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Originally Posted By Capta: Yeah but holy crap I’d want a magnified optic to scan for targets. After all the footage I’ve watched I think ACOG/piggyback RDS is the best optic solution. But I also think that you need irons on the rifle because there are conditions that will make an optic useless. My new build has ACOG/piggyback RMR/Dueck offset irons. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Capta: Originally Posted By spydercomonkey: Remarkable video, eery landscape with fantastic gunfire sound captured. (Some dead shown but 'just' guys on the ground) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=em_pyrJwBtM Takeaways: -Fighting was up close (from handgun range to 50yd), irons totally viable -Full Auto is the preferred mode of fire; AK74 shows excellent controllability due to 5.45 + Muzzle Brake + ~650rpm -WML is used in trench clearing; light is just a cheap LED taped to the handguard -Overwatch is provided by a recon quad overhead, and direction and distance of enemy is provided in real time to rifleman -The dead are looted for grenades and documents High Speed Low Drag in High Intensity Conflict: https://i.ibb.co/Jkd5mGM/Screen-Shot-2024-03-27-at-12-37-08-AM.png Yeah but holy crap I’d want a magnified optic to scan for targets. After all the footage I’ve watched I think ACOG/piggyback RDS is the best optic solution. But I also think that you need irons on the rifle because there are conditions that will make an optic useless. My new build has ACOG/piggyback RMR/Dueck offset irons. Certainly a ACOG/RMR or RDS+Irons+3x magnifier would be preferable. But I think we are seeing that our focus/obsession with optics and the latest weapons accessories - so central to our view of modern rifle fighting from the GWOT - isn't really as relevant to this war, and perhaps other HIC in the future. Hand grenades, and FA rifle fights at hand grenade range, seem to be much more important. Basically the antithesis of the current NGSW program... I'd also say as a GWOT aside, we're lucky the AK74 never caught on in the middle east. Probably would have had a much higher hit probability in addition to nastier wounding. |
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This could be an opportunity to secure another extra 30 F-16 Block 30's for Ukraine in the future. They are already flyable, just need some updates and work for getting them ready like the European contribution of F-16's. This could put the total contribution to about 90 F-16's then for Ukraine.
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Ukrainian thermal FPV drone with airburst capability.
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Originally Posted By AlmightyTallest:
View Quote I know it's not as effective as jamming but 12 gauge should definitely make a come back. Just one more thing semiauto 12 gauge is useful for. |
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Originally Posted By ad_nauseam: I know it's not as effective as jamming but 12 gauge should definitely make a come back. Just one more thing semiauto 12 gauge is useful for. View Quote I just don't see it. Improvised FPV drones are already borderline to small / fast to handle with a shotgun, and as the designs improve that will only get worse. Cover / netting is becoming critical for any static position imo. The only good defense against fast FPV drones is a barrier |
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Originally Posted By AlmightyTallest: The beatings will continue until morale improves.
View Quote More friendly fire shoot downs hopefully |
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Originally Posted By 4xGM300m:
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Originally Posted By Capta: Yeah but holy crap I’d want a magnified optic to scan for targets. After all the footage I’ve watched I think ACOG/piggyback RDS is the best optic solution. But I also think that you need irons on the rifle because there are conditions that will make an optic useless. My new build has ACOG/piggyback RMR/Dueck offset irons. View Quote How do people use these two-story setups when even the stock irons are too tall for a proper cheek weld for me without an adjustable cheekpiece ? |
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Originally Posted By AlmightyTallest: ISW special "Denying Russia's Only Strategy for Success." https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/denying-russia%E2%80%99s-only-strategy-success View Quote Interesting read. Some things are things I've said almost for a couple of years. Some of it is just blatant lobbying for the Ukrainian position. It all seems fundamentally sound, anyway. |
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Originally Posted By AlmightyTallest:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GJqjIxHXsAAY6yG?format=jpg&name=large View Quote Ukraine has lost a boatload of P-18 radars lately. |
