The War In Ukraine: The Infantry Is Obsolete

 

 

Picture: Unknown photographer,Territorial Defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine photograph

 

Heavily edited,contextless,videos of Russian medium tanks being destroyed in Ukraine have convinced transformationalists that the tank is dead,yet again.

 

 

Picture: Unknown photographer,Azov Special Operations Detachment video

 

But will a video of a Ukrainian infantry section attacking Russian infantrymen,who apparently drove a convoy of soft skinned civilian vehicles to within yards of the enemy without posting any security,convince transformationalists that the infantry is obsolete?

 

The War In Ukraine: He Said,She Said

 

Picture: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

 

This is the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine's estimate of Russian combat losses on the Eighth of April Twenty Twenty-two.

 

 

Picture: Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation

 

This is the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation's estimate of Ukranian combat losses on the Eighth of April Twenty Twenty-two.

 

The War In Ukraine: Bring Hell From Above

 

 

Picture: Sergeant Dawson,Number Two Army Film and Photo Section,Army Film and Photographic Unit,© IWM NA 14733

 

Ukrainian infantry risk life and limb to engage Russian medium tanks with short range direct fire weapons,but An Independent Army For An Independent Nation's infantry shall destroy tanks from five miles away with guided Four Inch Mortar bombs.

 

The War In Ukraine: Starstruck

  

 

Picture: L. (Phot.) Joe Cater,Crown Copyright

 

Over twenty years after entering service with the British Army,the elderly Starstreak missile has been fired in anger for the first time,by the Ukrainian armed forces,apparently accounting for a Russian Mil Mi-28 Havoc attack helicopter,but within An Independent Army For An Independent Nation the proposed replacement for both the Starstreak and Javelin missiles is the Short Range Multirole Missile,a man portable weapon system (held in a platoon at battalion level,with one section of two systems per company),which is designed to engage both aircraft and armoured vehicles out to a range of five miles.

 

The War In Ukraine: A Voice In The Wilderness

 

 

Picture: Unknown photographer,Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament photograph

 

While Ukrainian men,drunk on toxic masculinity,give in to their primitive urges and resort to violence,the Campaign for Nulcear Disarmament has identified the "true heroes" of the current unpleasantness with Russia: "our thoughts are with the people of Ukraine and with all those courageously protesting against war";"we send our solidarity in particular to those suffering arrest as a result";"they are not alone",they add that there "is no possibility whatsoever that war will resolve these complex problems, and it might end with the destruction of humanity",a sentiment clearly shared by the Royal Navy,which flies the same battle ensign.

 

The War In Ukraine: The Eye Of The Beholder

 

Picture: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

 

During the current unpleasantness the Ukrainian armed forces claim to have killed sixteen thousand and one hundred Russian soldiers and to have destroyed sixteen hundred and twenty-five Russian light Armoured Personnel Vehicles and five hundred and sixty-one Russian medium tanks,to a transformationalist this means that heavy Main Battle Tanks are obsolete and that infantry and light Armoured Personnel Vehicles are the future.

 

The War In Ukraine: Mud Glorious Mud

 

 

Picture: Arslon_Xudosi

 

Ukrainian mud mires tracked Russian medium tanks,despite their low ground pressure,while British generals replace tracked vehicles with wheeled vehicles,despite their high ground pressure.

 

Alpha And Omega's Kingdom Come

  

 

Picture: Unknown photographer,Government of Turkey photograph

 

This is Recep Tayyip Erdoğan,who is not afraid to shoot down Vlad the Invader's combat aircraft (the rules of the game were written in Syria).

 

 

Picture: Ben Shread,Crown Copyright

 

This is Boris Johnson,who is.

 

Russia Buys Mistrals

Reuters is reporting that Russia has finally placed a long talked about order for French Mistral class assault ships.

France is to build 2 of the vessels with the other 2 being built in Russia.

It is interesting that a country with one of the World's largest land borders feels the need for such amphibious ships to deploy it's troops.

The article says that 2 French made ships will cost (U.S.) $1,520 Million ((U.K.) £944 Million) or $760 Million (£474 Million) each.

It is not clear if this figure includes any licensing fee or other costs relating to the 2 ships to be built in Russia but it makes an interesting comparison with the cost of British and American amphibious vessels.