Cluster Bombs in Ukraine are More Effective Than You Think

Did Cluster bombs work in Ukraines military counter offensive? What are Russian army mercenary Wagner group doing on the Polish Border? How is the geopolitics of the grain deal related to the instability in Africa? I'm your average infantryman Chris Cappy you're watching Task & Purpose, lets analyze that.
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[@Taskandpurpose]

Correction: 0.9 kgs to 2 lbs my Americanness is showing *blush* follow me on instagram for more metric conversions: instagram.com/cappyarmy/ also that's not a typo about 1023 countries, there's just 1000 extra countries out there that most of you normies don't recognize.

[@jamesbarca7229]

You were right though, 2 pounds is less than 20kg. .

[@prateekj5431]

Error at 1:23

[@KarlReimerGodt]

Those counties are simply not recognized for lack of freedom fighters and supplies.

[@rocko7711]

🇺🇦🇺🇦

[@JanTheHun42]

I was about to point out the lbs/kg mistake, kudos for the quick fix :) Love your content BTW

[@MartinBuhr]

As a former field artillery officer, I felt I had to weigh in on a few things: - "Grid Killers" refer to 227mm MLRS or HIMARS rockets containing DPICM bomblets. These have not yet been given to Ukraine, only the 155mm artillery rounds which have a smaller kill radius (~200m in diameter) - "Dual Purpose" refers to the fact that the bomblets can *either* penetrant the thinner roofs of armored vehicles (such as the rear decks of tanks covering the engine) *or* bounce up to explode at chest height once they hit the ground

[@j.f.fisher5318]

and I'd add that _all_ DPICM bomblets are shaped charges.

[@jm-jn9xe]

I don't believe they "bounce up." They just explode on impact.

[@murmenaattori6]

​@@jm-jn9xeYes, they are simply impact fused.

[@NathanDean79]

Well we Need to give Ukraine some of these Grid Killers! You say they haven’t been used and I ask why not? I think we should give them a shit ton of Grid Killers. That sounds like it’s very effective at killing Russians.

[@NathanDean79]

Bouncing Betty’s are a type of land mine and they bounce up out of the ground and explode about 3 or 4 feet above the ground. You step on it and it arms you step off and it bounces up and kills you. Our GIs had to deal with them in Vietnam. Landlines are terrible weapons. The Russians are terrible people for using them.

[@R34LI7Y]

Bigger issue for Ukraine is the amount of Russian mines, the special forces can’t infiltrate Russian lines like they used to.

[@danepatterson8107]

Which reveals the biggest issue: The Russians have already won because Ukraine has no capability to retake territory, and it never will. So we Nato nations send bombs and woe betide us when the grief of Russian mothers demands vengeance against us for supplying the defeated Ukrainians with bombs to keep the war grinding against Russian (and Ukrainian) families. Peace. Now.

[@granatmof]

@@danepatterson8107 How is a russian user "we NATO nations" Russia can't take Ukraine, they won't do shit against NATO without resorting to nuclear weapons. The only peace is when the last Russian leave Ukraine including Crimea's borders.

[@W1ldSm1le]

​@@danepatterson8107you'd have to have brain damage to think they could shit to NATO. Ukraine barely has an airforce, let alone stealth bombers and thousands of tomahawks.

[@user-jc2in3cp3g]

@@granatmofand the us and Canada leaving nato

[@countloco5362]

​@@user-jc2in3cp3gNATO is pretty much all American funded until this war popped off and now other NATO countries want to invest in defense!

[@nitt3rz]

In WW2, after the proximity fuse was perfected, the allies used artillery shells fitted with proximity fuses set to about 2 feet, and fired them at the German positions at the battle of the bulge. They worked very well.

[@ben9755]

It's not always about what works how well, I think, but also how much ammunition of any kind you give to Ukraine, which is, better just one kind of bomb that works well or two kinds of bombs that work well, i would always take both.

[@fukkitful]

2ft? Seems a little low. 2M or more seems more likely. I've heard they would denotate in the tree tops. Which sent splinters at the enemy below.

[@nitt3rz]

It was 2 meters, I got my units confused.

[@True-Sea-Turtle]

WW2 took 6 years to end The fact of the matter is war takes time. When you're living through a historic moment, sure feels like forever doesn't it?

[@iattacku2773]

The American revolution took 8

[@julianshepherd2038]

​@@iattacku2773till be going if it wasn't for the frenchies

[@LegendOfTheFLame393]

@@julianshepherd2038 it's always the French

[@HOLOD48551]

this conflict started in 2014 9 years and still going

[@dominuslogik484]

god ww2 must have felt like a lifetime to just about everyone involved.

[@fredbloggs7131]

Something to remember, the areas cluster munitions are being used are already heavily mined, meaning there will need to be a massive effort to remove unexploded munitions in those areas anyway.

[@bignig7223]

​@@qchtohere8636lots of European Forrests have mines lol

[@theterminaldave]

Do cluster munitions help clear mined areas?

[@tiffanylaserna1288]

@@theterminaldave Not really. At ground level the mine doesn't get hit by shrapnel unless it's a near direct hit by a bomblet. Maybe the cluster shell will take out a couple of mines, but then it also leaves a couple of unexploded bomblets.

[@phunkracy]

@@bignig7223 wtf no they dont

[@gherkinisgreat]

@@phunkracy there are quite a few areas around Europe due to two world wars and the balkan conflicts that are affected by unexploded ordinance

[@PitFriend1]

It’s not just that the DPICM shells make it more likely than a single conventional shell to hit a trench that makes them more effective against them, it’s that they’ll usually score multiple hits. Properly dug trenches like the one shown in the video follow a zigzag path for a reason. If a single shell does land in the trench it’s bad news for anyone in that part of it but the angles stop the fragments and much of the blast effect from clearing out the whole trench. The cluster shells will likely land bomblets in multiple parts of the trench at once, causing casualties in a large part of it at once.

[@B.D.E.]

Airburst HE is much better against trenches. DPICM perfect for counter-battery fire and against troops and vehicles in the open.

[@robertpella2389]

If it makes you feel any better airburst is getting uniform tungsten pellets!@@B.D.E.

