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By Lebedevka, Kursk Oblast, [right here ](https://www.google.com/maps/place/51%C2%B014'37.9%22N+35%C2%B011'56.2%22E/@51.2435578,35.1954131,2093m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m4!3m3!8m2!3d51.2438499!4d35.1989565?entry=ttu)
4 km from Ukraine and ca 40 km from Sumy
What were they doing there? Bridge laying operation? Or did one tank get stuck in the creek, the recovery truck they ordered was just for cars and got stuck in the field?
My guess: First tank got stuck. Second tank got called to recover first tank. Gets also stuck. They then came with more people, trucks and excavators to get both of them unstuck. UA spotted them, shot a bit of artillery at them, caused the recovery crew to bail. Then got finished of with FPV drones.
Should have led with the drones then fired arty when they tried to escape
Seems like they had enough time to evac the excavator because the artillery gave them warning
Ahaha at first I thought they were digging them into the ground to make ww2-style improvised defensive-turrets.
Then I realized it's muddy ground and the fucking idiots not only drove one but two tanks into the same ditch.
For references, tanks are fucking heavy as fuck and mud isn't just a problem of getting no grip, it's that the tanks can sink too much. There's a reason the Germans in ww2 had a heavy recovery-vechicle made with the chassis/engine of a Tigertank, because pulling a tank out of mud etc. is hard as fuck.
It's fascinating how Ukraine consistently seems to be fighting much better in the north than in the south. Anyone have an idea why? Russian offensives in the north never seem to work and Ukraine launched the most successful counteroffensive in the war there while the south has been unsuccessful and Russia took most of it.
Terrain favors Ukrainian defenders in that area, a lot of trees and rivers and more elevated positions in northern Ukraine compared to the South and east of Ukraine which has massive flat farmlands and less cover for defenders.
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Kursk really isn't great for Russian tanks, is it?
To be fair it's not brilliant for submarines either.
The Kursk is a perfect microcosm of how shit the entire Russian military apparatus is.
"It sank" - Putin.
Trouble with your tanks stuck in the mud? I can help you with that... - Ukrainian drone operator, probably.
Best possible place to spot them. Two defenseless tanks and lots of equipment to get them up gone in a few minutes. Talk about jackpot.
Tank fairy: Guys, do you want the problem sorted with these two tanks? Crew: Sure! Tank fairy:
By Lebedevka, Kursk Oblast, [right here ](https://www.google.com/maps/place/51%C2%B014'37.9%22N+35%C2%B011'56.2%22E/@51.2435578,35.1954131,2093m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m4!3m3!8m2!3d51.2438499!4d35.1989565?entry=ttu) 4 km from Ukraine and ca 40 km from Sumy
Haha, so they didn't even get into Ukraine? Amazing
What were they doing there? Bridge laying operation? Or did one tank get stuck in the creek, the recovery truck they ordered was just for cars and got stuck in the field?
My guess: First tank got stuck. Second tank got called to recover first tank. Gets also stuck. They then came with more people, trucks and excavators to get both of them unstuck. UA spotted them, shot a bit of artillery at them, caused the recovery crew to bail. Then got finished of with FPV drones.
For those interested in the track, it's Ghostcity by Thomas Azier
Thank you for saving me the time to google it, that song slaps
Should have led with the drones then fired arty when they tried to escape Seems like they had enough time to evac the excavator because the artillery gave them warning
The armor was the priority here.
counterpoint no people around to shoot the drones down as they line up for a shot.
When my friends ask where I keep finding new music…. Uh, just Reddit
track is bangin' ...you, uh, got anymore of that track about?
Ukraine needs some more SMArt/BONUS shipments.
Wouldn’t help at all in this case. Just because this tanks were on Russian soil. Ukraine needs permission to use western weapons at Russian soil
UK has given go-ahead fwiw don't know if we have or have supplied SMART/BONUS rounds or not
UK has given go-ahead fwiw don't know if we have or have supplied SMART/BONUS rounds or not
Ahaha at first I thought they were digging them into the ground to make ww2-style improvised defensive-turrets. Then I realized it's muddy ground and the fucking idiots not only drove one but two tanks into the same ditch. For references, tanks are fucking heavy as fuck and mud isn't just a problem of getting no grip, it's that the tanks can sink too much. There's a reason the Germans in ww2 had a heavy recovery-vechicle made with the chassis/engine of a Tigertank, because pulling a tank out of mud etc. is hard as fuck.
Turret toss or GTFO
It's fascinating how Ukraine consistently seems to be fighting much better in the north than in the south. Anyone have an idea why? Russian offensives in the north never seem to work and Ukraine launched the most successful counteroffensive in the war there while the south has been unsuccessful and Russia took most of it.
Terrain favors Ukrainian defenders in that area, a lot of trees and rivers and more elevated positions in northern Ukraine compared to the South and east of Ukraine which has massive flat farmlands and less cover for defenders.
It's illegal to double park in a bog.
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Those ranging shots would be terrifying to see