"The 1980's are calling to ask for their foreign policy back."

One... fucking... tank...ROTFLMAO.

2020 vs 2023.

Looks like London has bigger balls than Washington.

https://twitter.com/adamkinzinger/status/1656145683081048064

Jolly good you beans on toast eaters.

https://twitter.com/noclador/status/1656410075328544768?s=46&t=iYW3foyqIA6Tn8VWwn3nwQ

I just hope that by the next elections in the US this crap will be over and the Russians will be driven out. In Europe, the Putinists are already celebrating Trump's return in 2024, and there are still a huge number of Putinists in Europe, don't be fooled. Trump's interview with CNN has caused real jubilation among these assholes.

Because Biden is so frail, I think it's entirely possible he loses the election. Whether against Trump or another republican buffoon like DeSantis.

Looks like they are going to be Storm Shadow cruise missiles.

https://twitter.com/jimsciutto/status/1656585441343074305

We need to send them GLSDB.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_Launched_Small_Diameter_Bomb

correct me if I'm wrong, but that looks like a lone T 34? Kinda funny that it's headed in the opposite direction to the other parade...

Not sure any of us were born when that thing rolled off of the (license built) lines.

Honestly, I think that entire scenario is unlikely. Russia is committed long term. I'd love the war to be over soon but I have a hard time seeing that happening. Really hope I'm wrong there.

As to Biden, his approval ratings are low because there's a rising group on the left that want someone more progressive. But they absolutely detest Trump. The vast majority of them will vote against Trump if he runs.

Desantis hasn't declared, and is polling at 10%. If Trump goes to jail seems to be his only real shot. He's also alienating the GOP donor base with his wars on Disney and multiple reports have shown him doing very poorly when it comes to trying to win them to his side.

I'm almost certain it's going to be Trump because the GOP is just batshit insane fascists. But if for some reason it isn't then I don't think it will be Desantis - either Youngkin or Hayley IMO.

Anyway, guess we'll see.

Yeah, looks like the old T-34/85. The last time they were produced in Russia was 1946! Absolutely astonishing how completely their industrial capacity has collapsed. One of the people that were thrown out a window was the guy in charge of their last big tank works. Almost certainly he was stealing huge amounts from them and Putin had him killed over it.

I just don't get the "frail Biden" angle... I mean, have you looked at Trump (let alone listened to him?)?
There's not only the apparent dementia, but that he's also bordering on morbidly obese.
Not sure which of them I'd prioritize in the deadpool? If either of them survived till the end of the next term it'd be edging toward miraculous.

The situation on the battlefield is so volatile, one can actually only speculate since the beginning of the war. After all, the Ukrainians are still fighting, no expert predicted this in the first days of the war. Everyone, really EVERYONE expected a quick Russian victory. Nevertheless, here we are. And at least by now I have hope that Ukraine will survive as a sovereign state. Which was hardly thought possible at the beginning of the war. However, I doubt that they will manage to take back Crimea, for example. Even the greatest optimists are rather skeptical.

The political situation is also tricky. So much can happen. The implosion of Putin's regime would be nice, of course... And the support for Ukraine is always in the balance, in Europe there is a constant dispute about how to proceed. The fact is that nothing works without US military support.

I'm not a doctor, but I also think that Biden, despite his lapses, is in better mental shape than Donnie. Which is not difficult. I'm a little afraid of a televised debate between Trump and Biden, though. I just hope Biden survives the rigors of campaigning. As sorry as I am and as much as I respect him, he really isn't the youngest anymore.

Yes, guess we'll see...The imminent Ukrainian counteroffensive could once again upset all predictions, for better or for worse.

@shootER

How useful is even a modern tank for Indirect?

https://twitter.com/andreibtvt/status/1656687679214428160

US tanks up until the M1 were equipped with gunners quadrants and azimuth indicators. Since M1 doctrine called for only carrying sabot and HEAT rounds, using a tank for indirect fire wasn’t really possible any more since HEAT is less effective in that role than HE.

