Comments by "Solo Renegade" (@SoloRenegade) on "BFBS Forces News" channel.

  1. ​ @xyzoub  the average russian soldier has something like less than 2yrs training/experience. the US has a truly professional military where people serve 3-40yrs. On my first combat deployment i had more training and experience than a russian Spetznaz soldier, and better equipment. 24mil russians were slaughtered in WW2 on a single front war, and only survived due to the significant help of the western allies. The US fought in Atlantic, Med, North Africa, Italy, France, Germany, and the entire Pacific, China...all while supplying its allies and russia with food, medicine, ammo, tanks, trucks, airplanes, fuel, ships, etc. In WW2, russia never conducted interdiction, strategic bombing, etc. just human wave tactics year after year with low grade equipment. 1812? what were the russians doing in 1812? whatever it was, no one seems to deem it worth talking about.
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  2.  @gordtron  I didn't see you stutter, but if you think you did, then maybe you did.
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  3.  @gordtron  People would figure out the specs eventually anyways, by trial and error. I fought in Iraq and Afghanistan and you'd be surprised the methods people used to size up our various equipment. Ingenious methods. They could measure the ranges of weapon systems, jammers, vehicle wheelbases and such to within a few feet or inches. Necessity results in problems getting solved, for both sides of a cat & mouse game.
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  4.  @boblong3838  same civvies the active duty recruit from. Many reservists are ex-active duty. I've served with reservists that consistently outperformed active duty. Not all are this way, sure. but nor are they incapable.
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  5.  @bambooshadow7015  Some reserve units are actually superior to many active duty units.
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  6. @heldgop if the fiber is broken to trip it, then PSI matters. If the fiber uses a beam like a garage door, well, we have multiple methods for dealing with those already. Timing as you discuss doesn't work as well as you think. You have to know for sure what vehicle will trip it. not worth the effort. For every method, there is a counter. I spent many years of my life doing exactly this, developing counters. And I was very successful at it. I left the military after about a decade with a success rate of 117%. knowing how to employ such weapons, and how to defeat them, was all I did for many years. I field tested in combat a lot of equipment you see on the internet for this type of work in fact, when it was still in the prototype phases.
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  7. above 330m altitude?
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  8. Russia built a "stealth fighter" too......doesn't say much
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  9.  @bambooshadow7015  My unit deployed into combat standalone multiple times successfully.
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  10. they are getting help from BAE, not doing it themselves.
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  11. @heldgop crushing the cable is about PSI not about rubber vs metal, and there are ways to deal with such devices. We did it all the time in Iraq and Afghanistan. I already have a few ideas on how to find and/or defeat them, as they are just like a number of other devices and trigger mechanisms we had solutions for. but fortunately for Ukraine, Russia has learned nothing from the years the US spent in those countries, weren't paying attention, haven't taught their people anything or developed such methods.
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  12.  @drno3391  "Interesting, you are basically saying that you can fool the acoustic and/or sismic pattern recognition mechanism simply by modifying the sound of the engine using different settings ?" well, you're not exactly wrong, but you are WAY overthinking it. "This means the pattern recognition feature is quite accurate (and would indeed spare civilian vehicles), amazing. " no, I never said that. I specifically said it can't distinguish friend from foe. there are so many variants and modifications made to all military vehicles. you could never have accurate databases for all variations in all soil conditions (sand, clay, bedrock, mixed soils. farmland, hard packed dirt, etc.). That's the problem with such mines, they are not nearly as effective as people think otherwise we'd see them far more often. But altering the vibrations of a single vehicle does nothing to clear the mines and make way for all the other vehicles coming behind you. the job is to CLEAR the mines so others can pass safely. but how do you do that when they are standoff munitions, that you may not even see? My modified vehicle would seek to do that (find them and render them safe). Actually, I just thought of another method to potentially disable these now too. using tech the US military possessed almost 20yrs ago now.
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  13.  @ilkerxyz8505  and they don't trust Turkey for good reason. Actions speak louder than words. And Turkey does some pretty dumb stuff too often.
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  14. similar to the improvised rocket IEDs we dealt with overseas (IRL). placed off the side of the road, often in buildings, and would fire into the sides of the vehicles.
