Ukraine Invasion - Please do not post videos showing attacks/similar

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Grim5 said:
Russia says its deploying musicians to the front line to improve morale; also asking for the public to donate musical instruments

www.bbc.com

Ukraine: Russia to deploy musicians to front to boost morale

The new "front-line creative brigade" will consist of volunteer musicians and mobilised recruits.
www.bbc.com
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But they questioned whether the new brigade would actually distract troops, who have been primarily concerned about "very high casualty rates, poor leadership, pay problems, lack of equipment and ammunition, and lack of clarity about the war's objectives".
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Reminds me of at least one of the Blackadder Goes Forth episodes attempting to raise morale... If I recall Blackadder had an alternate suggestion to raise morale involving the resignation and suicide of the Field Marshal...
 
*Zelenskiy: Ukrainian Forces Holding Bakhmut in Eastern Ukraine Despite Russian Attacks
*Zelenskiy: Border Protection is a Priority, Ukraine is Ready for All Possible Scenarios with Russia and Belarus
*Zelenskiy to Western Partners: Providing Adequate Air Defences "One of the Most Powerful Steps" to End Russian Aggression
*Zelenskiy: Power Restored to 3 Million More Ukrainians After Russian Attacks, 9 Million in Two Days
https://www.reuters.com/world/europ...e-preparing-all-defence-scenarios-2022-12-18/
 
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brendy said:
I can see these being taken out before they get anywhere near the skies, much cheaper if someone can get close and destroy them before they get a chance to kill.
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Just a quick explanation of why the AN-2 Colt isn't such an easy target -

Low speed - It's low speed means two things, 1st that it can fly very, very low, making it hard for radars to spot and 2nd modern airborne radars have a feature called a "speed gate" which removes false returns caused by fast moving items like cars, trains etc and the aircraft can easily fly at just 90kt so the low speed of the AN-2 falls into this speed gate making it "invisible" to a radar unless the radar is specifically "ungated" which adds so much extra clutter for the operator to fight through to find the actual aircraft (they'd usually try to follow roads/railway lines etc).

IR & Noise - It has a very low IR signature due to the air cooled radial engine and a very low noise signature, making it very hard for MANPAD troops to find and lock-on a modern IR guided SAM onto it which is looking for jet engine temps of around 850'c+ (older SAMs) or 200'c+ for newer IIR guided SAMs which detect the heat of a leading edge as cuts through air creating friction.

So not only is hard to see and engage on a radar but its also hard to hear, or lock-on with an IR missile which makes it sound great but why isn't it being used. Well, all those advantages would disappear against a "lower tech" enemy like Ukraine because they generally use a lot of optically aimed rapid firing cannons (23mm to 35mm usually) alongside all those modern missiles and these old cannons would easily knock out this old aircraft.
 
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ianh said:
Just a quick explanation of why the AN-2 Colt isn't such an easy target -

Low speed - It's low speed means two things, 1st that it can fly very, very low, making it hard for radars to spot and 2nd modern airborne radars have a feature called a "speed gate" which removes false returns caused by fast moving items like cars, trains etc and the aircraft can easily fly at just 90kt so the low speed of the AN-2 falls into this speed gate making it "invisible" to a radar unless the radar is specifically "ungated" which adds so much extra clutter for the operator to fight through to find the actual aircraft (they'd usually try to follow roads/railway lines etc).

IR & Noise - It has a very low IR signature due to the air cooled radial engine and a very low noise signature, making it very hard for MANPAD troops to find and lock-on a modern IR guided SAM onto it which is looking for jet engine temps of around 850'c+ (older SAMs) or 200'c+ for newer IIR guided SAMs which detect the heat of a leading edge as cuts through air creating friction.

So not only is hard to see and engage on a radar but its also hard to hear, or lock-on with an IR missile which makes it sound great but why isn't it being used. Well, all those advantages would disappear against a "lower tech" enemy like Ukraine because they generally use a lot of optically aimed rapid firing cannons (23mm to 35mm usually) alongside all those modern missiles and these old cannons would easily knock out this old aircraft.
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I meant if they know where they are stored then they can be taken out on the ground by resistance elements in Russia.
 
As per the Moscow Times: the T14 Armata program has been cancelled a few weeks ago

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It should not be a surprise to anyone; foreign countries don't want to buy it, the biggest potential customer (India) said it's trash and pulled out from buying any and Russia has no money to buy any
 
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