Mustrakrakis said:

...well, then it might actually be true.

Or it is a ruse.
You are aware of the fact that Putin is an intelligence serve man? A spy? Do you have any knowledge how the KGB operated? What strategies and tactics it used and the FSB still uses? Are you familiar with the concept of "maskirovka"?

Mustrakrakis said:

Like how?

I am not going to recite the last 30 years of policie towards Russia here. You can catch up on this yourself.
Only in short: they got very favorable treatment and lots of leeway in allmost any way. They also got financial support, trade deals etc.

Mustrakrakis said:

Having massive stockpiles of old gear is not a problem. Lacking the money to purchase stockpiles of new gear is indeed a problem. Would you agree that the lack of money is a problem in this case?

Well it can allways be argued that there only ever is one problem: not enough money. Yes.
But with the stockpiles its about inefficient use of the resources and money you have. Stockpiling stuff and keeping it in working condition costs money. Which is not available for getting new stuff. If you have literally thousands of AFV with all share spare parts of which you have stockpile to last decades it becomes highly problematic to introduce new equipment that renders all of this useless.
Just look at the Russian small arms programs. They simply can not shake off the legacy of the AK-47. While they tried and had some fresh and inovative ideas nothing ever really materialised. Because deviation from the familiar and compatability to exsiting stockpiles is more important. This sometimes is a problem in the West as well but for the Russians its on a completly different level.

Mustrakrakis said:

about some big exercise that concluded that Russia would successfully invade Poland in a matter of days.

Well, nobody really thought the Russian military was in such a poor shape.
Allthough again perspective matters. UA is de facto at war since 2014 and they improved a lot since then. They also have been warned. One of the major contributors to the failure of the initial Russian operation has been the fact the the UA troops knew that they would come. This makes a huge difference.
Because of the looming threat from Russia the Polish military also imporved a lot.

So Kongsberg will be making 35mm ammo for the Gepards?

I am not aware that Kongsberg produces ammunition for autocannons.

My bet is on NAMMO who allready produce 35 mm ammo,

schnuersi said:

I am not aware that Kongsberg produces ammunition for autocannons. My bet is on NAMMO who allready produce 35 mm ammo,

ah yes. One wonders what kind of projectile ...

That was absolutely correct 20 years ago.  I don't know what the kids are using these days.  I'd assume that it's better now.  It was pretty good back then.  We weren't hit by a single missile, so I'd argue that it was perfect from my perspective.

Moskva had 6 of these mounts.  If someone were to argue that they're so bad that 6 Russian mounts will underperform 2 western mounts, I won't challenge them.  I know what and how many was on Moskva, but I have no idea how well they worked.  That kind of goes back to my original point.  Her demise, when compared with her design criteria, tells a story.  It's not a good one, but it's not a new one either.

Pzh2000 using what appear to be BONUS smart 155mm shells. 

https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/vwpskr/ukrainian_pzh2000_destroying_a_russian_tank_using/

https://www.baesystems.com/en-us/product/155-bonus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bofors/Nexter_Bonus

I hadn't realized these were sent to Ukraine, but its a cool and handy design.

EmericD said:

I would rate the effectiveness of anti-ship missiles very close to the effectiveness of anti-tank missiles. SAM shot against helicopters are sligthly less effective, but that's probably because even a low flying helicopter is still moving at more than 150 km/h, something no tanks and no boats could do.

Thats something I've been worried about for awhile vis a vis the US presence in the South China Sea / Taiwan showdown scenario. 

I'm hoping the US starts focusing more on Cruise Missile Submarines and Cruise Missile Carrier long range aircraft, because I think the current plan of 'we'll just shoot down all the incoming missiles' is doomed for a hard reality check, barring some sort of 'sharks with laser beams on their head' secret development. 

gatnerd said:

I'm hoping the US starts focusing more on Cruise Missile Submarines and Cruise Missile Carrier long range aircraft, because I think the current plan of 'we'll just shoot down all the incoming missiles' is doomed for a hard reality check, barring some sort of 'sharks with laser beams on their head' secret development.

In the old "Harpoon" video game (that was extremely favorable to Western armies), it was possible to perform the complete "red storm rising" campaign from the Soviet side (eradicating all NATO forces in the Atlantic), without a single soviet loss, using only Tu-95s, Tu-22Ms, and hundreds of AS-4 / AS-6 missiles.

I don't think they use Bonus.
Most likely SMArt 155 has been delivered with the PzH2000.

What can be seen in the video could be the small parachute. But its really to low res to tell.