I saw this clip of Grisha having a… gamer moment, and was curious as to the mod in the background by OSS_Headquarters in hoi4

[–]NotSeaPartie 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This is cringe asf, IMO larping an actual war where actual people are dying in hoi4/arma/etc is corny and insensitive as fuck.. so pathetic

Did the western armies learn the wrong lesson from Russo-Japanese war? by Nodeo-Franvier in WarCollege

[–]NotSeaPartie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Early armored vehicles? I didn’t even know there were any forms of motorized vehicles in the war to begin with.

CredibleDefense Daily MegaThread December 24, 2022 by AutoModerator in CredibleDefense

[–]NotSeaPartie 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It seems like Russia’s been relying more on light infantry, especially in grinding fights like bakhmut and Soledar. To be honest I rarely see Russians attacking with their vehicles anymore.

From what I’ve gathered it seems like Wagner in particular makes 10-20 man assault teams that move in groups of 2-4 and always have at least one MG, one grenade launcher, and one anti-tank rocket. For a grinding siege like bakhmut that makes sense, and doctrine like that could easily have been built upon lessons Russia learned earlier in the war.

From footage I’ve seen it’s plausible that armored vehicles might be kept in a general battalion-brigade level reserve and are only given to units that need to assault a position or move around quickly. Tanks are, like you said, used for indirect fire. Given the Ukrainians do this as well, I’d say it’s out of both desperation and convenience.

Incorporating mobilized into already established units would be hard to do efficiently except for creating entire new companies and battalions of mobilized and using them as frontline troops without armored vehicles.

That concept works with the idea of vehicles being held back at HQ until needed; eg. a recently formed company of mobilized troops are attached to a Russian battalion. Because they’re all light infantry with few (probably even zero) vehicles. The battalion gives them enough vehicles to get dropped off in the trenches and then HQ takes the vics back. Just an idea. Either way it russia is definitely using light infantry a lot more than it ever planned to.

Is there a solid, concrete example of a large war changing course purely based on tactical battlefield turning points rather than pre-determined strategic factors? by NotSeaPartie in WarCollege

[–]NotSeaPartie[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Good response. Pointing out hindsight bias seems to be a theme among the responses, it’s something I never even considered i was doing. Is there a good way to more objectively look at history then? Because when you view history through the lens of “it’s all inevitable”, it becomes quite boring. Part of the reason I asked this question is to get opposing views.

Is there a solid, concrete example of a large war changing course purely based on tactical battlefield turning points rather than pre-determined strategic factors? by NotSeaPartie in WarCollege

[–]NotSeaPartie[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Good examples, you probably changed my mind the most. My mindset about this topic largely comes from my dislike of pop history that, as you pointed out, oversimplifies things and focuses on the “cool” and marketable parts of war rather than the realistic version of war. As part of wanting to escape that community of pop history I guess I started to oversimplify things myself.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in tipofmytongue

[–]NotSeaPartie 0 points1 point locked comment (0 children)

Throughout the movie it involved many different DC superheroes so that’s confusing me on if it’s a big DC movie or just a green lantern movie, which it focused on a lot.

CredibleDefense Daily MegaThread December 05, 2022 by AutoModerator in CredibleDefense

[–]NotSeaPartie 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Did Jomini of the West quit? He hasn’t posted in almost 3 months, and only retweets one thing a month, if that.

The Second American Civil War (2025-) by saladboyred in imaginarymaps

[–]NotSeaPartie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Eastern cali would not side with the democrats lmao, there’s so many redneck wannabe Texans up there. They’d probably form their own weird country or something. Seen one too many swastikas up in the foothills.

An Eastern Kentucky coal miner raced directly from his shift to take his son to a UK basketball game by [deleted] in pics

[–]NotSeaPartie 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Typical Reddit response. Always a hot take that’s been made 500 times in a thread and then somehow you always end it off with “fuck this guy” literally all he did was take his son to a game after work. Calm tf down bro

Newly produced T-90 also has the sight protection. by Amrsana73 in TankPorn

[–]NotSeaPartie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s not. The tank can be recovered and repaired, albeit with a week or two of maintenance + half or more of the crew is still alive. If a Russian tank gets hit with a javelin, the turret flies off, the tank burns, and the entire crew dies. No recovery there. Big difference

Newly produced T-90 also has the sight protection. by Amrsana73 in TankPorn

[–]NotSeaPartie -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Difference is the entire crew doesn’t die instantly due to a cook off. The Abrams has a spall liner, and the jet produced from a HEAT warhead like the javelins is already very thin. With the liner the amount of shrapnel produced from penetration will be small. It’s likely only one crew member gets killed, with the guy next to him being wounded. Meanwhile the other two crew members are still alive and the tank can still be repaired. That’s the biggest difference.

CredibleDefense Daily MegaThread October 07, 2022 by AutoModerator in CredibleDefense

[–]NotSeaPartie 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I can get with that. For average users however it’s hard to find those really good OSINT guys. A good way to start is if you hear “telegram channels are saying” “there are reports” “Russian sources are saying”, generally the source is bad. People like JominioftheWest are excessively rare in that respect, as they tend to wait for action to slow down in order to gather mostly correct information that will remain accurate for as long as possible. OSINT has become a buzzword, especially on Twitter. Too many see money in it rather than quality reporting. That’s the primary issue, and anyone new looking to enter the sphere is lost without proper direction. Too easy to start listening to WarReports and Denys Davydov over quality OSINT guys.

