Comments by "Comm0ut" (@Comm0ut) on "Ukrainian soldiers fire TOW missile to destroy Russian armoured vehicle" video.

  1. Ukraine does not want them. They were SHORAD bait even in Desert Storm where I worked F-16 next to the CLSS who did some amazing work repairing battle damaged Warthogs. Ukraine does not have air superiority let alone the utter air dominance we did in Desert Storm. F-16s are far more viable and even those will operate at standoff ranges since neither Russia or Ukraine have sufficient SEAD assets.
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  2. When that's what you have, that's what you use. If all you had was a BB tow would you not try to bust a "metal bunker" given no alternative?
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  3. A CREW? TOW videos well shot on phones date back to Syria when US required proof the donated TOW were being used not stolen and resold. How tech-illiterate must one be to not know what any teenager on social media knows how to do, which is take and edit footage? I'll break it down for the window-lickers too mentally deficient to understand early 2000s technology in 2023 (TOW is older of course and was turning Russian armor into scrap metal decades ago in Desert Storm.) Nearly every soldier in the modern world has GoPro, phone or both. Missiles are fun as are video souvenirs. When you're in the military your basic needs are met so buying a camera has been popular as long as affordable cameras existed. Shooters and dismounts take vids. The drone vids are obviously from the SPOTTER drone who found the tank in the first place. The TOW gunner has a CLU not just a naked Mark 1 eyeball. That combination let him see the vatnik tank whose crew have nothing similar thanks to the money going elsewhere for several decades. TOW launches have very low visual signatures so the Russians may not have known what hit them even assuming they were alert, and there was no time to drive away especially given low Russian reverse gearing. It's not OK to be technically ignorant and have opinions on technology. It's shameful in an adult.
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