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Originally Posted By spydercomonkey: Certainly a ACOG/RMR or RDS+Irons+3x magnifier would be preferable. But I think we are seeing that our focus/obsession with optics and the latest weapons accessories - so central to our view of modern rifle fighting from the GWOT - isn't really as relevant to this war, and perhaps other HIC in the future. Hand grenades, and FA rifle fights at hand grenade range, seem to be much more important. Basically the antithesis of the current NGSW program... I'd also say as a GWOT aside, we're lucky the AK74 never caught on in the middle east. Probably would have had a much higher hit probability in addition to nastier wounding. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By spydercomonkey: Originally Posted By Capta: Originally Posted By spydercomonkey: Remarkable video, eery landscape with fantastic gunfire sound captured. (Some dead shown but 'just' guys on the ground) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=em_pyrJwBtM Takeaways: -Fighting was up close (from handgun range to 50yd), irons totally viable -Full Auto is the preferred mode of fire; AK74 shows excellent controllability due to 5.45 + Muzzle Brake + ~650rpm -WML is used in trench clearing; light is just a cheap LED taped to the handguard -Overwatch is provided by a recon quad overhead, and direction and distance of enemy is provided in real time to rifleman -The dead are looted for grenades and documents High Speed Low Drag in High Intensity Conflict: https://i.ibb.co/Jkd5mGM/Screen-Shot-2024-03-27-at-12-37-08-AM.png Yeah but holy crap I'd want a magnified optic to scan for targets. After all the footage I've watched I think ACOG/piggyback RDS is the best optic solution. But I also think that you need irons on the rifle because there are conditions that will make an optic useless. My new build has ACOG/piggyback RMR/Dueck offset irons. Certainly a ACOG/RMR or RDS+Irons+3x magnifier would be preferable. But I think we are seeing that our focus/obsession with optics and the latest weapons accessories - so central to our view of modern rifle fighting from the GWOT - isn't really as relevant to this war, and perhaps other HIC in the future. Hand grenades, and FA rifle fights at hand grenade range, seem to be much more important. Basically the antithesis of the current NGSW program... I'd also say as a GWOT aside, we're lucky the AK74 never caught on in the middle east. Probably would have had a much higher hit probability in addition to nastier wounding. Being the first to fire seems to be a LOT more important at these ranges than what's used to aim that fire. Situational awareness is also huge, how many dudes have we seen get smoked from the flank? Hard to kill what you don't see. In my late teens and early 20s I read a lot of first hand accounts from Vietnam, some of the forest footage echoes those memoirs, all of a sudden some asshole who is really intent on killing you appears and it's a race to see who sends the most lead first. |
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Originally Posted By AlmightyTallest: The beatings will continue until morale improves.
View Quote How to improve military effectiveness, Russia style. Keep it up. |
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Originally Posted By ad_nauseam: I know it's not as effective as jamming but 12 gauge should definitely make a come back. Just one more thing semiauto 12 gauge is useful for. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By ad_nauseam: Originally Posted By AlmightyTallest:
I know it's not as effective as jamming but 12 gauge should definitely make a come back. Just one more thing semiauto 12 gauge is useful for. I'll be bold and say it will replace the pistol as a sidearm in some units. As a "last ditch" defense against certain drone types, it's certainly better than a rifle or pistol. |
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Originally Posted By AlmightyTallest:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GJrZYU1bEAAmYpd?format=png&name=small Yeah, that's how you lose wars. View Quote State Department. Of course. State Department is very interested in NOT defeating Russia, that is their goal. This brief exchange completely supports that perspective. Mark Miller is a dumbass. "We do not support or encourage Ukraine taking strikes outside its own territory." Mr. Miller, follow-up question - do you mean that your position is that Ukraine should not win the war? |
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Originally Posted By voyager3: How do people use these two-story setups when even the stock irons are too tall for a proper cheek weld for me without an adjustable cheekpiece ? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By voyager3: Originally Posted By Capta: Yeah but holy crap I’d want a magnified optic to scan for targets. After all the footage I’ve watched I think ACOG/piggyback RDS is the best optic solution. But I also think that you need irons on the rifle because there are conditions that will make an optic useless. My new build has ACOG/piggyback RMR/Dueck offset irons. How do people use these two-story setups when even the stock irons are too tall for a proper cheek weld for me without an adjustable cheekpiece ? i have 300BO rifle that I use for hog hunting with dogs. It has a 1-4 power scope and a burris red dot on top of that. The top part of the scope ring has pic rail. This works pretty good for me. |
