Good point about reactive armor vs support infantry. Absolutely right about combined arms. Russia blew it when they didn't achieve overwhelming air superiority on Day 1. Apparently they threw missiles at air bases and thought that was enough, and didn't do any real runway or hangar damage, so the Ukrainian Air Force is still flying. They're not doing much, it's their anti-air missiles that are doing damage, not their jets that are downing Russian jets.
One thing that I'm curious about is you see these blocks of reactive armor on the destroyed and captured tanks. Seems to me you've got hundreds of pounds of explosives per tank that should be able to be repurposed after careful removal. At the least, IEDs for roads that the Russians need to use. Learn from ISIS. And even if it just slows/stalls a column, makes it easier pickings for artillery/drones/captured clusters.
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Date: 2022-04-15 04:36 pm (UTC)Good point about reactive armor vs support infantry. Absolutely right about combined arms. Russia blew it when they didn't achieve overwhelming air superiority on Day 1. Apparently they threw missiles at air bases and thought that was enough, and didn't do any real runway or hangar damage, so the Ukrainian Air Force is still flying. They're not doing much, it's their anti-air missiles that are doing damage, not their jets that are downing Russian jets. One thing that I'm curious about is you see these blocks of reactive armor on the destroyed and captured tanks. Seems to me you've got hundreds of pounds of explosives per tank that should be able to be repurposed after careful removal. At the least, IEDs for roads that the Russians need to use. Learn from ISIS. And even if it just slows/stalls a column, makes it easier pickings for artillery/drones/captured clusters.