Sponsored by Ground News: Compare news coverage from diverse sources around the world on a transparent platform driven by data. Try Ground News today and get 40% off your subscription: ground.news/perun Edit: Correction for roughly the 11 minute mark when I flub the audio discussing BMP losses. I state that BMP-3 losses in 2024 were 80% of the total for BMPs. As per the chart, 80% is approx. the BMP-1 + BMP-2 total, with the BMP-3 figure mostly unchanged from the other periods at around 20%. This should be clear from the chart and context but wanted to flag the audio flub as it is an important data point. Today we have an episode that brings together everyone's favorite things - graphs, stats and the occasional satellite image. To really give more meaning to some of these figures though, we have to have Ukrainian figures to compare them to and project them against. That episode is currently in the works and will likely release either later this month or in August (with the determining factor being how quickly I can bring the data together in a way that I believe is robust enough to publish). If you're wondering where a lot of the comparison and projection type graphs are - they'll likely be in that follow on episode. Thanks for the ongoing tolerance of the rough voice as I close out my recovery, and I hope to see you all again next week.
Hi, thank you for all the great videos! I've just re-watched the "How Corruption Destroys Armies" video, and have a suggestion/request for a future video: corruption in Ukraine. In German social media (and probably all over the world) there's usually the "argument" that Ukraine is one of the most corrupt countries in the world, and thus it is as bad as Russia. (Orsomethinglikethat.) But I am curious how bad corruption actually is in Ukraine and how it changed over the years, in particular after the Russian invasions of 2014 and 2022.
Hello Perun - thanks for the update on Russian losses data I was wondering if there could be a similar update video on Korea's 2022 Poland defense deal, something which you made a video of at the time. As I understand, Korea has made some deliveries and some parts of the negotiations are still ongoing. There also appears to be Polish frustrations over how the deal is being played out (something about not enough K2 tanks to be built in Poland?) Also there were spillover effects for Korea in Romania and potentially a military airworthiness certification deal w/ NATO. This could be an interesting way to see the pros and cons of international defense procurements, how to gain advantages in contract negotiations, and the fun "lost in translation" part of east-west interactions leading to mutual frustration - and how to resolve them.
Can you explain why you think that the Russians would deliberately use irrational strategies? Your arguments lack cogency. The argument you advance in the "losses" section makes no sense, there is no reason to conclude that the Russians would expend more valuable assets above less valuable ones, or that they would deliberately avoid tactics that are expedient.
The graphs at the 20 minute mark were pretty difficult to read for us colourblind peeps. The red and green specifically (I'm red-green colourblind). They sorta blend together and it's hard to see when one ends and another begins.
Perun, sarcastically: I'm sure you're all ready for an exciting episode of statistics and graphs... The audience, totally sincere: Aww yeah, that's the good stuff.
statistics can be as good as the source of data, if you apply statistic to fiction, you get fictional statistics. Making an hour long video doesn't mean the data is solid. Actually there is almost no data at all.
You know you're living in the future when TH-camrs are complaining about the potato quality of some privately commissioned high-resolution, spy satellite imagery of Russian military facilities.
wow. 70 years ago, pilots had to risk their lives to take those kind of pictures. 40 years ago, the top secret government echelon spent a significant fraction of their defence budget to get them. now private citizens can order some picture from a spy satellite for pocket money.
@@rayzerotIt's high resolution when compared to most satellite imagery (see Google Maps) but potato quality for the purposes of counting and identifying individual vehicles in giant yards. Contradictory in description but makes sense in context. But yes it is funny
@@errorcrj110in absolute fairness, that low level "satellite imagery" is from airplanes flying at perfectly normal commercial airplane aptitudes. For actual commercial satellite imagery on Google go find absurdly rural areas in the middle of nowhere without human navigation like rural Canada and Alaska and Russia or the barren islands around Antarctica.
1:52 - "I'm sure you're all ready for an exciting episode packed with statistics and graphs-" Perun remains confused and bewildered by the enthusiastic interest in his content
@@aickavonUkranian sources are always one western package from tipping the scale. Russian sources are always "this isn't my final form yet" And yet they are still locked in WWI style conflict, so their forces should be quite even. And when you peruse the data like Perun does it's actually representative of the situation.
@@Andrew12217 Even regarding the F-16 people say that this will totally the war winning stuff , while they truly help ofcourse, its not the wunderwaffen people think it is
I don't even think it's a bit, he's probably quite perplexed about it, I know I am perplexed by his ability to enthrall me with the world's most boring presentation template. I assume that bargains have been made with various elder gods, and I'm absolutely okay with that.
