PART 2 Ukrainian T-72 tanks of the K2 Battalion attack Russian soldiers in trenches. Soledar-Siversk (part 1 link in thread)
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On February 24th 2022, Russia attempted (and failed) to blitzkrieg the sovereign nation of Ukraine. Almost two years later as of this writing, the resultant war is still ongoing. Slavshit is where content pertaining to that goes.
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This war is so fascinating. Dont get me wrong, I dont condone it in any way but it has laid bare some interesting developments in warfare.
Battles are, very rougly speaking, fought the same way today as it has been for thousands of years: Two lines of infantry clashing head on while each opponent tries to outflank or otherwise punch through said line.
When militaries moved to semi- and since fully automatic weapons in the previous century, said lines of infantry had to always be near cover, or be easily gunned down. What the war in Ukraine firstly proves, is that trenches remain the simplest and most cost effective way of creating such cover.
What the war in Ukraine also proves is much more interesting, and raises questions that I can't wait to see answered. The two above mentioned infantry lines remain somewhat the same as always. Very interestingly, however, almost all the old, tried and true methods of outflanking and punching through have proven worthless. For the past 100 years we've been able to go around and over the infantry line (with automobiles and planes respectively). For 75 years we've even been able to punch straight through it with tanks.
But today, modern improvements in artillery (HIMARS, for example) and UAVs, along with improvements in hand-held anti-armor weapons such as the N-LAW have made the classic tools to break the stalemate obsolete.
Now, as mentioned, what I am personally very intrigued to see is how we are next going to break this stalemate. Some of the greatest innovations in the history of warfare have come through wanting to break through entrenched positions; Planes, tanks, artillery and even to some extent the nuke. So long as they stay away from the nukey-nukey option, I can't wait to see what they come up with next.
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I think the next step will be improving every aspects of drone warfare. Improved, small and deadly drones flying all over the battlefield and improved anti drone weapons will become the new standards i guess. Cheap yet very effective suicide drones are also a thing, as well as guided missiles and bombs, a lot of improvement potential.
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