[@neiltitmus9744]

And if one is laying in a trench with out going off you arnt going to want to run past it to defend against attackers

[@JackTalyorD]

They have another advantage of allowing older guns to keep firing. Idk ????? Ever 10,000 shells the barrel of an artillery piece needs to be replaced means???? 1 mouth out of service. They become so inaccurate that it's 50-100 meters off target That doesn't matter for C.M anything in that general area works. So rather than taking these guns in for service they just equipped then with C.M and keep shooting

[@polarperlen]

I found most bomblets in my unit when we cleared a mountain top in the Balkans. It was US made BLU-97's. I found one that didn't deploy it's parachute, making the whole cleared area unsafe again because of the risk of underground uxo's. I still have one of the "spiders", the lid that pops off when the parachute deploys, which I use as ashtray

[@nolongerblocked6210]

Interesting, now I'm going to have to Google what the lid looks like

[@Olsenator]

Well thanks for your service. And that sounds like quite the cool ashtray.

[@AcidGambit419]

Cool story😮 my dad is (was? Retired colonel) a master blaster. 28 years 26 EOD

[@henryrollins9177]

​@@Olsenator*Thanks for your service to MIC and terrorist US govemnt*

[@WellBeSerious12]

You didn't state your military.

[@h3ych365]

AMAZING VIDEO, there is an error at 1:16 you say outlawed in 123 countries but it shows 1023 countries, keep it up! amazing stuff :)

[@hanstoli6289]

Was just about to say this! Haha. Beat me to it

[@alexeyshamanin]

Yes. Just wanted to say that

[@YuiFunami]

double taked and wondered when all those countries got added

[@Charlux]

also another mistake saying 20 kg is equal to 2 lbs lmao. 1 minute in and already left.

[@jjww30]

No, this is accurate. They created new countries to make them even more illegal.

[@760raduran]

Excellent presentation. I agree with the concern about the "dud" rate for the early submissions. During my tour in Vietnam, I once had a Private who was demonstrating his ability to juggle. I asked him to gently set now the three steel balls he had been tossing around. They were duds. These were early versions which were two part. a spring loaded metal winglet frame and the munition shaped as a sphere about the size of a racquet ball. My nephew shared his experience in Afghanistan and he rarely came across dud submissions. While not scientific, I agree the dud rate may have decreased.

[@removedot]

The US had already begun getting rid of the ones that didn't have very low dude rates already also. They hadn't finished yet, though they were all FAR better than Russian ones.

[@Jehty_]

And that private was allowed to carry a gun? 😬

[@760raduran]

@@Jehty_ Funny in retrospect. For the record, I trusted my life with those marines (18 to 21 years old) then and now.

[@jasonmershon3941]

@@Jehty_privates are dumb. The ones who survive to become sergeants are Darwin’s choice.

[@jonp8015]

Welp, after you recorded this, Poland arrested some Wagner mercenaries in Krakow that were attempting to recruit ethnically Russian Poles into some kind of plot. So that theory about what they were up to in Belarus was pretty spot on.

[@baddazzyellaboi]

Source dependable?

[@johnryan6003]

Site your evidence source. Please.

[@clmBerserker]

Actually they were distributing wagner recruitment material, a poster with wagner logo which said "we are here, join us" with a QR code leading to a wagner recruitment page. This was in Krakow the 2nd largest city in Poland, and its said there are more such people elsewhere who have yet to be caught. They are lucky the police got involved, I know a lot of people who would see it as a unforgiveble provocation.

[@Adam_Malcher]

Ethnically russian Poles? There were 8203 Russians in Poland in 2011 census. Not much people to recruit. Thing you are talking about are more propaganda stunt that a real recruitment.

[@ghostpiratelechuck2259]

@@clmBerserkerHow many Poles are active in in ukr? Turnabout is fair play.

[@incendiarygaming155]

I loved the M795 factory footage 🤘

[@guderian6177]

Outlawed in 1023 countries? Damn! World got big all of a sudden.

[@rickknight1810]

Some "average infantryman"! This guy lays out the situation at a very high level of understanding, from the grind of trench warfare to the multi-dimensional chess game being played by nations in a very hot area. I would rather listen to him than 90% of the so-called experts you usually see on cable news. Just great work.

[@thefriendlyapostate8290]

"Average infantryman" is a mild understatement, I recall from the early videos him having been a platoon leader.

[@prairielandoutdoors7544]

The truth is is the average American Infantryman is an extremely well-trained and educated individual.

[@miriamweller812]

@@prairielandoutdoors7544 At fighting goat herders and rice farmers?

[@prairielandoutdoors7544]

@@miriamweller812 those are very ignorant stereotypes and I thought neither one I fought the best trained soldiers they had and they fought the best they as a matter of fact. Something you obviously know nothing about. Lmao Marxist cuck.

[@kimmjohnston4744]

​@@miriamweller812You win. This is and will be the most uninformed comment on this video. Buffoon.

[@Dr.Gunsmith]

Thing that boils my piss…3rd world countries like Africa are fine with us delivering aid, but take the side of the tyrants, maybe we should stop sending aid.

[@josephlunderville3195]

To say that 2 lbs is less than 20 kg is technically true, but also, which number are they closer to? 2 lbs or 44 lbs?

[@BengalLancer]

Americans and metric system😅😅😅

[@buddymutt123]

20 kg are maybe 9 lbs. Just divide by 2 and go slightly below that number and you will get a good rough estimate

[@newdefsys]

2 lbs, according to the 1023 countries that have outlawed them.

[@alperakyuz9702]

​​@@buddymutt123exact opposite, 9kgs are about 20lbs, so you multiply with approximately 2.2

[@Christoph1888]

​@@buddymutt123lol. Never believe people in comments. Look it up dude 😊

[@benjauron5873]

[From Deep Space Nine, "Siege of AR-558." Captain Sisko has suggested to use the Dominion's subspace mines against the Jem'Hadar.] Ezri Dax: "A few hours ago, we thought of these mines as the kind of ruthless weapon only the Dominion would use. But now..." Reese: "...they've just become a whole lot friendlier."

