Comments by "Chef Chaudard" (@chefchaudard3580) on "Military History not Visualized" channel.

  1. As a French, I would have designed it completely differently.
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  2. I would add that casting parts as large as a hull was also something new that required top skill and experience..
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  3. No contribution : no Taurus has been supplied so far.
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  4.  @gandydancer9710  OK, troll...
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  5.  @jamesrowlands8971  You ask for nothing. You are here to troll.
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  6.  @gandydancer9710  you said "a flack selling his nonsense..." This is a postive assertion. Show that what is said in the interview is "nonsense" (one or two examples should be enough) and that make of the guy talking "a flack". "What is asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence". Do you remember?
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  7. It's not very easy seen from here eitherr (France)... and we are their neighbours and friends 😁 Though there are also prorussians generals and military experts here too. Including Gal De Gaulle grandson and a former french army chief of staff.
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  8. Col. Michel Goya estimate is that Russia had 1500 missiles in total at the beginning of the war. He says that 2 third have already been used. He does not cite his sources, so take it with a grain of salt. He is rconsidered as reliable and competent, though.
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  9.  @gandydancer9710  ok, troll...
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  10. Basically for sentries, paired with a front helmet plate. It was supposed to withstand a standard rifle bullet. Not for the same purpose, I think.
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  11. In French army, short guys for tanks, fit and strong guys in the infantry (the machine gun was heavy…), slim guys in artillery (they can be trained to carry heavy rounds around, all muscles, no fat), smart guys in pioneers, radiocommunication, etc…
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  12. Russia only destroyed a handful of them, while there were built by the thousands.
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  13. I read several Free French veterans memories, and they were generally happy with the tank. Protection was not the best, but adequate, the gun good enough in most cases, and the tank was "quick". They recon that German tanks had better guns and armour, but the Sherman was a match, compensating its limitations with some strong points.
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  14.  @jamesrowlands8971  attacking someone whith only insults, that is... Edit : i was not sure my phrase made total sense. I rephrased it.
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  15.  @kresbes7240  OK, troll...
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  16. No. Lol.
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  17. Yes, battlefield taxi, though by replacing the gun with an heavy MG they can have a pretty decent support vehicule. A kind of "technical" Toyota with better protection and mobility. '
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  18. And, from a budget perspective, when you have to ask for taxpayers money, it is always better to overestimate your ennemy.😉
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  19. One who prefers a bulletproof vehicule rather than a commercial van to go to war, maybe?
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  20.  @stuglife5514  there is no retreat in military language. There are "tactical movements on previously prepared positions".🙂
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  21. Wooden wheels are narrow and hard. This is ideal for horses, as wheels have a low resistance and load is easier to pull. For "higher" speeds, however, you need some flexibility to damp vibrations. Rubber tyres.
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  22.  @gandydancer9710   He simply said that he found some valuable information. He doesn't need to give any evidence of that : everything is in the video.. You stated that the video was wrong : it is up to you to explain what is wrong. You are trolling again, and carefully avoid the question.
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  23.  @kresbes7240  no argument, no fact, no proof, no source, just assertions. You are a troll...
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  24.  @kresbes7240  Vad had no "balls". He is just relaying Kremlin's propaganda. And nowhere in this video Georg pretends to be a better general. And, when someone is wrong, he is supposed to tell it, explain why he was wrong and amend his argument to the light of the events, not follow blindly his preconceived ideas and utter lies.
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  25.  @kresbes7240   Which 'leaks' are you talking about? Milley openly said that this bloody war will end with negociations... with a "free, sovereign and independant Ukraine " https://youtu.be/hkYDNM_0ySE So, not at any cost, and he does not urge Ukraine to negociate, he is talking to Russia. He also stated that it will be very difficult for Ukraine to recover its territories militarily THIS YEAR. He never said that they will never do it. So Vad implying that Milley says that Ukraine should negociate now as there is no way they can win this war, is just a lie. Which is the same lie you'll find on prorussian channels. , (like McGregor, I suppose, i don't follow him : we have our own Kremlin voices in French telling the very same lies). Vad twists Milley declaration so he does not have to acknowledge the elephant in the room : russia does not want to negociate. Milley point is to convince russians that this war is costly and pointless, and that negociating now is the best solution, and this will be possible if they accept a free Ukraine.
