quilp Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 2 minutes ago, Passing Time said: Yet that clip clearly showed the bow of a boat appearing seconds before the explosion Something appears half a second before the blast in the bottom left hand corner, difficult to confirm it was a boat even frame by frame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passing Time Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 35 minutes ago, quilp said: Something appears half a second before the blast in the bottom left hand corner, difficult to confirm it was a boat even frame by frame. whatever it was - did the trick... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 The quality of Russian forces has always beem in doubt but this is beyond stupid... Boom! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VikingRaider Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 Suicide by tank ... that's a new one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxman1980 Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 I wonder if events in China may have an impact on the situation in Ukraine. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/14/we-all-saw-it-anti-xi-jinping-protest-electrifies-chinese-internet Assuming the news filters through to the Russian population could it prompt the Russian people to take direct action against their rulers? Would a potential domestic issue cause China to focus internally and if so what would that mean for Russia and Ukraine? Obviously very early days in China but you don't normally see this sort of protest in China. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Old Git Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 15 hours ago, VikingRaider said: Suicide by tank ... that's a new one. Longer video on Twitter seems to show the dazed bloke sitting on the ground getting up and walking away. Rather surprising. Bet his ears were ringing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Phantom Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 6 hours ago, manxman1980 said: I wonder if events in China may have an impact on the situation in Ukraine. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/14/we-all-saw-it-anti-xi-jinping-protest-electrifies-chinese-internet Assuming the news filters through to the Russian population could it prompt the Russian people to take direct action against their rulers? Would a potential domestic issue cause China to focus internally and if so what would that mean for Russia and Ukraine? Obviously very early days in China but you don't normally see this sort of protest in China. AND all kicking off in Iran too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkydevil Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 5 hours ago, The Phantom said: AND all kicking off in Iran too. Tensions in Onchan I've heard too. The Onchan spring uprising may just happen with outrage over the post box. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheldon Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 4 minutes ago, slinkydevil said: Tensions in Onchan I've heard too. The Onchan spring uprising may just happen with outrage over the post box. How long do you reckon before they resort to cannibalism after the first snow of the winter? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Phantom Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 11 hours ago, slinkydevil said: Tensions in Onchan I've heard too. The Onchan spring uprising may just happen with outrage over the post box. I've heard Birch Hill is going nuclear over a funny coloured phone box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxfisherman Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zarley Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 This might be a stupid question, but please bear with me (I've never been a soldier) ... Can unexploded ordnance not be reused, and if not, why not? Considering they blow them up en-mass, they must still work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxfisherman Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 If it didn't blow up the first time it got fired there's probably something wrong with it! Not even sure they can take them apart and recycle them into new ones, not easily anyway. Seems massively wasteful for sure, but then that's what war is about. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Phantom Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 On 10/22/2022 at 6:58 PM, manxfisherman said: Great guy Chris. He get's up to some fun stuff. He got arrested for 'Funding Terrorism' a few years ago when he arrived back on the Island. By 'terrorists,' the IOM constabulary meant the nation of Ukraine, when he was raising some funds for EOD equipment in Donbas 5 years ago. Charges were eventually dropped, but as you can imagine that made his life quite difficult for a while. Rather worrying for a while for me too as I'd given him some cash so by default some of it could have been traced to me and a lot of others who'd contributed. 21 hours ago, Zarley said: This might be a stupid question, but please bear with me (I've never been a soldier) ... Can unexploded ordnance not be reused, and if not, why not? Considering they blow them up en-mass, they must still work. Some of it like artillery and rockets has been fired but then not detonated on target. As @manxfisherman says, you can't 're-load' this. Chris is also doing alot of landmines, booby traps and also 'rubbish ammo' which is just left abandoned randomly all over the place. If you find ammo in containers, well stored etc, you can probably use it and the Ukrainians are doing so. Russia has inadvertently become one of Ukraine's biggest arms suppliers. However random piles of it which generally been poorly stored (it does corrode if left outdoors in the damp etc) you wouldn't want to use as it can and does become unstable. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtleish Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 I worked with Chris, when he was unable to access his bank account as under investigation for terror related issues?? Good man. I hope he can still shoot well enough, after I broke his trigger finger with half a tree. Oops 😬 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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