[@ArmySigs]

Nice, my favourite ST series haha

[@BradyBubbuhgum-fh4ny]

​@@ArmySigspeak star trek

[@anpan6282]

Reaching deep into the scholar text. You are a man of culture I see.

[@zarkmuckerturd2515]

but Rom, a person not known for his intelligence, came up with a method to demine, showing that he was smarter than the founders, the vorta and the jem hadar.

[@jhoughjr1]

Hollywood morality for ya.

[@HB-C_U_L8R]

I remember reading about the US dropping cluster munitions in Afghanistan and that the individual bomblets were painted bright orange so that the could be easily seen and avoided. The problem was that the Air Force was also dropping humanitarian aide MREs that were the same bright orange, and people were confusing the two. On a side note: A friend of the family was in an armillary unit at Fort Sill and his best story was about how they had a 155mm howitzer on some kind of practice pad and some of the men got real 155mm shells and bags of propellant because they thought it was supposed to be a live fire exercise and not just training. The problem was that the howitzer was sighted on the Lawton, OK branch of Sears. As the story goes they loaded the howitzer and were about and were about to fire when a Sergeant figured out what was going on and ran at them screaming to stop at the top of his lungs. Which brings us to the proverb that a Sergeant is motion outranks an officer without a clue.

[@tercel9710]

You mean to tell me that American troops were commiting war crimes in Afghanistan? Who'd have thunk of that hahahaha

[@khiem1939]

They were NOT illegal THEN and are NOT illegal NOW for the US to use them! @@tercel9710

[@bkane573]

Even if they were used. Which they were not. Their use is not a war crime.

[@T2X2ROFI]

​@@bkane573это военное преступление, потому что из-за кассетных бомб страдают больше гражданские чем военные

[@hollyd8989]

​@@T2X2ROFInot how it works

[@Achmedsander]

The cluster munitions aren't a game changer because they are cluster munitions, but because they are munitions that Ukraine can get right now. The US has a lot of it and it can be sent quickly and requires pretty much no training.

[@miriamweller812]

I wonder how many friendy fire kills the Ukrop Nazis meanwhile got with all that old shit NATO fascists sent them. Even the USA got a quite big friendly fire kills number and that with much more controll over everythijng and not pushed at all, since they mainly bomb defenseless third world countries. Now add utter chaos, terrible training, shit surveillance and using old garbage up to cluster ammunition on top, and you get thousands and thousands of kills by your own side. Since they mainly fool around not even at but in front of the first defenseline, which is mainly a blocker than anything else, they mainly fire at their own positions, while the Russian posions are dozens of km away.

[@B.D.E.]

They are more effective than HE rounds for counter-battery fire, and against groups of vehicles.

[@bigolboomerbelly4348]

@Achmedesander exactly. They exist in the millions and some are approaching decommission. Not a wonder weapon but rather a highly practical option that makes economic sense. But they have to be sent in numbers.

[@regentvoo]

It was raining heavily when he said 'it sounds like rain then chaos". I stopped to listen to the rain and realised they could have been referring to the explosions going off sounding like rain. That is scary

[@vladcraioveanu233]

Cluster bombs work especially against large enemy forces in offensive (open ground, large columns...). Against entranched enemies, not much. Also I suspect they can destroy residential areas quite well.

[@danhobart4009]

And Ukraine has been putting cluster and other types of bombs to good use on ethnic russian neighborhoods and villages since 2014.

[@bui3415]

That is true but Russia already flattened most of the places they're holding months ago lol

[@milo-qh7cv]

fire shell ammunitions might work better against entrenched forces

[@vladcraioveanu233]

@@milo-qh7cv thermobarics, baby.

[@jdilksjr]

@@vladcraioveanu233Napalm

[@uneasingcoma5652]

1:18 1023 countries... i didnt know we had that many

[@texasabbott]

Things have changed.

[@oliverbraithwaite7229]

I have been monitoring this war seriously especially since the killing of civilians especially children please keep up the good work bringing us updates......thank you

[@nekochen]

3:01 Blood for the Blood God! 😂 I can't help but laugh out seeing that symbol.

[@MCTicTac]

Wasn't just me then, thankfully!

[@kylecarmichael5890]

The big issue with cluster sub-munitions they just hang around in the environment for so long. It is so freaking hard to find them to remove them. 500lbs from WW2 are still being found in Europe and a 500lbs bomb is a large 'easily' found thing.

[@tomhenry897]

American are to have a 24 hour self destruct

[@michaelccozens]

Mmmm, not really. The thing about large WW2 bombs is that their triggers were very primitive compared to today, so they regularly buried themselves in the ground quite a ways before detonating. Those that didn't detonate at all could easily be buried deep, especially if they were covered-over by the explosions of other bombs in the salvo. This is why it takes so long for frost-heave to return them to the surface. Cluster munitions, as noted, weight less than 2 lbs, as opposed to 500, and have far more sensitive triggers. Even the 1-4% that don't go off remain on the surface, which is ironically where a lot of the danger comes from; kids can find the submunitions laying on the ground and pick them up out of curiosity, leading to detonation. But that's a very different thing from the context of re-surfacing large WW2 bombs.

[@thomashaapalainen4108]

Hasn't stopped the orcs from using them. So it's fair game for Ukraine

[@clmBerserker]

Its a problem but Ukraine notes each bomb used, and has a plan to demine the whole areas. The issues is Russia using these weapons and with no regard for anyone. So trying to moralize Ukraines use of these weapons is flawed at best.

[@Vulcano7965]

Here it is at least ukraine firing cluster bomblets on ukrainian soil. It is entirely in their right to make that decision. Russian mines are a much much larger problem since they mine everything from roads to corpses. No one knows where they are placed, while ukraine is aware where they firied DPICM shells.

[@james5905]

Dude you’re so good…. Your analytics and the way you present your information is like Rachael Maddow at MSNBC. You present nothing but a truthful journalism. You should get your own show in the main media dude. Oh thank you for your service and standing for the truth in the era when misinformation is leading the media world. I like how you analyze everything with FACTS.