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  26. And gun tubes. High velocity tank guns wear very quickly. It is worn out after 100/200 shots compared to an artillery tube which lifetime is ten times that. Meaning that if a tank shoots a few rounds everyday, it must be sent to the rear for tube replacement after a week or two.
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  27. And Wagner too!
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  28.  @gandydancer9710  that's an assertion, not demonstrated so far. That's called "trolling" I personnaly found it very interresting that some German top brass is siding with Russia, and desperately trying to voice his concerns even on some random feminist magazine rather than a peer reviewed, specialised one.
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  29.  @akula9713  ??
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  30.  @gandydancer9710  you don't remember because i never said that. I called YOU because YOU pretended it was uninterresting and asked you to PROVE what you say. YOU have the burden of proof, not me!
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  31.  @gandydancer9710  you assert things, you don't prove them "Good and evil" : invading ukraine was both unlawful and illegal. So it was "bad". Everybody agrees on that, except for russian trolls. And ukrainian gorvernment was elected, everything shows that the ukrainians want to kick the russians out (otehrwise they would not fight) . So, you just prove you are a russian troll.
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  32.  @gandydancer9710  "Unlawful" and "illegal" are synonyms, so that is only one thing. What I meant is that it was illegal and morally unacceptable. And nations are not subject to any valid or legitimate higher authority... Russian propaganda. You just show that you don't care about International laws. Even Iran condemned annexation of territories by Russia. IRAN! _"Everybody agrees on that, except for russian(sic) trolls." LOL! Nope._ LOL, yes. Russian propaganda Maidan was a coup against an elected government. Russian propaganda Maidan was a revolution. And there were several free elections AFTER Maidan Actually the "Ukrainians" in the Donbas have been fighting the Kiev regime since the coup and quite clearly do NOT want to " kick the russians(sic) out". That's why they are now Russians. Russian propaganda The best way would be to ask them what they prefer. When did Poutine propose a fair referendum under international scrutiny to fix the issue? Did he ever propose anything like that as a way to end the war? Never. The only referenda he accepts are the fake ones. "Sheesh. You can't get ANYTHING right." Russian propaganda, with its own alternate reality You are proven to be a riussian troll
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  33.  @stefanb6539  France position was different : France designs its own armement, it means it is not available in large quantities. And the old armement is scrapped when replaced, meaning we have no stock. We actually sent what we could. CAESAR are new guns, and VABs are old APCs. The first were taken direct from the army, the second is being replaced. but that's all what we have, unless we start reducing the size of our army. The other issue are the quantitive. Macron promised Leclerc tanks, but i doubt we'll be able to send more than 50 of them. And it will represent a quarter of our armed forces. That's far from enough. And france allowed other countries to send french made weapons, unlike Germany. The issue is that there are not many of them. Macran never uged ukraine to surrender, He asked both sides to negociate. But he fully applied all sanctions and never ban arm export. I think that there were some "good cop, bad cop" with Britsh PM beeing the hardliner and Macron trying to talk to Poutine. It did not work and now the game is over.
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  34.  @lbb101  agreed. It is mostly politics who are against help to Ukraine, or tank delivery. Marine Le Pen (extreme right), for example, or few people among parties, more than generals. Most people, including retired generals (those in charge cannot speak), are for maximum help.
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  35.  @moritamikamikara3879  i didn't know that term. Thanks!
