With respect, I still think you're giving the Chinese too much credit in assuming they'd successfully wipe out the RoC's defenses before they could cause any meaningful damage to the PRC's assets. And as far as the "additional obligations" goes, I think that also is a generous assumption you're making. I'm pretty sure a war with China means places like Africa get outright abandoned and a lot of assets will be shunted towards China instead.
I'm saying IF, if the PRC can wipe the ROC. I've got family from both sides of the strait so I'd rather it not happen. Personally, I'm not sure of Africa being abandoned because I think the US political establishment wont take any "loss of face". Look how much Afghanistan withdraw was a shitshow, you think a politician (except maybe Biden) would take "loosing" an entire continent?
David Lloyd George got that ball rolling first in WWI by getting the Yanks involved in the Great War. Tony Blair more than anything made just damn sure the UK was thoroughly and unrecoverably destroyed during his rule.
I see one thing really sus about the KF51. It has a 130mm gun, and can apparently only carry 20 rounds... It also has the same engine as the Leopard 2... I'm also really skeptical of the gun depression based on some of the videos I've seen. It's kinda sounding like this thing is going to live up to its namesake lolView attachment 4482312
Rheinmetall announced that they are currently in talks with Ukraine to export their replacement of the Leopard 2 MBT, the Panther KF51 (following the WW2 German tradition lol).
Hopefully Ukraine still exists by the time Rheinmetall finalizes the Panther.
It also only weighs 59 tons which is really REALLY sus
The Japanese Type 10 has 22 rounds. I'm surprised they didn't go the Leclerc route with modular armor. Still waiting on the Leclerc T40 though, would've been the western counterpart to the BMPT.
Patton spinning around in his grave.
Type 10 along with the older Type 90 have modular armor. The only still in service JSDF tank that doesn't are the remaining few Type-74s that haven't yet been replaced.
Those 20 rounds are in the turret ammo compartment and more in the hull ammo stowage. While the Type 10 is a meter less in length next to the Type 90. Other dimensions are still mostly the same.
what does this even mean lol? Seriously, if you think this has anything to do with anything besides a fascinating discussion on how China became the worlds manufacturer then you are insane. Chinas entire system is reliant on the US buying its goods, allowing it to import US business and other things that make it inextricably linked to the US. It relies on global trade to keep its country afloat, and if it tanked the US market global trade would be fucked to all hell.
China is not as reliant on the US as you seem to think.
That and the chemical weapons/POW executions are changing normies minds real fast. We're beginning to see serious pushback on support for Ukraine already.
They will be nearly none dogfits just due to the non-existence of CAS in this war. Without CAS no one have a bussiness to go into enemy airspace.
Cope is going real hard for someone.
In next five to six weeks we will see how badly "new great offensive" is going for ruzzkie. First days suggest that they will not fullfill own aims (to capture Donetsk and Luhansk oblsats - they aren't even try to get KHerson).
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