Lacking artillery, lacking soldiers...this is the outcome.
Almost no new drone droping bombs on orcs. maybe they finally learned and found a solution for it.
Ukes will have a hard time in this pace.
That is why the endless discussions on what spares we can give to Ukraine are essential but there needs to be a more systematic approach into what we can produce and deliver based on some sort of lend lease.

This war simply explodes all forecasts of ammunitions and hardware that were projected in our short small interventionnist wars against ragtag bands of rebels and terrorists.

The delivery of a short list of crucial weapons needs to be established, massively produced as well as ammunition, and it' s not enough to send out anything that was just sitting there in the course of a conflict that is far from over.

We make fun of Russia a lot, but they compensate lower skills of many of their units by a massive wave and a sacrificial attitude. In the film "By dawns early light" the crazy general played by Rip Torn goes on saying that the Russians never cared about casualties.

The Ukrainians were and remain the underdogs, it' s just that they have achieved miracles with what they have, weapons and courage combined.

EDIT: anyways remembering this still consoles on how the russian ambitions have shrunk.

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That is why the endless discussions on what spares we can give to Ukraine are essential but there needs to be a more systematic approach into what we can produce and deliver based on some sort of lend lease.

This war simply explodes all forecasts of ammunitions and hardware that were projected in our short small interventionnist wars against ragtag bands of rebels and terrorists.

The delivery of a short list of crucial weapons needs to be established, massively produced as well as ammunition, and it' s not enough to send out anything that was just sitting there in the course of a conflict that is far from over.

We make fun of Russia a lot, but they compensate lower skills of many of their units by a massive wave and a sacrificial attitude. In the film "By dawns early light" the crazy general played by Rip Torn goes on saying that the Russians never cared about casualties.

The Ukrainians were and remain the underdogs, it' s just that they have achieved miracles with what they have, weapons and courage combined.

EDIT: anyways remembering this still consoles on how the russian ambitions have shrunk.


U.S. Navy Secretary on Arms Shipments

This is really getting critical and should have been addressed with a greater sense of urgency much earlier in this crisis.

It might seem quite jarring to some, but the West needs to go on some type of war footing regarding arms production, and just as importantly secure production of critical rare earth elements.

This will take years and there is little momentum to address the foundational weaknesses.
 
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In French but the producers of the Cesar say that they can mass produce, but they also need some visibility on orders.

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In French but the producers of the Cesar say that they can mass produce, but they also need some visibility on orders.

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The Western arms industry can flood Ukraine with modern weapons on a far greater scale than Russia can.

Most arms producers can upscale their production and if they weren't dumb war time production needs have already been implemented into the respective systems design.

I mean we are doing basically nothing at the moment...compared to what is possible. And Russia is already mobilizing and scratching the barrel.

Waves of underequipped forces with outdated weapon systems and tactics will not lead you anywhere in the 21st century.
 
The Western arms industry can flood Ukraine with modern weapons on a far greater scale than Russia can.

Most arms producers can upscale their production and if they weren't dumb war time production needs have already been implemented into the respective systems design.

I mean we are doing basically nothing at the moment...compared to what is possible. And Russia is already mobilizing and scratching the barrel.

Waves of underequipped forces with outdated weapon systems and tactics will not lead you anywhere in the 21st century.
Any source about that production? All the charts or stats I saw so far even production of the equipment given to Ukr from stock will take a long time to replenish - speaking about modern, complex weapon systems.
 
Any source about that production? All the charts or stats I saw so far even production of the equipment given to Ukr from stock will take a long time to replenish - speaking about modern, complex weapon systems.

Obviously not this is not public knowledge nor will you ever get real numbers. But regarding our industrial capacity its not that hard to imagine how even a modest investing in arms production will massively increase output.
 
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Very very sad my daughter has a stuffed animal like her...why weren't they evacuated? I would come and pick them up personally if needed....
 
Best I can say is we really don’t know what level of resources UA is putting into Bakhmut. Hopefully not enough to hinder the next major offenses to come. I’d like to think the Pentagon is in contact and sees through all of this. The rate of transfer of heavy equipment might say otherwise, but it might not.
 
Very very sad my daughter has a stuffed animal like her...why weren't they evacuated? I would come and pick them up personally if needed....
I don't get why Ukraine isn't doing mandatory evacuations from areas under threat either. Might argue that it's bad for PR to force people, and dead civilians are good for PR ...
 
The Western arms industry can flood Ukraine with modern weapons on a far greater scale than Russia can.

Most arms producers can upscale their production and if they weren't dumb war time production needs have already been implemented into the respective systems design.

I mean we are doing basically nothing at the moment...compared to what is possible. And Russia is already mobilizing and scratching the barrel.

Waves of underequipped forces with outdated weapon systems and tactics will not lead you anywhere in the 21st century.
On paper, anything is possible. But I don´t share your optimism. I would if for example the production of Leclerc tanks would be running and Ukraine would get ten a month...but they are getting AMX10´s, used, maybe a coule of this or that and have to combine with other used equipment.

It is necessary to standardize weapons needed and just make tons of them, even even hundred more tons of ammo. It should not be a weapons expo but a collection of weapons selected by the people involved in the war.
 

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