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  36.  @jamesrowlands8971  prove that Russian sources are reliable first (didn't they declare recently they destroyed 4 Bradleys? They never shot down MH17? They will not invade Ukraine?) There is no such thing as "NATO aligned sources", there is only freedom of speech, critical examination of open source data. There is, however, russian propaganda, an alternate reality where all information is controlled by the state, desinformation relayed by paid trolls, and dissonant voices sent to prison or... thrown trhough the window. So, if your assertions are based on that, they can be discarded without further examination.
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  37.  @kresbes7240  an archeologist is as qualified as anyone to discuss the matter, as long as he cites his sources and his reasoning is sound. And it is. And he gives is source, for the Emma magazine : see above.. So, you can assert whatever you want : "That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence."
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  38.  @jamesrowlands8971  you never mentioned casualties. It comes from western sources because there is no russian source for russian casualties and their figures for Ukrainians ones are doubtful, to say the least (according to official russian figures, they have destroyed the ukrainian army several times. See Bradleys)
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  39.  @kresbes7240  did you read the article? Even a plumber, an accountant or an electrician would find it lacking, to say the least. No wonder why it is to be found on some random magazine. I figured it out by myself, and it is not saying much. And Georg and Bernhardt agree on that, i would bet. So your point about that guy to be "an archeologist" is moot. You just want to make a point by using an "argument from authority" fallacy : the general is a general, Georg is just "an archeologist" . Sorry, it does not work like that
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  40.  @kresbes7240  Georg does not explain why Vad is wrong, because it is not the subject of the video. Vad being prorussian is a given If you disagree with this premise, you could have said it here, and give some reasoning and arguments. But you didn't. You simply said that Georg, you don't like for some reason, is not entitle to comment Vad's article, political issues in Germany and the subject of the video. Because he is basically " an archeologist" and you don't like him for some reason. So let's stop now. You don't like the video, because you don't like Georg, his comments and the subject of the video. OK. You have made your point, I've made mine.
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  41.  @kresbes7240  "if it smells like a prorussian, if it tastes like a prorussien, if it feels like a prorussian, then it is a prorussian" You can find in Vad's discourse all the talking points of russian propaganda : escalation up to a war with NATO, ending in a nuclear war, the russian army is too strong, losses are too high and useless, ukraine should surrender. And even the lie direct from the Kremlin, that "Gal Milley called for negociations and said that ukraine cannot free its territories". So, yes following Russian narratives, their alternate reality, makes of you a prorussian.
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  42.  @kresbes7240  i told you why he is a proprussian. He also endorse the lie from the prorussians, about Gal Milley. He is even called out by the journalist because his point about a nuclear war and elections in the occupied territories is inconsistent. "If it smells..."
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  43.  @kresbes7240  what are you talking about? I gave you the link where Milley talks of negiciations. There was never any "leak". Milley says why Russians must negociate : they suffer tremendous losses. Remember this is not officially a war, for them, it is just some "police operation"... where they have lost thousands of tanks and tens of thousands of men. Plus the damage to their economy. They have already lost. Thsy simply don't understand it.
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  44. What about turret basket?
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  45.  @randomnobodovsky3692  the issue is that a worn out tube is unpredictable, as it was never designed for that and can explode.
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  46.  @deanwilliams433  i was too conservative. For the 125mm of Russian tanks, it is advertised 900 shots.
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  47. You may be right for moden tanks, which cannot be heavier than they are, but how do you fit AMX 30 and Léopard 1 in your classification with their paper thin armor?
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  48. See this site for more information. It's in french, but it can probably be translated and there are pictures. humanbonb (dot) free (dot) fr (slash) index (slash) Protegecorporel (dot) html Note that the first type, before it was adopted by French army, was sold to... Russia! Interesting also the body protection that can be used as a shield. And the last one, made of... newspapers.
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  49. Ukrainians denies that
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  50. Does not mean that the city center fell, just that LPR reached the city center. My feeling, anyway, is that ukrainians are pulling out of the city. It should fall in the next few days.
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