Russia - threadbanned users in OP

Taking out a couple of arms depots out is like the policing of drugs supplies they only get 10% this is stalemate territory Ukraine can't fight this unjust war alone time for a non nuclear nato involvement. Russian gangsters have a limitless resource of manpower and soon NK will get involved, we finish Russia now before its to late.

Ukraine will run out of steam but I don't want a Russian victory

Seems China are now supplying Russia with a lot of equipment from reports on telegram and twitter etc.

You've obviously missed the memo, the US and China are in a mending phase so probably just Russia bots.

China helping Russia would be a waste when everything is cheaper for them in a fire sale.

The old school left was full of useful idiots. Their main core belief when it came to international relations was that imperialism is something that only the west can do. When other large countries invade and annex their neighbours, it's totally different and the west's fault for making them do it.

The old-school left was very receptive to Russian propaganda for years, mostly due to them sharing common ground when it came to the labour movement. During the time of the USSR, you would really struggle to find anyone on the right being such a useful idiot.

That's changed a lot in the last 10 years or so. Now you can find the useful idiots at both ends of the horseshoe.

The neocons invaded Iraq on a false pretext and left us in Europe dealing with millions of displaced people after they post interest and went home.

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Maybe, but its not just about the ammunition, its about the logistics that were used to get that ammunition there to the front t line in the first place and the logistics needed to replace them

How long is that area going to have to wait to get replacements

These thoughts of the endless supply of Russian artillery munitions and what they may get from North Korea are one thing

but the Russians are notoriously bad at weapons logistics, still manhandling crates instead of pallets

Ukraine will run out of men - B

Russia has vast amounts of manpower - I

North Korea will help - N

what about Iraq - G

Almost got today's card. Must be panic on the fronts.

They are going close enough to be hit with HIMARS with it's tungsten warhead.

Assuming they are private haulers.

seems like a fairly obvious keyboard assumption given China will certainly receive lots of battlefield data on the use of its equipment, and we know their open policy on Taiwan, where military tension and posturing and brinkmanship has been a constant for decades now. This includes DPRK.

Anyone want a go at translation?

What other weapons than possibly shells and small drones have the Chinese supplied?

No tanks, sea drones, landing vessels, Chinese versions of Himars or their J-10 jets to learn from - These would all be needed to attack Taiwan and therefore would be fairly obvious equipment to receive battlefield data on their use. An obvious keyboard assumption indeed.

They could supply Ukraine.

@Rawr I feel like that is underestimating the Chinese approach to things quite considerably. While their command & control style is very much Red Army ca. 1960s i.E. highly centralised, this has slowly been changing over the last decade or so, especially on the naval side of things. The PLA Navy has increasingly pushed out to blue water operations, sending ships to the Horn of Africa on a regular basis, and using their diplomatic clout /economic blackmail as part of the Belt & Road initiative to secure ports and bases further afield in the process.

As for their equipment, once again the last decade or two have seen a sea change in that regard. Originally yes, a lot of their equipment would have been carbon copies of Russian, or indeed Western equipment. But China's approach ever since their opening to the west in the 1970s has been threefold: Imitate, Iterate, Innovate.

Now, what do I mean by that?

• Imitate: This is fairly straightforward. Take foreign designs and copy them. Prime examples of this would be the Chengdu J-7, originally a carbon copy of the MiG-21, the Xian H-6 bomber, a clone of the Tupolev Tu-16 Badger, or indeed the Liaoning, the PLA Navy's first aircraft carrier, which is literally just the former Soviet/Russian aircraft carrier Varyag.
• Iterate: At this stage, what were up until now carbon copies will start receiving modifications based on the PRC's needs and operational experience. Later versions of the J-7 would be a classic example, as would the later J-11, or indeed China's current primary carrier fighter, the J-15. China's second aircraft carrier, the Shandong is a pretty good example as well, sticking to the general layout of the Liaoning/Varyag but introducing improvements to the engines, deck layout, island superstructure and sensors/combat systems.
• Innovate: At this point, the PRC takes everything it has learned from the previous stages and uses it to custom design equipment specifically for their use. In many areas, China reached this point quite a while ago. Their latest aircraft carrier, the Fujian, the Chengdu J-20 stealth fighter, or even the regular J-10, as well as most surface warships of the PLA Navy are clear examples of this. Especially the Fujian should not be underestimated. She's the size of the second generation of US Navy super carriers and will be the largest non-US carrier once she enters service in another year or two. Besides, a fourth aircraft carrier, this one expected to be nuclear-powered, is already under construction.

This is not just restricted to military matters, by the way. Whether it's cars, trains, consumer electronics or even civil airliners, the PRC has been systematically using this approach to build up and then fine-tune its industrial base. Just compare some of the early Xiaomi or Huawei smartphones to the current models. The jump in quality goes far beyond the general changes for the industry. The same for cars, scooters, etc..

Does every single one of these designs work? No, of course not. China's first attempt at an airliner, a carbon copy of the Boeing 707 called the Y-10, was so pathologically unstable as to be almost useless, and several earlier Chinese car designs have well-earned reputations as death traps. Not to mention the 79€ tablets or smart phones that you can buy via aliexpress or similar sites. But this low-price low quality segment is no longer the entirety of China's technological capability and it would be foolish to underestimate this country, its ambitions or its capabilities.

Now, I do agree with your assessment that Chinese equipment is not up to western standards. However, it is significantly better than anything Russia can produce in mass numbers and what's more, China has both the manpower and the manufacturing base to crank out massive numbers of even advanced military systems.

Whether their command & control capabilities, as well as their doctrine, is able to keep up is another matter.