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Russian victory day parade was pathetic today (link)
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Date: May 9th, 2023 4:59 AM Author: aphrodisiac weed whacker pre war there would be around 200 vehicles, then last year it was 131, and today just 51
https://twitter.com/oalexanderdk/status/1655831503882932224
guess how many tanks lol |
Date: May 9th, 2023 8:29 AM Author: beady-eyed windowlicker not a single MBT? the T-14s aren't even rated for combat and no appearances? lame. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5337353&forum_id=2#46288688) |
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Date: May 9th, 2023 9:13 AM Author: aphrodisiac weed whacker dude it’s downright catastrophic what has happened to the Russian military
Russiacucks have yet to process this, but even I’m surprised that they only propped up one T-34 |
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Date: May 9th, 2023 9:27 AM Author: emerald adventurous gas station (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5337353&forum_id=2#46288853) |
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Date: May 9th, 2023 10:20 AM Author: Diverse queen of the night mood The T-14s are ready to hit the battlefield of legal combat at a moments notice and are an unstoppable force. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5337353&forum_id=2#46288992) |
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Date: May 9th, 2023 11:41 AM Author: Startled twinkling knife garrison (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5337353&forum_id=2#46289353) |
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Date: May 9th, 2023 12:52 PM Author: Fuchsia quadroon round eye (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5337353&forum_id=2#46289708) |
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Date: May 9th, 2023 8:38 AM Author: Smoky dingle berry https://youtu.be/K7Rq5GGfZyc (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5337353&forum_id=2#46288700) |
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Date: May 9th, 2023 9:03 AM Author: mind-boggling piazza famous landscape painting (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5337353&forum_id=2#46288786) |
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Date: May 9th, 2023 9:14 AM Author: Mint corn cake And this matters how? Please explain it to me, I’m dense. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5337353&forum_id=2#46288820) |
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Date: May 9th, 2023 9:18 AM Author: gold dilemma It is evidence, though not conclusive proof, that Russia has deployed nearly its entire inventory of tanks and military hardware to Ukraine, despite Putin publicly claiming that they "aren't even trying that hard yet." There have been about 2,000 documented losses of Russian tanks since the beginning of the invasion and we're now increasingly seeing 1960s era tanks on the battlefield. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5337353&forum_id=2#46288835) |
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Date: May 9th, 2023 9:18 AM Author: aphrodisiac weed whacker Russia doesn’t have the military capacity to put on a dog and pony show because the war has destroyed their stocks (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5337353&forum_id=2#46288836) |
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Date: May 9th, 2023 9:24 AM Author: Mint corn cake It seems logical to scale down a parade when you’re in the middle of a war. It also seems logical to redeploy personnel and weapons from said parade to said war. After all they do have to get ready for that spring counteroffensive that oddly hasn’t started yet even though it’s May and a balmy 60 degrees in Ukraine. But maybe I’m missing something. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5337353&forum_id=2#46288847) |
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Date: May 9th, 2023 9:26 AM Author: beady-eyed windowlicker It is absolutely humiliating. T-14s are not rated for combat.
The only justification I can think of is that babushkas do not want to see the mighty T-14 in a parade when their grandsons are dying in T-64s (soon T-54/5s). |
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Date: May 9th, 2023 10:12 AM Author: Vivacious duck-like tanning salon newt From a strictly utilitarian perspective, sure. But there's a political perspective to consider as well. A nation at war should seek to project an image of strength, especially when trying to convince military age males to volunteer for service. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5337353&forum_id=2#46288973) |
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Date: May 9th, 2023 5:50 PM Author: Mint corn cake Maybe I’m looking at it through a Western lens, but it seems kind of gauche to have a massive “regular” parade during a war. But then again Russians aren’t noted for their fear of giving bad impressions. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5337353&forum_id=2#46291264) |
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Date: May 9th, 2023 7:43 PM Author: Vivacious duck-like tanning salon newt Most places don't have military parades, especially Western states. The ones that do tend to be authoritarian/totalitarian places like North Korea, China, and the former Soviet states. So from a Western perspective, all military parades are gauche.
To the extent that Russia is concerned with image at all, how the state is perceived by military age males is paramount. Things might be different if they were engaged in a defensive/existential war, but they're fighting a war of conquest, so projecting an image of strength is critical if they hope to keep morale high and meet their recruitment goals.
