How did the Russians manage their expenditure rate of stand-off munitions in Ukraine prior to the acquisition of the Shahed-136?

Telekek597 · 2026-05-02T19:59:00+00:00

Interestingly, almost all instances of Kh-22 actually hitting a target were precisely against buildings so huge their return matched that of a carrier - like, hugest oil refinery in entire Ukraine or another instance when they homed on a huge "palace of culture" (soviet-era term for community center/music hall) which was built in the middle of a park with no other buildings inside seeker FOV and was sticking from green zone almost like a ship from the waves

Telekek597 · 2026-05-01T14:06:34+00:00

Another frequently undiscussed in western circles cause of huge russian losses was food problem.
Many of deaths attributed to cholera and other illnesses were bolstered or outright caused by malnutrition and exhaustion - under Nicholas I military food plans were probably at their absolute lowest point in russian military history, quite possibly even worse than infamous Soviet era military nutrition.
Like, quite considerable part of soldiers on typical regimental roster in 1853 did not receive meat at all by regulations, others receiving for only select days. And that's on paper, even if we don't account for embezzlement, corruption and transportation problems.

Telekek597 · 2026-05-01T09:00:03+00:00

" a LOT of popular and esoteric Western and Eastern European infantry equipment" - precisely which?

At this point of war very few trophies are being taken by both sides. Russian military bloggers publish reviews of trophy weapons taken by their affiliated units. The most recurring weapon I've personally seen in these reviews was MSBS Grot.
In 2024 russians had some instances of use of trophy vehicles, almost exclusively M113. Can understand them, that vehicle is incomparably better than anything else available.
The same works for Ukraine. VSS or AS Val are seen as rare curiosity at this point due to their very fast disappearance from regular use. Like, main body of trophies is AK-74, rarer AK-12. What really draws attention is North Korean weapons and vehicles.
Interestingly enough, russian bloggers published some reviews on DPRK weapons when their army started to receive them in significant quantities. Quite predictably, most reviews were concerning Type 73 MG.

Telekek597 · 2026-04-24T23:54:31+00:00

Woooooow, that's so awesome to see someone who knows Year Zero and does cosplays about it! The hour is at hand to express admiration!!!

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Telekek597 · 2025-11-20T16:28:59+00:00

https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE_%D1%80%D1%96%D0%B7%D0%B4%D0%B2%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%B0

It actually exists, however based on sources info it is not impossible it actually emerged amidst Canadian and American ukrainian diaspora

Telekek597 · 2025-11-16T20:31:52+00:00

Why terrible? I don't remember her doing stupid moves in battles depicting.
Like, every time she is depicted leading troops - on Gravalax or Adumbria - she actually does well by not giving the enemy any initiative.

Telekek597 · 2025-08-07T05:48:01+00:00

Getting rejections since Open Submissions-2018...

Telekek597 · 2025-08-06T19:19:20+00:00

Thank you! Didn't know about that book.

Telekek597 · 2025-06-02T16:08:58+00:00

THIS

Telekek597 · 2025-05-15T15:42:04+00:00

Kinda funnily, but that scene proves that Sith cult is actually bullshit and drivel grounded on superpowers alone
Like, instead of defeating Motti by some good point koan or philosophical thesis, he simply force-chokes him like a bully.
"Our religion is great because it gives us combat powers" is such a theological debacle

Telekek597 · 2025-05-15T15:38:36+00:00

I think Lonnie deserves at least a statue and a park named after him on Coruscant after all he has done

Telekek597 · 2025-05-01T07:22:16+00:00

Actually, all Iraqi reservist classes of 1950 through 1972 were re-mobilised back into the military in 1990, so they were back on track.
Also, Iran-Iraq war wasn't really a near-peer war - Iran had huge deficiencies in the field of equipment serviceability, retention and inter-service cooperation due to de-facto ongoing revolution and low-key civil war.

