North korean armoured vehicles sighted in Ukraine according to german news
Ukraine meldet Kampfpanzer aus Nordkorea an der Front
cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/1439031
Official and recognized military taxonomists insist that a vehicle doesn't count as a tank unless it's classified manuals and specs have been leaked in the World of Tanks forums.
How far will they go before completely shaking apart? In meters?
They may not be that bad. 7 cylinder engines with 5 valves per engine. Front engine, camshaft at the trunk. Revolutionary
Reported as "subject doesn't match headline", however since this case is a subject of translation and there may be variations in translation software, I'll allow it.
Technically the Bulsae-4 is an anti-tank missile carrier. Basically 8 TOW missiles on a wheeled BTR.
English source:
They're probably extremely vulnerable to Ukrainian drone strikes.
"Panzer" is a general term in German, meaning armoured vehicle, not limited to main battle tanks (Kampfpanzer) mistranslations are thus exceedingly common.
This in particular is a Raketenjagdpanzer meaning a Jagdpanzer (hunting tank) armed with missiles, not to be confused with the more general category Panzerjäger (tank hunter) which is any vehicle that hunts tanks, not just armoured ones, and not just ground vehicles, and not just vehicles but also units. That is, Jagdpanzer are Panzerjäger which are themselves Panzer.
Some Anglos also get their standard issue underwear in a twist if you call the Gepard a flak tank -- that's quite literally its official designation in German: Flugabwehrkanonenpanzer Gepard, short FlakPz Gepard, more or less literally "flight offwarding cannon tank". An "Infantry fighting vehicle", fuzzy term if I've ever seen one (in Ukraine that can mean a Hillux) is a Schützenpanzer, "marksmen tank".
IMO those translation errors shouldn't be corrected, they can only clean up English terminology.
Western journalists when any vehicle has the slightest amount of armour: it's a tank!
Anyway, this is sad and hilarious. The "second-best military in the world", everyone!
AR-15:Rifle::Tank:Armored Vehicle
Were there also NK soldiers? Or they just gave them the vehicles?
I can't find anything on actual NK forces being deployed. Another user linked an article in English and near the end it postulates that this is sort of a win-win for NK that they can help their ally while gathering test data for the vehicles
And also get a king's ransom off of Russia in exchange for saving their asses. I don't know if they're desperate for tanks yet, but that's definitely the case with artillery. Calling them "allies" is probably a stretch.
Well they are using NATO weapons against Russia so alls fair.
Sending weapons to help defend against an illegal Invasion and genocide is different from supporting an illegal Invasion and genocide. Should Sweden have sent weapons to Germany in 1941 after the US started sending weapons to the UK?
I didn't say either was right or wrong I just said that it was fair. The way you feel about a conflict doesn't change how either side fight. And your historical examples are only relevant because we were on the winning side so of course we fell it was the right thing to do. But during that time period the American public was very against getting involved with another war in Europe after WW1. FDR was looking for every way possible to convince the American public to support the Allies but during that time period we were very isolationist.
So to answer your question, No Sweden should not have sent weapons to the Germans in 1941. Not because the US sent weapons to the UK but because Sweden was neutral by their own policy.
I would really like a better source than the sensationalist garbage that is Der Spiegel.
Your opinion seems to be at odds with https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/spiegel-online/
Uh oh. I messed up. Was thinking about Bild.
if you have to source your war machines from DPRK.... you might be losing
Russia is not loosing. This is just part of the 5D chess Putin is playing. Any minute he will make his master move and conquer Ukraine, destroy NATO and fingerbang your dad. Just wait. You’ll see.
Kyiv in 3 days!
Jokes on you, my dad behaves like he is already being fingerbanged by Putler.
That's the problem. This is an old school war. If Russia can keep moving the front lines the correct direction them nothing else matters. I don't say this because I like Russia but because it shows how much more support we need to be giving Ukraine. The manpower difference is something like 4 to 1. The casualty ratio is something like 3 to 1 which is high but within Russian standards. If nothing changes Russia will win this in another few years.
There's a lot of truth to that unfortunately. Historically, Russia has shown many times that any number of casualties is acceptable .
I mean, nothing changing is a big ask, on both sides. It's still up in the air, and hinges on the American election more than anything else at this moment.