Supposedly Trump wanted tanks and missiles and fighter jets at his inaugural parade but was talked out of it. Tbf I think that would have been awesome. |
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Date: May 9th, 2023 10:32 AM Author: blue parlour affirmative action They had a parade last year. While it was slightly scaled down from previous years, they still had modern tanks and MBT's. It also went down from 130 vehicles last year (compared to about 200 in previous years) to about 30 this year. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5337353&forum_id=2#46289025) |
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Date: May 9th, 2023 10:34 AM Author: flesh background story site (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5337353&forum_id=2#46289034) |
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Date: May 9th, 2023 10:36 AM Author: aphrodisiac weed whacker (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5337353&forum_id=2#46289037) |
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Date: May 9th, 2023 11:03 AM Author: Spectacular rehab striped hyena And that was stupid. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5337353&forum_id=2#46289208) |
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Date: May 9th, 2023 9:19 AM Author: beady-eyed windowlicker This is Russia's signature day. The Moscow parade is the signature event of the signature day.
There was no flyover. There were no MBTs. There were no BMPs.
"If only you knew how bad things really are." |
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Date: May 9th, 2023 9:33 AM Author: aphrodisiac weed whacker (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5337353&forum_id=2#46288857) |
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Date: May 9th, 2023 5:55 PM Author: Deranged chrome brunch idiot You're supposed to show off high resolution pics of the weapons you're using against your enemy. Slavic custom. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5337353&forum_id=2#46291277) |
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Date: May 9th, 2023 9:37 AM Author: Smoky dingle berry Need some orc pep talk from ARE RETARD ITT (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5337353&forum_id=2#46288869) |
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Date: May 9th, 2023 10:23 AM Author: aphrodisiac weed whacker his spirit seems to be broken as the reality is starting to set in
TMF would be good for a few laughs ITT tho |
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Date: May 9th, 2023 9:57 AM Author: vigorous lilac shitlib main people Just one tank was present on Red Square for this year’s Victory Day commemorations — an old Soviet T-34 — with no modern tanks on display.
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Date: May 9th, 2023 10:40 AM Author: Spectacular rehab striped hyena Is this really a serious complaint when they're in a major war? Seems like it would have been far worse to have a huge parade with lots of gear that would be useful at the front lines. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5337353&forum_id=2#46289061) |
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Date: May 9th, 2023 10:47 AM Author: flesh background story site They did last year. The fact that they couldn't do it this year is indicative. They couldn't even muster T-55's. If T-55's are sorely needed at the front lines, LJL. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5337353&forum_id=2#46289107) |
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Date: May 9th, 2023 11:00 AM Author: Spectacular rehab striped hyena Right, and look what happened last year. They didn't take the war seriously, which is why since then they've had to do partial mobilization, increase weapons production, etc. This speaks more to the fact that they should have been more focused on the war early on.
It isn't that they didn't have T-55s or whatever, it is more of a question of why would they spend resources on that when there's a huge war going on. |
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Date: May 9th, 2023 11:05 AM Author: flesh background story site Remember when you said Russia's terroristic attacks on civilian infrastructure last year meant they were taking the war seriously, and that Ukraine wouldn't survive the winter because they'd all freeze to death?
But I guess it was just the kid gloves back then. This year they're SERIOUS about the war, for real! |
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Date: May 9th, 2023 11:16 AM Author: Spectacular rehab striped hyena And it was a hard winter for much of Ukraine. They were running on limited electricity and heating. I never said it would single-handedly win the war. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5337353&forum_id=2#46289260) |
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Date: May 9th, 2023 11:22 AM Author: flesh background story site LOL you disingenuous Jew. Russia's position did not improve at all after those strikes on civilians. In fact, Russia holds less ground now than when it started those strikes. Basically no strategic value.
Hilarious that your cope for this is "but it made civilians suffer!" What a ghoulish Russian kike you are, Kohan. |
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Date: May 9th, 2023 11:25 AM Author: Spectacular rehab striped hyena You realize the US and every other army bombs infrastructure in every single war, right? Iraq, Afghanistan, Yugoslavia? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5337353&forum_id=2#46289282) |
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Date: May 9th, 2023 11:27 AM Author: flesh background story site LOL the difference is that between collateral damage where the attacks further strategic objectives (which were quickly achieved in all of those wars) versus attacking civilian infrastructure even when it's tangential to military objectives and has no strategic value other than terrorizing the civilian population and making them miserable (aka terrorism). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5337353&forum_id=2#46289294) |
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Date: May 9th, 2023 11:28 AM Author: Spectacular rehab striped hyena Both sides are doing this. Ukraine bombs Donbass and Russian CI too. They do carbombs in civilian areas. They shell Donetsk. Yeah, that's war.
And again, the US does this in every war we fight. We firebombed both Germany and Japan during WW2. Wtf are you even talking about? |
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Date: May 9th, 2023 11:35 AM Author: flesh background story site you have no idea what you're talking about. protocols 1 and 2 to the geneva convention were added after WWII. russia and the US are both parties to it. today those firebombings would be considered war crimes. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5337353&forum_id=2#46289329) |
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Date: May 9th, 2023 11:41 AM Author: Spectacular rehab striped hyena Operation Linebacker. https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/17/asia/operation-linebacker-ii-50th-anniversary-intl-hnk-ml-dst/index.html
The bombing of Serbia.
