The Transformational Brimstone Missile

 

  

Picture: Unknown Number 39 (Reconnaissance) Wing Royal Canadian Air Force photographer,Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection photograph,© IWM CL 838

  

When Typhoon aircraft destroyed German tanks behind enemy lines in France,seventy-eight years ago,it was not transformational.

 

  

Picture: Unknown photographer,Ukrainian Military Center video

  

When Brimstone missiles destroyed Russian tanks behind enemy lines in Ukraine,recently,it was transformational,because to transformationalists it's not what you do,it's the way that you do it.

  

The War In Ukraine: Teaching New Dogs Old Tricks

 

 

Picture: Adrian Weale,Crown Copyright

 

Logic,history and Grand Logistics tell us that,for a Main Battle Tank,other tanks "are rarely engaged as they make up only a very small percentage of battlefield targets,more common targets such as Kornet missile teams being best engaged by a large calibre rifled gun",but while combat in Ukraine yet again demonstrates that infantry is the primary target for an armoured vehicle,the British Army is sidegrading it's Challenger 2 tanks with a smoothbore gun optimised for engaging last generation Russian medium tanks.

 

The War In Ukraine: Learning Difficulties

 

 

Picture: Roman Donik

  

Transformationalists see Russian medium tanks stuck in Ukrainian mud and destroyed at close range by infantry weapons and conclude that the British Army needs armoured vehicles with higher ground pressure,thinner armour and shorter ranged weapons.

 

The War In Ukraine: The Charlatans

 

 

Picture: Marcus Jacobs,Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land photograph

 

Ukrainian infantry ambush Russian medium tanks in confined spaces,where they are unable to compensate for their lack of situational awareness by operating en masse,which is one of the reasons why the heavy cavalry regiments of An Independent Army For An Independent Nation have close reconnaissance troops with Charlatan Cavalry Heavy Armoured Vehicles whose dummy turrets allow them to carry a greater weight of armour,sensors and countermeasures than standard Chargers,despite looking similar,making them particularly suited to finding targets for Four Inch Mortars and Chastisers (upgraded Challenger 2 Main Battle Tanks could be adapted to perform a similar role,were the Ajax fiasco to be cancelled).

 

The War In Ukraine: The Victory Day Parade

 

 

Picture: Vadim Savitsky,Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation photograph,Mil.ru

 

This is how Russian tanks train to fight on the exercise field.

 

 

Picture: Vitaly V. Kuzmin

 

This is how Russian tanks train to parade through Red Square.

 

 

Picture: Unknown photographer,Azov Special Operations Detachment video

 

Which is also how Russian tanks fight on the battlefield,near Kiev.

 

The War In Ukraine: Chastisement

 

 

Picture: Unknown photographer,© IWM CT 338

 

Tanks were invented because infantry were unable to advance under fire without suffering heavy casualties yet Russian medium tanks are vulnerable if they enter Ukrainian towns without infantry support,however,explosive projectiles can safely go where tanks and infantry cannot,which is one of the reasons why the corps engineer brigades of An Independent Army For An Independent Nation have Royal Engineers assault regiments with Chastiser Cavalry Heavy Armoured Vehicles armed with Eight Inch Howitzers capable of firing three hundred pound shells to a range of five miles.

 

The War In Ukraine: Is This Why Russian Soldiers Shoot Civilian Cars?

 

 

Picture: Unknown photographer,Уиппи и Ко 226 (Whippy & Co. 226) video

 

There have been reports of Russian soldiers shooting at civilian vehicles in Ukraine and this may be why,combat operations have repeatedly demonstrated that vehicles should have protection commensurate with their role,which is why An Independent Army For An Independent Nation has trucks such as the Pony,Horse and Elephant which shall be protected against fire from small arms and Rocket Propelled Grenades.