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Originally Posted By Capta: They could raise the needed forces by staging "unrest" in Belarus, withdrawing as much as possible from Ukraine to deal with the "unrest", leaving only a holding force, then attack directly into Lithuania from Belarus as quickly as possible. Putin (and fellow travelers) isn't worried about the threat of invasion by NATO. Putin is worried about his diminishing ability TO INVADE NATO. The door is closing, soon. Putin wants to apply as much pressure as possible to the West, everywhere, all the time. Israel, Africa, possibly Serbia. Cause chaos everywhere, get the West behind the decision curve, then act. The Russian military is in Ukraine as a vehicle to destroy NATO and achieve hegemony over Europe by force. Putin would actually love it if Europe divided Ukraine between themselves and Russia. This has been his propaganda all along and accomplishes his ideological goal, which is to prove to the west that its ideals mean nothing, there is no "rules based order", there is only the politics of spheres of influence. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT PUTIN WANTS. Demoralization. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Capta: Originally Posted By strykr: Originally Posted By Capta: I believe the Russians will convince themselves the conventional balance of power will only get worse for them, and they can't wait any longer and will have to go with whatever they can scrape together as soon as they can, probably behind nuke threats or nuke use. It doesn't have to be sane, it only has to look sane to evil, desperate men. My opinion is and has been that a combination of incompetence, corruption, high-level losses, and most importantly, high stress on their system in multiple ways has probably rendered Russian leadership incapable of making sound strategic decisions. NATO needs to consider anything and everything as possible. Doubtful. Putin knows there is no real risk from NATO, that is why all the Russian military is in Ukraine, not on the NATO border or in Kaliningrad. It would take a huge mobilization effort just to move troops close enough to the Baltics for an assault. And where would he find the tanks for it? He just acts tough because he wants NATO to stay away from Ukraine. Consider this, the way he invaded the East of Ukraine, NATO could decide to move in from the West, to establish a buffer zone. The same way Poland was split in WWII between the Nazis and the Soviets. NATO could even use the violation of their territory as a pretext. Macron was already floating this idea, saying he would send French troops to Ukraine. That is what he is worried about and wants to prevent from happening by threatening overwhelming escalation. They could raise the needed forces by staging "unrest" in Belarus, withdrawing as much as possible from Ukraine to deal with the "unrest", leaving only a holding force, then attack directly into Lithuania from Belarus as quickly as possible. Putin (and fellow travelers) isn't worried about the threat of invasion by NATO. Putin is worried about his diminishing ability TO INVADE NATO. The door is closing, soon. Putin wants to apply as much pressure as possible to the West, everywhere, all the time. Israel, Africa, possibly Serbia. Cause chaos everywhere, get the West behind the decision curve, then act. The Russian military is in Ukraine as a vehicle to destroy NATO and achieve hegemony over Europe by force. Putin would actually love it if Europe divided Ukraine between themselves and Russia. This has been his propaganda all along and accomplishes his ideological goal, which is to prove to the west that its ideals mean nothing, there is no "rules based order", there is only the politics of spheres of influence. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT PUTIN WANTS. Demoralization. Russia does not have enough troops in Ukraine to launch a second invasion. And they cannot simply travel through Ukraine to Belarus. They would have to withdraw in order to go around them, risking a collapse of the front. He needs to win in Ukraine first before he can open a second front. Sending Russian troops to Belarus, with the intention of invading the Baltics would be the signal that the war is now spreading to multiple countries, and is no longer a localized conflict. Troop movements would be picked up with the satellites. NATO must have a play book already for this exact scenario. The proper response for this would likely be NATO troops moving into Western Ukraine and/or a no fly zone. Poland would also have time to prepare for the war with Belarus. Russia cannot move through Belarus fast enough to surprise the Baltics, since NATO already anticipates this move. It would take weeks to move those old BMPs and T-64s from Ukraine, and Putin must know that those tanks are no match for NATO. He would be better off taking a chunk of Ukraine now, get a peace treaty, then try again in a few years, after he has rebuilt his military. NATO moving into Western Ukraine would end the possibility of bringing Ukraine into Putin's sphere of influence. It would be a disaster as far as he is concerned. They could easily move up to the Dnipro without meeting any resistance. It would pretty much end Putin's hopes of gaining further ground within Ukraine. |
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Originally Posted By Lieh-tzu: State Department. Of course. State Department is very interested in NOT defeating Russia, that is their goal. This brief exchange completely supports that perspective. Mark Miller is a dumbass. "We do not support or encourage Ukraine taking strikes outside its own territory." Mr. Miller, follow-up question - do you mean that your position is that Ukraine should not win the war? View Quote |
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I sent a request to CZ Guns for some Bren 2 firing springs. Some of the guys asked for some stickers, which I passed on... and CZ delivered!
