[-] cctaacc@hexbear.net 19 points 3 months ago

It's a great scene & show.

[-] cctaacc@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

As far as we know there's no UMPK kit for the 9000kg bombs.

Even if there were one, dropping such a load would require a TU-95 bomber which isn't used in this conflict. Every glide bomb so far has been dropped by fighter aircraft whose weapon pylons support up to a maximum weight of 3000kg per pylon, dependent on the jet and particular hardpoint.

Besides, dropping several smaller warheads is in general more effective than one single massive one.

Edit: in case you want to see the preparation & deployment of the largest explosives (FAB-3000) currently used by Russia in Ukraine: https://old.reddit.com/r/UkraineRussiaReport/comments/1e2wb9y/ru_pov_fab3000_installation_and_delivery/

[-] cctaacc@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Speed of the projectile actually doesn't matter much at all for FPV drones or ATGMs, they help in catching up to the target but both methods utilize HEAT warheads which are not kinetic weapons. Upon impact an inverted cup of copper inside the warhead is heated and propelled forward by the explosion, this metal jet punches through the armor making a relatively tiny hole and igniting/penetrating vital components or the crew, it can also cause spalling on the inside of the vehicle.

Kinetic weapons on the other hand, such as armor piercing fin stabilized discarding sabot rounds fired from main battle tanks, rely on a solid metal core being propelled at high velocities and do lose power over long distances.

What does weaken HEAT warheads is the distance the molten copper jet travels, spaced armor makes sure it detonates farther away from the armor and exposes the heated metal to open air thereby cooling it somewhat before making contact with the actual vehicle. As the other comment said, badly spaced armor can actually increase the effectiveness of HEAT warheads but I'm sure soldiers keep this in mind when doing these types of modifications to their vehicles.

As for the point defense guns, those aren't a thing on vehicles. We have seen small generators plastered on Russian "turtle tanks" but those are to power electronic warfare units on the outside of the spaced armor, these devices block certain radio frequencies in a short radius around the tank in the hopes of breaking the connection between a hostile drone and its operator.

[-] cctaacc@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago

The guy on the right with the glasses is Hirohito.

[-] cctaacc@hexbear.net 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Russians have lost 2 so far it seems, both shot down by their own anti-air. The one struck in Belarus was supposedly superficial damage. Most of this info is completely unconfirmed except by "trusted" sources which are Russian military telegram accounts.

[-] cctaacc@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

You can also give it a free try if you don't care about the multiplayer; https://www.1377x.to/torrent/5889572/Grim-Dawn-v1-2-0-0-Hotfix-1-GOG-ALL-DLC/

[-] cctaacc@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago

You love to see it.

[-] cctaacc@hexbear.net 21 points 2 years ago

JDAM air-burst munitions exist and are completely consistent with the type of damage shown, no large crater, wide area covered, materials directly underneath the explosion ignited by the mid-air conflagration. The claim that these munitions always cause massive destruction to buildings is also false since JDAMs can be fitted on several types of ordinances including lower yield munitions. The audio of the strike is the most telling so far where you can clearly hear a whistling sound produced by the munition which is consistent with JDAMs and artillery. With artillery you should however hear the gun that fired just before the explosion.

[-] cctaacc@hexbear.net 21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Every war has blocking/policing units behind the front lines, combined with POWs being notoriously unreliable as they can be pressured into false testimonies. I'd take this with a grain of salt.

[-] cctaacc@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago

I'll take it from you and the other person commenting, I'm not the most dialed in with the lgtbq internet communities and didn't even know about the blahaj incident. I was mostly just there for the memes that didn't target lgbtq people which is 99.99% of the content of other meme subreddits. I sincerely hope reddit dies together with the zionist state.

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