[@thatonemothafacko]

Exactly like Rachael Maddow at MSNBC! Couldn't have said it better.

[@KevinLyda]

Russia has been using cluster munitions from the start. If they didn't want them being used in this war then they shouldn't have been using them.

[@robbaldwin6108]

well if you want to play the tit for tat blame game Ukraine was using them on civilians and separatists in 2014 and beyond, just sayin :P

[@raygunreagan2274]

You have proof or you just assuming that they have I’ve seen just about every combat footage that’s dropped from the early stages of the war and not once did I see cluster munitions being used

[@dmaddog1766]

If Russia had been using cluster bombs from the beginning eukraine would have started using them earlier.

[@dmaddog1766]

Btw where is your proof?

[@KevinLyda]

@@dmaddog1766 Just search for "Russia cluster munitions in Ukraine" and you'll find loads of articles in the press, reports from the ICC and a slew of NGOs and journalists which include photographic evidence. And Ukraine had a limited number of cluster munitions at the start of the 24/2/22 invasion - which yes, they did use. But they didn't have many so needed some to be supplied. Which the US finally relented and supplied in 2023.

[@snapdragon6601]

Even if the DPICM cluster shells that were sent weren't living up to expectations for some reason, they're still filling a critical role by allowing Ukraine to have at least something to fire from their artillery guns while Western production catches up to the large amount this war has shown that it requires.

[@baneofbanes]

Reportedly they work well for counter battery fire.

[@tilapiadave3234]

@@baneofbanes AND can be dismantled and used as individual bombs dropped from Drones

[@patriktoth6258]

​@@baneofbanesIts gonna be fun for the Ukrainian bomb squads&civilians...

[@yfelwulf]

Good news it's official UKR 400,000 DEAD and 2 MILLION wounded no Nazis left soon poor Preston.

[@yfelwulf]

You do understand they're NAZIS the Propaganda has been so good your clueless and still think they're winning 😂

[@Lizardo451]

Only the nations with negligible militaries have signed that agreement.

[@rickh9396]

I can understand not wanting to use cluster bombs on someone else's territory, but if Ukraine wants to use them to liberate its own territory, I have no problem with it. They'll be the ones who have to clean up the unexploded munitions so their own civilians aren't killed or injured years later.

[@stevedegeorge726]

Have to clean up the ruzzian mines anyway.

[@jackgunn1480]

Ya, except that's Russian territory now, and will be forever.

[@tilapiadave3234]

@@jackgunn1480 LMAO , Russia won't even be a country by the end of this ,, most of the east will be taken by China and Japan

[@GigaVids]

>I'm Only fine with death when it's suicide........... are you canadian ?

[@jaybelle1909]

You act like it's an easy thing to clear mines when it's not...

[@russeljavier]

DPICM have a shaped-charge warhead. The streamers or parachute is to slow it down and orient the shaped-charge towards the ground (the top of vehicles). If it makes a hard impact like on the top of an armored vehicle, the shaped-charge goes off sending a penetrator into the armor. If it makes a soft impact, it detonates like a hand grenade spreading shrapnel hopefully among enemy supporting infantry. Hence Dual Purpose Improved Conventional Munitions (DPICM).

[@MartinBuhr]

Fantastic description

[@patrickmaline4258]

one thing about today’s russia… they open the door to every kind of retribution because they abide by no rules.

[@Jeremy-wh4di]

Like people have said I think biggest benefit of these cluster munitions is purely the stockpiles available, they might not work particularly well but they are sure better then nothing. At one point I heard ukranian artillery crews could fire 4 shells a day, while Russian crews were firing 20. Russia has a huge artillery advantage so anything that will reduce that advantage is a good thing.

[@CyrilSneer123]

How can it be an advantage when your opponent has the worlds largest stockpile of cluster munitions? All Ukraine has done is give the green light to Russia to use cluster munitions which they did a few days ago around Robotyne and to great effect.

[@dwaneanderson8039]

@@CyrilSneer123Russia has been using them from the beginning of the war.

[@gerri577]

@@dwaneanderson8039 actually, russia AND ukraine have been using cluster bombs since 2014. You know, in the conflict that has been a war in East Ukraine since then.

[@Kapito13]

@@CyrilSneer123 Russia has been bombing anything from houses to kindergartens and you're acting as if these butchers need the green light to do anything.

[@MrRjizz]

@@Kapito13 overly emotional argument there mate

[@husker0415]

Excellent job of explaining the war, sir! Plus, you do it every week. Keep up the good work my friend!

[@luxdove3084]

He is full of sht and just repeats what cnn/msnbc sayts.

[@johncromwell2529]

Great work Chris More please

[@nedavis]

Props to Cappy for being transparent with his bias. Quality work great job man keep it up.

[@johnking3724]

it's good propaganda.

[@granatmof]

Most western KZbinrs are Pro-Ukraine. But it's nice to acknowledge anyway.

[@johnking3724]

@@granatmof Ukraine arrests western youtubers that aren't pro Ukraine. Great people over there. lol shitbags.

[@TheBloodyPoint]

@@granatmof Most non-evil humans, one would hope. There hasn't been such a morally clear conflict since WWII, a fact any soldier will tell you, and indeed is the reason so many have gone there to fight.

[@JL-tm3rc]

kings and generals is one of the worst

[@williamriisager8994]

Not that it makes cluster munitions ethically better, but scatterable mines have a near 100 percent rate of not blowing up when they hit the ground.

[@tomasgogashvily5350]

Ukraine targets Moscow Skyscrapers, considered as "psychological effect" AL Qaeda targeted Twin Towers, considered as "terrorism" Can someone explain to me the double standards

[@mm3mm3]

Another great video! Keep ‘em coming 😊😊😊

[@alex_channel]

Correction: Lukashenko is not a president of Belarus, he is a dictator who brutally seized power in 2020. Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya is an elected president in exile now.

[@АлександраА-з5м]

Why do you write your funny fantasies ? Sveta Cutlet , is the president of Belarus?) And all Belarusians as one for her?) Then why is she still not in Belarus, because if everyone is for her, then Lukashenka is probably already being kicked somewhere in the basement?))

