Russian Invasion of Ukraine Megathread

How well is the war this going for Russia?

  • ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Blyatskrieg

    Votes: 249 10.6%
  • ⭐⭐⭐⭐ I ain't afraid of no Ghost of Kiev

    Votes: 278 11.8%
  • ⭐⭐⭐ Competent attack with some upsets

    Votes: 796 33.7%
  • ⭐⭐ Stalemate

    Votes: 659 27.9%
  • ⭐ Ukraine takes back Crimea 2022

    Votes: 378 16.0%

  • Total voters
    2,360
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Pro-Ukraine TDF members from Georgia post some footage on their social media. They get many likes:
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Some moments later a pro-Russia account:
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Edit - some more posts they made; it's over for Putin:


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If it gets to the point that a draft is put in place, a shitload of those disqualified will suddenly find themselves marked as fit to serve.
Is that on any US military website somewhere that the standards would go in the toilet? The article I provided talked about how a lethal fighting force is needed, and if someone is say schizophrenic or very nearsighted or something, then that's going to be a major liability.
 
Is that on any US military website somewhere that the standards would go in the toilet? The article I provided talked about how a lethal fighting force is needed, and if someone is say schizophrenic or very nearsighted or something, then that's going to be a major liability.
Near-sighted? Melee shock troops. Schizophrenic? PsyOp division.
 
10 days ago there were still gay ass slap fight niggers and have been from the start of the first thread if you think that this thread was better 10 days ago you are stupid.
Nope but at least it did not consist of mainly 2 retards slap fighting over who can thumb down each other faster while screaming about each other being cowards and sucking dick on their respective factions.
 
Is that on any US military website somewhere that the standards would go in the toilet? The article I provided talked about how a lethal fighting force is needed, and if someone is say schizophrenic or very nearsighted or something, then that's going to be a major liability.
I'm just going off of what's happened in every single war in the last century. When you need more people, you lower the standards. God knows we did it enough during the Iraq war, and that was with volunteers.
 
A new video from Chechens near Mariupol.
They show a routine: they clean up the city, seize an ammunition depot, force the prisoner to apologize to Ramzan Akhmatovich.
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Kadyrov posted another vid of his Chechen liberators on their peace mission:

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This blood feud between our clans can only be solved by a knife fight, right after the traditional Chechen dance off and shaurma feast.
 
I'm just going off of what's happened in every single war in the last century. When you need more people, you lower the standards. God knows we did it enough during the Iraq war, and that was with volunteers.
Lower standards too much and then we get poorly trained, barely motivated soldiers like Reddit Battalions. Except unlike Ukraine, America is stuck with them.
 
From TG. Not a terrible setup.
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Interesting to see AKMs being fielded as they were in Afghanistan and Grozny, utilizing suppressors, tritium night sights, and subsonic ammunition. This particular rifle appears to be an AKMSP or AKMSNP. The 7.62x39 round performs better when subsonic than 5.45, and the AKM is cheaper to field than other specialized subsonic rifles such as the VSS or AS VAL.
 
I'm just going off of what's happened in every single war in the last century. When you need more people, you lower the standards. God knows we did it enough during the Iraq war, and that was with volunteers.

It all depends on how desperate they are exactly. The more desperately they need a warm body, the closer they are to literally just that as a requirement.
This article is heavily recommended reading for anyone wondering "Just how low can we go" when it comes to the draft.

McNamara’s Folly: Project 100,000"​

At various times in its history, the US military has recruited people who measured below specific mental and medical standards. During the Vietnam war, “McNamara’s Moron’s” as they were called, were barely literate, or could not read or write, or did not speak English. They were underweight, or obese, were too short, or semi-blind, or missing fingers. In basic training, they often could not tie their shoes, button their uniforms, march in drills. Many failed at physical exercise, at tossing hand grenades, could not quickly assemble weapons, or smartly shoot at moving targets.

These clearly unqualified men were deliberately sought by Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, who in 1966 required more troops but did not wish to alarm the middle class. Under Project 100,000, pitched as a way path out of poverty, service entry standards were drastically lowered. In addition to men of low intellect, tens of thousands of other inferior men were inducted, including criminals, misfits, even men physically disabled.

It goes on after this, but for post-size sake these are the first two paragraphs.
The article also links an interesting presentation on the topic.

 
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