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David Axe
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David Axe @davidaxe.bsky.social · Jun 15
"Once in a while, when folks with brains, talent and big hearts make a micro-budget film, you get something special." bandsaboutmovies.com/2025/04/06/l...

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David Axe @davidaxe.bsky.social · 21h
There's A Reason Russia Is Attacking With Tanks Again. It Can Take 8 Drones To Knock Out 1 Tank.
There's A Reason Russia Is Attacking With Tanks Again. It Can Take 8 Drones To Knock Out 1 Tank.
Russian mechanized assaults near Pokrovsk are costly, but may slowly gain ground.
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David Axe @davidaxe.bsky.social · 23h
Yes, a heavily damaged tank can be restored at high cost.
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David Axe @davidaxe.bsky.social · 23h
Russian Tanks Aim To Grind Down Ukrainian Troops Around Pokrovsk
Russian Tanks Aim To Grind Down Ukrainian Troops Around Pokrovsk
Can the Ukrainians destroy Russian armor fast enough to save the city?
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David Axe @davidaxe.bsky.social · 23h
Putin's Prized Tanks Go Up In Smoke After Disastrous Assault Near Pokrovsk
Putin's Prized Tanks Go Up In Smoke After Disastrous Assault Near Pokrovsk
Tank warfare is back—but Russia’s newest armor ran into Ukrainian mines, drones
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David Axe @davidaxe.bsky.social · 1d
Russia Is Desperate For Tanks. Is It Desperate Enough To Use T-64s?
Russia Is Desperate For Tanks. Is It Desperate Enough To Use T-64s?
642 of Russia’s last remaining 2,500 tanks are T-64s Russia can't easily use without massive investment.
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David Axe @davidaxe.bsky.social · 1d
'I Told You This Would Happen,' Ukrainian Drone Pilot Writes As Russia Hurls More Tanks At Pokrovsk
'I Told You This Would Happen,' Ukrainian Drone Pilot Writes As Russia Hurls More Tanks At Pokrovsk
Mechanized assaults are back in a big way
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David Axe @davidaxe.bsky.social · 1d
Iraq's Scud Missiles Were So Terrifying They Drove a Quarter of Tehran's Population To Flee open.substack.com/pub/daxe/p/i...
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David Axe @davidaxe.bsky.social · 2d
Russia's Got Around 800 1970s-Vintage T-72As and Bs. It Plans To Upgrade Every Single One.
Russia's Got Around 800 1970s-Vintage T-72As and Bs. It Plans To Upgrade Every Single One.
The Kremlin needs those 800 T-72s to reach its goal of 2,600 new tanks.
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David Axe @davidaxe.bsky.social · 3d
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David Axe @davidaxe.bsky.social · 3d
Russia Forced Back To Tank Warfare With Few Working Tanks In Storage
Russia Forced Back To Tank Warfare With Few Working Tanks In Storage
Russia's oldest tanks—some 50 years old—are all that stand between Moscow and forced mobilization
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David Axe @davidaxe.bsky.social · 3d
Russia Has A New Tank, The T-90M2. It Plans To Build 1,800 In The Next Decade.
Russia Has A New Tank, The T-90M2. It Plans To Build 1,800 In The Next Decade.
Can the Kremlin find, or produce, enough hulls for a massive tank program?
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David Axe @davidaxe.bsky.social · 4d
A Russian Tank Battalion & 40 Bike Troops Attacked In Broad Daylight. Ukraine's Mines, Artillery & Drones Left Few Survivors.
A Russian Tank Battalion & 40 Bike Troops Attacked In Broad Daylight. Ukraine's Mines, Artillery & Drones Left Few Survivors.
The assault on Shakhove, north of Pokrovsk, squandered carefully stockpiled vehicle.
