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1. Europe is starting to come through!

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Fri Jan 20, 2023, 08:03 AM

Jan 2023

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EXPLAINED: These are the weapons Sweden is sending to Ukraine [View all] Celerity Jan 2023 OP

Europe is starting to come through! ananda Jan 2023 #1

Ukraine is fighting their next war for them. 3Hotdogs Jan 2023 #5

Kind of what I was thinking. Caliman73 Jan 2023 #22

The Swedish CV90s are mis-eighties tech Dave says Jan 2023 #33

Excellent news! I'm glad to see other countries helping Ukraine more. Lonestarblue Jan 2023 #2

Interesting. Liberal In Texas Jan 2023 #3

Complexity is indeed a drawback. jaxexpat Jan 2023 #4

I believe one of the advantages of this system is shoot and scoot The Jungle 1 Jan 2023 #9

I was going to say the same thing as you, MarineCombatEngineer Jan 2023 #10

It's a human killing machine sucking life out of the economy and draining peace from the world. Alexander Of Assyria Jan 2023 #11

I'm going to assume that you mean the Russian weapons systems MarineCombatEngineer Jan 2023 #13

+1 mitch96 Jan 2023 #17

+2 Kaleva Jan 2023 #30

So the Ukrainian's would be better off fighting off the Russian's with what? Rocks & sticks? nt EX500rider Jan 2023 #14

The comment was a generalization regarding all killing machines, wherever Alexander Of Assyria Jan 2023 #15

So what do you do when someone comes to kill you and your family and steal your goods?nt mitch96 Jan 2023 #18

Argumentative and off topic. Alexander Of Assyria Jan 2023 #19

Yup, and a leading question also.. So to change the topic, what would you do? nt mitch96 Jan 2023 #21

Weapons used for aggressive attack: bad - used for self defense: good nt EX500rider Jan 2023 #23

+1 mitch96 Jan 2023 #16

Kick burrowowl Jan 2023 #6

Slava Ukraini! Thank you. This is heartening information. niyad Jan 2023 #7

I hope this helps to fast-track NATO membership for Sweden. bullwinkle428 Jan 2023 #8

Erdogan doesn't care about these weapons we send, he is too busy blocking us because he Celerity Jan 2023 #12

Yeah, but the instructions leave something to be desired.... Tommy Carcetti Jan 2023 #20

It's also a Can Opener, Fish Scaler, scissor, nail file, and has tweezers and toothpick Beetwasher. Jan 2023 #24

We are Sweden, not Switzerland Celerity Jan 2023 #27

Close enough Beetwasher. Jan 2023 #29

This message was self-deleted by its author Celerity Jan 2023 #34

Darn, I'd already bought my airline tickets to Stockholm to open a Swiss bank account. WarGamer Jan 2023 #35

Tanks, Sweden. JudyM Jan 2023 #25

It is hard for this peacenik to cheer weapons systems... albacore Jan 2023 #26

The math needs a check DFW Jan 2023 #28

Thanks for that explanation leftstreet Jan 2023 #31

I had a talk with my brother about this. More clarification: DFW Jan 2023 #32

The Abrams M1's gas turbine can run on basically any fluid that can burn, Emrys Jan 2023 #36

That's right... real gas guzzlers lol... WarGamer Jan 2023 #37

What Emrys said. Aristus Jan 2023 #38

The almost unbelievable Russian design of keeping their ammunition next to the crew was fatal DFW Jan 2023 #39

In the initial design stages of the T-64, the first Soviet tank to use an auto-loader, Aristus Jan 2023 #40

Germany now says if Poland wants to send Leopard 2s to Ukraine, it won't stand in its way Emrys Jan 2023 #48

This message was self-deleted by its author Celerity Jan 2023 #41

I missed that, sorry! DFW Jan 2023 #42

They put the wrong figure in again, ffs, you were right, 390 million euros is correct Celerity Jan 2023 #43

SEK has been shit against the USD for a long spell, and versus the Euro it's not great Celerity Jan 2023 #44

I haven't been up there in 4 years or so. DFW Jan 2023 #45

25%, 12%, 6% or VAT exempt. Here is a list from Skatteverket. Celerity Jan 2023 #46

OMG!! Kakor? Det kan inte vara allvarligt!! DFW Jan 2023 #47