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  1. Orc drivers botch another water crossing. This has got to be approaching double digit instances of this stuff.
  2. This was bad ass, also very lucky that the chopper loitered too long
  3. You thinking cellular or non-cellular (I.e. do you want the photos sent to you or do you mind going out and pulling memory cards?)
  4. Not that it’s addressing this issue directly, but I saw another trainload of Bradley’s and other armor/tracked vehicles headed east out of Hood today. Wondering if we’re sending more stuff to NATO allies so they can send all their Soviet stuff to Ukraine.
  5. There is some of that, but there is also a very compelling strategic argument to letting Putin keep digging the hole he’s in deeper and deeper. If NATO, et al play everything right, maybe Putin goes away and Russian politics gets a much needed reset. Maybe then we don’t have more Grozny’s, Aleppo’s, and Ukraine’s. The only way this shit ends long term is with a political reset over there, with freedom of the press as order #1. It sucks for the Ukrainians but they should have got their shit in order and aligned with the EU and NATO earlier. This is the biggest cautionary tale in awhile highlighting the fact that you’re either in NATO, or you may be fair game for the Putin’s of the future.
  6. This is the second Ukrainian dude with what to hunters stateside we might call a “get r dun” Turkey hunting setup (the foam pad fastened to his gear covering his butt). Very handy when sitting for long periods awaiting your quarry, especially on cold ground. The Ukrainians are all in; from the high speed guys down to the “good ole boys” and I fucking dig it.
  7. Maybe I’m underestimating the Rooskies here, but I’m skeptical of anything mentioning “changing direction” and double-digit Mach speeds. The SR-71 had a turning radius of ~100 miles at Mach 3+ I believe.
  8. I ran across this on March 22; at least two posts that day of dudes with Mosin’s, with vintage optics. Russian gear is all over the place; supposedly cutting edge gear/hypersonic missles over here, and then Scooby Do vans and Mosins over there.
  9. My youngest helped me prep the fan and beard for mounting yesterday, that was good, maybe she’ll want to hang it in her room when it’s done. I like this mounting kit in case anyone is looking for one: Taxidermists Woodshop The Black Walnut Turkey Mounting Kit -01 http:// https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007P2SJU4/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_J7N57X0YB82EB6NESQDE?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
  10. Had a little time this morning to hunt and got a decent Jake. The kids didn’t want to hunt but helped with the recovery. My Turkey season usually lasts exactly one day, so looking forward to next season from here on out. Put in my Colorado application last week, hopefully get drawn again.
  11. Yeah it’s sounds like the Guerrilla Safari got kicked off today.
  12. http:// https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/sanctioned-or-not-russians-abroad-find-their-money-is-toxic-2022-03-30/ "I am dealing with Russians who can't get out of hotels, students who have no money because credit cards are valueless," said Bob Amsterdam, a founding partner of Washington- and London-based law firm Amsterdam & Partners. "Banks ... are refusing Russians bank accounts: they are closing their doors to Russians on nationality," said Amsterdam, who is based in London. "Leading law firms in the City have closed their doors to Russians in terms of nationality." "Currently, everything that is Russian is toxic, which means that everyone is trying to be extremely, extremely careful in terms of what to do with Russian clients," said the lawyer, a dual Russian and British citizen, who runs a law firm in Zurich.
  13. I was hoping for artillery splashes, but the “eastern” Benny Hill music works.
  14. This is the farthest turret-to-chassis final resting places I’ve seen yet. http://
  15. The Irpin liberation news warms my heart. The “Let’s Ready to Rumble” boys were defending Irpin and said “we are going to massacre them”, hopefully they made it. http://
  16. Yeah the technicals that started showing up have been very telling. The mighty Red Army conducting offensive maneuvers in commandeered / field built technicals, oooff. Although the guys in the technicals may be in the best shape to get to safety if/once we get to the TUGS phase during a retreat.
  17. The bigger question in your scenario is: how long can Russia endure with its economy in tatters? Is a ~30-50% GDP reduction for years worth some little slivers of land? The US defense budget alone is over $600B. We could keep sending Ukraine a billion a month in material, etc. and it would probably be some of the best ROI ever with how much we’re getting from Russia.
  18. At this point, somebody could do an entire calendar of just T-72s with their tops off.
  19. This is it, this is Putin calling uncle and pulling back to Donbas. Don’t take your foot off the gas Zelensky.
  20. Yeah, the ammo compatibility is a factor, but I think he was a little wary of issuing an open invitation for unknown armed men to enter the country. At least if they are unarmed, Ukraine has an opportunity to do a cursory check before handing them a rifle.
  21. The official statement from the Ukrainian Gov stated that volunteers were not to bring arms and that arms would be provided. That said, lots of modern ARs in recent pictures. Wali is shooting a Sako TRG 338 Lapua (~$4k Finnish gun topped with a $3k Schmidt and Bender scope; probably not laying around every barracks in Ukraine). The dudes from Georgia (Asia) showed up with a Barrett .50 cal rifle and were cleared at customs. The Americans on video today were sporting AKs (not American rifles). Situation’s fluid.
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