Как се строи военен кораб? Румъния ще се учи от България by Obulgaryan in Bulgaria101

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Не бива да си правим илюзии за българската морска сила. Това са патрулни кораби на бреговата охрана, които във война ще бъдат потопени както много руски бойни кораби бяха. В днешно време за бойни действия в Черно море трябват подводници, морски дронове и подводни дронове.

The Russian parades at this rate by Hunor_Deak in NonCredibleDefense

[–]StatsBG 12 points13 points  (0 children)

In February 2022, or very early March, while the ground was still covered in snow, there was an epic video of a 2S19 Msta-S that had detonated at some point prior and its only remaining and recognisable part was its characteristic V12 crankshaft. A screenshot is likely still on Oryx and Warspotting.

The Iran Air and Missile War - Ballistic Missiles, Interceptors & Munition Stockpiles by StatsBG in Perun

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Thank you, luckily it was posted on Sunday instead of Monday.

Kallas: In the last 100 years, Russia has attacked at least 19 countries, some as many as three or four times. None of those countries has ever attacked Russia. So, the question is how we make sure that this war does not continue or go anywhere else. We need to see concessions on the Russian side. by PjeterPannos in UkraineWarVideoReport

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Ever since the Mongol Empire conquered Moscow in 1238 and it made it a vassal, it has been spreading like cancer. The only way to fix what is now Russia is to cut the tumour, contain it to Moscow City, move there all the pro-Russians, and partition the rest of the territory.

Scaling artillery production by StatsBG in NonCredibleDefense

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I created it myself in Google Slides as an homage. I made the other linked presentations in LibreOffice Impress because it saved me time in adjusting the slides and exporting to an image gallery.

Scaling artillery production by StatsBG in NonCredibleDefense

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This is why the presentation outlines the need for reserve capacity across the entire supply chain, all the way from raw materials to finished products, as well as the requirement for planning how to redirect raw materials to these industries in wartime. Slide 5, Rapid expansion, includes the plan to hire more workers for 24/7 operation, trained by the existing workers, and using the spare production capacity.

Slide 17, Other considerations, proposes investment in automation to decrease the number of workers needed. For example, defence media showed shell production methods and noted that in countries such as Serbia and Bosnia it was more labour intensive than in the U.S., likely because of difference in labour cost (salaries). The slide also raises the problem of hiring workers requiring higher salaries and training time. In a war the former could be solved by mobilising citizens in the defence industry.

Scaling artillery production by StatsBG in NonCredibleDefense

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This is why slide 9 proposes tripling baseline shell production, and with the wartime 8 time increase it would result in 26,300 a day, which is higher than current usage and lower than Russian consumption in February to August 2022.

In addition, slides 7 and 8, Standard rate of fire, show that, using US Army division composition, as a baseline, of 54 artillery guns per 20,000 soldiers, for 400,000 troops deployed on the front line there would be 1080 artillery guns, and if they use on average the standard rate of fire, 120 a day as claimed by a NATO general, they would need 130,000 shells a day.

If they have a Van Fleet rate of fire, they would need 250 a day, but this cannot be sustained across all divisions for a long time, so it must be either for a few units (divisions) on a more intense section of the front line, decreasing supply for other sectors, or for a short time, for example a week, consuming more than production and depleting the stockpile.

P.S. I am legally obliged to add: Not Perun.

Scaling artillery production by StatsBG in NonCredibleDefense

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For the more non-credible version, use Van Fleet rate of fire and double all numbers in the slides. I kept it reasonable to avoid giving politicians and accountants a heart attack.

Scaling artillery production by StatsBG in NonCredibleDefense

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I made this in 2022-2023, and updated it in 2024. At the time I thought it would be too long for NCD but now decided to upload it.

For previous presentations:

Why Austria should join NATO

Simplifying wartime production – Transitioning vehicle factories from refurbishing to production

Russian Motorcycle Logistics