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Posted: 8/16/2022 9:44:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By vahog: You don't buy that the burden of the reparations forced the Weimar Republic to print money and generate the runaway inflation, aiding to the rise of the Nazis? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By vahog: Originally Posted By Jack67: Right. Plus, the $$ value of those wouldn't really go very far at all in the big picture. Ideally, you'd have a change of government with full awareness of the issue and wanting to repudiate what happened and acknowledge the issue. An example of that is how WWI ended, which was illuminating. - Military leaders told the political leadership to make peace; they knew it was collapsing (Hindenburg/Ludendorff, "H+L") - Pol/mil leadership forced the Emperor out as a scapegoat - They tried to continue in power, but the people knew they were culpable so drove them out, too. - Subsequent civilian leadership made the peace. In the mean time, and long after the armistice 11/11/18, the Allied Powers kept the blockade in place and the country effectively "sanctioned" until a binding peace was signed. This drove the Germans insane, but it forced a somewhat equitable peace agreement with reparations. The break-down of that peace agreement later was because of allied weakness and German weirdness, but not inherent defects of the agreement. Any true "reparations" would really only come about from a) a change of government and b) a need to lift crippling sanctions. And I think the odds are that will transpire, slowly. But it's not a guarantee - just an educated estimate of probabilities when factoring a whole host of moving variables. Which can change. You don't buy that the burden of the reparations forced the Weimar Republic to print money and generate the runaway inflation, aiding to the rise of the Nazis? It's debatable. I've heard that Germany really wasn't paying anyway, I never fact checked it. |
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Posted: 8/16/2022 10:00:00 PM EDT
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Phillip Morris is doing more damage than Lockheed Martin.
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Posted: 8/16/2022 10:07:16 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By mercersfinest4: ... Can someone please post a hot link where I can buy Steven Seagal's shirt? It's $15.99 before shipping. https://www.thisiswhyimbroke.com/dickhead-shirt/ |
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Posted: 8/16/2022 10:08:19 PM EDT
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ISW assessment for August 16th.
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-august-16 |
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Posted: 8/16/2022 10:12:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Eat_Beef: You're equating tube artillery to rockets and missiles. Yes, it's obvious that if Ukraine hits a huge Russian ammo dump it's going to make a fire. If Russia fires 9 rounds into a trench, and another into a concrete apartment building, they've fired 10x as many shells, and caused no fires. I would agree Russian shelling is down, and Ukrainian is up, but I haven't seen anything that gives an accurate assessment on what the current ratio is. Fire maps are correlated but not linear, at least not provably. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Eat_Beef: Originally Posted By planemaker: Given that there has been a marked decrease in the number of data points on the Ukrainian side of the battle lines since Ukraine stepped up their attacks on Russian ammo depots, it isn't an assumption. Further, since location of the destroyed Russian "stuff" are in precisely the same location as the FIRMS data indicates (although some of the FIRMS data is 750m and others are 350m), it isn't an assumption. For that matter, when Ukraine has talked about where Russia lobbed a missile, that has shown up in the FIRMS data in that location as well. So, it's not a one-sided data set nor is it an assumption. ETA: There is the drawback of thick cloud cover obscuring the fires data but that applies equally to both sides. So, a "quiet" day on FIRMS isn't necessarily a "quiet" day on the battlefield, it could just be there is significant thick cloud cover over the area. You're equating tube artillery to rockets and missiles. Yes, it's obvious that if Ukraine hits a huge Russian ammo dump it's going to make a fire. If Russia fires 9 rounds into a trench, and another into a concrete apartment building, they've fired 10x as many shells, and caused no fires. I would agree Russian shelling is down, and Ukrainian is up, but I haven't seen anything that gives an accurate assessment on what the current ratio is. Fire maps are correlated but not linear, at least not provably. Equating tube artillery to rockets and missiles is irrelevant since all will show up in FIRMS. And, that applies equally to both sides. As far as being provably correct, you could download the data yourself and do a tally and report that number back here since I haven't seen any tallied numbers. You'd be doing all of us a favor as we're all pretty curious. It's one thing to say qualitatively from the FIRMS images posted here, it's quite another to get actual numbers. |
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Posted: 8/16/2022 10:14:26 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Ryan_Scott: I suspect that Russia still fires more, but Ukraine is firing more effectively. One has to wonder if that's still the case given their apparent losses in ammunition supply depots. |
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Posted: 8/16/2022 10:15:07 PM EDT
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Something that's interesting to me is the lack of reported partisan activity. I know that OPSEC and the Russians cutting off the internet probably means that a lot of asymmetrical attacks are going unreported, but it's still strange from my perspective. Where are the IEDs and VBIEDs? It's super easy for any machine shop to crank out EFP plates, and it's easy for rural farming communities to make large quantities of homemade explosives. One EFP kills a tank or a BMP/BTR.
