Russian special military operation in Ukraine #41

When the T-90s drove past one of the commentators asked "so do they have air conditioning?" I remember thinking, who the hell cares? I am sure the crews do not. They just want to make sure the tank gets them into battle and gets them home alive at the end of the day. By the way, just yes or no because I am curious but I really don't care do Russian tanks have AC?

They need to operate in arctic conditions and desert conditions... + - 50 degrees C, so yes, they have AC and they also have heaters too.

no the designers make the decision, but in my estimation based on seeing one or 2 rounds, its a problem. they decided to fix it.

It is not a problem... it is an issue, and as mentioned part of the issue is the combustible propellent stub, which means no large shell case to contain some of the fumes.

A tiny metal stub case that is ejected means there will be smoke dragged back into the turret as it is ejected, but as shown in the videos it is dispersed in seconds and does not go anywhere near either of the turret crew... which is why they are leaving it to the next upgrade to sort out.

Their next gen tanks likely wont have any issue because their turrets will be unmanned and pumping them full of gun fumes would actually be a good idea to prevent fire.

ultimately the tank should be able to fire at its max rate until magazine is empty. its not a common scenario, but certainly its possible.

And who is saying they can't?

It puzzles me that people say there is no issue, while meanwhile the latest version of the tank has a significant enhancement in this area

If it was a real problem why would they wait till now to fix it?

It's probably more common to empty the autoloader magazine than you think with tanks commonly being employed as SP artillery.

Even acting as direct fire support it is very unlikely they would fire off all 22 rounds in their autoloaders at once as fast as they could... and even in a fire support role they will have HEAT and APFSDS rounds which means some rounds in the autoloader wont be suitable against soft targets they might be engaging.

Prob right. Someone posted a vid here a few days ago of a tank firing right through the forest at targets spotted by a drone. Pretty clever as the enemy will have NO IDEA where its coming from and its immune to counter battery radar. prob not good for more then about 4-5000 yards if that.

Except firing as ground support would mean HE shells which are not high pressure rounds and only use the propellent stubs, whereas the APFSDS rounds have extra propellent wrapped around them for higher velocity and gun pressure.

You would get rather less smoke in the turret with HE shells than with any other type except missiles which has even less.

Advice for all posters here and elsewhere in forums ,

If their intent is to silence you they are fucking terrible at their jobs... but then the world would be in a rather different state if they were competent.

Vladlen was one of the only guys funding FPV drone manufacturing and training,

Sure he was... ex crim, Ukrainian by blood... who was auditing him? If he is innocent then having someone independent audit his work with public funds would be a no brainer to ensure trust and confidence... did he bother with such things?

In short martyanov is worthless scum, and so are you for insulting Vladlen tatarskiys memory

You mean Maksim Fomin... sorry, I don't trust ex crims who change their names...

He was certainly pandering to a market...

Wouldn't be surprised if he was ripping people off, but even if that is true at least he chose the right side, even if he was a moaning bint.

Those responsible should be found and tried... and not traded.

I always recommend using a VPN like Mullvad or such. Something to protect yourselves online.

Trepova says , she will talk later ( about who gave statue ) probably to allow main perpetrators to escape . Is the Russian law allow forceful interrogation ? I think under circumstances now , where  lives at immediate risk , then should be sanctioned .

Ahhh, martyanov being the ever eternal shill for the worthless potbelly retards, never shying from insulting the memory of LDNR martyrs. Vladlen was one of the only guys funding FPV drone manufacturing and training, while potbellies were content with ukrainians destroying tors with FPVs. Vladlen was telling the truth rather than martyanov's endless excuses and coping about imminent counterattacks and that the ukraine is just a few more weeks away from getting defeated, and about russian "military educated" potbelly 5D chess. In short martyanov is worthless scum, and so are you for insulting Vladlen tatarskiys memory wrote:

It is when the original leaders of the New Russia started being removed in different ways, that is when things started to get worse.

Putin is the biggest secret friend of the ethnic Ukrainians.


http://michalw.narod.ru/index-Truth.html

They've made a bunch of arrests now, and issued warrants, so my guess is that she has spilled the beans.

Anyway, I wonder who the hell that Maria was whose name first started circulating, with photos and everything.

"worthless potbelly retard", "worthless scum"...


Emotional reactions, with "names", attacks on the person and not on the argument, are inherent characteristics of those who have already lost the argument, are wrong and do not want to admit it.
Tatarsky is corrupt and criminal and for years he used the suffering of the people of Donbass to profit, and that's a fact, you don't even try to argue against that fact because you can't, you just blindly defend him because he was your "eternal shill" in spreading FUD.
The attack on Tatarsky was an act of terrorism and the culprits must be punished, but he does not deserve the status of a martyr, even more so when every day Russian soldiers give their lives doing, for Russia, things that Tatarsky never did.