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  15.  @Echidna23Gaming  Yes, that is one way. But there are many other types of IEDs and IED attacks I can think of off the top of my head as well that this will do nothing to stop. I don't want to give anyone too many ideas, so I wont go into them all. The most obvious one though is an attack from the side rather than below. But this is a "tool in the toolbox". I also think some of his innovation could be expanded upon though to reduce overall impact of attacks in more conditions, even if not quite as effectively as the original idea. A reduction in damage is a reduction in damage, even if not as good as originally hoped.
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  16. what few seem to know is that almost immediately after the Revolution was won, teh US and UK went back to getting along and even teamed up against France, despite France being the US's first ally and another strong ally today. The US never held a grudge against the Brits, nor hated them.
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  17. Yup, we dealt with these in iraq and Afghanistan, but teh earliest example I've found of them I believe is the Germans were improvising these onto fences in WW2 with panzerfaust warheads.
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  18.  @y9turk875  still wont be an F-35. You can't close on 60yrs of operational stealth technology and development overnight, and definitely not on a first try. The overcontrolling stab alone is proof of that. High school kids in teh US could program a PID better than that.
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  19. most Russian ERA is fake, and very little ERA on the side of a russian tank behind the road wheels.
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  20.  @Erkn.yz16  easier to just buy an F-35 for $85mil, you can almost buy 2 F-35 for 100mil lb stirling (which is about $127mil today). get a better aircraft, skip development cost.... and most countries can only afford to buy a handful. teh development cost of building only a few aircraft would result in every fighter costing $1bil instead of $85mil when you buy thousands of them. simple economics, which your overly simplistic child math doesn't account for. There is a reason some people are poor and others do well. Some understand basic economics, others do not.
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  21.  @EnverPashaTuran  "Are you sure about that I am Turkish and ı heard this first time" then you need to get out more.
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  22.  @Erkn.yz16  "Ur opinions for us not important even its useless." I don't care, but the same goes for you. " or without bombs on it? " Makes no sense. F-35 have combat sorties already, and this Turkish fighter has no bombs yet. "Enjoy buying toys and having debts. We will keep our money in our country! " but you wont be buying toys? This comment makes no sense. Funny you think everyone is in debt though. Also, proves how little you know about money. Which, this whole debate for Turkey and other countries vs the F-35 comes down to understanding money... "We will support our industry, not someone else industry!" go for it, but don't go thinking you're going to build an F-35 your first time out. Such naivety. If I've learned one thing from this, it's that Turkish people can't take criticism and they get all butt hurt at the slightest bit of hard truth. That doesn't bode well for innovation. Innovators can take criticism, even welcome it, Turkish people clearly cannot.
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  23.  @kaptannuh5578  wow, how easily you are swayed by platitudes. Spoken like a true tyrant would. Declare any criticism "phobia", and brown nose up to anyone who praises you. Seems Turks can't take criticism well, and are eager to accept unwarranted praise. " Turkey will be a regional pillar of power" I've asked how this is, or will be, so, but have not received an answer. Like India, one cannot become a regional power without taking a side, forever playing both sides of the fence. Nor does Turkey have the wealth to build up any true power projection. Having legit criticism of baseless claims and undeserved showering of praise is not a "phobia". Phobias are "irrational fears". There is nothing phobic about questioning childish claims. And your inability to take true criticism and self-reflect only serves to validate my claims that Turkey will never be innovative enough on their own, nor become a regional power. How people behave and react to resistance, say a lot about them, and thus far collectively in the comments, the Turks are showing a very pathetic and childish mindset overall.
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  24.  @ry0usama511  well, that's part of your problem, because that is not at all what I am saying. but once again, Turks can't take criticism, nor can they learn from that criticism and draw the right conclusions. Hence, my claims about inability to innovate are continually validated with each retort such as yours. Turks seem to have a cultural problem in this regard. Fix that and you'd all be better off.
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  25.  @Teipd170  No, production volumes of the F-35 and design refinements has lowered the per unit cost to $85mil each.
