Well, to be fair - it is unlikely they train to dump fuel on an airborne target, so they would have made it up as they went along, plus there would be almost no visibility below, so a difficult maneuver. Not sure how the jets stall speed vs the drones cruise speed would compare but I guess they were forced to pass with high relative speed. I’m not saying it was well executed or a good idea, but if given an impromptu order to dump fuel on it - I can see how that was the outcome.
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I agree about the creativity of the UAF to utilize drones in this conflict. What surprises me a little is that the RUF has not found multiple ways to counteract the drones. They could for instance try shooting them down. We have seen in these threads plenty of instances where the drones have hovered stationary over trenches with troops below, and just dropped their lethal payload right on top of them. Soldiers haven’t even tried firing back, because most of them haven’t looked up to see what is there is plain sight above their heads. At the very least by now, observers should be scouring the skies for drones, bit l am not convinced that is the case.
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You might be being a little unfair on the RuAF guys there.
It’s quite possible we are looking at poorly trained blokes who’ve been thrown into a kamikaze style advance on a heavily fortified front and have just frozen up. The amygdala does funny things to people.
There’s probably bullets whizzing by, arty shells exploding, and dozens of little drones whirring in the sky, some of them just doing recon and some of them with active munitions. ■■■■■■■ terrifying. He may not even have any ammo left, they’re sending them in with only three clips if you believe the telegram channels.
I feel anger against the regime but I can’t help but feel sorry for the less battle hardened members of their military who are being sold a pup both from a propaganda perspective and also from an operational perspective.
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Perhaps you are right, but if self preservation is at all important to even those with minimal training, then someone in a unit should be looking out for others.
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Not a great move to push out quality officers for using free speech. Not the first time this has happened. Ukraine isn’t perfect and they need honest debate to improve.
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At that rate of tank losses over a hypothetical 5 further years of battle, that’ll equate to 13% of tanks lost by the USSR in WW2.
Not that this war will endure for such a length of time. Or will it?
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That’s actually pretty hard to do, if you find them.
Rifles are usually sighted for horizontal shooting; once you are aiming vertically, the bullet is way off.
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Not an original comeback
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Still plenty going through the UAE
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Russia doesn’t have the industrial capacity to build or refurbish a WW2 volume of tanks.
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