• doctor_sociology [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    I just have a bit of a feeling that Ukrainians might be able to grind this down to a molasses pace,

    any hope for that faded when they let russians control their highways lmao. first rule of armored warfare is control of communications and transportation nodes. everyone just ignored that the russians were able to drive today a 3.5 mile long convoy of mechanized infantry and heavy armor on the road to kiev without even token opposition.

    to use a ham-fisted gaming analogy: the first person shooter addicts and hearts of iron players will see the russian tanks burning and think it is a sign of victory since they can't imagine warfare as anything other than a personal affair or abstracted entirely from battlefield tactics.

    the wargamer who spends a lot of time moving units around a hexboard will want to know what happened to the rest of the armored column! the fact that we haven't seen any videos from UA contact with russian armor in a pitched battle suggests to me they're losing all of them!!

    • spectre [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      the wargamer who spends a lot of time moving units around a hexboard

      Have you played the video game Mobius Front '83 by chance?

      • doctor_sociology [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        Mobius Front '83

        i'm too old for that shit, my choice is steel panthers MBT from the mid 1990s before most hexbear users were even born probably: https://www.shrapnelgames.com/Camo_Workshop/MBT/MBT_page.html

    • anoncpc [comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      It’s funny since there’s a video where convo of Russian infantry ride along the road, and stop when civilians cross, respect traffic rule. Like a normal drive, lmao