Russia - threadbanned users in OP

Funny you should ask. You're really going to have to do a bit better with your feeble attempts to troll:

I would strongly disagree.

It was under-armoured and under-gunned and not capable of taking on the T34 or KV1 either for that matter in direct combat.

I can understand it was a "better" tank in the sense the German's operated them far better than the Soviet's did their T34's and general tank forces. Like the French, they lacked radios, and the T34 specifically wasn't as well made a tank as the PIII and had mechanical and build issues.

But Russia had the ability to churn them out in quantities Germany couldn't even dream of. The T34 shocked the Germans so much that initially they thought about directly copying it but eventually that project morphed into the Panther tank.

The upgraded PIV from early 1942 onwards brought them more on-par with the T34 and it was a direct response to that because the PIV was never meant to be a 'main' but it ended up becoming that out of absolute necessity. Also the Stug III became their most common AFV because it was relatively cheap and easy to produce and remained quite successful against the T34.

Romania, Hungary and Italy didn't even have tanks or generally AT weapons capable of engaging the T34 at all which proved complete disasterous in the encirclement of Stalingrad. All their gear was only suitable for tanks like T26 and BT7. If those armies had any level of weaponry capable of tackling the T34 the attack might have failed or at least seriously faltered.

But anyway, as an objective tank in itself, T34 was vastly superior to PIII. The advantages in the PIII were the Germans using them and how they used them, not the inherent tank itself. Same happened in France, where the French had heavier, better armed tanks but deployed them disasterously.

Same thing in Ukraine. Anything Ukraine had Russia had a ton more of and to some degree, better quality as well. Everyone expected Russia to put on a grandiose show of combined arms that would overwhelm Ukraine's far smaller army in a few days.

But they didn't. Because no-one could have predicted how shockingly bad their training and leadership would prove to be. They just sent in a vast, ugly battering ram with zero sense of functional leadership and a still-completely-baffling lack of combined arms on display.

Everything is just a resource for them. They're like a bloody Hell engine.

"Beautiful women" shows a clip of two little girls wtf

According to the Deep State map, the Russians progressed 2 blocks in Mariinka with the remaining 20% of the town still in play.

Mariinka itself has been a frontline position since the start of the war, with the Russians holding about half of the town for most of that time. Despite the advantage of being close to Donetsk (and I presume their supply chain), the Russian advance here has been a glacial crawl, gaining a couple of town blocks every few months. They might get the rest eventually, but until the maps are updated there’s no indication they have the whole town yet.

Jesus. If that’s not a parody video (and that voice they used just smacks of a piss-take), then this is the funniest thing that has come of all of this.

”Come to Russia! We have….ballet….and Vodka!” Because you know, no other country in the world has Ballet or Vodka, and never will I guess :P

Also, all of the MAGA-tastic slogans too:

”No Cancel Culture!” (Unless you speak ill of Putin or his nonsense, then god help you…)

”Christianity!” (Bit of a downer for those horny Arabs in the second video I guess…)

”Traditional Values!” (“The Gays” are literally illegal here. Make sure your straight)

As I mentioned in a previous post, they could instead of this stupid advert try *not to be evil facist bellends trying to destroy a neighbour?* Maybe give that a shot for a while?

It really bodes well for Ukraine that they've been able to cling on to settlements so close to Donetsk for so long.

Of course the Toyota Hilux can travel in any tunnel, as long as its big enough.....ask any Farmer about what they can do LOL 🤣

They used to be a staple of the Tara mines , usually in rag order but kept on driving

I kind of wonder if the Ukrainians are trying to bait the Russians. They managed to do it with Bakmut, and recently again with Avdiivka. Seems to be, that if you can get a *place name* into the Russia consciousness (and particularly Putin’s), then they are going to throw the kitchen sink and countless Mobniks at it in the attempt to “win” that position. Never mind if there is any strategic sense at throwing away so much life and equipment at the attempt, they will go all in.

I think Ukraine know this, and are using it against them. The Russians could have been attacking on a more strategic front, but they pissed away a lot taking Bakmut. They’re trying to do the same in Avdiivka, and have made the Russians already suffer horribly. Russia doesn’t even have the town yet for their trouble, and with any luck they never will.

But now a new word can float around Russian Telegram. “Mariinka” “We need to take Mariinka.” “Send thousands of mobniks to take a few meters of Mariinka…” And then Putin starts to demand Mariinka be taken now!

And so the mobniks come, get slaughtered by the AFU while they do a controlled withdrawal. Then Russians are eventually left with their “win”. A pile of rubble that used to be a town on a position that changes little strategically, and a mass grave brimming with people they really can’t afford to keep losing.

As the Ukrainian solider once said..”thank God they are so f***ing stupid”.

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We've known since year one sanctions aren't working in the way people hoped ,and now there is talks about lifting sanctions by some in the EU , even the German want to set up a new system of supplying the Ukrainians with a single fund rather than different funds for different programs,I think they want a single fund of 20 billion set up , rather than the current systems of donations and refunding countries to modernize their own militaries

I can imagine is complicated for the Ukrainians if they dont get to choose the kit/quality they want, large military kit is all about ease of service and repairs/spares.