I'm guessing completely here, but it looks like the commander view, whereas the gunner likely has different optics
Fairly new piece of kit too. Bloody fast, can go up to 110 km/h. I think the Ukrainians have about 60 to 80 of them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BTR-4
This is grim I know but if you look closely you can see the Russian infantry hiding behind the targeted vehicle, so it seems the gunner fired explosive rounds under the vehicle also
Your use of the words "boot polishers" to describe military personnel is both ignorant and disrespectful, but does qualify your level of understanding
Nobody tends to call a plumber until they have a leak
Ok, sorry perhaps it was a bit disrespectful. We need a smaller number of troops who are more highly skilled. We are much more likely to be under cyber attack than we are to be invaded by a traditional military.
Actually its a remote controlled unmanned turret so that makes more sense,and produced in Ukraine,but i am not not sure if this is the version seen in the video
Nice piece of kit for sure
I'm not convinced at this stage by the merits of joining NATO, primarily on the basis that we are not under any territorial threat and also on the basis that I don't think we bring much to the table at this stage without huge spending that seems unnecessary. However, I can see the problem where we wave neutrality around as this kind of tacit restatement of us being this happy-go-lucky little country that wouldn't hurt a fly, and prompting many Irish people to adopt this sense of having a moral high ground over other countries in the so-called West. There's a sense of: "We go to Africa or Lebanon or the Mediterranean waters and we keep the peace and provide aid -- we aren't like those imperialist Brits or those imperialist Americans!"
Don't get me wrong, a lot of that is fair, but it can sometimes feel like a moral get-out clause -- in that we are happy to profit from the Western system (which we have done quite handsomely here over the last few decades) so long as we can pretend that when it comes to Western transgressions in the world we can wash our hands of any sense of moral culpability. We will take all the American FDI and benefits of European integration -- the fruits of participation in the Western system -- but be slow to recognise that we are essentially profiteering from things like US hegemony and indirectly benefiting from the massive insurance policy of the Western system that any attack or invasion by agressors against the NATO alliance will rain fire down upon the Earth.
I don't think it's a binary choice between NATO or neutrality, but we may find in the immediate years to come that our Western partners (particularly within the EU, where Macron has been pushing a common defence policy for a while now and the Germans look more prepared to go with that flow now than they did under Merkel) will be more demanding of us when it comes to nailing our flag to the mast.
Some of the comments from the stupids commenting in that video rile me: Should we be liking or sharing this because it's the azov batalliion? Shouldn't we cancel them.
79 Ukrainian children killed, almost 100 wounded, that pregnant woman wounded in the bombing of the Mariupol maternity hospital, and her baby, have died, more than 2,500 people killed in Mariupol and these scum are worried about the ideology of some of the people fighting against this abomination of a war. They should be strapped to the front of that BMP while it continues to do good work.
You will struggle to find anyone who doesn't think Putin is evil.
What's more common, however, is people trying to the understand underlying political mechanisms at play throughout this crisis
An adult discussion perhaps, but you and other's repeatedly decide to parrot that immature horse **** "both side" "comrade" etc etc which makes the thread read like the chat history on teenage online games forum
Australia has orderd 72 and already has about half of them delivered.
We could do both. IE be the humanitarian wing of any common defence policy.
"The Kremlin is not aware of Kadyrov's visit to a special operation site in Ukraine." 🤔
Technically true seeing as 'The Kremlin' is a building - see what he did there? 😁
Peskov also said that Russia hasn't asked any country for assistance. 🤣
True, but Putin doesn't give toss for Russians and unfortunately the prevailing wind direction is south, not NE.
Apart from large parts of the Russian population who only get their news from state media?
China's Omicron cases are spreading fast, perhaps a welcome relief to oil as they lock down once more. It also makes it less likely they will be helping Russia very much.
Ireland has never fought an international war in its history.
You are wrong there. They were involved in WW1 under British rule. They weren't neutral in WW1.
The hardcore anti-West and pro-Putin supporters, of which there were many on this forum, haven't gone anywhere. It's more difficult for them to now support Putin's talking points, so instead they resort to other techniques, some obvious, some not so much. "I'm just trying to understand X" can also mean "I just want to discredit X because it doesn't fit my preset pro-Putin world view that I am now badly hiding"
Well I think this situation is like the old photography saw: The best armoured vehicle for the job is the one you happen to have on you.
Got to be honest, it's a real toe-tapper
That's a shame /s
China gets involved in a conflict on this continent WW3 is inevitable.
I wonder if he'll have a message for the 'squad' who opposed sanctions on Russia
An example of the childish rubbish I was talking about.
The type of tripe seen on Twitter
No surprise of course
Now there is one for the conspiracy theorists. China could be faking Covid numbers and locking down, knowing of the effects you describe. Xi: "Sorry, Putin. Our hands are tied with the Covid outbreak. You of ALL people know how dangerous Covid is..."
It is another blow to the global supply chain though .. but so be it.
I wonder what the outcome will be, re: the talks between the US and China in Rome today.
With the recent Evergreen fiasco, I cannot imagine China jumping in to support Russia
A 'technical pause' in negotiations to clarify definitions. That sounds like an attempt to save face by one side.
Nice watches.......
MEMRI as a strongly pro-Israel advocacy group that, despite portraying itself as "independent" and "non-partisan",[6][7][8] aims to portray the Arab and Muslim world in a negative light through the production and dissemination of incomplete or inaccurate translations and by selectively translating views of extremists while deemphasizing or ignoring mainstream opinions
Unless that video translation is verified by someone else I'd file it under unconfirmed.
There will be couple of hundred of them across European States operational in the next few years,
It's no dogfighter but it's going to be one of the most important strike aircraft in the world, especially in Europe and nato
Mods can we please change the title of this thread to "War in Ukraine". The majority of posts are about the war and not Russia. Russia doesn't even deserve to have a thread called after it. Thanks
Not referring to this post, but in general seeing a lot of **** thrown about the place about Palestinians and Russian support at the moment.
Not going to let it cloud my judgement in anyway that they are also awfully treated people.
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