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Forum: Military Aviation

6th Apr 2023, 22:02

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Is Ukraine about to have a war?

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Posted By soarbum

I am hugely appreciative of all of your updates...

I am hugely appreciative of all of your updates re the situation in Ukraine but your use of the phrase "tank ammo" is misleading. 105mm calinbre ammo is now largely defunct as tank ammo but widely...

Forum: Military Aviation

29th Mar 2023, 18:18

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Is Ukraine about to have a war?

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Posted By soarbum

To paraphrase a certain beer ad, "Bang On!" ...

To paraphrase a certain beer ad, "Bang On!"

Fire for effect is when the whole battery (or regiment) fires together as opposed to just one or more ranging guns adjusting the target.
Normally a...

Forum: Military Aviation

7th Feb 2023, 08:18

Replies: 16,445

Is Ukraine about to have a war?

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Posted By soarbum

Mortar rounds are usually subsonic but howitzers...

Mortar rounds are usually subsonic but howitzers are nearly always supersonic at max charge. For example the US M777 155mm howitzer has an MV of 827m/s at max charge (8S) and the British L118 105mm...

Forum: Military Aviation

12th Aug 2022, 10:01

Replies: 16,445

Is Ukraine about to have a war?

Views: 18,121,873

Posted By soarbum

Lets put some numbers on that claim to see how it...

Lets put some numbers on that claim to see how it smells.

Firstly, lets assume that at the apex of its flight (that point where its vertical velocity IS zero), the rocket motor has finished...

Forum: Military Aviation

12th Aug 2022, 01:11

Replies: 16,445

Is Ukraine about to have a war?

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Posted By soarbum

Velocity is a vector with components in x,y and...

Velocity is a vector with components in x,y and z. ORAC clearly referred to zero vertical velocity, ie the z component. If it went up and came back down, then at some point, the vertical component...

Forum: Military Aviation

28th Mar 2022, 01:26

Replies: 16,445

Is Ukraine about to have a war?

Views: 18,121,873

Posted By soarbum

Firstly consider his audience, this was an...

Firstly consider his audience, this was an interview to Russian media for the consumption of the Russian public so he wants to reinforce that Ukraine is not the agressor.
Second, he said that he is...

Forum: Military Aviation

25th Mar 2022, 11:26

Replies: 16,445

Is Ukraine about to have a war?

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Posted By soarbum

Supplying NATO artillery would also involve...

Supplying NATO artillery would also involve setting up a whole new logs chain as NATO artillery uses a 155mm callibre (as well as 105) while Ukraine's existing guns are mainly 152mm so existing ammo...

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