Cleaning mats, towels, notebooks, pens, carabineers, stickers, and the firing pin springs. Enough for the whole team. What a great gesture! Attached File We also designed a new patch which is currently in protection. These will be heading back to the US soon for a fundraiser. I'll keep you guys posted. Attached File |
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Originally Posted By spydercomonkey: Certainly a ACOG/RMR or RDS+Irons+3x magnifier would be preferable. But I think we are seeing that our focus/obsession with optics and the latest weapons accessories - so central to our view of modern rifle fighting from the GWOT - isn't really as relevant to this war, and perhaps other HIC in the future. Hand grenades, and FA rifle fights at hand grenade range, seem to be much more important. Basically the antithesis of the current NGSW program... I'd also say as a GWOT aside, we're lucky the AK74 never caught on in the middle east. Probably would have had a much higher hit probability in addition to nastier wounding. View Quote I agree with this. I'm using an LPVO in 2 and 3 gun but I have doubts that even the best LPVO would survive a week of an industrial scale conflict like this. Falling, jumping from tanks and trucks, cramming into the back of a HMMV with 8 guys and gear, explosions, flooded trenches, frost and ice in the AM, sweltering heat in the PM, crawling through mud...I think only an ACOG could survive. |
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Originally Posted By voyager3: How do people use these two-story setups when even the stock irons are too tall for a proper cheek weld for me without an adjustable cheekpiece ? View Quote The rmr is used up close and personal. You don't need a solid cheek weld to hit man sized targets between 10 and 30 meters with a red dot. It's actually counterproductive. You don't want to be down on your rifle during a cqb scenario. You want your head upright in a position where your peripheral vision is effective scanning for targets. |
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Originally Posted By ad_nauseam: I know it's not as effective as jamming but 12 gauge should definitely make a come back. Just one more thing semiauto 12 gauge is useful for. View Quote It would have worked in that case possibly but as soon as shotguns appear, drones will stop toying with folks and just zoom in at speed. Then shotguns will be useless. Although I just had a crazy thought...seeing armies armed only with shotguns blasting away at each other and drones. |
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Originally Posted By AlmightyTallest:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GJrZYU1bEAAmYpd?format=png&name=small Yeah, that's how you lose wars. View Quote Yeah no shit. At least the US stance has been modified from "run or surrender" back in 2022 to now "only attack on YOUR OWN territory". Fucking losers. |
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Originally Posted By Dracster: Ukraine has lost a boatload of P-18 radars lately. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Dracster: Originally Posted By AlmightyTallest:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GJqjIxHXsAAY6yG?format=jpg&name=large Ukraine has lost a boatload of P-18 radars lately. I noticed this as well. What is very strange to me is that the unit was geolocated literally near the front line, but it already is a very long range VHF radar. |
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Originally Posted By governmentman: I just don't see it. Improvised FPV drones are already borderline to small / fast to handle with a shotgun, and as the designs improve that will only get worse. Cover / netting is becoming critical for any static position imo. The only good defense against fast FPV drones is a barrier View Quote Yup. Netting everywhere and try not to venture out from the netting. And maybe some small personal ballistic shields against frag because even netting wont stop the flying claymore drones. |
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Originally Posted By Easterner: I sent a request to CZ Guns for some Bren 2 firing springs. Some of the guys asked for some stickers, which I passed on... and CZ delivered! Cleaning mats, towels, notebooks, pens, carabineers, stickers, and the firing pin springs. Enough for the whole team. What a great gesture! https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/526834/Screenshot_20240327-180141_2_png-3170868.JPG We also designed a new patch which is currently in protection. These will be heading back to the US soon for a fundraiser. I'll keep you guys posted. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/526834/Screenshot_20240327-180441_2_png-3170869.JPG View Quote Awesome news on all counts. |
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Originally Posted By voyager3: How do people use these two-story setups when even the stock irons are too tall for a proper cheek weld for me without an adjustable cheekpiece ? View Quote I've used them effectively in competition. You simply keep a more heads-up position instead of face against the stock. Especially good with NVG. You'd be surprised at how natural it is after a little practice. Some prefer the offset RDS but I haven't tried those. The question is where to zero the RDS. I do at around 15-20 yards. Anyway you probably will NOT be using them for hostage-rescue shots... |
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Originally Posted By AlmightyTallest: Ukrainian thermal FPV drone with airburst capability.
