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Comment · 4 years ago
I would be wary of those numbers. There is a heavy selection bias, as we don't see the videos where the AT weapons fails, where the operator gets shot, etc. We'll have better information once the fog of war lifts.
Comment · 4 years ago
A guy hiding in a bush was able to defeat tanks since the invention of HEAT in WW2. Before that, they were other ways as well.
Comment · 4 years ago
I do not know for tanks, but for artillery, it tends to be much higher (few thousands) It is quite variable depending on if you re firing full charges, firing when the tube is hot, etc.
Comment · 4 years ago
There is an issue with that, being efficient in conter insurgency warfare doesn't necessarily translate into High Intensity warfare. Infantry support for armor is one, but things like maneuvers, operating under contested skies, EW, etc. When were NATO troops under heavy sustained artillery barrages?

I m quite impressed by the attrition in both troops, ammo, and material. More than Wunderwaffen, i think the lesson is more in trained personel reserves, as well as stockpiles.

Comment · 5 years ago
The issue is not overthrowing them, but finding a good replacement. Overthrowing one just to get another similar one is kinda pointless.
Comment · 5 years ago
The overall population is still way better now than it has been historically. I don't understand why both cannot be done in parallel anyway. It's not like we are investing everything in the space race, plenty goes on more earthly concerns.
Comment · 5 years ago
Not just bones. Muscle mass and the rest doesn't just disappear. In the sport i do (rugby), it's been evaluated to be a danger to players (increased risk of injury), and i would wager most contact sports are similar.
Comment · 5 years ago
There is plenty of brackets so all can play at their respectives levels, separation in different leagues for collective sports, different levels in individual sports, etc. You can have fun in your local amateur <whatever>, but there would not be any point in a game against professionals. And at the top level, olympics or international competitions, there would be no match in mixed genders for most sports.
Comment · 5 years ago
Or you simply don't believe in it. Which is a perfectly valid reason. Not everyone is just either ignorant or risk averse for crypto.
Comment · 5 years ago
Why put something else than meat though? I never understood this.
Comment · 5 years ago
I know you weren't, just providing some background information. If you were a local living in the colonies, any of the imperial powers were going to treat you rather poorly. But in continental Europe, the treatment of occupied Belgium/France would prefigure WW2 behavior of the German troops. In either cases putting entire villages and their inhabitants to the torch and sword was rather normal.
Comment · 5 years ago
In WW1, the rape of Belgium might have been used by propaganda and some parts fabricated, but was still pretty real. And it was not an isolated incident, but a policy.
Comment · 5 years ago
How come a double brick home would be worse for tornadoes and hurricanes? At a pinch i would say the first weaknesses would be windows and roof, not the walls.
Comment · 5 years ago
Yeah, a lot of companies that enter bankruptcy end up with wiped shareholders and new owners in the shape of it's creditors. It's not really news.

Then if some idiots think it's not the case, and there is value, let them bet if they so want, they obviously know better than Hertz. Hertz only decided to issue shares when their share price went over the roof, driven by those same speculators.

As long as things are correctly disclosed ("our stock is worthless, but buy it if you want"), caveat emptor.

Comment · 5 years ago
Lectores is still a masculine. And it doesn't work for "Lectores!".

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