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David Axe @davidaxe.bsky.social · 4d
As Ukraine Saves Pokrovsk, Russia Punches Through Thinned Lines 50 Miles South
As Ukraine Saves Pokrovsk, Russia Punches Through Thinned Lines 50 Miles South
With more troops and vehicles, the Russians have the edge in southern Donetsk
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David Axe @davidaxe.bsky.social · 5d
The 154th Mechanized Brigade Has Some of Ukraine's Worst Equipment—And It's About To Fight Russia's Biggest Division
The 154th Mechanized Brigade Has Some of Ukraine's Worst Equipment—And It's About To Fight Russia's Biggest Division
Say a prayer for a brigade riding in old BMP-1s
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David Axe @davidaxe.bsky.social · 5d
In 1983, A U.S. Navy Strike Package Got Bloodied And Humiliated Trying to Bomb Syrian Air Defenses
In 1983, A U.S. Navy Strike Package Got Bloodied And Humiliated Trying to Bomb Syrian Air Defenses
The Navy failed where the Israeli air force succeeded
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David Axe @davidaxe.bsky.social · 6d
The Ukrainian 141st Mechanized Brigade Is Outnumbered and Outgunned. It Counterattacked Anyway.
The Ukrainian 141st Mechanized Brigade Is Outnumbered and Outgunned. It Counterattacked Anyway.
A swift assault liberated two villages in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
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David Axe @davidaxe.bsky.social · 7d
The Russians Spent 9 Months Saving Up Tanks. Now They're Getting Blown Up In Donetsk.
The Russians Spent 9 Months Saving Up Tanks. Now They're Getting Blown Up In Donetsk.
A Russian mechanized assault on Kostyantynivka ended with heavy vehicle losses.
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David Axe @davidaxe.bsky.social · 8d
Ukraine's 59-Kill Cargo Plane Proves Low Tech Can Beat High Tech
Ukraine's 59-Kill Cargo Plane Proves Low Tech Can Beat High Tech
Ukraine is launching every possible light plane to defend against swarms of Russian Shahed drones
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David Axe @davidaxe.bsky.social · 8d
'Die In Droves': 100,000 Russians Killed Or Wounded Trying To Take Pokrovsk This Year
'Die In Droves': 100,000 Russians Killed Or Wounded Trying To Take Pokrovsk This Year
The Russians are losing 1,000 troops a day
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David Axe @davidaxe.bsky.social · 10d
Ukraine's Biggest Artillery Craves Ammo. 150,000 Shells May Arrive Soon.
Ukraine's Biggest Artillery Craves Ammo. 150,000 Shells May Arrive Soon.
Greece is reportedly considering a huge ammo transfer.
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David Axe @davidaxe.bsky.social · 10d
Russia Landed One Of Its Last A-50U Radar Planes Within Range of Ukraine's Drones
Russia Landed One Of Its Last A-50U Radar Planes Within Range of Ukraine's Drones
There might be four flyable A-50Us left
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David Axe @davidaxe.bsky.social · 10d
Flying Together in RF-4 Recon Jets, American and Iranian Crews Once Spied On The Soviets
Flying Together in RF-4 Recon Jets, American and Iranian Crews Once Spied On The Soviets
Iran and Afghanistan have long been useful bases for American efforts to monitor its rivals
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David Axe @davidaxe.bsky.social · 10d
How Many Tanks Russia Can Produce Every Year—And How—Is A Major Mystery
How Many Tanks Russia Can Produce Every Year—And How—Is A Major Mystery
We’ve got some new clues
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David Axe @davidaxe.bsky.social · 11d
Yes, Russian Tank Production Is Collapsing
Yes, Russian Tank Production Is Collapsing
Old tanks are running out—and new ones are too hard to build
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David Axe @davidaxe.bsky.social · 11d
Ukraine Plays Deadly Whack-A-Bridge At Lyman—But Russian Engineers Are Winning
Ukraine Plays Deadly Whack-A-Bridge At Lyman—But Russian Engineers Are Winning
One river is helping to protect a key Ukrainian town
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