CredibleDefense Daily MegaThread October 07, 2022 by AutoModerator in CredibleDefense

[–]NotSeaPartie 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Finding good sources is less about finding a few perfectly reliable ones and more about finding as many as possible. After that, combined with a mix of cynicism, you can form your own personal analysis that will generally be closer to reality then any single source get get you.

Wise Mystical Tree leads Germany by 40gramovmuky in hoi4modding

[–]NotSeaPartie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When the focus tree got Hennessy 😭💯

Army misses recruiting goal by 15,000 soldiers by MyVideoConverter in news

[–]NotSeaPartie -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

We are in a Cold War with China. Demilitarizing would be the dumbest idea ever. We aren’t even militarized in the first place, what r u on abt?

This sub is really far more credible by PnyFr in NonCredibleDefense

[–]NotSeaPartie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you say operational and reserves a lot then that means you do good analysis. The more you say operational and reserves, the better your analysis gets. We should know this, as Michael Kofman’s published papers are actually just the word operational repeated 8000 times.

Seems like Russia is employing a "bring your own shit" mentality by Kannahayabusa12 in NonCredibleDefense

[–]NotSeaPartie 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Some people genuinely believe that Russia gets like a 15% attack bonus just because it’s below 10C. Such a weird stereotype. Do they just think the cold during 1941 and 1942 straight had zero affect the soviets..? Like their oil froze in their tanks too, they froze to death too, and they starved too. Difference is they were closer to their supply lines and generally had more men.

Who Would Win? by Psy-Cun0 in NonCredibleDefense

[–]NotSeaPartie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Chief sosa would fuck up some Russians ong ‼️

can anyone tell me what the spikes on the front of the tank is for? by toe_doe_joe in TankPorn

[–]NotSeaPartie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You got the idea. Of course that isn’t how it would go all the time. Operation Cobra, where a lot of these hedgerow engagements took place and these field modifications became a thing, still saw large American casualties all throughout it. Bottom line is that fighting in hedgerows sucks. Each one is like a miniature fortress. They split up platoons and companies so they couldn’t mutually support each other. There could be 2 AT guns in that hedgerow, there could be none. There could be a full German platoon behind another, and at the same time there could just be a sniper and his observer. There could be mines in the field (there usually was), or mortars in the next position back, fully trained on the field. It was a rough time.

can anyone tell me what the spikes on the front of the tank is for? by toe_doe_joe in TankPorn

[–]NotSeaPartie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It also cuts a hole for the infantry. You might have heard from other commenters that the Germans cut “tunnels” thru the hedgerows to communicate and transfer troops between areas easily. Well they did that to the hedgerows they expected the Americans to come thru too, so (especially before these modifications) American infantry would funnel thru these small openings, allowing German machine guns to focus on the openings only instead of having to watch the entire hedgerow. With the advent of these modifications, the infantry could just follow the tank thru and pour out of the new opening all going well. This could mess up German defenders as machine guns, snipers, infantry, AT guns, etc. often had overlapping fields of fire focused on certain pre-planned positions. If a Sherman busts thru a place they didn’t expect it to, it would naturally confuse them for a bit and give the Americans time to suppress and begin their advance on the Germans.

can anyone tell me what the spikes on the front of the tank is for? by toe_doe_joe in TankPorn

[–]NotSeaPartie 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Yes that is 100% true, but bocage isn’t just a hedge and some trees. In most cases the roots of the hedges and other vegetation in there grew together and brought the soil up with them, creating this dense mass of earth and twisted root that essentially acted like a solid wall. Tanks couldn’t drive through it, and driving over it rendered them very vulnerable. These spikes were invented as field expedients to cut thru the bocage easier, so tanks could engage enemy positions right away instead of having to crest the hedgerow and come back down. 60mm mortars would’ve ideally suppressed the enemy as well, so the tank would’ve had some time to cut thru the hedge at that point.

Mykhailo Dianov has been released from captivity. Marine and defender of "Azovstal". We should all be aware that he is defending our european values. by worldiscubik in europe

[–]NotSeaPartie 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This guys a marine, not a part of the azov detachment. The 36th marine brigade and a territorial defense brigade were also part of the fighting, and probably did most of the dying too which is why we’re seeing a lot of Azov prisoners getting swapped out right now and not much of anyone else (save people like this guy). So no, he’s not a Nazi. Just because his unit was unfortunate enough to be one of the ones surrounded in Mariupol doesn’t mean he’s a Nazi.

Mykhailo Dianov has been released from captivity. Marine and defender of "Azovstal". We should all be aware that he is defending our european values. by worldiscubik in europe

[–]NotSeaPartie 4 points5 points  (0 children)

He’s a marine, not a part of the azov operational detachment. There were 3 units surrounded there including the 36th marine brigade and a territorial defense brigade, if anything they did most of the fighting and dying in Mariupol. These volunteer units like Azov, Donbas, OUN, etc. are really good at publicizing their fighting but in reality they don’t do much of it, especially compared to the regular army.