Comments by "Damon Burroughs" (@damonburroughs5283) on "Costly Russian STORM-Z Assault on Fortress Avdiivka" video.

Glad someone spotted that , couple other footage examples too
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Ok heres an argument , if they were remote controlled why does both Ukrainian and Russian sources video show soldiers disembarking before targeted as well. Second, when do BMP's clear mines, they are poorly armoured ? And if they did clear the mines, the Ukrainians have remote Mine layers and mine distributing artillery shells which Russia knows
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@ilyasharin1976 he isn't coping , that is true, look at the casualties. Even Russia reported heavy losses, for days on end the vehicles have been destroyed leading Russian military leaders to call for a change of tactic. Thus far , also by Russian reports, they have managed to gain pretty much nothing so far
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 @okanyeginsoy2506 they are unlikely to enter the city if they have any sense at all, fighting within the city will be almost suicide
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@whitefalcon630 that is true but many photos I have seen have shown machines to be peppered with holes meaning rads , electrical equipment, coolant pipes etc are likely shot and would take major overhauls. Such is the case of the KA-52's on the airfield listed as just damaged , cockpit contained multiple holes, fuselage completely peppered etc, multiple holes within a square foot that likely means they are beyond repair as vital systems would be damaged
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@ouner-699 not the argument , Russia claimed they were self sufficient but if they have a lack of basic home grown modern engineering equipment it illustrates a severe deficit in the industrial sector and sheds doubt on their ability to manufacture complex electronics. What's more even the government departments have purchased this equipment for development
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Oddly it's probably not likely as despite claims of superior Russian technology it has come to light that even recently Russia has purchased western machine tools and CNC for making vehicle cranks etc , including the military bureau doing the same. Funnily it came to light when they called for workers to build tanks and it was there in the background. If machine tools need to be western , it's unlikely more technological intense components such as processors can be made very quickly. Should anyone want to call cope I can supply the Russian recruitment videos from recently and the purchase orders made thru a Swiss third party
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@ouner-699 point is it's western CNC machinery which suggests they do not have the superior technology that many claim. Think you missed the point. If they had superior tech, they would be using Russian machinery would they not ? After all they claim they are self sufficient
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@whitefalcon630 no it isnt , I'm in the business of repair and restoration and when it comes to that kind of damage it is often cheaper to build from scratch as the equipment needs to be totally rebuilt from the ground up. For my example of the KA52, all bodywork was shot, which means avionics , wiring, hydraulics etc and most likely turbines would be too
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@whitefalcon630 interesting it was Ural and Rostec using the western CNC machines for crank production. Regards the KA52 , D checks would only be performed well over a decade on in Russia with many avionics being western tech. Problems with building new KA52 have been well documented due to this. Russian sources reporting that Chinese substitutions having high failure rates. True they do have spares, mainly due to many unfinished units and poorly maintained cannibalised units. Not many units existed in the first place, at the start of the war not many more than a hundred being serviceable according to Russian sources. At present I estimate they have maybe 25 left at most. The same issue is happening with western aircraft they are operating , way post major overhaul schedule and hence a number of accidents with airlines of late. I agree nothing is irreparable but assuming they have the ability to rebuild them, it will likely be months
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@ouner-699 Most likely wrong, I can send you the Recruitment video, and the purchase orders currently under investigation. And remember these are weapons , they are basic modern engineering machinery. Surely Russia must have had engineering equipment unless they didn't and it was all done manually . To address the next thing, yes and well documented , their military tech including missiles contained western components. It was documented on Russian reports that the Chinese substitutes were less reliable, much like comparing a Torch plug to an NGK. They also issued statements wishing to advance semiconductor tech to produce on a smaller wafer than currently possible altho nowhere near what you find in your everyday mobile phone. Many Government and Public sectors refused to use home grown components in mission critical devices due to poor quality due to the extent that over 70% of semiconductors were Chinese even prior to the war. Military equipment invariably used western semiconductors where quality was paramount. None of this speculation but the honest truth. Can they use discrete components and larger scale semiconductors, yes, absolutely, but there will be size and weight handicaps. This is illustrated by most western military vehicles and soldiers have high quality thermal optics where Russian equipment had much poorer resolution thermals if any at all. Many tanks aren't equipped with it and those that are, are much shorter range than western counterparts. Then there is the other question if the industrial machine is functioning so well, why are they currently refurbishing so many T62 tanks and deploying them rather than sporting for example the much advertised game changer T14 which in theory should improve crew survival rates 10fold
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@ouner-699 didn't say they can't , I said it's what they were using n hard to change everything over . Igor was born in Kiev, Ukraine
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@ouner-699 Many of the people in Ukraine etc etc now were born during Russian integration/occupation, call it what you will including in Poland, Estonia etc. His family relocated to the US long before all of these messes started tho. Much like India was part of the British Empire
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Why not mention the strikes on the airfields reporting the Helicopter losses ? Its almost like leaving bits out makes it not true, full picture is needed
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And repeatedly
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