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2022-10-29 Britain

'Army risks running low on anti-tank weapons as it emerges Britain's stockpile of missiles which were donated to Ukraine STILL have not been replaced

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Posted by Skidmark 2022-10-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11 views ] Top

#1 The AT weapons are doing what they were purchased for. It's just someone else pulling the triggers.

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-10-29 12:20|| 2022-10-29 12:20|| Front Page Top

#2 On the other hand, let’s chat about the depletion of targets for these weapons
Seems Russia should start running short of targets for the Ukrainians to shoot at

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2022-10-29 12:44|| 2022-10-29 12:44|| Front Page Top

#3 You may be on to something.
The Russian army officially launched the older tank T-34. The train entered Ukraine with a T-34 tank. It seems that the T-60 is over.

Posted by Shesh Jaque5150 2022-10-29 12:52|| 2022-10-29 12:52|| Front Page Top

#4 It comes as a defence minister warned Nato's stockpiles were 'insufficient'
'Insufficient' versus what opponent? At the current rate Russian (and allies) will run out of AFVs before all of the stockpiles of Javelins, HOTs, Milans and other sort of ATGMs get used up ...or does he have a relative that wants a Cost Plus Triple Overtime RUSH contract?

Posted by magpie 2022-10-29 13:38|| 2022-10-29 13:38|| Front Page Top

#5 Given as how you can whack a tank from a couple of clicks away even in a combined arms environment with infantry and close air support, I have half a meeting next to say that tanks are obsolete and it’s time to move back to small unit tactics with fire and manuvuer coordinated artillery and close air support
Of course the MANPAD has almost taken close air support off the table
Seems that we are back to Franco-Prussian warfare

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2022-10-29 13:43|| 2022-10-29 13:43|| Front Page Top

#6 NATO's weapons stocks have always been insufficient. Tragedy of the Commons in action. It's 10X worse when it comes to expensive precision guided weapons. They have always relied on the kindness of Uncle Sugar if push came to shove.

Posted by Shesh Jaque5150 2022-10-29 13:44|| 2022-10-29 13:44|| Front Page Top

#7 Problem with infantry sans armor is that artillery will decimate them from afar and machine guns from close in. The USA solved the CAS dilemma with stealth aircraft operating at medium altitude above MANPAD range combined with SEAD/DEAD.

Posted by Shesh Jaque5150 2022-10-29 13:49|| 2022-10-29 13:49|| Front Page Top

#8 Forgot to mention precision artillery/rocketry/mortars/drones increasingly substituting for CAS and decreasing the need for a large Air Force.

Posted by Shesh Jaque5150 2022-10-29 13:52|| 2022-10-29 13:52|| Front Page Top

#9 Has the US Congress passed any spending bills to replace what we have given to Ukraine?

Yes. Most of the spending in the aid packages is actually for the US defense industries to replace what is being shipped over. The rest is credit so other countries in Europe can get paid for the military gear they ship.

The gap we see in the US is the between shipping gear out and getting new stocks.

Posted by DarthVader 2022-10-29 14:02|| 2022-10-29 14:02|| Front Page Top

#10 they could get their 3rd symbol bathroom elite fighting force to grease their assholes up dig pit traps and have the tanks fall in their poop shoots barrel first!

Posted by Cholutle Thrans9751 2022-10-29 15:20|| 2022-10-29 15:20|| Front Page Top

#11 the UK won't be able to replenish its supplies of the weapons

a defence minister warned Nato's stockpiles were 'insufficient'

Makes perfect sense: deplete our own defenses while we throw $66 billion into a corrupt shithole that has fuck-all to do with our own security.

Total clownshow

Posted by Billy B 2022-10-29 15:34|| 2022-10-29 15:34|| Front Page Top

#12 Clownshow, Part MDXXIV:

“The Biden Administration’s new 2022 National Security Strategy (NSS) mentions climate or climate change at least 63 times; clean energy, air or water another 19 times; and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (“DEI”), or its components, 37 times.

To bring these values to the world and “uphold the rights of all Americans,” the NSS pugnaciously proclaims that “we must proactively shape the international order in line with our interests and values,” and be prepared to use all of America’s power to “center” equity and inclusion, reduce fossil fuels, and promote the green agenda. …”

🤡

Posted by Billy B 2022-10-29 21:12|| 2022-10-29 21:12|| Front Page Top

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