Canada has donated 89 new “ASCV” (Armored Combat Support Vehicles) with really modern technology and protection to Ukraine, but apparently they haven’t fared well.

 

Canada has donated 89 new “ASCV” (Armored Combat Support Vehicles) with really modern technology and protection to Ukraine, but apparently they haven’t fared well.
Problems include excessive weight (29.5 tons), leading to increased tire wear and ruptures in intense conditions.
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— Roy🇨🇦 (@GrandpaRoy2) January 16, 2026

29 tons is now excessive weight? Ukraine is changing everything. Increased electronics (to give situational awareness I assume) makes them easier to detect? Just a few years ago (to include while the war was going on) we or at least me, considered the ASCV to be a good vehicle. Now we're seeing there are issues. They can be corrected but I wonder if it will cheaper just to build new vehicles.

Bill Maher comes clean on the covid fiasco. Covid is the biggest scandal this nation has ever seen, all perpetrated by the Govt

We all knew it. Finally the left gets it after all that suffering they caused!

Bill Maher finally gets it - COVID experts were total frauds! Lab leak, Ivermectin worked, masks useless. We were right all along! pic.twitter.com/WHEsFijXUg

— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) January 17, 2026

This really should be huge news.

The fact that Bill Maher is getting out in front of this should be telling.

The idea that many people had their lives, careers, were unable to properly have closure with their loved ones (funerals), that many ill people were denied the support of family (6ft distance rule that kept relatives out of hospitals) is a sin and disgrace.

The US Govt took what should have been a simple medical issue mostly affecting the elderly and used it to place the nation on lockdown SHOULD have us all damn near ready to revolt.

Think about it.

Basic civil liberties were curtailed because they made a form of the flu into a 1000 ft tall monster.

Yet even today we nod it away with many saying we should move on.  I don't get it.

Open Comment Post. 18 Jan 26

China is testing 2nd group of amphibious barges. Apparently they still believe in amphibious assault

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Finally got an answer on why the French Mountain Troops wear those crazy oversized berets

The French mountain infantry soldiers (chasseurs alpins) wear a distinctive piece of headgear: an oversized beret they call "la tarte" (the pie). Its wide wool design offers practical protection against cold, sun and snow, and the shape allows versatile use in field conditions.… https://t.co/kgIdGz5nQp pic.twitter.com/k0Qnq4LWNM

— Tom Antonov (@Tom_Antonov) January 17, 2026

The Greenland issue won't come to war but the memes are hillarious

 

Free Healthcare Won’t Save You pic.twitter.com/AUCO6jvU0D

— Luca Maxim (@ChildOfKhan_) January 16, 2026

Ukrainian unmanned ground vehicle (AI powered) refused orders to retreat, held the line and allowed infantry to seize ground

A Ukrainian AI-powered ground combat vehicle near Lyman refused to abandon its forward defensive position and continued engaging enemy forces, despite receiving multiple orders to return to its company in order to preserve its hardware.

The UGV reportedly neutralized more than… pic.twitter.com/WMEQazOPsb

— Astraia (@astraiaintel) January 17, 2026

A damn near miraculous outcome but unsettling nonetheless. AI disregarded human instructions, somehow decided that it needed to hold ground and did, which led to infantry (humans) to seize ground.

Awesome right until you realize that they essentially lost control of the robot.

Implications?  Yeah.  A shit ton of implications.  The first that is downright shocking to me is that "man in the loop" ain't gonna be enough unless we can properly control (to include muzzle if necessary) the good guy robots.

Open Comment Post. 17 Jan 26

"These N*ggas Can't Even SHOOT Nowadays!" - Sniper Nick Irving

"These N*ggas Can't Even SHOOT Nowadays!" - Sniper Nick Irving https://t.co/15LvMUSKKQ via @YouTube

— Solomon (@SnafuBlogspot) January 17, 2026

MH-139 Grey Wolf helicopters complete first operational ICBM convoy security mission

Dream situation or nightmare?

 

every man dream? 🤣🍿 pic.twitter.com/3zrFgYbCto

— CINEMATIC_BUZZ 🍿🎥 (@1Cinematiczone) January 15, 2026

Speaking for the Commandant the Marine Corps would like 40 Birdon’s next-generation Amphibious Vehicle – Logistics (AV-L)

Thanks to Grey Forest for the link!

 

Of course he won't listen but I'm figuring 10 per division 2 per MEU. Question. A Marine Corps buy or Navy. I'm thinking Marine Corps. The Navy is all about Frigates & better Burkes these days. No money for this boutique stuff. The Navy is tired of our bullshit!

Air Force Special Operations Command shut down their X account

THIS PAGE IS NO LONGER IN USE AND WILL BE ARCHIVED

— Air Force Special Operations Command (@AFSpecOpsCmd) January 14, 2026

Does wayback machine work on X???? If it does I wish I had time to figure out what was deleted so I could determine what they consider "not for our eyes".

Hegseth is talking max shit. The strike on Iran is happening soon. NOTE. This was posted 25min ago

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KF41 Lynx of the Hungarian 30th Armored Infantry Brigade "Pál Kinizsi"

Epirus system CAN take down fiber optic drones

Fiber-optic drone? No problem. pic.twitter.com/UsfXNpayN6

— Epirus (@epirus) January 13, 2026

Ya'll do know that Ukraine asked for this weapon to be donated for combat tests but was denied don't you? I thought that it was because it was useless against fiber optic drones and across the battlefield they're the new big bad. Apparently I was wrong.

Open Comment Post. 14 Jan 26

US evacuating service personnel from bases in the Middle East

#BREAKING 🇺🇸 According to NBC NEWS, the United States has begun the evacuation process of hundreds of soldiers from the Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar, which is the largest air base in the Middle East. This is happening in anticipation of a possible military order against Iran by… pic.twitter.com/h84vn7fz0x

— Visioner (@visionergeo) January 14, 2026

They're getting people out so that when the retalitory hit from Iran arrives there's no one to hit.

European officials state that a US strike on Iran is inevitable now...could happen in the next 24 hours

❗️❗️🇺🇸✈️ 🇮🇷 #BREAKING
According to Reuters, two European officials said that U.S. military intervention in Iran is now considered almost inevitable and could occur within the next 24 hours.

See the latest updates with us: @NSTRIKE1231 pic.twitter.com/wzJTlLu13E

— NSTRIKE (@NSTRIKE1231) January 14, 2026

Canadian Infantry doing work