Hello Bernds! Long time no see. I am okay physically.
I would like to boast about the cross I was awarded for nothing basically. It looks nice. And I'd like to use it for a leverage to beg - we spend a lot for maintenance and that interferes with my dream of a chalet in Finland, you know.
I am willing even to go as far cancer as to write on a 122 HE whatever the biggest bidder wants, though I might censor it to my discretion.
This thread will be deleted by mods in 3,2,1 anyways, the new age kohl content policy is a kek.
War-wise, drones have been and will the thing to define ROE. In 2022, we we able to afford to be на вогневій (~in field) for hours, hunting, for a timed strike. These days drones share with us (the arta) the function of area denial weapon (на заборону). It means an action to prevent the enemy's offensive action: for example, we fire a few shells whenever a mortar crew shows up not to kill it (that would very lucky since 2s1 is inaccurate) but to make them hide, make them idle. Recon drones inadvertently do the same, because in this war there are so many of them and so few AA we know (most of the time) what where and when is flying but hardly ever shoot them down. Knowing something is above you is as much area/fire denial weapon as minefields. So more often than not won't go out of the hiding place when a valid target is in range if a bird is too close.
When a drone sees something (even circumstancial evidence like empty shells) it is only a matter of time when they fire on it. They may fire to try and spook you to flee, like a hunter sends a hound to flush a duck out. So we are shelled a lot. Too bad (for Russians) their Soviet weaponry is too inaccurate by modern standards, especially rocket artillery (yesterday they fired at our base of operations where we r&r and repair, with an Uragan salvo or some other rockets, I can't tell, but they've missed and only ignited reeds, we spent hours to put it out so that fire would not engulf our posadka). Yet what they lack in accuracy they certainly make up in numbers, unlike us, they have shells to last for decades probably. And when they do really want a hit even they miss, they use UMPK (каби). Our neighbour 109 was destroyed by a KAB and half a crew dead but 1) they have been hiding in the same hangar for too long and hangars, big buildings, are always are primary targets 2) the crew was lurking on standby near the machine, the most stupid thing.
The main news is - it is spring. The third spring. Who in the fuck would have believed that.