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OAITW r.2.0

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3. Can you imagine being part of this 40 mile sitting duck?

Reply to Doodley (Original post)

Tue Mar 8, 2022, 03:35 PM

Mar 2022

Wondering, as you go hungry with limited thermal protection - Why? as you are sit in the darkness, also wondering if your ticket will be punched soon....

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40-mile Russian convoy to face minus 20-degree temperatures, turning tanks into refrigerators. [View all] Doodley Mar 2022 OP

Stalingrad redux. WarGamer Mar 2022 #1

+1, uponit7771 Mar 2022 #5

running the engine gives the javelins a nice thermal signature lapfog_1 Mar 2022 #2

My bet is the Javelins will operate just fine Best_man23 Mar 2022 #13

Can you imagine being part of this 40 mile sitting duck? OAITW r.2.0 Mar 2022 #3

Is that Celsius or Fahrenheit? Straw Man Mar 2022 #4

Good. Crunchy Frog Mar 2022 #6

Weather forecasts show lows in the 10s and 20s this week. maxsolomon Mar 2022 #7

So the ground will be frozen for a broader attack? I thought warm weather was bad for the Russians. bluewater Mar 2022 #8

I doubt it will freeze far enough down to support a tank CanonRay Mar 2022 #10

I doubt it matters at all. bluewater Mar 2022 #11

News services need to remember sarisataka Mar 2022 #9

Umhm. The other day reported below-0 temps were actually around 32F. Hortensis Mar 2022 #12

Sounds like looking at some reports in Celsius and others in F (n/t) Hav Mar 2022 #14

Yes, plus wind chill in either. Can't be at all pleasant for them anyway. nt Hortensis Mar 2022 #15

Well, well, well. History does repeat itself (though Russians are on the opposite side this time) hlthe2b Mar 2022 #16

I made a joking comment last week... Gore1FL Mar 2022 #17