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Good. Now we can conclude that the numbers provided by Amnesty, HRW, Airwars, etc. are correct after all. (~85% of casualties are civilian) Or you want to say now you believe Hamas? Or which Hamas we are talking about? Amnesty-Hamas? UN-Hamas? HRW-Hamas? Or just Hamas-Hamas? You cant even decide yourself. Previously you refused to believe any numbers provided by independent organizations, accusing them to be Hamas agents, spreading "anti-semitic" (lol) propaganda... But suddenly, you start to believe Hamas... I've seen few worse propagandists... (also, claiming a random Telegram channel (a bot?) a "source" is utter ridiculous btw)

And the new devblog is posted yesterday. Leopard-1 is coming finally! One thing I dont understand, is why did the developers choose to represent the stereoscopic mode of the rangefinder instead of the coincidence mode? As far as I know both are available in the real thing, and while the realistic simulation of coincidence RF is easily possible, the stereoscopic is not... But still, its very cool update.

Why not Madagascar? Another genocidal regime suggested to relocate a certain ethnicity there, a few decades ago... Guess its just a plain coincidence no?

I'd suggest the same for you. You know, the above also applies to simple racists too...

Sometimes they are right, sometimes they arent. In case of Hungary & Poland, they arent, because they failed to provide any evidence for their claims about migrants. (however, amnesty was damn right in their claims about extreme corruption in hungary...) In Gaza, there is plenty of evidence for genocide, and the research they did is rather extensive.

One iconic vehicle is still missing from these comparisons: GAZ-67. How does that compare to the others?

Just because you are too lazy (actually : afraid) to make a google search, here are multiple. Answers all your questions, and busts all racist, anti-palestinian propaganda you spread here: Amnesty International investigation concludes Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/12/amnesty-international-concludes-israel-is-committing-genocide-against-palestinians-in-gaza/ Israel’s Crime of Extermination, Acts of Genocide in Gaza https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/12/19/israels-crime-extermination-acts-genocide-gaza Patterns of harm analysis, Gaza, October 2023 https://gaza-patterns-harm.airwars.org A cartography of genocide: Israel's conduct in Gaza since october 2023: https://forensic-architecture.org/investigation/a-cartography-of-genocide UN Special Committee finds Israel’s warfare methods in Gaza consistent with genocide, including use of starvation as weapon of war https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/11/un-special-committee-finds-israels-warfare-methods-gaza-consistent-genocide

The convention says: " to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group" You already admitted that the Gazans are a "group". So yes, the genocide accusation still applies. This is a lie. Most victims are women and children. No evidence... Just tons of footage showing IDF using captives as human shields, many reports about torture, rape, summary executions... Deliberately destroying food sources, water supply, medical facilities, and even housing. All proven by HRW, Amnesty, Airwars, and more. Even your politicians admitted it. Again, you are lying. ALL of them are part of decision making. Here is a quote from your hero, Gallant: "I have ordered a complete siege on the Gaza Strip. There will be no electricity, no food, no fuel, everything is closed. We are fighting human animals and we are acting accordingly." This already proves everything to be true about the genocide. Would you agree then if lets say, "Bumfuckistan" would legalize a party that openly praises nazism? (oh wait, this already happened in Ukraine... But you are fine with that) Proof is there. HRW, Amnesty, Airwars, UN, Forensic Architecture, ICJ, ICC, etc. Hiding behind LOAC is a weak excuse. And btw, systematic destruction of medical facilities is a war crime, in case you didnt know... So we are still at the part when you have nothing to disprove the mountains of proof of genocide. Only hiding behind weak excuses, and of course hiding behind accusing others of "antisemitism"...

Not exclusive to british tanks. LT vz. 35 (Pz.35t) and LT vz. 38 (Pz.38t) also had that, and if Im not mistaken, all japanese tanks.

This is BS, and a very, very weak excuse. And you know it very well. You also know it very well that genocide starts with intent. Lets say what the 1948 convention says: "... any of the following acts committed with INTENT to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such: (a) Killing members of the group; (b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; (c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; (d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; (e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group. For this war, points a,b and c are undeniable. But lets start with intent: how would you explain the many racist comments by your politicians? Like "its justified to starve them to death"? Or "human animals"? Or "no innocent civilians there"? Or "we will halve the population of Gaza in 2 years"? And ther are many, many more. This is the EXACT rhetoric that Himmler used. And IDF acts exactly according to these. Indiscriminate bombing, deliberately destroying food sources, deliberately destroying medical facilities, (also killing medical workers), blocking international aid, deliberately destroying cultural sites, and education centers. This is whole war is not just the tragedy of Palestinians. Also the tragedy of those poor hostages. Israel NEVER wanted to free them. If there were intent, they would be free now. Or you admit that Mosad & israeli special forces are incompetent? They were sacrificed to justify starting a genocidal war. Lots of people know it very well even in your own country. Thats why the mass protests.

Experience with Mk.9 Valentine and M4A2 Sherman during operation Wanda: "... battlefield experience showed that the 57mm-armed MK-9 tanks should be used to protect the flanks of M4A2 formations, or in clashes vs enemy tanks/SPGs, they should be used as assault guns. The M4A2 tanks had many drawbacks, especially their cross-country mobility. The narrow tracks, and the lack of spikes(?) on them caused that the M4A2 tank had difficulty moving on muddy roads, especially in autumn and spring, and also in icy periods... ... The M4A2 and MK-9 tanks performed poorly in battles vs Tigers and Panthers. Using them vs german heavy tanks was incredibly ill-judged, because their losses were significantly higher than the german's." + also some reports about the difficulties of T-34s when engaging Tigers/Panthers, 76mm gun being ineffective past 5-600 meters, also some reports that german tanks could destroy them already from 1500-2500 meters, and they had to be protected by Su-85 and Su-152 assault guns. Also that when visibility permitted, germans opened fire even at 2000 meters. Source: Számvéber Norbert - Ragadozók: A „Bäke” nehézpáncélos-ezred története, 1944. január-február (book from 2021, using lots of original soviet documents as sources)

Of course Tigers and Panthers were knocked out by 75mm M3. But it wasnt always possible to flank them. By 76mm, I meant the soviet 76. Not the american, which was significantly more powerful. I see one big problem with assessment of allied vs german stuff. In the west, most authors base their opinions on mainly the western front experience, which was vastly different than eastern front. As I said before, 75mm Shermans didnt shine in the east at all. There is very little literature about the eastern front battles (especially 1944-45) in english that uses most recent research. Only old myths repeated over and over again.

Now that you mention it... There is the AMX-10RC from the french. That is definitely a skid steer. With full armor kit, a rather heavy one.

There are solid tires for skid loaders too btw. As for the suspension, there is none. Everything is rigid. As you described, the wheels are fighting each other. I dont know if you have ever operated one, but it is very noticeable when turning especially with a full bucket. Sometimes it is accompanied with a violent jerking.

Skid steer loaders turn the same way, and their tires do not come off. Of course running them on asphalt or concrete increases wear significantly, but it is not that bad.