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Cry about it. You've had over 2 years to get off Russia's blood oil.

Last edited by Ryuu96 - on 21 July 2024

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Ryuu96 said:

Oh! Mister Scholz! I know how you could respond!



S.Peelman said:
Ryuu96 said:

Oh! Mister Scholz! I know how you could respond!

More shitty sanctions that aren't properly enforced.

The most obvious response is sitting there staring at them right in the face and they're probably going to go with the weakest response they could pick from. At this stage we only have ourselves to blame, Putin might as well try his luck with a politician. Shit happened months ago and they're still "consulting on how to respond" absolutely pathetic and the slowness we've been used to the entire war.



Ryuu96 said:

How would that work in practice? Azerbaijan and Ukraine do not share a border. For a supply between the two countries, it would have to transit through at least one of the following - Iran, Georgia, Turkey, Armenia, Russia.



SecondWar said:
Ryuu96 said:

How would that work in practice? Azerbaijan and Ukraine do not share a border. For a supply between the two countries, it would have to transit through at least one of the following - Iran, Georgia, Turkey, Armenia, Russia.

Yeah, it'd be through Turkey - Southern Gas Corridor - Wikipedia

Turkey would be fine twisting the knife in Russia, it's only Georgia that we have to be cautious about.

Last edited by Ryuu96 - on 21 July 2024

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Russia is running out of LT-MBs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSvawAjav1k

Only 16% left in storage compared to pre-war numbers.

That being said, there are still thousands in active service. But Russia will soon be unable to replace their losses at this rate.



So Joe Biden has withdrawn from the Presidential election. It did seem to be coming but still find myself surprised he did it.
Now wondering who will stand in, and if they can beat Trump. Harris seems like the obvious candidate at this stage, but I can’t see her beating Trump.



Bofferbrauer2 said:

Russia is running out of LT-MBs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSvawAjav1k

Only 16% left in storage compared to pre-war numbers.

That being said, there are still thousands in active service. But Russia will soon be unable to replace their losses at this rate.

Interesting. I looked this up because I've heard of the vehicle but production started in the 1970's, making the design 50 years old. I wonder what crappy system the Russians will have to pull out of storage when these dry up. More bmp-2's? Bmp 1's mabey? 



shavenferret said:
Bofferbrauer2 said:

Russia is running out of LT-MBs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSvawAjav1k

Only 16% left in storage compared to pre-war numbers.

That being said, there are still thousands in active service. But Russia will soon be unable to replace their losses at this rate.

Interesting. I looked this up because I've heard of the vehicle but production started in the 1970's, making the design 50 years old. I wonder what crappy system the Russians will have to pull out of storage when these dry up. More bmp-2's? Bmp 1's mabey? 

Well, there's still the MT-LBu, which despite it's similar name has no relation with the MT-LB apart from it's role. Russia should still have over 600 of those, as as such can still use those armored artillery tractors for a while. But it's getting increasingly clear that by next year the Russian army will increasingly run dry on armored equipment, and as such will have to increasingly reorganize the army into armored assault brigades and unarmored defense brigades with litte in between due to lack of necessary Equipments.



SecondWar said:

So Joe Biden has withdrawn from the Presidential election. It did seem to be coming but still find myself surprised he did it.
Now wondering who will stand in, and if they can beat Trump. Harris seems like the obvious candidate at this stage, but I can’t see her beating Trump.

I can see her beating Trump. All things considered she's a better candidate than Hilary was and Trump have no 'email on private server controversy' this time around. The republicains sole strong argument is completly dead and they are left with no agenda and no controversy. Even worst the biggest political controversy of recent years are still about abortion rights and republicans are still suffering from it. Now with Kamala as candidate democrats have an opportunity to unite around this issue even more so then prior.