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Originally Posted By strykr: Russia does not have enough troops in Ukraine to launch a second invasion. And they cannot simply travel through Ukraine to Belarus. They would have to withdraw in order to go around them, risking a collapse of the front. He needs to win in Ukraine first before he can open a second front. Sending Russian troops to Belarus, with the intention of invading the Baltics would be the signal that the war is now spreading to multiple countries, and is no longer a localized conflict. Troop movements would be picked up with the satellites. NATO must have a play book already for this exact scenario. The proper response for this would likely be NATO troops moving into Western Ukraine and/or a no fly zone. Poland would also have time to prepare for the war with Belarus. Russia cannot move through Belarus fast enough to surprise the Baltics, since NATO already anticipates this move. It would take weeks to move those old BMPs and T-64s from Ukraine, and Putin must know that those tanks are no match for NATO. He would be better off taking a chunk of Ukraine now, get a peace treaty, then try again in a few years, after he has rebuilt his military. NATO moving into Western Ukraine would end the possibility of bringing Ukraine into Putin's sphere of influence. It would be a disaster as far as he is concerned. They could easily move up to the Dnipro without meeting any resistance. It would pretty much end Putin's hopes of gaining further ground within Ukraine. View Quote Excellent assessment. Although it's possible that Russia could squirrel away some vehicles but it would take a freak miracle to move them into position. It reminds me of the Battle of the Bulge where Germany did just what we are talking about thanks to no sat-intel, complacency, and perfect weather for the Germans. Russia has their hands full now in Ukraine. And that is my/our arguments for NATO support. Once the pressure if off Russia (from a victory in Ukraine or favorable cease-fire) then an attack like this become more of a danger. |
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Originally Posted By Easterner: I sent a request to CZ Guns for some Bren 2 firing springs. Some of the guys asked for some stickers, which I passed on... and CZ delivered! Cleaning mats, towels, notebooks, pens, carabineers, stickers, and the firing pin springs. Enough for the whole team. What a great gesture! https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/526834/Screenshot_20240327-180141_2_png-3170868.JPG We also designed a new patch which is currently in protection. These will be heading back to the US soon for a fundraiser. I'll keep you guys posted. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/526834/Screenshot_20240327-180441_2_png-3170869.JPG View Quote That's awesome!!! |
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View Quote Shit, that's bad. |
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View Quote Holy shit! Take that motherfuckers. |
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Just a stranger on the bus trying to find his way home.
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Originally Posted By voyager3: How do people use these two-story setups when even the stock irons are too tall for a proper cheek weld for me without an adjustable cheekpiece ? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By voyager3: Originally Posted By Capta: Yeah but holy crap I’d want a magnified optic to scan for targets. After all the footage I’ve watched I think ACOG/piggyback RDS is the best optic solution. But I also think that you need irons on the rifle because there are conditions that will make an optic useless. My new build has ACOG/piggyback RMR/Dueck offset irons. How do people use these two-story setups when even the stock irons are too tall for a proper cheek weld for me without an adjustable cheekpiece ? It’s easy, you don’t lift your dominant eye to the RDS, you roll the rifle left a few degrees and the RDS lines up with you non-dominant eye. |
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Originally Posted By jungatheart: Holy shit! Take that motherfuckers. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By jungatheart: Originally Posted By AlmightyTallest:
Holy shit! Take that motherfuckers. Yeah that was hot |
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Originally Posted By AlmightyTallest:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GJrZYU1bEAAmYpd?format=png&name=small Yeah, that's how you lose wars. View Quote Bunch of fucking idiots. "It's ok if russia blows up your own country, but please don't blow up their shit, you might upset them. |
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Polish civilians getting ready for conflict
Polish civilians train for conflict | DW Documentary |
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Not good. Homeboy was recently the SAG-U deputy commander. For 8 months, starting in August 2022, he was the deputy commander of the Security Assistance Group-Ukraine (SAG-U), an international unit coordinating the military aid granted to Ukraine by 50 nations.
