To me, the automatic tranny was it's down fall, especially going cross country. I seen one go through a German farmers sugar beet field and the tracks were throwing them up in the air like it made for picking sugar beets.

Some one should have pointed out to the tank crew that the war was over.

That's what happens when you give a tank to British corporation estate squaddies.

There is also the infamous story of the squaddie who was banned from a pub, so took a tank to the pub in the early hours, poked the barrel though the window and fired a blank round.

It's not a made up story Art, it did happen in Germany and the ones that did it would have been part of the British Rhine Force at the time.

I seen the Ukrainian's are getting pretty bold taking a chunk of Russia. My military brain tells me that this is only a front to draw Russian troops from different areas. When they show up the Ukrainians will have moved and be hitting the Russians where they took the troops from. The Ukrainian's seem to deploying NATO tactics and aren't thinking like Russians think.

Ukraine has the advantage of superior thinking, the Russians however can throw men into the meat grinder without a thought, that's how Russia wins wars. 

Ukraine has the advantage of superior thinking, the Russians however can throw men into the meat grinder without a thought, that's how Russia wins wars. 

Yes Russian, Chinese and the Americans all fight the same and that's with over whelming numbers. So what if they lose great numbers of them, they will always come up find more. They are like army ants but less organized than the ants are.

We'll credit America with thinking superior to the Russians and the Chinese. 

We'll credit America with thinking superior to the Russians and the Chinese. 

I don't know Mark, it's a toss up if you ask me. ;-(

For Ukraine to win or end this War they must be given the equipment to do so. Give them long range drones and missiles to hit Russia's munition works and oil supplies far behind the front lines and the west must put stricter controls on their oil export to Mickey Mouse nations which funds pay for the war to continue.

We'll credit America with thinking superior to the Russians and the Chinese. 

I don't know Mark, it's a toss up if you ask me. ;-(

For Ukraine to win or end this War they must be given the equipment to do so. Give them long range drones and missiles to hit Russia's munition works and oil supplies far behind the front lines and the west must put stricter controls on their oil export to Mickey Mouse nations which funds pay for the war to continue.

Is Canada part of the equipment givers? Has Canada paid the 2% of their GDP dues for NATO membership. That's a rhetorical question Pete. 

We'll credit America with thinking superior to the Russians and the Chinese. 

I don't know Mark, it's a toss up if you ask me. ;-(

For Ukraine to win or end this War they must be given the equipment to do so. Give them long range drones and missiles to hit Russia's munition works and oil supplies far behind the front lines and the west must put stricter controls on their oil export to Mickey Mouse nations which funds pay for the war to continue.

Is Canada part of the equipment givers? Has Canada paid the 2% of their GDP dues for NATO membership. That's a rhetorical question Pete. 

Yes you know that Tommy. We gave them our Leopard one's and two plus a lot of hummer type gun platforms made here plus artillery rds. and small arms ammo and IR equipment. Plus a whole gamut of first aid and medical equipment. We also have troops stationed in Poland teaching them how to use it. We have also let many of their wives and children stay here away from the fighting at our expense.

The Russians expect tyrannical leadership and will put up with a lot, a lot more than they are now.