The War in Ukraine

[Cloud Cover]

Hopefully we don't see Stormtrooper aim manifest into reality as well. Neat piece of hardware though.

France’s new laser rifle silently melts electronics at 500 meters — and Ukrainian infantry could really use it - Euromaidan Press

France’s new HELMA-LP laser rifle disables electronics from 500m away—quietly. A battlefield tool Ukrainian infantry may need sooner than later.

euromaidanpress.com

Alt: France’s new laser rifle silently melts electronics at 500 meters — and Ukrainian infantry could really use it - Euromaidan Press | Ghostarchive

What we really need to do is develop something that use the C16 to shoot a high velocity wad of ever-expanding Great Foam insulation that either hits the drone or it flies into the gluey mess.


Speaking of Drones: Moscow is being clobbered today. Pity.

 

[Maxman1]

https://www.reddit.com/r/CanadianForces/comments/1kt4j98/what_looks_like_to_be_a_donated_canadian_lav_60

 

[KevinB]

https://www.reddit.com/r/CanadianForces/comments/1kt4j98/what_looks_like_to_be_a_donated_canadian_lav_60

In true CAF fashion it also appears to be lost, but making good time...

 

[daftandbarmy]

'Golden Domes' and life after Putin | Michael Clarke Ukraine Q&A​

 

[PrairieFella]

https://www.reddit.com/r/CanadianForces/comments/1kt4j98/what_looks_like_to_be_a_donated_canadian_lav_60

Well, we know the armour works.

 

[KevinB]

Well, we know the armour works.

The problem is they put a ton of explosive reactive armor blocks all over the vehicle as well as putting cages. Driving the vehicles weight up even further so it really can’t leave a road. Which is fine, if you accept that sort of vehicle is now fully road bound. However, a lot of people will look at this, and they see what the LAV can do and not realize part of the reasons it is being so survivable in those cases is due to all the odds and sods, kitchen, sinks and bathtubs, etc. that have been bolted onto it. In turn raising the weight well beyond what the gross vehicle is on the platform making it a maintenance burden, but also making so it will sink like a rock if it leaves a hard pack road.

 

[MilEME09]

once again, Putin doubles down, and once again we get silence from the Trump admin who once promised to flood ukraine with weapons if Putin said no, and yet they have done very little of that.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1925580279072043024

 

[Kirkhill]

The problem is they put a ton of explosive reactive armor blocks all over the vehicle as well as putting cages. Driving the vehicles weight up even further so it really can’t leave a road. Which is fine, if you accept that sort of vehicle is now fully road bound. However, a lot of people will look at this, and they see what the LAV can do and not realize part of the reasons it is being so survivable in those cases is due to all the odds and sods, kitchen, sinks and bathtubs, etc. that have been bolted onto it. In turn raising the weight well beyond what the gross vehicle is on the platform making it a maintenance burden, but also making so it will sink like a rock if it leaves a hard pack road.

At about the 26 sec mark you can see the beast, whatever it is, leave the hardpack and start plowing across country. It is making headway but the troughs it is leaving behind look like something between a tank trap and a trench.