bargain price if the chassis were needed for conversions (e.g. for armoured recovery vehicles or bridge layers). That way, the military saves the cost for long-term storage, and they would've to be returned to the manufacturer for conversion anyway. They should be in a decent enough shape.
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It's an interesting article, but if one truly cares about the state of affairs in Germany one would do well to remember that Rolf Muetzenich isn't Olaf Scholz. He's not even an ally of Scholz, but a rival. The Social Democrats elected a left-leaning majority leader in order to keep Scholz on a leash; his coalition partners are centrist and centre-right, don't forget that.
I'm furious at Scholz for his lack of leadership and I loathe Muetzenich and his misguided cronies, but at the same time it kind of pains me to see foreign media misrepresenting every backbencher's brain fart as official German policy. Germany isn't pulling her weight, but she's not doing nothing. And Berlin's hesitance didn't have to stop e.g. the rest of the alliance from donating fighting vehicles like MBTs and IFVs.
The only difference between, say, Germany and France is that France sells her image better.
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What “graph” is this? Poland has donated at least €2bn in military equipment (unofficially much more, as much of that has not been officially confirmed, like the number of PT-91s, BMP-1s, Gvozdikas, Osas, spare parts for MiG-29s, etc.), plus we spent €9bns on refugees and non-military aid. How come the graph doesn’t even show €5bns?
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The graph shows bilateral commitments, not domestic spending. Why would the costs incurred by housing refugees be shown here? Many countries have welcomed refugees from Ukraine, regardless of their stance towards that conflict. Heck, almost half a million people even fled to Russia, probably costing Moscow a pretty penny as well. Would you agree with Russia showing up in a list of Ukraine's backers, then? Besides, all countries who signed the convention on refugees took up the task of feeding and housing them anyways; i.e. their efforts are not specific to this war.
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OK. I’m assuming the graph includes the RCH-155 howitzers that were promised in 2022, but they are to be delivered in 2025 as well as other promised equipment.
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