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  26.  @Teipd170  I'll stop rating you low until you do something to prove otherwise. Show results, or stop complaining. Prove me wrong through actions, output, performance, results........not insults and irrational emotions and whining. No one owes you anything, you have to EARN it. I can form any opinion I like and you can't demand anything of me. The fact you whine like this rather than give case examples of Why you think you're better than I claim, proves I'm right in my opinions. This sort of behavior is not going to convince me to change my mind, only reinforces my opinions of you.
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  27. so much so they got BAE to help them....
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  28. I believe the Germans did this with Panzerfaust as they retreated after D-Day.
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  29. I believe the Germans were improvising these onto fences in WW2 with panzerfaust warheads.
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  30. we dealt with these in Iraq and Afghanistan, we called them IRL.
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  31.  @drno3391  copy of the US Hornet mine. Never encountered one of the Russian ones. never handled one, but have some experience with the US Hornet mine. but I have some ideas on how you might evade one. they are in Ukraine, we know this, but I have yet to hear of a single successful deployment. But, lets assume it works. It cannot distinguish friend from foe, and since russia and ukraine both use russian equipment especially...the likelihood of friendly fire is high. but I have a way to push through an area filled with these mines. I'd use a modified russian tank to do it. I'd have the mechanics/operators modify accordingly. Once the path is clear, you're free to move through. But I have a habit of attacking in ways the enemy doesn't suspect, and so the mines likely wouldn't end up in my path. And these types of mines don't work well in all environments either, as they are easy to spot sitting on the surface. And obstacles can get in the way. traditional mines are far more effective overall, and far cheaper and more reliable (less complex, fewer failure modes).
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  32. little to no ERA on the sides of russian tanks, and what ERA they have a lot is fake (due to corruption).
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  33. just like in WW2
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  34. ukraine needs to swing around the north and come up behind the russians on the other side fo the river from the north
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  35. then why does Turkey keep siding with Russia?
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  36.  @ilkerxyz8505  we call out our gov for doing that all the time. nobody listens nor cares. doesn't justify Turkey behaving badly. It's a lame excuse. If that's how Turkey justifies itself, that's lame. That's childish behavior. Just makes Turkey look even more pathetic.
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  37.  @EnverPashaTuran  Turkey is free to ally with Russia and buy their junk, just don't complain about the consequences.
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  38.  @ilkerxyz8505  we don't like our foreign policy either, but WEF elitists are tryingto take over our country and usher in a communist revolution. In the meantime true Americans can't do much to change things until we defeat these communists.
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  39.  @user-bs3lx5dn9f  fighting Russia? Where? Buying Russian military equipment is not fighting.
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  40.  @scotthampton7724  why not what?
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  41. if you're that close to the tank, why bother with this device in the first place? just hit it with a shoulder fired AT weapon.
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  42. It's a large BMP, that is all.
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  43.  @leojordano3074  and now they are losing a war, and have no equipment left to equip new draftees. When are we going to see these best trained reserves? Spetznaz was defeated in Ukraine. Chechnyans were defeated in Ukraine. Airborne and top tank battalions were defeated in Ukraine. Top russian aircraft are all being shot down in Ukraine (Su-35, Su-30, S-34, Su-25, Ka-52), and russia is running out of SAM missiles. When oh when will the mythical better trained forces arrive? We've defeated all of their best equipment and units already.
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  44. Cranes and drydocks......logistics wins wars.
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  45. Just keep in mind, if this shows up on a battlefield, the enemy will notice the results and adjust their tactics accordingly. Not that it shouldn't be funded and developed further. Just keep in mind this is not a silver bullet to defeat IEDs. Certain IEDs will still not be stopped by this. But the innovation is impressive, useful, and commendable. I was never a fan of all the heavy armor. I prefer a lighter and faster tactical approach where ever possible.
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  46. The insurgents in Iraq were even more creative than that.
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  47. "most advanced submarine ever built by BAE Systems" but of course the click bait title instead says "world’s most advanced hunter-killer submarine"
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  48. "what he doesn't know about WW1 and WW1 aircraft, isn't worth knowing.", says the idiot. No one knows everything. There is always more to learn. One person's oversight or ignorance doesn't render that information pointless. Peter Jackson is not the gatekeeper on historical facts and knowledge.
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  49. the .45ACP has been in military service for more than 130yrs.
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  50. no need for top attack against T-62s
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