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2022-05-19 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Putin unleashes the Terminators: Russia's much-vaunted war vehicles are finally deployed as Ukraine continues to obliterate invading tanks with the help of British missiles

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Posted by Skidmark 2022-05-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Are the new vehicles immune to anti-armor rockets? 155 km artillery?

Posted by Bobby 2022-05-19 03:20|| 2022-05-19 03:20|| Front Page Top

#2 Are the new vehicles immune to Ukraine propaganda.Certainly not in the western media.

Posted by Dale 2022-05-19 04:14|| 2022-05-19 04:14|| Front Page Top

#3 The "Terminators" will be quickly become a High Priority Target (HPT) and subsequently terminated. Ukie anti-tank gunners must be salivating. I can't imagine the premiums or bounties that will be paid for confirmed kills.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-05-19 04:27|| 2022-05-19 04:27|| Front Page Top

#4 Are they on Chinese tires too?

Posted by Frank G 2022-05-19 06:51|| 2022-05-19 06:51|| Front Page Top

#5 Vlad, another tracked vehicle? Damn was hoping for a double super secret Mech.

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-05-19 07:19|| 2022-05-19 07:19|| Front Page Top

#6 why didn't Russia use this in Mariupol is a mystery

by mid April, the Ukraine defenders were completely out of anti tank stuff

probably this device has some deficiencies that Russia didn't want known

Posted by Lord Garth 2022-05-19 07:30|| 2022-05-19 07:30|| Front Page Top

#7 Can't wait to see the video of this getting blown up.

Posted by DarthVader 2022-05-19 07:58|| 2022-05-19 07:58|| Front Page Top

#8 Throwing stuff you were holding back into a battle usually means it isn't going as originally planned.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-05-19 08:02|| 2022-05-19 08:02|| Front Page Top

#9 Depending on where the ammo is stored, the turret might not jump as high as a T-72/90 does when struck, so they've got that going for them.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2022-05-19 08:42|| 2022-05-19 08:42|| Front Page Top

#10 Wreckage examined by DOD experts in a secret Ukrainian warehouse in 3, 2, .....

Posted by Angstrom 2022-05-19 09:46|| 2022-05-19 09:46|| Front Page Top

#11 From the article:
"a platoon of Terminator military vehicles were deployed and used for the first time in battle in the Donbas"
This is what, three vehicles?
I'm betting the entire Russian army has maybe ten, in various states of function. Bear in mind prototype armored vehicles have been identified in the kill zone north of Kiev.

Posted by ed in texas 2022-05-19 10:13|| 2022-05-19 10:13|| Front Page Top

#12 Are the new vehicles immune to Ukraine propaganda.

Heh.

This is a new vehicle designed to support tanks in urban warfare, As I understand, they took a T-72 chassis and put a new turret on it with a pair of 30mm autocannons that can elevate high enough to target the upper floors of a building, something a T-72 cannot do. It also has anti-tank missiles and grenade launchers.

Posted by SteveS 2022-05-19 10:15|| 2022-05-19 10:15|| Front Page Top

#13 This isn't the first time they have been used in combat, though the previous times the conditions were much more in control.

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-05-19 10:16|| 2022-05-19 10:16|| Front Page Top

#14 So kind of a Bradly IFV knockoff turret with a tank lower chassis, and smaller troop compartment?

Posted by NoMoreBS 2022-05-19 13:07|| 2022-05-19 13:07|| Front Page Top

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