Bahgdad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yr-LaMhvro
I could go on.
If the treaty was in place the US would have done exactly the same thing. |
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Date: May 9th, 2023 1:03 PM Author: flesh background story site None of those bombings were attacking civilian infrastructure with no strategic value for months on end, with the purpose of immiserating the civilian population. Liar. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5337353&forum_id=2#46289765) |
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Date: May 10th, 2023 12:24 PM Author: Spectacular rehab striped hyena Really?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damage_to_Baghdad_during_the_Iraq_War (see the "electricity" section)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/may/04/martinwalker1
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/balkans/stories/belgrade052599.htm
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Date: May 10th, 2023 3:24 PM Author: flesh background story site Yes, really. None of your links contradict that. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5337353&forum_id=2#46294949) |
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Date: May 10th, 2023 4:32 PM Author: aphrodisiac weed whacker Cr
one of the main goals of the US occupation was getting electricity and other services ONLINE
meanwhile Russians have been hoping that Ukrainians starve or freeze |
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Date: May 10th, 2023 4:33 PM Author: Spectacular rehab striped hyena Weird point. When Russia captures land they also restore electricity. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5337353&forum_id=2#46295282) |
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Date: May 10th, 2023 4:37 PM Author: aphrodisiac weed whacker except Russia only went to this strategy when they completely failed to capture land
and now they are retreating from Bakhmut
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Date: May 10th, 2023 4:38 PM Author: Spectacular rehab striped hyena I'm not sure how the strategy point is relevant. Sure, they should have done this day 1.
They aren't "retreating from Bakhmut." Ukraine recaptured minor territory after committing a bunch more troops. |
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Date: May 9th, 2023 10:52 AM Author: aphrodisiac weed whacker idea is that they should have enough reserves to do both, if they want to still claim to even be a strong regional power
this clearly means they are running on fumes |
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Date: May 9th, 2023 10:56 AM Author: flesh background story site They are putting ancient tanks on the frontline (from Elvis Presley's heyday) as quickly as they can un-mothball them (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5337353&forum_id=2#46289161) |
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Date: May 9th, 2023 11:03 AM Author: Spectacular rehab striped hyena Most tanks Ukraine is getting are L1s and assorted stuff that those old tanks can take on. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5337353&forum_id=2#46289201) |
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Date: May 9th, 2023 11:42 AM Author: aphrodisiac weed whacker Lmao cope more (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5337353&forum_id=2#46289356) |
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Date: May 9th, 2023 11:59 AM Author: Spectacular rehab striped hyena That's not what cope is. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5337353&forum_id=2#46289425) |
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Date: May 9th, 2023 1:23 PM Author: aphrodisiac weed whacker it’s the very definition of cope (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5337353&forum_id=2#46289866) |
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Date: May 9th, 2023 11:02 AM Author: Spectacular rehab striped hyena The idea of limited resources is shocking to you? Even if they have the physical tanks (and I'm pretty sure they do), should logistics people really be focused on that and not on delivering whatever is needed to the front? Getting tanks out of storage takes equipment and manpower that could be used in Ukraine. It doesn't seem like a hard choice to me. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5337353&forum_id=2#46289197) |
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Date: May 9th, 2023 11:43 AM Author: aphrodisiac weed whacker the point is that this isn’t really a major war, so they should have reserves of active tank and armor units that could easily make the trip to Moscow, either just for the parade or on their way to Ukraine
but they don’t exist. Russia is completely fucked and only Putin will find out before you do |
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Date: May 9th, 2023 11:59 AM Author: Spectacular rehab striped hyena How is this not "a major war"? The money spent by both side is remarkable. The numbers of troops on the ground is huge by modern standards. And you cannot compare this to some war in the Middle East where one side has total air superiority and lopsided equipment compared to the other, which expects to win only by waging a war of attrition over the years (Iraq, Afghanistan).
Your theory that because Russia didn't parade tanks on VE day that they have none is about up to your standard reasoning.