As for Martyanov, he is not always right, but he is certainly much more right than people like you or Tatarsky. If 99% of what Martyanov says is wrong and only 1% of what you say is right, then the BBC would not talk about 16000 dead Russian soldiers 3 months after von der Lugen admitted the death of 100000 Ukrainian soldiers.
8-9 Ukrainian soldiers killed for every Russian soldier, not so bad for the potbelly 5D chess right?!

Putin is the biggest secret friend of the ethnic Ukrainians.

If that were the case, he would not have invaded Ukraine and killed hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians, but would have stood by and watched as Ukraine attacked the Donbass in March 2022.

How do you know how many Ukrainian troops have been killed?

Up to now it does not appear that Ukraine is running out of troops.

They would have surrendered by now, if they were really running out of troops.


Russians were forced out of many areas in Ukraine. That is something we know for certain.

If that were the case, he would not have invaded Ukraine and killed hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians, but would have stood by and watched as Ukraine attacked the Donbass in March 2022. wrote:

That is the "best" thing about it, to launch an invasion in such an incompetent way to transform the Ukrainians into so-called "heroes" they are really not.

It looks like Putin succeeded at it.

@Belisarius
Tatarsky is corrupt and criminal and for years he used the suffering of the people of Donbass to profit, and that's a fact, you don't even try to argue against that fact because you can't, you just blindly defend him because he was your "eternal shill" in spreading FUD.
The attack on Tatarsky was an act of terrorism and the culprits must be punished, but he does not deserve the status of a martyr, even more so when every day Russian soldiers give their lives doing, for Russia, things that Tatarsky never did.


As for Martyanov, he is not always right, but he is certainly much more right than people like you or Tatarsky. If 99% of what Martyanov says is wrong and only 1% of what you say is right, then the BBC would not talk about 16000 dead Russian soldiers 3 months after von der Lugen admitted the death of 100000 Ukrainian soldiers.
8-9 Ukrainian soldiers killed for every Russian soldier, not so bad for the potbelly 5D chess right?!

Character assassinations are very easy. Especially, if the person is dead. Can you back up any of the claims about Tatarsky's corruption? He never hid the fact he was in prison. Not that it matters now, as he was killed in a terrorist attack with dozens of other people wounded, on Russian soil, very likely organized by Ukrainian GRU and western services, as you pointed out.

As for Martyanov, he is a know it all kind of expert  and lately likes to talk about stuff he don't understand much (especially connected to  economy and finance). He likes to brag about his "connections" with active Russian army officers, while making unsubstantiated claims.
I don't have doubt that he knows people that presently serve in Russian Armed Forces, but i have serious doubts that they will share anything with him.
Main reasons would be that that Martyanov works/worked for US DoD contractor and has US passport, fact that he never hidden (about passport). Second, being employee of said company there is a decent chance he is not even a Russian citizen anymore, as that would be  a requirement of the job, especially if he had to get security clearance.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew63/
You could say that he is a grifter and in a job of making sensationalistic claims to ensure his monthly cash flow and sell books.

To be fair Tatarsky actually fought on the front

So don't take that away from him and label him a grifter

He's not a Kremlin insider, but he's put his life on the line

Security has been beefed up here in Moscow. People are being frisked in the metro, skating rink, the annual exhibition Motospring and even in restaurants located at city centre.

The access road leading to the Savior Gate of the Kremlin was closed for pedestrians.

https://www.mashreghnews.ir/news/1471042/%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%84%D9%87-%DB%8C-%D9%BE%D9%87%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AD-%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%85



Found this YouTube clip on mashregh news , shows gas drone attack , looks genuine . No idea of date ? Does anyone know about this or other incidents ? What should response be ?

@ Nomadski, It first appeared on TG channels at 05-03-2023.
There is another video/incident that appeared on 07-02-2023.

some Nazi blogger posted a day before 07-02-2023 footage of a bunch of small chemical ordnance they threatened to use.

I have read posts there where more incidents, but no additional photographic of film footage on this

According to some #Russian
@telegram
channels the "Black Eagle" tank is being brought back to fight NATO armour .
Possibly the pinnacle of the T-80/90 series this was a heavy MBT designed to be armed with a 152 mm cannon, a coaxial 7.62 mm machine gun and a remote anti-aircraft gun with a 12.7 mm Kord machine gun.
Had heavier armour than today's T-90 variants & a bustle mounted autoloader & separate ammunition racks . Was shelved after the cold war ended.

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It s will it be real?

There was never a black eagle tank. There was 1 prototype that was far from anything approaching a complete vehicle.