[@alex_channel]

​@@АлександраА-з5м There are clear documented evidence that she won elections. Furthermore we see unprecedented repressions which suppress will of the people. Just a simple fact that after 3 years of elections citizens are arrested and tortured in dozens each day just for subscriptions on youtube channels, shows dictator's fear and his understanding that he has no or very limited support in the country, and that all what he has is just a brute force fueled by Russia.

[@kennethoconnell8476]

When I was in Afghanistan, Kuwait, Iraq and in Laos, I saw whole clusters, especially the BLU’s, still unexploded. in Laos many injuries and deaths were amongst farmers, because these BLU’s had slowly sunk into the ground over the years of war there. Farmers tilled their land with hand held back-hoes, when they hit one of these BLU’s it generally exploded and badly injured or killed the farmers. Not only was that a tragedy for the farmers family, the economic costs to the family and community was catastrophic.

[@twoninetwosevenone]

The operative point is """ the farmers tilled their land """ as opposed to being refugeed ( sic ) to a foreign land where he is not welcome or impaled like a scarecrow next to his wife and daughters.

[@zedeyejoe]

And the point is, Russia has already covered their areas with mines. Its all got to be demined anyway.

[@karlheinzvonkroemann2217]

This whole war in Ukraine is about NATO expansion. Anybody with a clue knows this.

[@zedeyejoe]

@@karlheinzvonkroemann2217 No, it just a happens to be what Putin says (and that of course is nonsense). You can look at the effect of Putins invasion of Ukraine, Finland and Sweden are joining NATO, and the reason is to protect themselves from an aggressive Russia. Russian military wrecked and Ukraines expanded. If the idea was to protect Russia, Putin has don't precisely the opposite. New Russian propaganda is that Ukraine and Russia are brothers and should not be fighting each other. Lets stop fighting and talk. That won't work. Only way that the fighting stops is for all live Russian troops to leave Ukraine (that of course includes Crimea).

[@dennisloobman8013]

@@karlheinzvonkroemann2217 we all know that, coz it's what Putin keeps telling us.

[@robmorris87]

Anybody who played worms armageddon knows how usefull cluster bombs are.

[@gkaplan93]

Fascinating video, thank you for feeding my hunger towards a military minded overview of what's happening (or at least trying to with the limited reports)

[@RedJadeArt]

1:15 definitely worth adding that a lot of the things these DPICMs will be aiming at would be vehicles which *aren’t* well armoured. Artillery pieces are what comes to mind, all the trucks which carry around artillery ammo and drag towed artillery around. Stuff that is not technically expensive but a real pain in the ass to lose it.

[@scrappile5925]

"and we all feel like we're being gas lit by nation states" Yeah I've never heard a more accurate statement about this era of the world, and sadly it only gets worse as time goes on.

[@NicholasWolfwood-md7vm]

Yeah and shameless folks like the author of this video are making a mint shilling out propaganda for NATO and the Military Industrial Complex.

[@miniaturekitty9679]

Thank you for actually admitting being biased towards the Ukrainian side, that is a brave step

[@Fullgrym]

I don't know if we should call it bravery or something far less endearing when someone admits he supports nazis.

[@max-cs9ko]

Ukrainian are supporter of nazi ideology thats the only reason why they are fighting against Russian and think they can win, i am not a Russian supporter but even in worst case Russia has option to nuke Ukraine, this war is irrational

[@michaelccozens]

@@max-cs9ko Oh, sweetie. Can you even spell MAD? Yeah, the Nazis were totally huge on democracy. Look at all the free and fair elections they never held. Just like your pal Putin. Enjoy your Novichok.

[@valentyn169]

@@Fullgrymbe quiet, ruzian bot

[@michaelccozens]

@@Fullgrym Which nation's leadership was actually elected freely and fairly?

[@tuntuu]

1023 countries.

[@julianshepherd2038]

EU has paid for serious infrastructure in Poland. German and French army can be there in hours. Britain has been pissed with Russia for two hundred years. We never stopped the Great Game.

[@OSTemli]

All three colonial country will get karma

[@vladtepish1790]

Russia used to be our friend, UK, Germany,France we went to war with all of them, and now we team up with them to go after our old friend. I understand why Germany supports Ukraine since Ukraine has an active Nazi party, but everybody else always claimed they didn't like Nazis. Just saying seems kinda strange, this is where we are now.

[@dakaodo]

This was an amazingly dense video (by the standards of popular KZbin videos), summarizing single topics covered in probably a dozen other news videos and articles I've seen. Big props to you for a great video condensing the past several weeks' hot topics into one easily digested 20-minute report for the many viewers who may not have had time or interest to spend a few hours a week scouring for news. Here's a like and comment for the algo!

[@whatsmolly5741]

That's what happens when you get a fat check from the cias propaganda fund xD

[@lulzicon7978]

@@whatsmolly5741 any evidence of that?

[@dakaodo]

@@whatsmolly5741 I think that happened more on the Honeywell sponsored video slash corporate promo piecee on battlefield lasers. AFAIK the rest of the time Cappy struggles to pay bills with sponsorships from oh-so-lavish companies like Goat Guns, War Thunder, et al. /sarcasm I think his positioning is a necessary niche for all the kneejerk nationalists whose other fare consists of what, FOX? He has a clearly pro-US bias, but Cappy slides in a lot of very gently worded questions that ask the viewer to ask what the official party line is usually hiding. Assuming that Americans will have to continue living with each other, this is the kind of compromise or at least appearance of such that we need in order to offset the polarization and accelerationist partisanship that's driving profitable news/social media demagogues. Pretending to be civil with our fellow citizens is what kept the US going for decades before the Internet came along. :P

[@hawklord100]

Eliminating Orcs is the priority, putting fertiliser into the ground the quickest way and any way should be used, it sucks, but winning is best done with the best tools.

[@rccola5167]

Those early cluster shells used by UKr were old Greek 120mm. Wide circular pattern with a few in the middle. The newer 155s are much more of a blanket.

[@jasonconrad1410]

I highly welcome such in-depth information from an apolitical source. Your report is obviously genuine, and eye-opening. Keep up the work, good sir, and keep our nation informed without the propaganda we have been (unfortunately) accustomed to. The Land of the Free and Home of the brave needs the truth. Keep it coming.

