Found some chemical weapons 
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Youāve changed your tune all of a sudden 
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Apparently the German coalition parties have agreed to supply āheavy weaponsā to Ukraine. Whenever/whatever - donāt know, probably tanks.
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Iām livid, I knew he had infantile ideas about the world as pointed out.
So yes someone with ideas like that shouldnāt be anywhere near talking to Putin. What a knob!
I am now of the opinion itās all down to Biden who, even if they say itās gaffs, is saying stuff that indicates he is at least very concerned and more importantly perhaps prepared to do something (though I am sure politically in the USA it would be suicide) then perhaps if these atrocities continue perhaps the american public could get behind an intervention.
Europe is useless always has been and probably always will be. Thumb twiddlers the lot of them (the major āpowersā that is).
Btw, not funny! 
Russian ECM capabilities do not appear to have advanced much past the mid-1980s, presumably characteristic of their ECCM. It is possible that their nuclear deterrent force is not infected by the same corruption and incompetence that has marked the other branches of their armed services, but that seems unlikely. In the event of a direct confrontation with NATO, Russian doctrine is to step to tactical nuclear use when the conflict turns against them. The consensus is now that NATO air force in particular would be able to sweep aside Russian air power, and the Ukrainians have had significant success against Russian very low-level aircraft using man-portable devices, the one band that has troubled NATO thinking about winning the air battle. Russian logistics are demonstrably incompetent, and would be easily paralyzed once NATO gained control of the air. As such, the expectation has evolved to the likelihood of Russian deployment of tactical nuclear weapons as soon as 4-5 days after hostilities break out. The thinking is therefore contemplating the possibility of at least eliminating that threat at about that time.
Scary as hellā¦
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Leopards, presumably? We actually have the test range up the road from us in Meppen so we do occasionally see kit going up and down the road to there.
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Yes! And while we are at we could have Prince William and Charles stationed in Kiev until Russia withdraws. They both wear military uniforms festooned with medals so Iām sure theyāre qualified to help out and would no doubt be awarded another lot at the end. Thatās the sort of royal public service on behalf of the entire Commonwealth that Iād like to see.
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There was a story about Germany planning to send Leopard 1 A5s which as far as I know would be pretty useless as they are old and have been out of commission with the Bundeswehr for decades.
Canāt we have Andrew instead ?
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Against T-72s, they would be just fine if used correctly.
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genocide
/ĖdŹÉnÉsŹÉŖd/
noun
- the deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group.
āa campaign of genocideā
Hasnāt Putin already said something along the lines of āthere will be no Ukraineā after theyāve finished?
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The thinking of the American high command might have shifted but its actual application is a no go as far as I can see. I cannot see a situation where NATO will, or indeed get the go ahead to, carry out a tactical first strike. My (un informed) feeling is that there would have to be approval by all NATO members (or at least most) for that to go ahead and that is never likely to happen - not because they would feel is not warranted but mainly because it is the Europeans who will have to live with the fall out - literally and politically. The message it would send out to countries like India, China and Israel would add another layer of complication.
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The attack would not be first use of tactical nuclear (i.e. in Europe), but the destruction of Russian tactical nuclear reserves (in Russia). The awkward fact is that Russian nuclear doctrine would take that as a basis for escalation.
It depends. It wouldnāt do well against the T-72B3 which consists(?) the majority of their tank fleet which is a modernized 2010 version. Against T-72Bs and T-80s it would fare better but my understanding is that there are relatively few of them in operation.
They are not useles.
The Ukrainians have generally not been using their tanks to counter Russian tanks to begin with - their armour usage has been for localized counterattacks using combined arms, relying on ATGMs against deployed Russian armour. Russians have attempted to use their own armour in reaction to observed Ukrainian concentrations, so the match-up might emerge, but there is a suspicion that the primary use of UKR armour right now is baiting the Russian armour into opportunities for ATGMs.
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And artillery and mortars. Ukrainian artillery has made a name for themselve.
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Regardless of the tactics or the platformās merits, the point Iām making is that Germany can certainly offer much better tanks to Ukraine than 1 A5s (if thatās what theyāll end up sending). If they are going to send heavy weapons, they might as well send something that will make a substantial difference.
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Indirect fire and ATGM and ATR does most of the work and T-73BR mostly has an edge in terms of range finding systems and gun. It cooks off like a T-72.
No they cant. Germany only has 250 Leopard 2s so cant ship any. Rheinmetall would have to do it and that takes a lot of time.
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