Reuters: Poland dismisses Eurocorps commander amid couterintelligence probe Click To View Spoiler Poland dismisses Eurocorps commander amid couterintelligence probe By Reuters March 27, 202411:25 AM EDTUpdated 3 hours ago WARSAW, March 27 (Reuters) - Poland has dismissed a top general from his position as commander of a European military body, the defence ministry said on Wednesday, after the country's counterintelligence service launched an investigation into his security clearance. Lieutenant General Jaroslaw Gromadzinski had been serving as commander of Eurocorps, a joint military group of some EU and NATO states, since June 2023, after a career that had seen him serve in Iraq and command Poland's 18th Mechanized Division. "The Military Counterintelligence Service initiated inspection proceedings regarding the personal security clearance of Lieutenant General Jaroslaw Gromadzinski in connection with obtaining new information about the officer," Poland's defence ministry said in a statement. "Therefore, a decision was made to dismiss Lt. Gen. Gromadzinski from his position as Eurocorps commander and his immediate return to the country." Advertisement · Scroll to continue It did not give details of the investigation. Reuters was not immediately able to reach a Eurocorps spokesperson for comment. Eurocorps bio for sacked Polish commander, Lieutenant General Jarosław R. GROMADZIŃSK Defense 24: Polish General to Lead the Eurocorps. Transfer of the Ukrainian Lessons-Learned? Click To View Spoiler General Jarosław Gromadziński is now leading the Eurocorps - as the first Polish officer in history. The Eurocorps is playing an increasingly significant role in the NATO collective defence scheme. General Gromadziński may make major contributions to the way the Eurocorps would operate, as recently he was working as a commander of a multi-national group coordinating support for Ukraine.
Gromadziński took over the command of the Eurocorps after Belgian General Peter Devegoleare, in Strasburg. The ceremony involved the head of the Polish Ministry of Defence, Mariusz Błaszczak, as well as his Belgian, French, Luxembourgian, and Spanish counterparts, along with the Deputy Chief General Inspector of Bundeswehr, Lt. Gen. Markus Laubenthal, who, between 2014 and 2017, was the first German Chief of the US Army Europe staff. That lineup was not selected by accident. Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, and Poland are the Eurocorps' framework nations. Warsaw joined that group in early 2022. Apart from these, supporting nations as follows are also a part of the structure: Austria, Greece, Italy, Romania, and Turkey. The ceremony took place in special circumstances. For a few years now, Eurocorps has been striving to maintain parallel collective defence capabilities within the NATO framework, and crisis response capabilities, both within the framework of NATO, and the EU. In 2020 Eurocorps was leading the NATO Response Force, and command certification for the NATO Joint Task Force HQ is expected to be granted in late 2023. From the Polish point of view, the aforesaid process is overshadowed by the full-scale war in Ukraine. And this is where Gromadziński may make unique contributions, with his unique experience. For 8 months, starting in August 2022, he was the deputy commander of the Security Assistance Group-Ukraine (SAG-U), an international unit coordinating the military aid granted to Ukraine by 50 nations. The military aid for Ukraine and the related experiences remain multi-faceted. The full-scale conflict operations can be found at the top of the list. Support for Kyiv also involved the establishment of interoperability, and handling of the logistics and supply chains for multiple partially-compliant weapons systems, as well as broad training efforts undertaken at different levels. All of the above is happening within structures of militaries of different national origins, in a variety of languages, and with a lot of pressure imposed by time constraints. The said experience is priceless and can be used in many domains, not just the ones directly tied to operations of high intensity. There is no doubt that both the necessity to support Ukraine, reinforce the NATO eastern flank, and the peacekeeping operations as well, all require a high degree of involvement and are also burdensome for the relevant NATO, EU, and national structures within the EU member states. Thus, it remains important to seek synergy (as it happens in case of the Eurocorps), not redundancy. Throughout the period between being the Deputy SAG-U commander, and being the Eurocorps Commander, Gromadziński was the General Council of the Polish Military. Before that, between 2018-2022 he had been the commander of the newly-formed 18th Mechanized Division. During that period, the newly established unit command first became responsible