10:25 ”If you’re unlucky, you get a tank from when the Beatles were the new kids on the block.” … And if you’re lucky, you get one from when The New Kids On The Block were the new kids on the block.
these data-centric deep dives are my absolute favorite type of Perun vid. I know they’re probably high effort so I’m not trying to push for one every week. But man are these fun.
Glad to hear. Data driven eps have much longer prep times but a major part of that is because validation is a time sink with no limit. You can always find another way to check something if you want to. And even then, you may still have things sneak through. The bonus though is you still have all your sheets and image libraries after the ep itself is finished, and I find myself referring to those in the future. For example, I still check the original data from some of the 2022 episodes sometimes when I'm looking to check how things have changed over time.
@@PerunAU This is what's so great about the consistency of your weekly release schedule (the single break due to illness can obviously be ignored). You are building an entire library of data-driven content that can be used as reference material well into the future. Thanks for your efforts once again.
@@PerunAUTo riff on the idea of your series being a solid historical record, I would like to raise the issue of future accessibility, and request you put some thought into a compilation / alternative delivery and archiving of the series as a way to mitigate platform risk. Don't be at the mercy of youtube's future business decisions for audience access.
Where did you see any data? He just showed some graphs, non of them even had specific data. He showed graphs in percent not total numbers, so these graphs can't be even used to collaborate Ukraine defense ministry data that as of 14.07.2024 Russia has lost Tanks - 8206 (+7) and Armored fighting vehicle - 15811 (+32)
He mentioned that he studied the eastern front in university. Being such a learned bloke as he is, i guess he made some efford in at least reading german, if only in phonetics.
@@hrvojestanic1791 Thank you for your comment. Perun really is one of the four main gods (Svarog/creator of all life, Svarožić/sun god, Veles/god of fertility and law) in Slavic mythology and is, according to Wikipedia, the god of thunder and lightning, the god of war and the supreme god of the Slavs.
On one hand, we have mainstream media sources that have large budgets and plenty of people that can in theory research the validity of what they publish. Their “news” is very dramatic and eye-catching. On the other hand, we have one Australian boi who makes PowerPoint presentations with his free time using spreadsheets of numbers. I know which side I prefer to take! Let’s go team PowerPoint
@@andrewreynolds4949 Well yeah, most peoples' eyes just glaze over once they see spreadsheets and numbers. You can't expect your average Joe to be interested in loss, recovery, refurbishment and production rates of varying Soviet and Russian materiel designs. It's just too niche.
You see, Perun, when you say "ignoring that equipment wears" discussing Ukrainian MLRS, you don't take in account that if Ukraine has -900 MLRS on balance, once a negative MLRS wears out you get +1 MLRS available for Ukrainian forces.
I have been citing to others a point Perun made in a previous Powerpoint related to this: Countries that have a MIC don't actually 'run out' of military gear. They just get low, which means differences for fighting.
Things just got even more uncertain and concerning here in the 'States. I have been caring for my folks and now just my Mom for several years and I am currently moving her out of her home of 25 years. I am grateful to creators like yourself for providing deep and sober examinations of the most consequential news of our world. Honestly, I believe I would have fallen all the way out of my tree over the last few years if I'd been limited to consuming just the corporate media and the wing-ding conspiracy grifters! Thank you!
Agreed, the quality of the corporate media is terrible. I am not even talking about bias, which is bad enough, but just the fact the journalists seem to not a have a clue what they are talking about when it comes to military matters.
It goes deeper than military matters. Get yourself a social group with a variety of professional backgrounds present, then ask the room what happens any time something relevant to their profession makes the news cycle. The pattern you'll notice is that corporate journalists never know what they're talking about.
Growing up during the Cold War, if you were to tell me that Soviet-era tanks would be pulled out of museums to fight a war in 2024 between Russia and Ukraine (former Soviet states) back in the 1980s I would never believe it LOL
In 80s said museum pieces were in active service, said btr-60 were produced till 1987 and retired from service only in 1990th. So sure, war between soviet republics would have been a shock, but say "hey, this btr-60 would be used in a war 40 years from now" and they would answer "sure, that's exactly why we make such stockpiles and war reactivation plans". Similar situation with t54, t55 and such. Moreover take second largest NATO army -Turkey and suddenly they have hundreds of said museum pieces (btr60) in active service. I guess people are all too comfortable with "unlimited money" situation with US army. Rest of the world rely on museum pieces here and there and that's without any major wars.
They werent pulled out of museums, they were pulled out of long term storage facilities. Likewise many of these systems are still in use by many armies across the globe.
Been following you since the start of the war. Your insight provides a lot of clarity, and your systematic approach is both thorough and informative. Thank you for what you do and the analysis you provide.