[@kevinpittman2517]

pffft LOL

[@mojewjewjew4420]

apolitical? He even mentiones he is biased towards ukraine in his own words so no.

[@gabe6475]

@@mojewjewjew4420how is that political

[@mojewjewjew4420]

because he is against russian and pro ukraine due to politics,he doesnt know anything about both other than what the politicians want them to know. Plus taking a side in a war is political or do you clown have some kind of ADHD?@@gabe6475

[@jasonconrad1410]

@@mojewjewjew4420 I meant he doesn't show an obvious bias towards either party. And in this case announcing a bias in that war is a sign of honesty. I like hearing facts more than opinions, and in my humble opinion, this gentleman does pretty well in this regard.

[@AlBundy310]

Yeah... Ukranians just bombed civilian target in Donbas with those cluster munitions... killing their own people...

[@Bob94390]

No, a dud rate of 2.35 % does not correspond to 8 bomblets in each cluster bomb. The US cluster bombs have around 60 to 80 bomblets in each cluster bombs, so 2.35 % would correspond to 1 or 2 bomblets per cluster bomb.

[@dwaneanderson8039]

His number was based on aerial bombs, which have about 400 bomblets.

[@brandong2040]

HIMARS DPICM will have 600+ submunitions per rocket.

[@jaybelle1909]

And he's going with the lowest estimate to try and cover up a war crime

[@zarkmuckerturd2515]

too bad we cant cover up your face!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣@@jaybelle1909

[@chokosabe]

"Is it going to grind to a stalemate"?! Its been a stalemate for 11 weeks now...

[@michaelpayne9712]

...and D Day was a stalemate for 8 weeks...largest seaborne invasion in history. Your point?

[@labi_rai]

Uncle Vlad said he won't care about cluster's 😅

[@vd00d]

African countries keeping their options open and not throwing in with US/NATO is rational move, given the US's fickleness as demonstrated by our international policy over the past few decades.

[@clarkeorchard2304]

Yes, this fickleness affects all the west it seems. GB and USA both signed the Budapest memorandum, meaning, it's irrelevant what NATO does, but we are morally obliged to help but we seem not to be fully doing so. Therefore our word is devalued. Probably making Taiwan a bit nervous as USA may not be reliable, as they are not fully committed to there word.

[@clmBerserker]

@@clarkeorchard2304 That and not to mention any potential allies are now looking at Ukraine as a example of what that could mean. All of our nations failure to fully support Ukraine is going to be a embarasing moment in our history. Took 2 weeks of weapons "our support" to arrive, and it wasent even anything close to what we could have sent. Even today NATO + EU arent supporting Ukraine fully. You can be sure that this war would have been prevented at the start if only our nations wanted to.

[@MrRjizz]

@@clmBerserker Afrcia has been dirfting more and more east for over a decade now. it all comes down the previous exploration and coup's organized by the west making the states in Africa becoming more and more hostile towards the west. same is true for lation American if u look at what countries actually support ukraine you'll quickly see that's its the united states and Canada, Europe are the only real supporters everyone else is neutral or pro russian even though these countries are heavily pressed by the US

[@coolerking7427]

The Africans are waking up and kicking France out. I guess we will go into Niger and start trouble.

[@jaybelle1909]

​@@clarkeorchard2304 us official position is Taiwan is China yet we recognize Taiwans right of independence but the problem is Taiwan hasn't undergone an full move for independence thus yes they are China if we like it or not... thus we are very limited by what we can do about Taiwan

[@MannyLoxx2010]

A Cluster Artillery Shell can devastate an area the size of 4 to 6 Football/Soccer Fields. I saw them in action during an Army Exercise back in 2004.

[@0MoTheG]

A single shell?

[@CONTACTLIGHTTOMMY]

Not a single 155 shell. A 155 battery TOT...yes.

[@miba8303]

Only when your government drop one on your house we will be sure they are effective enough

[@jonwallace6204]

My view on the ethics is that you can use whatever you want on your own territory in an existential threat situation. It’s why we have out nukes. Some weapons should never be used offensively in foreign territory, but defending yourself is a completely different story.

[@tedstewart114]

Does that include Palestinians using suicide bombers in their own territory ?

[@khiem1939]

As long as they detonate them with all their friends at a party!@@tedstewart114

[@АлександраА-з5м]

Any country can use any weapon against NATO on its territory , and it will not be a war crime ?

[@torehaaland6921]

​@gggg-xv7nbno they won't. Because it is a choice between Russian ammo with 40% dud rate, and western with 2,5%. Beside, there has never been held an election to determine how pro Russian those cities really are

[@clarkeorchard2304]

People say why is there no break through? Reason: travelling 100km through prepared defence lines is hard for anyone. Especially when the west has been slow and lacking in its supply. Why do we expect a sweeping combined arms attack when we have only given 15% of the requested mine clearing equipment and given zero air. You cannot have confirmed arms without air equipment. They have been making do and doing well with limited resources. Solution is for the west to over supply which we seem unable or unwilling to do.

[@granatmof]

The sad fact is, It's not strategically beneficial for other Nations to deliver the weapons and training to Ukraine for overwhelming weapons. First it depletes their strategic reserves of their best weapons. If they had excess they would have already sold them, and losing more means giving of strength. Second the longer the war lasts, the weaker Russia becomes, hopefully to a point where Russia may have to make concessions in addition to the eventual peace treaty. Third at the end of the day, Ukraine was in process to join the EU and was years away due to issues of corruption. Zelensky this week had to fire like all recruitors because they were taking bribes let people avoid service. The war has provided the political will and public support to root out extensive corruption, which he was limited before the war, but it's a process, not a day. Russian culture and by extension Ukrainian bureaucratic culture corruption was the way of business. Some russian positions were so institutionally corrupt they offered no salaries because it was assumed the person would make their income on bribes. Ukraine is not a formal ally. Zelensky could lose an election or become a dictator, or worse and his replacement could be just as corrupt as the person he replaced, except in the hypothetical of Ukraine having advanced weapon systems etc, now those systems may get sold or used against the interests of the donating countries. It's messed up.