The only explanation I can come to is that most potential partisans joined TDF units or actual army/marine units. |
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Posted: 8/16/2022 10:20:59 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Prime: Kharkiv I ignore this most nights, but it was brought up today. Russia is shelling the shit out of Kharkiv. 1005ET "Series of explosions" 1011ET "They hit with MLRS, be extremely careful!" 1021ET "Attention, residents of Kharkiv, stay in shelters as much as possible and do not ignore the alarm! The occupiers strike Kharkov." 1054ET "Fire at the landing site. Fired again Saltovka motherfuckers. Information about the victims is still being specified." 1330ET "In the evening, the invaders fired on Kharkiv from the "Tornado", the tram depot was damaged - the prosecutor's office"
1346ET "'Russian world' in the village of Pitomnik in the Kharkiv region looks like this"
1408ET "Explosions in Kharkiv" 1411ET "They beat with MLRS or arts, we can’t say for sure yet" 1414ET "They are shooting at the residential area of Saltovka 3 arrivals are known" 1501ET Kharkiv mayor confirms.
1508ET "Strong explosions" This is almost every night, I'd say for the last week or so.
Lots of activity around Kharkov seems pointless unless they are going to attack -- and the Russians can't sneak up on anyone. Perhaps, there is ammunition available north of Kharkov, and the Russians are exercising their right to use it or lose it. |
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Posted: 8/16/2022 10:23:17 PM EDT
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I suspect that two major things are happening there. One, home made explosives aren’t a good choice for EFPs. Two, there’s no shortage of factory solutions. We’ve seen footage of those off route mines used behind the lines.
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Posted: 8/16/2022 10:35:31 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DonKey153: Preparation for a push? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DonKey153: Originally Posted By Prime: Kharkiv I ignore this most nights, but it was brought up today. Russia is shelling the shit out of Kharkiv. 1005ET "Series of explosions" 1011ET "They hit with MLRS, be extremely careful!" 1021ET "Attention, residents of Kharkiv, stay in shelters as much as possible and do not ignore the alarm! The occupiers strike Kharkov." 1054ET "Fire at the landing site. Fired again Saltovka motherfuckers. Information about the victims is still being specified." 1330ET "In the evening, the invaders fired on Kharkiv from the "Tornado", the tram depot was damaged - the prosecutor's office"
1346ET "'Russian world' in the village of Pitomnik in the Kharkiv region looks like this"
1408ET "Explosions in Kharkiv" 1411ET "They beat with MLRS or arts, we can’t say for sure yet" 1414ET "They are shooting at the residential area of Saltovka 3 arrivals are known" 1501ET Kharkiv mayor confirms.
1508ET "Strong explosions" This is almost every night, I'd say for the last week or so.
Preparation for a push? Nah, just more terror bombing. Same response as when the HIMARS offensive started. |
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Posted: 8/16/2022 10:48:31 PM EDT
[Last Edit: CS223]
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https://news.yahoo.com/ukrainian-army-reveals-russians-kept-133600263.html
Huge score if true: According to the committee, preliminary data indicate that the Russian military had concentrated in the area (Crimea near Dzhankoy) no less than: eight S-400 air defense systems, three S-300 air defense systems, five Pantsir-S1 anti-aircraft missile systems, 440 transporter-launcher containers (TLCs). "By the way, these TLCs were concentrated there in such a quantity not so much to protect the airspace there, as to be sent to Kherson and Zaporizhzhya oblasts for the shelling of Mykolaiv and Zaporizhzhya especially on the eve of and on Aug. 24 (Ukrainian Independence Day),"; the message reads. |
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Posted: 8/16/2022 10:49:26 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Jack67]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By MelGibsonEnthusiast: Something that's interesting to me is the lack of reported partisan activity. I know that OPSEC and the Russians cutting off the internet probably means that a lot of asymmetrical attacks are going unreported, but it's still strange from my perspective. Where are the IEDs and VBIEDs? It's super easy for any machine shop to crank out EFP plates, and it's easy for rural farming communities to make large quantities of homemade explosives. One EFP kills a tank or a BMP/BTR. The only explanation I can come to is that most potential partisans joined TDF units or actual army/marine units. I've wondered what the real activity level is, too. Because, no lie, you look up "partisan activity" in the historical dictionary and there's a map of 20th Century Ukraine. personally I think there's a high level going on; I see a lot reported and I bet we see less than 1/2. I think we see less than 1/2 because: a) Strong incentive in many cases to not hang around and film it. Gonna get shot or arrested b) Strong incentive for Rus to not report cases not broadcast by partisans themselves. I think a lot of IEDs and things are happening we don't know about. |
