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I don't usually put up combat videos (Original Post) Tomconroy Apr 2022 OP
Child-raping orcs don't rape so well The Unmitigated Gall Apr 2022 #1
Good. nt SunSeeker Apr 2022 #2
Very good gademocrat7 Apr 2022 #3
I was trying to figure out the language on that display BumRushDaShow Apr 2022 #4
They explain it down thread. Tomconroy Apr 2022 #5
Had to dig but yes and thank you! BumRushDaShow Apr 2022 #6
I applaud the Ukrainians for their stand but these videos seem off dutch777 Apr 2022 #7
Many in the thread had the same question scipan Apr 2022 #9
All kinds of interesting videos on that Twitter feed. nt Hotler Apr 2022 #8

BumRushDaShow

(128,483 posts)
4. I was trying to figure out the language on that display
Tue Apr 26, 2022, 06:20 AM
Apr 2022

and which countries in that area use Arabic script in their writing since many there normally use Cyrillic. Apparently since that is identified as a "Skif anti-tank" battery, which is supposedly something that Belarus developed, I did a quick search and Belarus does use Arabic script too (and I did see brief flashes of English on that display as well for a specific status).

BumRushDaShow

(128,483 posts)
6. Had to dig but yes and thank you!
Tue Apr 26, 2022, 07:35 AM
Apr 2022



ابو حيدر
@abohaidarkhalil
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Apr 25, 2022
Replying to @UAWeapons
the words are written in Arabic
chiel
@chieltje112
They made the STUGNA P for export to the middle East,but they decided to keep them when the war began
2:18 PM · Apr 25, 2022

dutch777

(2,963 posts)
7. I applaud the Ukrainians for their stand but these videos seem off
Tue Apr 26, 2022, 08:50 AM
Apr 2022

Getting clear video in a combat situation is of course difficult but I don't get that so many of these have ZERO indication of Russian counter fire. Sure, you can be in a wait/hide position and pick off that first enemy vehicle without anyone knowing you are there. But once you fire, the normal response would be major counterfire from the enemy to kill or suppress you from firing again. To just go down the line over minutes of time and pick off one vehicle after the other with no enemy response makes me wonder if the vehicles were abandoned to begin with. The level of incompetence on the RU's part if indeed the vehicles and positions are manned and not laying down immediate suppressive counterfire is almost beyond comprehension.

scipan

(2,338 posts)
9. Many in the thread had the same question
Tue Apr 26, 2022, 06:30 PM
Apr 2022

Some common answers:

Tanks are stopped and unmanned,

Tankers are not very brave and don't run for the tank after one is hit ,
Ukrainians are 2-3 km away (10-11 seconds from launch to hit) and probably hidden, hard to tell even what direction it came from.

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