Indeed. The Ukraine used all these excellent communications technologies to create a superior understanding of the battleground than Russia and has been victorious in every encounter since they received the Leopards. They absolutely, definitely, did not just ride these tanks into mine fields and artillary range to get shredded.
The big Leopard killers that I’ve seen have been Lancet kamikaze drones. They’re super advanced missiles costing a whopping $35,000. As long as those Leopards can either use their advanced battle management systems to shoot down an RPG warhead with wings or the Leopards cost under $35k, here’s how Ukraine can still win.
edit: I’m receiving OSINT that Leopards cost $6m. Someone help me manage this budget I can’t make $6m smaller than $35k.
edit: WAIT! I’ve got it! Just take away the letter and it looks great. Leopards cost 6, Lancet drones cost a stunning 35. It no longer looks like Russia could fire 171 drones at each tank before it becomes cost-ineffective and they have to rely on mines and holes in the ground.
edit: WAIT! I’ve got it! Just take away the letter and it looks great. Leopards cost 6, Lancet drones cost a stunning 35. It no longer looks like Russia could fire 171 drones at each tank before it becomes cost-ineffective and they have to rely on mines and holes in the ground.
That almost sounds like real cope from nato bootlickers.
OSINT usually just means stark raving mad western chauvinist. Their main skill seems to be hitting wikipedia asap after a state dept press release.
The OSINT community is showing the potential of the crowdsourced 21st century war. Just last night I saw a twitter account with a dog holding one of those rocket launchers that really dismembers conscripted teenagers. The dog was posting a screenshot from google maps and saying slurs. Whoever controls that account drew many intelligent lines on the map. I normally couldn’t see information like that without literally working for the CIA, yet here I am in 2024 helping Ukraine fight a war. Just by replying “vladolf putin hitler” under the slur dog named @Sicherheitsdienst88.
Turns out fancy weapons don’t win battles
German tanks burning on the fields of Ukraine
They just can’t learn the lesson, can they?
Nope, and they’re still over-engineering their tanks like there’s no tomorrow.
It would be a shame if
Do you know why Russians use paper maps instead of fancy screens? Because they understand that a paper map can’t break down, crash, get hacked, or be targeted by electronic warfare.
Simplicity is often more efficient
The western tacticool vs. the Russian “it’s gotta actually work on the battlefield” approach to war
i don’t know shit about war machines, but all this data it is getting seems like it would be a double edged sword… if its receiving this data then it must have an antenna, and if it does can’t you just emp that and fry the thing so it wont get data anymore? im guessing not, but i don’t know why you couldn’t
Receiving signals is a passive thing, transmitting would be trackable though, yes. Part of the complexity of modern war and why western equipment hasn’t performed to their peeceived standards is because of what you mentioned: they can easily be detected and destroyed by drones.
I recently saw a video of a 35mm sniper grenade launcher from China. Part of its described operational benefits is that unlike an RPG or other form of shoulder mounted rocket, it can easily target soft targets on tanks like sensors and fancy equipment described above.