[@nolongerblocked6210]

Also, Ukraine has not been using their weapons in a combined arms sort of way. They're still using them in the old Russian/Soviet style of one after the other. Until they get adjusted to doing combined arms & quit their traditional style it's gonna be a years long slog. The shortage of air power, as you stated, is hurting them from even attempting combined arms

[@jakehansen3418]

Well Biden won't be held accountable for not giving them what they need to win and only enough to keep fighting because the media is protecting him and his supporters don't think past orange man's bad.

[@thefriendlyapostate8290]

The West entirely bankrolls the UA state and the war; UA was broke already before hostilities started, some years ago they couldn't pay their gas bills anymore. We all in the West already pay for the war by inflation and so far, basically old cold war stock has been used (

[@sierraecho884]

They also never really used combines arm. This is in fact the biggest single point critiqued by US military spokesman.

[@mahdib9361]

2 pound is roughly 1 kilogram

[@bradhuffjr777]

2.2 but I usually stick to just 2 on smaller amounts

[@ValensBellator]

Frankly it seems like they’ve been as helpful as the storm shadows have been. Definitely was the right decision to send them.

[@struvrim7637]

long-range missiles are a complicated story. This stealth and its application leads to a rapid upgrade of anti-stealth air defense software in general. Now storm shadow has already noticeably lost its effectiveness There is also a problem with cluster munitions, and this problem lies in the fact that Russia has much more such munitions than NATO. If Ukraine has begun to use such ammunition, then what prevents Russia from starting to use them 10 times more?

[@parallelverocity]

Making fun of Russia recruiting Steven Seagal 😂

[@zarkmuckerturd2515]

lol those 2 deserve each other! Soon, steven will have marge greene and bobo to chum along with!!!

[@magnashield8604]

Aerojet ordinance created a clusterbomb variant with a very low failure rate. The US had so many in stockpile, they didn't really pursue the newer versions. Hopefully this has changed.

[@JohnJones-k9d]

Very funny. US stopped using these in the gulf due to US casualties.

[@annoyedbipolar7424]

@@JohnJones-k9d: The Marines drove over the fields where the bomblets had been dispersed that's why the casualties were "so high." The weapons worked as intended it was the Officers who made the mistakes. DPICM is one of the best defensive weapons the US has ever built, with heavy fire from a few artillery pieces, and a free minefield in one. Just don't go in that field until the engineers have marked a safe path.

[@WarPigstheHun]

Maybe. Maybe we should keep a balanced stockpile of clusters and precision explosives and "payloads" clusters for low civilian pop areas, precision when shelling cities.

[@TheOREGON1859]

I didn’t know there was a question of their effectiveness. I thought it was a question of potential civilian casualties from munitions that failed to detonate.

[@gumbercules3925]

We stopped caring about that because... reasons

[@Brisbaneman]

He is an impressive commentator in full command of the subject matter. So I have subscribed and look forward to view more of his pieces.

[@sirdiealot53]

@1:19 outlawed in 1023 countries 😂

[@TS-DTB]

😂

[@dragonslayer2107]

The problem is that all this support is coming very late in the war. If the West had given Ukraine what they needed sooner and not dragged their feet then the situation today might be different and the Russians might not have as many footholds in Ukraine and fortified defense lines to deal with. If reports are to be believe that Ukraine has only received half of the aid that has been promised to them and so far they have not received any western aircraft.

[@daexion]

The West is the ONLY reason the war is still going. That being said, I doubt they will receive any military aircraft from the US until the US deems it in their own personal best interest to do so. The US gives money to Ukraine to buy weapons from the US military industrial complex who give kickbacks to US politicians. Rinse and repeat.

[@sittinheretoo]

Yeah I don't know. I disagree with that assessment. Ukraine's focus was Bakhmut to attrit Wagner forces. They couldn't focus on defensive lines they knew we're being built at the time, at the same time. They did take Wagner out of play but also gave rush your time to build defense.

[@dragonslayer2107]

@@sittinheretoo Well, it is a war of attrition that Ukraine will have difficulty winning the longer it goes on. The problem is the Russians have no problems knowingly going after civilian targets as a part of military policy. And the West refused to give the Ukrainians weapons to strike within Russia. My logic is the faster that the West would have sent aid to Ukraine, the less the Russians would have been able to advance and potentially strike into Ukraine without being attacked back. The US is still debating giving Ukraine the longer range missiles for the HIMARS system. All this is happening because the West fears escalation and a potential third world war with a nuclear power. If this mindset continues what is going to happen if China invades Taiwan?

[@jorgemacias6751]

Make a video about how Ukraine used closter bomba against civilians in Donestk City?

[@dstryerone_5227]

Should change his name to task and cope 😂😂😂

[@Ed_Stuckey]

0:34 _weighing less than 20 kilograms or about two pounds_ TRUE - two pounds is about 19 kilograms less than 20 kilograms. Keep up the good work! 👍

[@peterszalaj4102]

No

[@guerrillazack1977]

For 8 YEARS ukro-nazi paramilitants of Azov, Aidar, Right Sector, Svoboda, etc...and official, legitimate and authorized Ukrainian army soldiers murdered over 15000 russian civilians from Donbass mainly in Donetsk with snipers, shellings, grenades, plains bombing, rockets and mines...center of civilian residents, parks, open markets, hospitals, schools, kinder-gardens... theres a monument called Alley of Angels in Donetsk for 91 children killed in Donbass during ukrainian terror against russian population (they call it anti-terrorist operation)...Who ever thought that Russia is gonna watch genocide infront of their eyes in their backyard, on their historically legitimate lands...must be crazy...

[@somnia3423]

Why did russia send their little green man to ukraine in 2014?

[@Scrat335]

Russia didn't stop the Ukrainians who lived in Russia back then from going back to fight. They also didn't stop volunteers. How could they? Hermetically seal the border? As for Crimea Russia already had soldiers there, they reinforced them and the Ukrainian units in Crimea that went to the Russian side for a time had no unit designation and therefore no unit patches on their uniforms. This was solved later when units were made and units were formed. Anymore questions?

