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Re:Shaped Charges – Sheet of copper going through 1ft of sol... by avereveard on Sunday May 15, 2022 @03:52AM (#31386003)
the source of these pictures are all from ukraine. it's not far fetched to think they removed era and planted inert spacer to demoralize the enemy. in general, while the fog of war is in full effect, I wouldn't trust any one-sided intel.
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Re:Shaped Charges – Sheet of copper going through 1ft of sol... by sofixa on Sunday May 15, 2022 @05:23AM (#31386357)
How would fake lack of ERA demoralise the enemy when the enemy is getting destroyed anyhow, even if they have ERA? (And in your scenario, if it did have ERA)
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Re:Shaped Charges – Sheet of copper going through 1ft of sol... by avereveard on Sunday May 15, 2022 @10:48AM (#31387887)
invaders weren't being pushed back when the initial claims circulated.
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Re:Shaped Charges – Sheet of copper going through 1ft of sol... by mensetmanusman on Sunday May 15, 2022 @07:30AM (#31386898)
That takes too much effort, also, Ukrainians know that if they went through all of that effort people would just say exactly what you are saying, so it’s doubly a waste of time And therefore a major risk for their lives.
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Re:Shaped Charges – Sheet of copper going through 1ft of sol... by avereveard on Sunday May 15, 2022 @10:49AM (#31387891)
what a silly, circular argument.
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Re:Shaped Charges – Sheet of copper going through 1ft of sol... by Feriti on Monday May 16, 2022 @05:36PM (#31403432)
True.

But Ukraine is advancing. So they are winning anyway which indicates that something is going wrong on Russia side and it fits the outcome.

I would argue that based on that you can assume that the Story to be more true than just 50/50

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Re:Shaped Charges – Sheet of copper going through 1ft of sol... by Arrath on Monday May 16, 2022 @12:55PM (#31400197)
It is rather far fetched however to assume that forces abandoning equipment willy nilly take the time to strip out ERA blocks for some rough idea of a demoralization effect.
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Re:Shaped Charges – Sheet of copper going through 1ft of sol... by avereveard on Monday May 16, 2022 @01:30PM (#31400702)
I never argued that it was the russian to change the era block, maybe you're answering in the wrong comment thread?
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