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Tomconroy

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5. They aren't very good soldiers and are unwilling to enter territory with

Reply to Haggis 4 Breakfast (Reply #4)

Sun Apr 24, 2022, 06:08 PM

Apr 2022

which they are not familiar and can easily be ambushed. You have to train for this kind of urban warfare and the Ivans don't do that.
Inside the steel plant the advantages in numbers and armor don't count for much.

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Some perspective on the Maripoul steel plant the Russians are afraid to enter [View all] Tomconroy Apr 2022 OP

For those of us NOT on twitter, Haggis 4 Breakfast Apr 2022 #1

The twitter entries show the outline footprint of Azovstal Trailrider1951 Apr 2022 #3

That STILL does not address the post line of why Haggis 4 Breakfast Apr 2022 #4

They aren't very good soldiers and are unwilling to enter territory with Tomconroy Apr 2022 #5

So, you think they would be defeated if they enter ? Haggis 4 Breakfast Apr 2022 #7

It's hard to know what's going on in there. Some videos have Tomconroy Apr 2022 #8

Could it be Haggis 4 Breakfast Apr 2022 #9

It seems pretty clear the bombing is ineffective. These are massive buildings that go deep undergrou Tomconroy Apr 2022 #10

I remain perplexed at why a steel mill Haggis 4 Breakfast Apr 2022 #19

A thermobaric explosion anywhere underground would kill most inside. WarGamer Apr 2022 #17

Since when did the Ivans care about women and children? Tomconroy Apr 2022 #18

The way the Russians have been acting Mr.Bill Apr 2022 #22

Here is the image in the tweet (and the text) BumRushDaShow Apr 2022 #11

Call me a nitwit. Haggis 4 Breakfast Apr 2022 #20

I had the opportunity to go to San Francisco BumRushDaShow Apr 2022 #23

Wow. Wish there was some way to drone in food and ammo. The Unmitigated Gall Apr 2022 #2

Maybe remote controlled Black Hawks? unc70 Apr 2022 #12

SOMETHING, dammit. The Unmitigated Gall Apr 2022 #14

I'm more worried about biological or chemical weapons as they literally have TONS of that. Haggis 4 Breakfast Apr 2022 #21

This message was self-deleted by its author unc70 Apr 2022 #13

Russian sniper move 'Enemy at the Gates' with Jude Law and Ron Perlman. keithbvadu2 Apr 2022 #6

Yes, in Stalingrad. The Stalingrad Tractor Factory. WarGamer Apr 2022 #16

Hypothetically... if you trap a black widow spider in a pickle jar... WarGamer Apr 2022 #15