for coordinating the operations on the eastern border, and later on, following the full-scale Russian aggression in Ukraine, for conducting joint operations with US units deployed to eastern Poland. In 2021 the Division command was certified in compliance with the NATO standards (CREVAL). Earlier on Gromadziński was working as the Deputy Commander of the 12th Mechanized Division, from May 2016 until July 2018 he was commanding the 15th "Giżycka" Mechanized Brigade. When commanded by Gromadziński, the 15th "Giżycka" Mechanized Brigade was integrated with the US-led NATO battle group, and deployed to North-Eastern Poland, based on a decision made during the NATO summit in Warsaw in 2016. Earlier on Gromadziński had been serving at the General Staff, as the head of the 16th Mechanized Division operational unit, and as the chief of staff and commander of the mechanized battalion of the 9th Armored Cavalry Brigade based in Braniewo. He deployed to Afghanistan twice, he also took part in the UN mission to Syria, where back in 2007 he was commanding the UN Mission's military detachment. He has been serving in the military since 1990. He is a graduate of the National Defence University and the General Tadeusz Kościuszko Military University of Land Forces (including the post-graduate programme in defence policy) and also has a Ph.D. degree in social sciences. He also completed numerous training courses organized by NATO, including a high command course at the Baltic Defence College in Estonia. Eurocorps Eurocorps is an international military structure that has been established in 1992. The assumption behind it stemmed from Germany and France willing to create a multinational corps-level unit (in essence, its command), capable of commanding multinational operations at the corps level (several divisions). Back in 1993, a decision was made to ready the Eurocorps to be subordinated to SACEUR. The Eurocorps structure is open to the EU and NATO states. The Eurocorps has been a part of the NATO missions in the Balkans (in 2000 commanding the KFOR elements in Kosovo), and in Afghanistan (2004-2005), it also supported the Afghan mission in 2012. The structure also played a key role in two EU training missions, in Mali, in 2015, and 2022, in the Central African Republic. Even though the structure of the Eurocorps has been designed primarily with the peacekeeping operations in mind, recently the aforesaid body has been tightening its ties with NATO, to establish a capability to conduct a full spectrum of operations, from peacekeeping (within both EU, as well as NATO frameworks) up to high-intensity scenarios. In 2020 Eurocorps was leading the NATO Response Force, and command certification for the NATO Joint Task Force HQ is expected to be granted in late 2023. It is assumed that in the future the Eurocorps would obtain the capability to act as a command element in high-intensity scenarios (Warfighting Corps HQ), commanding detachments composed of up to five Divisions, 120 thousand troops in total. Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, and Poland are the Eurocorps' framework nations. Warsaw joined that group in early 2022. Apart from these, supporting nations as follows are also a part of the structure: Austria, Greece, Italy, Romania, and Turkey. |
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Originally Posted By AlmightyTallest: Rather cryptic.
Serbia in the coming days. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GJogK2HXsAA1zqf?format=jpg&name=small View Quote Russia plays Serbia like a fiddle. I am sure whatever cryptic threat has been shared, it has very little to do with reality. |
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Originally Posted By Lieh-tzu: State Department. Of course. State Department is very interested in NOT defeating Russia, that is their goal. This brief exchange completely supports that perspective. Mark Miller is a dumbass. "We do not support or encourage Ukraine taking strikes outside its own territory." Mr. Miller, follow-up question - do you mean that your position is that Ukraine should not win the war? View Quote They didn't tell Ukraine to stop, just that the US doesn't support it. Big difference. |
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in the direction of frontline through Kadiivka-Pervomaisk-Popasna line. In addition to that, Kamaz pontoon trucks (PP-2005) and fuel trucks were also spotted in large quantities. Similar activity is being reported by residents of Russia-occupied part of Lugansk Oblast, near the border with the Russian Federation. The vehicles move in the direction of Luhansk & Debaltseve (around 40 Ural trucks and 20 fuel trucks counted only yesterday). View Quote |
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It's not stupid, it's advanced!!
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