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Posted: 8/16/2022 11:15:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By MelGibsonEnthusiast: Something that's interesting to me is the lack of reported partisan activity. I know that OPSEC and the Russians cutting off the internet probably means that a lot of asymmetrical attacks are going unreported, but it's still strange from my perspective. Where are the IEDs and VBIEDs? It's super easy for any machine shop to crank out EFP plates, and it's easy for rural farming communities to make large quantities of homemade explosives. One EFP kills a tank or a BMP/BTR. The only explanation I can come to is that most potential partisans joined TDF units or actual army/marine units. Damn near everyone that Russia has put in a civilian leadership position has been blown up or shot, Russian soldiers are dying from being fed poisoned food in the hospital, pro-Russian police officers are being whacked, and shit is blowing up all over the place thanks to the information they're providing. They're doing things that are far more important than taking out a tank or killing themselves in a VBIED. |
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Posted: 8/17/2022 12:13:33 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By MelGibsonEnthusiast: Something that's interesting to me is the lack of reported partisan activity. I know that OPSEC and the Russians cutting off the internet probably means that a lot of asymmetrical attacks are going unreported, but it's still strange from my perspective. Where are the IEDs and VBIEDs? It's super easy for any machine shop to crank out EFP plates, and it's easy for rural farming communities to make large quantities of homemade explosives. One EFP kills a tank or a BMP/BTR. The only explanation I can come to is that most potential partisans joined TDF units or actual army/marine units. Might be OPSEC or might be an effort to prevent reprisals against civilians. I think the terrain there is also quite different from Iraq (mix of urban and rural), and Afghanistan (vast relative to the number of troops and mountainous), and may not be as favorable to an insurgency. Flat terrain and anybody of military age coming and going with a vehicle probably sticks out like a sore thumb. MUCH easier to support from safe rear areas. |
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Posted: 8/17/2022 12:17:47 AM EDT
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Actually, come to think of it, another reason might be that information reported up about enemy movements could be MUCH more valuable than just conducting small scale attacks.
Also could make it a heck of a lot easier to remain alive in occupied territory. I can't imagine the guts it takes to remain there and play that game. 
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Posted: 8/17/2022 1:20:23 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By kncook: The “MP5” is a .22LR. Look at the mag. Some of those rifles 100% have the bushmaster logo. If you look hard you can faintly see the coiled snake |
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Posted: 8/17/2022 1:38:00 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Jack67]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By fadedsun: Some of those rifles 100% have the bushmaster logo. If you look hard you can faintly see the coiled snake You are right. Now that you point it out, it’s clear. The three on the right, it’s plainly visible. Most others look like it, too.  Attached File |
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Posted: 8/17/2022 2:31:45 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Capta]
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Another look at a recent video proving it was direct action instead of a mine. One of the best up-close vehicle kills I’ve seen. Interestingly, the fact that the UA soldiers seem unconcerned with the second vehicle (which appears to be a BTR) suggests we may be looking at the destruction of the second vehicle instead of the first.
https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/wp7xyd/ukraine_scouts_ambush_and_destroy_some_russian/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 Look at this video again zoomed in. I think all those guys are drunk. They went out on patrol, found some Ukrainian dude’s stash, got wasted, and staggered back to base. You can see them goofing off and half of them falling down every so often. Then they got wasted for real. https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/wpt21c/ukrainian_artillery_strike_on_russian_infantry/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 |
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Posted: 8/17/2022 3:31:26 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Prime]
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Posted: 8/17/2022 3:35:41 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Capta: Another look at a recent video proving it was direct action instead of a mine. One of the best up-close vehicle kills I’ve seen! Interestingly, the fact that the UA soldiers seem unconcerned with the second vehicle (which appears to be a BTR) suggests we may be looking at the destruction of the second vehicle instead of the first. https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/wp7xyd/ukraine_scouts_ambush_and_destroy_some_russian/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 These two parts of the video are unrelated. PARM comes out of the bushes, RPG along a road. |
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Posted: 8/17/2022 3:36:12 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By planemaker: One has to wonder if that's still the case given their apparent losses in ammunition supply depots.
