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@OperatorDrewski Honestly, I think VTOL VR may be up there in the top ten games I have ever played. It's phenomenal. Such fun

Flying F22's in VR is insane. You have no idea how agile thrust vectoring makes you until you're circling in a fight at double the rate the bandit is.

@MartinJCooke Landlord is the best imo

I strongly believe that British ale is a fundamental factor in our greatness. Timothy Taylor’s Landlord is one of the best.

@OSINTua Any roll for artillery?

Today Russians attacked near Lyman. With the help of drones, Ukrainian infantry brigades destroyed 2 tanks, 5 APCs (BTR-82AT and BTR-70M), 5 BMP-3, 2 BMP-2, and more than 40 ATVs(!). A decent number of IFVs were stopped with the help of remotely placed mines. Massacre. We knew that they were planning to attack. Everyone was prepared. Two days ago, at Porkovsk direction, the 6th tank regiment attacked and lost 3 BMP-2, 1 tank, and approximately 10 ATVs. A lot of other equipment and personnel were lost near other villages at Pokrovsk direction. Spring exacerbation?

@WARDOGS Wow - the sounds are amazing!

Now it’s our turn to show off 😎 In WARDOGS, unique inspect animations aren't just for weapons. We’ve brought that same level of detail to our Equipment Items as well.

@OSINTua Does artillery play a suppression / canalising role which doesn't show up in 'kill' stats like these (a role which drones benefit from)

This post is related to my previous one. Efficiency of targeting by artillery and FPV drones from the Russian side. Porkovsk direction. February 2026. - 1232 regiments fired 316 shells (122 and 152 mm). The efficiency was 0.5 and 0.8%. And launched 480 FPV drones. The efficiency was 57%. - 1195, 1438, 1452, and 348 regiments fired 1146 shells (122 and 152 mm). The efficiency was 1,61 %, 0,78 %, 1,65% and 1.55%. 1452 managed to open fire 146 times and hit zero times. At the same time, the efficiency of the launch of FPV drones was 54% (500 FPV were launched), 62% (480 FPV), 64% (691 FPV), and 33% (353 FPV). There are multiple reasons for the low efficiency of the artillery: from bad and different types of ammunition to unclassified artillerymen. Also, I need to add that these regiments are far from being good ones and were created in the 2022-2023 period.

@IEAmbPoland @Pras_fpl 🤣🤣🤣

@Pras_fpl Can Chelsea amortosize those goals over 8 years to win 1-2?

8-2 say this, but Chelsea are out of Europe

@KofmanMichael I wonder if we will see hard kill CUAS on armoured vehicles this year - @allencontrol style or other types of systems. Until that is deployed I can't see armour breaking through in a meaningful way

Usually there is a wave of mechanized assaults around April and then they're once again revealed to be costly and ineffective. UA defense is optimized for defeating mech assault, and much of the fight is about suppressing or displacing opposing drone teams.

@MatthewStanger @timstillman_

@OSINTua Will artillery and small arms ever have their again? Stats like that make it seems like their has been a revolution in military affairs, not an evolution.

A video on how an Iranian FPV drone attacks a military base in Iraq reminded me of recent data about Russian losses in this war. One of the regiments under 8 CAA suffered 725 KIA since the beginning of the year, where 90% where caused by drones, 7% by remote mining (that also made by drones), 2% by artillery, and less than 0.5% by close combat with small arms. After 4 years in Ukraine, the world is far behind in the real understanding of the transformation of warfare. Developed countries continue thinking that UA and RU are fighting with drones because we are poor and technologically backward (and it's only partly true). Destroyed Russian KVN drone that was placed for ambush behind the frontline.

@PoptartNoahh @ControlledPairs Honestly it's the best of the best for tactical shooters in VR. I am hooked! This and VTOL dominate my gaming time...

@ControlledPairs Still need to play this thing

TAVR added a bunch of new stuff... including a 320 and a sniper mechanics rework.

@mccloskeybooks I haven't... but wanted to say that the Persian is absolutely stunning. As per usual! Chapeau

Anyone on here spent time on one of the local islands of the Maldives? Not hemmed in a resort with overwater bungalows. Asking for fictional characters

@Jack_Watling @warmatters Cannot wait for this, Jack!

Hard copies just arrived! Statecraft: The New Rules of Power in a Divided World To be published Thursday, 19 March: amazon.co.uk/Statecraft-Rul…

@Rebel44CZ @orko_8 @oryxspioenkop Hats off to you Jakub - you do a fantastic job

@orko_8 @oryxspioenkop After the founder of the Oryx Blog had retired, the website was handed over to me to finish documenting the war in Ukraine. And I am still updating the main loss lists.

Wish you were here. Sorely missed. @oryxspioenkop #OSINT

@matteo311 VTOL VR and @officialtavr have to be there - and I'd argue top ten!

I am completely re-doing my top 100 all time VR games list from scratch this year and I'm terrified I'll miss some great games. Let me know your favorite lesser known VR games, so I make sure to include them

@ControlledPairs @officialtavr I've started playing the PCVR version and I'm not going back! What an amazing game - Jarvis and co adding so much to it at the moment. Love it!

You're probably not playing @officialtavr enough.

VTOL VR must be the greatest flight sim ever made - wowzers

@DAlperovitch @waltuuuhr You are right of course, although after a few months of this and munitions usage it feels China may have had the best opportunity if they had been ready...

@waltuuuhr No invasion is imminent. So it has no effect

I wonder if the recent military action in Venezuela and especially Iran (pretty much a full scale war at this point) has given Xi or the remaining Chinese military leaders any second thoughts on invading Taiwan @DAlperovitch thoughts? any podcast planned for this?

@AaronBMacLean @CBSNews @TheFP @schoolofwarpod You do a top job, Aaron - congrats

Some personal news! I’m joining @CBSNews and @TheFP, and @schoolofwarpod is moving to a new home at The Free Press. Check out a live-streamed episode of School of War at noon ET today with former CENTCOM commander General Frank McKenzie, where we’ll unpack the war in Iran.

@OperatorDrewski It's so good!

Our game Bellum is entering closed beta soon! Check out the devblog for more info:

@Jonpy99 The key to offensive power in the war (on both sides) is gaining a tactical advantage in CUAS. Technology like @allencontrol - until that's deployed I can't see mechanised success

I believe by summer Russia will be forced to go back to mechanized attacks. The ever increasing massive human casualties, Ukrainian disruption of AD and home industries, falting economy and lack of territorial advances...