I was speaking to a Russian Reserve Officer who is to command a tank repair, um, thingy in the event of mobilisation.
He mentioned that while Iraq seems to indicate that US tanks & armanents can both take a beating from Russian weapons and subsequently knock the shit out of Russian tanks, the Russians never sold their best gear and have kept it for themselves. He seemed confident Russian vehicles would be a good match for US ones.
I heard about something called thermobaric weapons and he said they cut through active armour like butter, and there was a next generation which vapourised the crew while leaving the vehicle relatively intact. These are warheads to be attached to the RPGs which seem to belong to pretty much everyone that wants one, and I presume are cheap and cheerful like all Russian weaponry- as compared to the €100k per warshot jobbies which western militaries seem to have.
When googling this, I saw a post on www.arrse.co.uk where UK servicement were salivating over thermobaric, which seems to have been overtaken by a new AT weapon according to the Russian reservist.
Russian patriotism & propaganda at work, or does the old dog have some fight left?
Any takers?
He mentioned that while Iraq seems to indicate that US tanks & armanents can both take a beating from Russian weapons and subsequently knock the shit out of Russian tanks, the Russians never sold their best gear and have kept it for themselves. He seemed confident Russian vehicles would be a good match for US ones.
I heard about something called thermobaric weapons and he said they cut through active armour like butter, and there was a next generation which vapourised the crew while leaving the vehicle relatively intact. These are warheads to be attached to the RPGs which seem to belong to pretty much everyone that wants one, and I presume are cheap and cheerful like all Russian weaponry- as compared to the €100k per warshot jobbies which western militaries seem to have.
When googling this, I saw a post on www.arrse.co.uk where UK servicement were salivating over thermobaric, which seems to have been overtaken by a new AT weapon according to the Russian reservist.
Russian patriotism & propaganda at work, or does the old dog have some fight left?
Any takers?
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