[@guerrillazack1977]

@@somnia3423 because nazis kidnapped well known russians who fight for their basic rights and killed them as a reminder to ordinary russian ppl and pro-russian brotherly ukrainians if they opposed nazi-militants...Odessa mass killings of old peaceful protesters was normal to you its obvious what was message to russians, and where its going...green man were local russians, later when it was secured they stopped hiding their face!

[@kdeuler]

1) Keep destroying supply lines. 2) Let the next winter take its toll.

[@djtruth8425]

You definitely are an average American.. sounds like you've gotten a bit more of a push than normal on this one; you couldn't even get the right words out. I'll pray for you.

[@markamiller1970]

Thanks for this video. And I'm glad you are pulling for Ukraine against the Russian invasion.

[@robb8773]

If we and Europe would have given Ukraine the weapons they needed a year ago, Russia would not have had time to have such a robust defensive line!!

[@johnpatz8395]

Sorry if the world didn’t send 100’s of billions of dollars worth of military equipment to a nation that, before Russia invaded them, was labeled as “the most corrupt nation in Europe,” by virtually all the West’s MSM and even governments. Not to mention the US is paying Ukraine’s civil servants, and even pensioners, but sure complain the handouts weren’t fast enough.

[@vladtepish1790]

Or maybe they would have earned themselves a nuke, you should really think this through.

[@veritasaequitas2632]

The office block hitted by our drone were used by Russian MOD and GRU. There are their black ops offices. Last year "Rapide Kherson offensive" began in late May 2022 and ended in late November 2022. We work in conditions where enemy dominate us, from troops numbers to air forces. Already Russians must use their forces from strategic reserves on 3 from 5 directions of our offensive operations to protect "1st" line of their defense and bring their troops from other directions.

[@gyrogearloose1345]

Sorry . . . what is your point exactly? Please take your time to make a comprehensible statement! Thanks.

[@removedot]

@@gyrogearloose1345 I'm guessing English isn't their first language and they area heck of a lot better at it than you are at their language, dont need to be a jerk

[@johnnyenglish583]

@@gyrogearloose1345 just talk to him in Ukrainian, it will be easier as it's his native tongue. I'm sure you speak Ukrainian better than he speaks English, since you're correcting him.

[@gyrogearloose1345]

@@johnnyenglish583 Seems my reply (to somebody else - seriously incomprehensible) ) ended up in the wrong slot. Cheers

[@gyrogearloose1345]

@@removedot Seems my reply (to somebody else - seriously incomprehensible) ) ended up in the wrong slot. Cheers

[@TsunamiKitten]

Masterful as aways, soldier! Fantastic delivery.

[@Anonymous-tj8xm]

Why did you say less than 20kg (around 40 lb), but then say they were 2 lb each?

[@mage3690]

Conflicting sources and a typo, most likely.

[@SamBao]

1:16 123 countries? or 1023 countries? 🤣🤣

[@peterpayne2219]

Outstanding commentary, you are fast becoming my favorite military channel

[@duanelockyer143]

At last, somebody who has been among a military force and has researched the overall content of the battle Well done 👏 I was a sgt major many years ago, and I concur with your analysis

[@FrancisFjordCupola]

When it comes to cluster bombs it's not the dud rate that counts. It's the splut rate. That ratio between enemies still breathing and enemies prevented from doing just that. Or the ratio between the amount of cluster bombs that need be fired and the amount of regular artillery shells that needed to be fired for the same effect. For Ukraine, anything that offs Russians is a good thing. For the rest of the world, anything that allows Ukrainians to off Russians is a good thing for them.

[@odineproci2455]

Spoken like a true war pig.

[@markchapman2585]

I think Poland would wipe out the Wagner group pretty easy.

[@markjager8544]

AFU losses most likely exceed 200k. KIA, 300k wounded. All to gain a few inches of their country back. Beyond sad and pathetic….will all end horribly.

[@andrewyoonhobai8453]

probably a nuke if russia doesn't get what russia wants. Weird how the timeline coincides

[@killa2959]

As a Russian citizen from Moscow hearing about drone strikes 6 am in the morning let me tell you "We don't care" XD

[@XDSDDLord]

To be fair to the US, it is outlawed around the world because the official dud rate for none American made cluster munitions is over 50%.

[@jmggoblue]

I joined in 1999. Battle of Nassaria we had the Geneva officers or fun killers as we called em consistently interviewing us. Would piss us off. 300m behind the lines and giving us bs bc we could give a lil mist to our enemy's dome. We had the 16in m16 with no ACOG n took plenty of names for our fellow marines that got hit. Would be cool if you could do an episode on that if u haven't already..Thanks Chris. Semper Fi.

[@Xodok.]

Task & Propaganda

[@adikodocumentaries]

Spoiler: The cluster munitions were a complete flop.

[@miroslavhoudek7085]

Why is the "1000 tank losses" on the bingo card not ticked? Are there some doubts about this? Oryx says around 2200 confirmed, whereas AFU goes as high as 4300 tanks.

[@zadovrus1624]

12:47 there's slight a difference between targeting civilian centers and boats on purpose and missing a military warehouse / having missile intercepted above civilian buildings

[@jacobryan8483]

Anyone notice it said "outlawed in 1023 countries" 😂

[@lynchs68]

Why do you say UAF has taken back 50% of its territory? I am puzzled by these comments.

[@m2useinu]

Could America stop turning corn into lousy fuel to help the food insecurity problem? Maybe the farmers could sell the corn as food instead of being subsidized by the government?

[@zarkmuckerturd2515]

absolutely! We could replace the ethanol with captured russian rotgut vodka!!

[@DegeN.YNation]

Small note Ukrainian grain goes to Europe not Africa. Europe will buy grain on the market that was intended for Africa causing less grain on the market making prices higher

[@bohuslavhumplik6744]

Great episode Cappy! Keep it up!

[@elitemage101]

Appreciate the still entertaining, but more serious style of this video.

[@r9337s]

Great informative report! Thanks! 🇺🇸 🙏 🇺🇦