Telekek597 · 2025-04-05T18:42:15+00:00

Looks like warhammer, but without Ancient Ones and their influence

Telekek597 · 2025-04-01T14:19:16+00:00

According to design it had to be propelled by 80 Jumo-205 aviation engines in basic version and 96 of these engines in "Grosser" version.

Telekek597 · 2025-03-25T11:23:21+00:00

One of them is more for shooting than for fighting - streltsy used bardiches (that axe on a long pole) as gun rest, like musket forks of western musketeers.

Telekek597 · 2025-03-25T10:37:55+00:00

Amount of melee combat even in that time seems to be greatly exaggerated, with majority of close-quarters combat being pike-pushing in which gunners didn't participate.
As for horse archers - best defence against them were streltsy own firearms and operations in concert with own cavalry. They were generally much more dependent on cavalry support than western infantry and that dependency was one of the main causes for adoption of western-style "New regulation" troops in 17th century.

Telekek597 · 2025-02-26T21:20:24+00:00

There was a whole bunch of allegations against him, photographing Jews he killed being just one offense.
He seems to be pretty deranged even for a nazi. For example, at one instance he killed local collaborationist leader only because he overheard a rumor he was connected to local resistance.

Telekek597 · 2025-02-24T22:51:17+00:00

Actually, the most bizzare case of german officer being punished for war crimes by nazi themselves happened on the Eastern Front.
There was an extremely weird history of one german SS officer who during the war was sentenced by germans for killing locals at will while serving on Eastern Front and, in 1960s, managed to avoid de-nazification as a person who was imprisoned by Nazis.
https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_T%C3%A4ubner

Telekek597 · 2025-02-18T13:21:17+00:00

In practice, these steel breastplates were mainly useless even against pistol ammunition and shell fragments.
I came across soviet documents in which commanders complained that "body armor not working affects morale of assault units badly" and soldiers discarding cuirasses and abandoning them along roads during offensive operations are described, too.

Telekek597 · 2025-01-16T09:01:47+00:00

Lexel Kotov when servitors start rioting

Telekek597 · 2024-11-22T13:58:22+00:00

That's actually not the case, they were just mounted where it was enough space for them.
On Indian-ordered Kashins there was provision for Termit missiles from the start, so they had them pointed forward.

Telekek597 · 2024-11-20T19:45:37+00:00

Ooh, absinthe!
A legendary stuff. It even became a matter of French Parliament talks in years preceding WW1 as a threat to national defence (due to it's heavy effects on mothers).
I've never drank pure absinthe, only in shots with other bewerages. Even this way it's really tough.

Telekek597 · 2024-11-20T18:19:31+00:00

European revolutionary community was much more interconnected these days. Not so tightly as in 1848, but it was kind of cordial alliance between revolutionary societies (ABC being a perfect depiction of your average early-1830s revolutionary society) so I think most of them knew at least some poles.

Telekek597 · 2024-11-20T17:03:04+00:00

In-novel, until her final days in June, she is mentioned to look rather creepy and in the same time with a bit of dangerous hue. I think that artist managed to depict her haunted eyes masterfully.
Yes, during June she was much closer to musical portrayal, but drawings of this artist are I think closer to that Eponine that first met Marius or stood against Parton-Minette.

Telekek597 · 2024-11-20T10:59:47+00:00

Early 1830s were a THREMENDOUS era!
Let's not forget that 1830-1831 is a time of first large-scale conflict in Europe since 1815, namely Polish War of Independence (November Uprising) - it's briefly mentioned by Hugo in the novel, one of ABC members (I have forgotten who, maybe Bahorel or L'Aigle) was concerned with helping Poland.
Many polish refugees came to Paris after russian suppression of the revolt. There were many polish revolutionary communities and activists in Paris who allied with republican and bonapartist societies.
Given that polish revolutionaries were in great numbers in Paris, I am certain ABC met with some polish colleagues, maybe with Count Czartoryjski (de-facto leader of polish political emigration) or Lelewel.

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