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Posted: 8/17/2022 3:42:52 AM EDT
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https://www.facebook.com/MNS.GOV.UA/posts/439114598256435
Information on the involvement of pyrotechnical units of the SSNS as of the morning of August 17 ⬇️ 🔸 During the day, the pyrotechnical units of the SSNS were involved 141 times. Detected, removed and defused 693 explosive objects. The area of 95 hectares has been examined. 🔸 Most often pyrotechnical units worked: in #Kharkiv region 6 thousand. 937 times, in #Kyiv region - 5 thousand. 233, #Chernihiv region - 3 thousand. 202, #Mykolaiv region - 1 thousand. 503, #Сум 93н 50 - 983, # #ерка 98н ні - 936. 🔸A total of 181,000 have been damaged since the beginning of the large-scale military invasion of Russia on Ukraine. 535 explosive items and 846 kg of explosives, including 2 thousand. 101 airstrike bomb. An area of 68,000 has been surveyed. 546 hectares of land. |
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Posted: 8/17/2022 3:47:23 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4xGM300m: These two parts of the video are unrelated. PARM comes out of the bushes, RPG along a road. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4xGM300m: Originally Posted By Capta: Another look at a recent video proving it was direct action instead of a mine. One of the best up-close vehicle kills I’ve seen! Interestingly, the fact that the UA soldiers seem unconcerned with the second vehicle (which appears to be a BTR) suggests we may be looking at the destruction of the second vehicle instead of the first. https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/wp7xyd/ukraine_scouts_ambush_and_destroy_some_russian/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 These two parts of the video are unrelated. PARM comes out of the bushes, RPG along a road. There’s no direct proof of an off-axis mine. Of course it’s possible, but it could also be another light AT weapon. As I noted, the destruction of the vehicle from the ground perspective is probably the second vehicle. No one is going to stand in the road 50M from a BTR after you just smoked his friend. Vehicle 1 was already dead at that point by whatever means. |
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Posted: 8/17/2022 4:26:41 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Capta]
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Might be part one of the recent drone video based on the terrain:
https://youtu.be/cz1cwss9Bk0 Rumors still swirling about Prigozhin’s fate, with some Russian sources claiming he was wounded, some saying he wasn’t there. Regardless, he hasn’t been seen since the attack. https://www.newsweek.com/was-putins-chef-killed-himars-strike-what-we-do-know-what-we-dont-1734037 |
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Posted: 8/17/2022 4:58:27 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Prime:
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Prime: Originally Posted By planemaker: One has to wonder if that's still the case given their apparent losses in ammunition supply depots.
Not the only recent report ive seen that the russians have not slowed down on artillery, in fact ive seen reports that they are firing more than they were 4 weeks ago |
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Posted: 8/17/2022 6:46:31 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/17/2022 7:03:29 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Jack67: You are right. Now that you point it out, it’s clear. The three on the right, it’s plainly visible. Most others look like it, too.https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/556465/6F4C56E6-80B3-4629-A94B-D8062C198C3B_jpe-2492039.JPG So are we still supplying leftover Bushmasters (doubtful) or are those displayed M4's leftovers from the ones captured in Georgia? (Most Likely). |
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Posted: 8/17/2022 7:08:59 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By mercersfinest4: Can someone please post a hot link where I can buy Steven Seagal's shirt? I think he gets them from here |
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Posted: 8/17/2022 7:41:35 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By gentlemanfarmer: With good ammo it’s as good as any free floated match barrel bolt gun out there. I believe we supplied barrels blanks to them at one point. Wait that’s Osiris but they can make straight rifle barrels they bought Zeiss optical equipment to check measurements, Steyr hammer forges, vihtacouri and lapua where partially owned in majority by a Russian oligarch long enough to siphon off modern propellant and bullet construction. Very interesting. Thanks for the reply. I was asking mostly tongue in cheek, although I'm rarely impressed with the accuracy of Russian designs. Most likely it's the ammo though. Tula 55FMJ will turn my sub-MOA AR into a 5MOA AK...but without the reliability. |
