Prediction Thread: When Will Ukraine Conquer Russia

[Dinner]

This is a bit interesting (at least for me) - it looks like the Ukrainian army has gotten some 105 mm howitzers of the same type I carried around back in 79 (there was a production year on it - 1943 )

Towed artillery is pretty out of date and can only really be used if the other side doesn't have effective modern counter battery fire systems. Motorized artillery, so you can shoot and scoot, is really the only sustainable was to go on the modern battlefield.

[BeBMan]

In 10 yrs Ukraine will use hypersonic tractors to pull'em across the landscape

[BlackCat]

This is a bit interesting (at least for me) - it looks like the Ukrainian army has gotten some 105 mm howitzers of the same type I carried around back in 79 (there was a production year on it - 1943 )

[PLATO]

We thought they meant they had missiles that can travel at several times the apples of sound, but in the end they were just missiles that make a lot of noise.

And had performance and guidance issues to boot!

[N35t0r]

We thought they meant they had missiles that can travel at several times the apples of sound, but in the end they were just missiles that make a lot of noise.

[BeBMan]

We don't hear much about hypersonic missiles these days anymore. People were not sufficiently impressed, I'm afraid

[BlackCat]

This will probably make Serb cry. Oh, and she have wonderful dry humor

[N35t0r]

Do you get snow most years?

Back in Argentina, I lived in Buenos Aires where it has snowed twice in recorded history, only a cm or so. Last Feb I was at my in-laws', about 300km further north so no snow ever.

Over here it used to snow consistently (at least that's what they tell me), but there hadn't been consistent snow cover for more than a couple of days since a long while ago until the winter before last (when we got here), and we had a full month of snow cover.

Last winter there were some days it snowed, but nothing that lasted for long.

It seems like this winter it will also be mild (it did snow last weekend, but also only a cm or two, didn't last much).

[pchang]

Russia does not appear to treat its soldiers well.

[pchang]

Things do not look good for them: https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/17/europ...cmd/index.html

[Dinner]

Well, one of us is dumb. I give you that.

[Bereta_Eder]

I honestly think it happened because of Biden abandoning Afghanistan, literally in the dead of night, without even telling the Afghans first. He also cut off all their ammo, financing, and air support. Then like an idiot he abandoned theor air fields first even though airfields are supposed to be last because you need them to get people and things out.

Putin saw that as a sign the U.S. was done fighting over seas wars and that he now had a window to act.

That's so dumb.

Actually trump was putin's little b!tch that's why putin didn't go f cking things up. same with erdogan


the moment biden stepped in, he said f all y'all autocrats and they attacked seeing as they werent be done any favors


dinner is so clueless about international affairs he should go bake apple pies and be silent

[Dinner]

Russia is supposedly going to do a full general mobilization on the new year. Given that they cannot currently train, properly equip, or even maintain proper supply for their current forces I wonder if these ever feasible. Especially given the massive negative economic impact. They currently often aren't even paying their existing forces so how do they lose so much of their work force and still pay for everything?

[Geronimo]

I'll take this weather over the 46° it got to last January in Argentina

Do you get snow most years?

[BlackCat]

Probably too long for some but kind of interesting :