For old tanks like T-54/55s the Russians should have warehouses full of 100mm HE rounds.

US tank doctrine in WW2 called for M4s to carry a large quantity of HE for both direct and indirect fire.

Checking and not only did T-54/55s come equipped with azimuth indicators (the clock-looking object in the photos) but so do T-90s.

T-55


T-90



Gunner’s quadrants are often stored when not in use to keep them from being damaged.

Russian soldier spots Ukrainian drone and surrenders.

https://twitter.com/dylanburns1776/status/1656718672633765890?s=46&t=iYW3foyqIA6Tn8VWwn3nwQ

In a first, the U.S. Justice Department has transferred millions of dollars seized from a Russian oligarch for use in rebuilding Ukraine. The funds were taken from a U.S. bank account traceable to sanctions violations by Russian oligarch Konstantin Malofeyev, the Justice Department said. Although it is the first such transfer of forfeited Russian assets to Ukraine, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement, “it will not be the last.”

Russia-Ukraine war live: Moscow denies Wagner claims of Bakhmut breakthrough by Ukraine

https://www.theguardian.com/world/l...ner-claims-of-bakhmut-breakthrough-by-ukraine

Apparently, Springfield is just outside of Moscow, probably near where the Garden of Eden was.



https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1656944743346044928?s=46&t=iYW3foyqIA6Tn8VWwn3nwQ

Ukraine to start building their own tanks.

https://twitter.com/newvoiceukraine/status/1656955775162490880?s=46&t=iYW3foyqIA6Tn8VWwn3nwQ

An anti-Putin scientist has been placed under house arrest for “funding extremist groups.”

https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-scientist-abramov-house-arrest-/32408839.html

(Re)start.

The T-80UD (a T-80 with a powerful diesel engine instead of gas turbine) was developed by Kharkiv Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau (KMDB) almost half a century ago. It was also produced there (Ukraine produced about 1/3rd of the Soviet Union’s arms).

The T-84 was developed in the 90s. It is just a T-80UD but with all Ukrainian parts.

The Oplot was an export prototype built for NATO countries. It’s a T-84 but with a STANAG 120mm main gun and other upgrades.

That's an odd tweet. Ukrain has been making those for a long time.

Yeah, I'm not sure how the physical comparison hurts Biden when people are comparing "probably does have brittle bones but rides a bike all the time" to "so out of shape that he had to take a golf cart instead of walking 700 yards with the other G7 leaders."

And wears a ridiculously long tie in an attempt to distract from his huge belly.

https://twitter.com/mbk_center/status/1656957229105582081?s=46&t=iYW3foyqIA6Tn8VWwn3nwQ

Spoiler alert, they’re ex-KGB.

Biden is probably in a better state mentally than the completely insane Trump. But you have to come down now and see things realistically. Once and for all.

It's an absolute disaster that the most powerful, most important nation in the world is led by an old man who sometimes doesn't know where he is or what's going on around him right now. That's just a fucking disaster, completely independent of political preferences. I really think Biden is a good guy and is doing a good job foreign policy wise.... But open your eyes... I hope he has good advisors, I hope he becomes president again in 2024, but it's absolutely crazy that he has to shoulder this thing again and the simple-minded, cranky-faced Democrats haven't built a successor. Absolutely crazy, absolutely negligent. You just can't sugarcoat it.

https://twitter.com/sentdefender/status/1657197255894376448?s=46&t=iYW3foyqIA6Tn8VWwn3nwQ

Russians appear to have shot down their own helicopter.

https://twitter.com/euromaidanpress/status/1657330602465538048?s=46&t=iYW3foyqIA6Tn8VWwn3nwQ

https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1657328907069079553?s=46&t=iYW3foyqIA6Tn8VWwn3nwQ

The Muscovites are so scared of the new Storm Shadow cruise missiles that Britain has delivered (again, good job limeys) that their ADA has now shot down FIVE of their own aircraft in 24 hours.

https://twitter.com/denestorteli/status/1657407649686736896

Do they not have IFF beacons/systems?