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Posted: 8/17/2022 7:44:20 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By wildturkey09: It's debatable. I've heard that Germany really wasn't paying anyway, I never fact checked it. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By wildturkey09: Originally Posted By vahog: Originally Posted By Jack67: Right. Plus, the $$ value of those wouldn't really go very far at all in the big picture. Ideally, you'd have a change of government with full awareness of the issue and wanting to repudiate what happened and acknowledge the issue. An example of that is how WWI ended, which was illuminating. - Military leaders told the political leadership to make peace; they knew it was collapsing (Hindenburg/Ludendorff, "H+L") - Pol/mil leadership forced the Emperor out as a scapegoat - They tried to continue in power, but the people knew they were culpable so drove them out, too. - Subsequent civilian leadership made the peace. In the mean time, and long after the armistice 11/11/18, the Allied Powers kept the blockade in place and the country effectively "sanctioned" until a binding peace was signed. This drove the Germans insane, but it forced a somewhat equitable peace agreement with reparations. The break-down of that peace agreement later was because of allied weakness and German weirdness, but not inherent defects of the agreement. Any true "reparations" would really only come about from a) a change of government and b) a need to lift crippling sanctions. And I think the odds are that will transpire, slowly. But it's not a guarantee - just an educated estimate of probabilities when factoring a whole host of moving variables. Which can change. You don't buy that the burden of the reparations forced the Weimar Republic to print money and generate the runaway inflation, aiding to the rise of the Nazis? It's debatable. I've heard that Germany really wasn't paying anyway, I never fact checked it. What reparations Germany paid was borrowed from American banks then they skipped paying the American banks for the loans. What was really rough for the German economy was paying their own war debt to German companies for arms produced for the war. They spent like crazy thinking like with their previous wars they would win then force their opponents to pay up. |
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Posted: 8/17/2022 8:33:30 AM EDT
[Last Edit: AlmightyTallest]
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Posted: 8/17/2022 8:33:46 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Capta: Might be part one of the recent drone video based on the terrain: https://youtu.be/cz1cwss9Bk0 Rumors still swirling about Prigozhin's fate, with some Russian sources claiming he was wounded, some saying he wasn't there. Regardless, he hasn't been seen since the attack. https://www.newsweek.com/was-putins-chef-killed-himars-strike-what-we-do-know-what-we-dont-1734037 Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Capta: Might be part one of the recent drone video based on the terrain: https://youtu.be/cz1cwss9Bk0 Rumors still swirling about Prigozhin's fate, with some Russian sources claiming he was wounded, some saying he wasn't there. Regardless, he hasn't been seen since the attack. https://www.newsweek.com/was-putins-chef-killed-himars-strike-what-we-do-know-what-we-dont-1734037 When you take a picture with a digital image capture device, it records not only the pixels of an image but also a large amount of hidden data which is known as photo metadata. Almost every file contains photo details such as the time and place of the shooting, and what device it was taken on. This information includes specific details such as lens size and exposure settings. |
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Posted: 8/17/2022 8:39:04 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/17/2022 8:41:55 AM EDT
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Everyone on the Twitter osint pages is waiting for post strike satellite images today, hopefully I'll have something by this afternoon, but if anyone else finds anything feel free to post for us to look over.
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Posted: 8/17/2022 8:44:19 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By CS223: https://news.yahoo.com/ukrainian-army-reveals-russians-kept-133600263.html Huge score if true: According to the committee, preliminary data indicate that the Russian military had concentrated in the area (Crimea near Dzhankoy) no less than: eight S-400 air defense systems, three S-300 air defense systems, five Pantsir-S1 anti-aircraft missile systems, 440 transporter-launcher containers (TLCs). "By the way, these TLCs were concentrated there in such a quantity not so much to protect the airspace there, as to be sent to Kherson and Zaporizhzhya oblasts for the shelling of Mykolaiv and Zaporizhzhya especially on the eve of and on Aug. 24 (Ukrainian Independence Day),"; the message reads. I saw a blurb about that on Reddit and it quickly got taken down, glad you saw it too. That's a lot of air defense systems being either used near the front to curb Ukrainian airpower, or they are being uses as a poor man's HIMARS to reach out to about 80km to strike back. Either way, they are very expensive guided systems that cover a large area so I would love to see the post strike images of their destruction.
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Posted: 8/17/2022 8:53:00 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AlmightyTallest: Everyone on the Twitter osint pages is waiting for post strike satellite images today, hopefully I'll have something by this afternoon, but if anyone else finds anything feel free to post for us to look over.  Looks like the invaders finally retaliated against civilian areas for the strikes in Crimea (between Odessa and Kharkiv)  I told my wife that I was seeing reports that the invaders who are in Kherson and Melitopol are moving their families back out after moving them back in. Her response was much longer and angrier and some Ukrainian profanity, but the gist of it is "they all should be liquidated". She can't imagine Russian soldiers and their families just coming and taking her parents house and sleeping in her old room. They are their to destroy, so no mercy. |
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Posted: 8/17/2022 9:01:43 AM EDT
[Last Edit: AlmightyTallest]
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On a side note, the defense expo called ARMY 2022 in Russia this week has been amusing.