"Russia is completely fucked and only Putin will find out before you do"
Only Putin? I get to find out before Medvedev and the Stavka? Interesting! TBF, I'll make sure you know super fast too! Do I get notified of nuclear launches? |
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Date: May 9th, 2023 10:57 AM Author: beady-eyed windowlicker "major war"
*Special Military Operation. |
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Date: May 9th, 2023 11:01 AM Author: Spectacular rehab striped hyena It's a major war. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5337353&forum_id=2#46289188) |
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Date: May 9th, 2023 11:03 AM Author: flesh background story site Are you saying Russian propaganda is lying to us? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5337353&forum_id=2#46289205) |
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Date: May 9th, 2023 11:15 AM Author: Spectacular rehab striped hyena Yes. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5337353&forum_id=2#46289258) |
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Date: May 9th, 2023 11:20 AM Author: nudist double fault mental disorder If it’s a major war why haven’t they mobilized their entire society yet? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5337353&forum_id=2#46289266) |
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Date: May 9th, 2023 11:21 AM Author: Spectacular rehab striped hyena Because their strategy in this war is to fight it over the long term rather than a huge ramp up that isn't sustainable. That means partial mobilization, steady increases in production, but generally keep society functioning. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5337353&forum_id=2#46289272) |
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Date: May 9th, 2023 1:56 PM Author: aphrodisiac weed whacker LJL (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5337353&forum_id=2#46289994) |
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Date: May 9th, 2023 1:04 PM Author: flesh background story site But when Russia says this SMO is a great success, they are telling the truth. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5337353&forum_id=2#46289769) |
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Date: May 10th, 2023 12:19 PM Author: Spectacular rehab striped hyena I haven't heard them claim that. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5337353&forum_id=2#46294009) |
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Date: May 9th, 2023 11:03 AM Author: greedy swashbuckling dog poop In Soviet Russia, parade watches you (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5337353&forum_id=2#46289202) |
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Date: May 9th, 2023 11:43 AM Author: Aqua Stubborn Kitchen Russia is still going to murder every Ukrainian, Pole, Balt, Swede and Finn on earth and probably all the Germans too. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5337353&forum_id=2#46289358) |
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Date: May 9th, 2023 7:49 PM Author: hairraiser olive orchestra pit Inshallah (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5337353&forum_id=2#46291684) |
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Date: May 9th, 2023 11:53 AM Author: Startled twinkling knife garrison What's probably happening is that they need the tank mechanic crews at the front. The claims they're running low on tanks are ridiculous since they keep sending huge stocks to the front. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5337353&forum_id=2#46289395) |
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Date: May 9th, 2023 12:57 PM Author: Spectacular rehab striped hyena People here aren't really thinking about what's required for tanks in red square for a parade. By the way, I lived on Tverskaya which is right down the block from Red Square and saw the rehearsals in front of my apartment (and let me tell you, nothing better than seeing a bunch of tanks headed to red square at 1am with no warning - freaked the ever living shit out of me the first time I saw it).
Those tanks aren't permanently in Moscow, they have to get trucked in, fueled, taken off the trucks. They damage the roads, by the way, so they do repairs after the parade is done. It is incredibly costly. It requires a ton of manpower to operate. In a time of actual war it is a stupid luxury. |
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Date: May 9th, 2023 1:13 PM Author: flesh background story site The stocks they are sending are going to the front straight out of storage. As soon as they are refurbished and operational, they are sent. They don't have any extra stocks lying around in an operational state. They desperately need mechanics because these tanks are dinosaurs that break down constantly. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5337353&forum_id=2#46289813) |
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Date: May 9th, 2023 1:57 PM Author: aphrodisiac weed whacker (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5337353&forum_id=2#46289998) |
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Date: May 9th, 2023 2:12 PM Author: Fuchsia quadroon round eye Tl,Dr: the lack of tanks at the parade is a sure sign that Russia is winning (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5337353&forum_id=2#46290055) |
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Date: May 10th, 2023 3:54 PM Author: Burgundy spot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5337353&forum_id=2#46295083) |
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Date: May 10th, 2023 12:18 PM Author: emerald adventurous gas station https://twitter.com/russophilels/status/1656267915987918848?s=46&t=jKXH7m3p0jeKr--GrDZGug (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5337353&forum_id=2#46294003) |
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Date: May 10th, 2023 12:21 PM Author: Deranged chrome brunch idiot Ukraine has no excuse for postponing its spring counteroffensive any longer. Russia doesn't even have TANKS right now. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5337353&forum_id=2#46294020) |
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Date: May 10th, 2023 12:24 PM Author: Spectacular rehab striped hyena (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5337353&forum_id=2#46294042) |
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Date: May 10th, 2023 3:48 PM Author: aphrodisiac weed whacker Ukraine has all the time
Russia is disintegrating and Ukraine is still awaiting even more tanks and missiles
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Date: May 10th, 2023 3:55 PM Author: Deranged chrome brunch idiot Ok then Ukraine may as well wait until winter since they have all the time. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5337353&forum_id=2#46295092) |
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Date: May 10th, 2023 4:34 PM Author: aphrodisiac weed whacker I didn’t say they should wait unnecessarily. peak timing and equipment will probably be mid to late June, but July could also work
in the meantime Ukraine is picking apart Russian logistics and internal divisions within Russia are taking their toll |
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Date: May 10th, 2023 4:43 PM Author: emerald adventurous gas station cr (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5337353&forum_id=2#46295328) |