Comments by "Tx240" (@Texas240) on "Daily Mail World" channel.

When I was in recruit training in the Marine Corps, I ended up the medical platoon from stress fractures where I met a Russian immigrant guy who had served in the Russian Army (about 95 ish, so not long after the Soviet collapse). He said that instead of medical treatment for such minor injuries, he would've just been beaten if he complained.
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No, no. Russia is only losing in Ukraine because troops aren't wearing their uniforms properly. It has nothing to do with poor planning, poor tactics, poor strategy, poor equipment maintenance, and certainly nothing to do with a military promotion structure that rewards loyalty to the regime and personal connections over ability.
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It's a Brit tabloid covering a case where Depp made another Brit tabloid look foolish. Of course they're going to try and put a negative spin on it.
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It's a Brit tabloid covering a case where Depp made another Brit tabloid look foolish. Of course they're going to try and put a negative spin on it.
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Exactly like Ramzan Kadyrov, Putin's Chechen leader. The guy gets insulted by a kid and threatens the kid's family (in all seriousness, too). These people are narcissistic megalomaniacs and psychopaths. The only thing that they care about or value is themselves and the only thing they enjoy is displaying their power.
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5:39 just watched "Arthur the King" (2024), dog movie based on a true story. The dog becomes a part of their race team. Might not seem realistic, but here is the same concept in Ukraine.
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It's a Brit tabloid covering a case where Depp made another Brit tabloid look foolish. Of course they're going to try and put a negative spin on it.
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Proof of the argument that the tank, despite its drawbacks and limitations, is not outaded on the modern battlefield. If you have a tank and the enemy doesn't... Ask the Russians how not having one worked out.
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It's a Brit tabloid covering a case where Depp made another Brit tabloid look foolish. Of course they're going to try and put a negative spin on it.
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Worse, the Chechens are the ones fighting in Mariupol. They are nothing but thugs, just like their leader Ramzan Kadyrov.
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Welcome to Ukraine!
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The criticism was because of whatever that movie was that portrayed it inaccurately in the 80s. The misconception held, sort of like Jaws convincing people sharks are monsters. The Bradley was capable and made even more so as it evolved, just as sharks are merely animals.
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"You could smell it, huh?" -Fluffy
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DU will go through parts of some Russian armor. The turret armor of the T-90M, if made to spec (refer to the corruption mentioned in the vid), can fend off the DU rounds. However, since Russia is actually using them, the T-64 and T-55 would be sliced up by it.
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@hankhaney3785 LOL, if whoever owns or manages the steel and tank production facilties is pocketing $ and cheaping out on the production quality, corruption absolutely affects the QUALITY of the armor. My original comment said nothing about "thickness". Go back to playing world of tanks, or whatever, where what the spec sheet says is exactly what you get. The real world, especially with the endemic corruption of the Russian system, is different.
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@Silver_Prussian you're right about penetration if the 25mm AP rounds against the T-90. However, iirc, it could penetrate either parts of the turret or the sides and rear of the T-72 and most anywhere on the T-64 or T-55 based on the Iraq War against Saddam's tanks. T-90 is very rare in Ukraine. There are probably more of the museum piece T-64 and T-55 being used as tanks (as opposed to short range artillery) than the T-90m.
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@Silver_Prussian OK, you're statements were questionable until you said Russia isn't using the T-64. Last year, Russia began refurbishing everything it had in storage, including T-64, T-62, and even T-55 tanks. Initially, these were used as short range artillery to supplement the Russian artillery which was both shooting out their barrels, being destroyed as a priority, as well as having ammunition shortage before the NK ammunition began arriving in Russia. You speak about the type of armor the T-72 has without regards to the aforementioned quality concerns related to corruption. If the normal steel armor is cheaper than the laminate insert composite steel armor, you can be guaranteed that "Soviet spec" tanks are also just steel instead of laminate. Corruption isn't anything new in the Russian system. Military and political advancement was desired because it afforded more opportunities to offset personal income by corruption. The government gives the factory X Rubles to build tanks with laminate armor. The factory owner instead orders steel turrets from the armor manufacturer and pays him for "Vranye" (вранье or the concept of lies, "I know that you know I'm lying but we'll pretend I'm not and then everything is OK"). The steel turrets go on the tank, it's certified by someone else who takes a payoff and the tank is up to spec. The T-90 is very rare and only become more so as the ones Russia had at the beginning of the war have mostly been lost. Perun channel has an episode covering this and erasing the fallacy that Russia has been saving its best equipment (like the T-90).
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@Silver_Prussian Russia doesn't have a lot of T-90 in storage. Wow. Are you REALLY going to try "Russia is still saving its best troops and equipment" over 2.5 years into the 3 day special military operation?? Any T-90 that Russia had anywhere is already in service or destroyed. Russia even halted export of Indian T-90 tanks and sent them to Ukraine, even though India had already paid for them. You don't put T-55 into service if you have T-90 available. That's true even if you're as dumb as the Russian dictator. Again, Perun channel has covered this.
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Why is nobody covering the little gift boxes of poo that Amber Heard was passing out??
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He was reported as saying, "it must've been operator error."
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"German Guilt" runs deep...
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