 Everyone was amazed at the RPG carrying robot dog.
But apparently their entire arms industry that relies on advanced electronics comes from AliExpress.  Photoshop fun.  Russian mothers getting ready for that new Lada. 
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Posted: 8/17/2022 9:04:58 AM EDT
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"Ukrainian soldiers modernized the Soviet 57-mm anti-aircraft gun of the 1940s S-60 by installing an operator panel from an old Siemens-Nixdorf ATM, as well as a control panel with a joystick.
Presumably, such innovations allow for more precise and simple control of the gun drives, instead of standard handwheels."  Attached File |
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Posted: 8/17/2022 9:12:39 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Prime:
Replay about artillery tubes wearing out:  Are Russian Artillery Barrels at End of Life? |
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Posted: 8/17/2022 9:15:38 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AlmightyTallest: On a side note, the defense expo called ARMY 2022 in Russia this week has been amusing.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FaTkBSsWAAEwq5Q?format=png&name=small Everyone was amazed at the RPG carrying robot dog.
But apparently their entire arms industry that relies on advanced electronics comes from AliExpress. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FaNniDcWAAEQQO0?format=jpg&name=small Photoshop fun. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FaW5W0HXgAEYRUG?format=jpg&name=small Russian mothers getting ready for that new Lada. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FaXPllEWIAA2c2w?format=jpg&name=small In the video of the rocket dog demo, some of the reporters held out their hand for it to sniff. That track suit/washing machine shop is solid gold. |
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Posted: 8/17/2022 9:17:07 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AlmightyTallest: On a side note, the defense expo called ARMY 2022 in Russia this week has been amusing.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FaTkBSsWAAEwq5Q?format=png&name=small Everyone was amazed at the RPG carrying robot dog.
But apparently their entire arms industry that relies on advanced electronics comes from AliExpress. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FaNniDcWAAEQQO0?format=jpg&name=small Photoshop fun. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FaW5W0HXgAEYRUG?format=jpg&name=small Russian mothers getting ready for that new Lada. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FaXPllEWIAA2c2w?format=jpg&name=small Yeah, they're just holding back on the good stuff. 
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Posted: 8/17/2022 9:19:42 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/17/2022 9:20:39 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AlmightyTallest:
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Posted: 8/17/2022 9:23:11 AM EDT
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Another Russian theory on the Crimean explosions.
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Posted: 8/17/2022 9:23:48 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By CS223: Are those retroreflectors hanging about halfway thru the video? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By CS223: Originally Posted By AlmightyTallest:
lol, yes. I recommended that any important Russian HQ or vital equipment have these reflectors outside of where they are stored to throw off any Ukrainian missile attacks. Seems to be working.
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Posted: 8/17/2022 9:27:23 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AlmightyTallest:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FaW5n24XoAAfOCy?format=png&name=small
Ukraine destroys their airbases in a resort style area so the commies flatten a civilian town in a resort area. Yeah like no one saw that coming from those assholes. |
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Posted: 8/17/2022 10:14:21 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By stgdz: Ukraine destroys their airbases in a resort style area so the commies flatten a civilian town in a resort area. Yeah like no one saw that coming from those assholes. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By stgdz: Originally Posted By AlmightyTallest:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FaW5n24XoAAfOCy?format=png&name=small
Ukraine destroys their airbases in a resort style area so the commies flatten a civilian town in a resort area. Yeah like no one saw that coming from those assholes. Strange target for revenge..there are much bigger targets than a recreation center and some summer homes.. |
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Posted: 8/17/2022 10:19:50 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/17/2022 10:26:56 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AlmightyTallest:
Anyone left in luhansk is pro Russian anyways, this is what they supposedly wanted right? That guys is enjoying his new Russian life! He was just overwhelmed with joy for being picked to fight for mother Russia that those guys where just trying to calm him down. 
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Posted: 8/17/2022 10:27:55 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GiggleSmith: Replay about artillery tubes wearing out:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrTEZh4AT6oQuote HistoryOriginally Posted By GiggleSmith: Originally Posted By Prime:
Replay about artillery tubes wearing out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrTEZh4AT6oAt a use rate of 1,500,000-ish rounds per month, a lot of Russian tubes have to be little better than a sewer pipe at this point. |
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