Military Hardware in the Aftermath of the Ukraine War

[harbl_the_cat]

I predicted here that we're going to start seeing military eBikes: https://www.gunownersofcanada.ca/sho...l=1#post957157

I have a lot of other predictions I'd like to share.

One I was thinking of was man portable signals direction finding and jamming devices (to counter the threat of drones)

Can anyone think of any others?

[M1917 Enfield]

Dude, where's my eBike?

[Aniest]

My prediction: large amounts of the Western donations of hardware (guns, ammo, etc) on the black market.

[M1917 Enfield]

Or being captured, analysed and held by Russian forces.

[Stew]

I predict thousands of tons of russian scrap metal

[Macds]

My prediction: large amounts of the Western donations of hardware (guns, ammo, etc) on the black market.

This is already happening "supposedly"

[harbl_the_cat]

One interesting development is the clear need for "Combat coding."

In particular consider the vast amount of data a commander has to process, in particular with advanced battlefield command and control systems.

I worked on the command and control systems used by the USMC, British, and Canadian forces 17 years ago - but the volume of data that is being generated by things such as drones, vehicles, and anything with a fire control and targeting system is going to be utterly massive compared to what we were building.

There is going to be a massive need for technical operators who can rapidly parse, process and contextualize all that data.

A simplistic way to look at it would be the need to be able to write VBA macros in Excel which, depending on the dataset - can be quite advanced - which means military HQ's are going to need operators who can not just transmit, receive and record traffic (i.e. - Signals Operators) - they're going to need Cyber Operators who can derive meaningful intelligence from the vast amounts of data being collected on the battlefield.

[vonUgart]

A simplistic way to look at it would be the need to be able to write VBA macros in Excel which, depending on the dataset - can be quite advanced - which means military HQ's are going to need operators who can not just transmit, receive and record traffic (i.e. - Signals Operators) - they're going to need Cyber Operators who can derive meaningful intelligence from the vast amounts of data being collected on the battlefield.

In particular consider the vast amount of data a commander has to process, in particular with advanced battlefield command and control systems. There is going to be a massive need for technical operators who can rapidly parse, process and contextualize all that data.

5G network, plus fleet tracking with location and direction of every thing that goes bang - from your own artillery, to each ATGM and rifle. Add on top a self learning neural network that has artillery radar data, and your group of soldiers that are huddled together too tight can get a ten second warning to spread out with a countdown to impact instead of hearing a shell coming in... through augmented reality glasses. It's faster than humans doing parabolic calculations.

Flying cars from detroit expo...

[barkerlakebob]

Not much new for Russia and the US will be retooling to improve all the defects they found in their existing inventory !!