The Soviets sold what they claimed to be a “super-tank” to the Syrians, and the Syrians used that tank in the Yom Kippur War in 1973. It turned out to be no different from the previous Soviet models (and what I find surprising about that is that the Soviets COULD make decent tanks)
@@John.S.Patton The Soviets were capable of making good stuff. Soviet rocket technology and anti-air systems were, for decades, better than those of the U.S. And much of the Soviet industrial base and weapons designing, as well as many of their best researchers and designers, came from Ukraine.
I remember a time after the invasion of iraq where everyone seemed to be of the opinion that the soviet tanks the iraqi's used where "the cheap export model" and thus didn't represent the true strength of russian tanks. Oh my, tempus fugit.
Perun, your channel is one of the few I will stop other videos for, and actually pay attention to. The graphs are great info, and I stop to look at them. The jokes are hilarious. The analysis is spot on. Keep doing what you do… at least as long as it is healthy for you to do it!
Greeting perun, I'm here far below the Sub-Sahara Horn of Africa, Somalia, capital city of Mogadisho, an exciting episodes as usual, thank you very much.
By this point in the war it really feels like a propaganda/grey war battle for those of us who are lucky enough to not actually be living in it. Thanks for your continued efforts to keep it real mate. The effort you put into presenting this research along with cited references is greatly appreciated. Slava Ukraini ✌️🇺🇦🇦🇺👍
“When it comes to 1960s Soviet tank designs, the t-62 was the basic b*tch model and the t-64 had a bit more bling” LMFAOO did I hear that correctly? (True though)
T64 is far more comparable to t72 than t62. Also it was (and still is) manufactured in Kharkiv vs other models made at Ural, so it was essentially UA vs Rus engineering in USSR. And UA engineering was typically better, even if not by much.
You know what I've been thinking more and more. What would the present look like if the Soviet Union wasn't so crazy about military, but instead had focused just a little bit more on the not-so important parts....like food and consumer goods? If those fields and fields of tanks were instead tractors, cars and things like washing machines, TVs, fridges, etc. They were so damn focused on the military, they kinda forgot other things exist apart from it.
Gorbachev tried to reduce military spending, but by the time he took power in 1985, the Soviet Union was already on a rapid downward spiral. The USSR being heavily reliant on oil exports didn’t help. When oil prices started to fall in the 1980s, everything started falling apart for the Soviets.
It's a very good question. During the Cold War, the USSR got caught up in an arms race/space race and colonial destabilisation with the west. The Kremlin wasted vast amounts of treasure in this endeavour. The world would would be a very different place had the USSR focused its blood and treasure internally, rather than trying to out compete the west. Think something along the lines of "the CCP (Chinese) leadership decision in the 1970's to abandon Maoism and turn to market-oriented reforms to salvage the stagnant economy. " The USSR was in a much better position to capitalise on its educated industrialised population than China in the 60's and 70's and could have rapidly grown the nation's GDP and standard of living. However it would require a level of entrepreneurship, capitalism and a shift to a market economy. Indeed a large shift in the mindset of the communist party in the Kremlin. Though the inefficient state of the internal state run economy of the USSR would also have required a significant over haul. The cold war was largely a war that the USSR could have withdrawn from at any time or simply chosen not to play in the first place. However ideology and paranoia often interfere with rational thinking. Especially in authoritarian dictatorships. Just look at how expansionist ideology and paranoia are destroying the Russian federation today. Though to be fair the USA still struggles with an irrational fear of socialism.
Well first off, the US also has fields of military equipment, possibly more than Russia. So the Soviets weren't the only ones focusing too much on military spending. As for food production, they did focus on it, heavily. The 1933 famine was an embarrassment for them and they made sure it didn't happen again. Soviet food security was better than in the US for most of the Cold War. Now, consumer goods production is controversial. Some people claim the USSR's inability to keep up with the US on consumer goods contributed to its collapse. Meanwhile others have pointed out that the USSR didn't have a consumer based economy so trying to compete with the US on those terms was a dumb move. An interesting alternate history idea is that had the USSR invested more heavily into computer systems they could have replaced their bloated beauracracy and survived into the modern day.
"the PzH 2000 is a very chonky vehicle..." the astute analysis combined with the out of the pocket imagery is what we crave and we receive. @PerunAU never change.
You have done a video about German rearming of their army about 2 years ago. It’d maybe be an interesting video idea to do a follow/update video as many things have changed since. Nevertheless cool video, greetings from Germany
Finland's border was heavily massed before they joined NATO, and now much less so. To me this is NATO working like it should: those concentrations obviously weren't there because Russia felt threatened, they were there in case of an opportunity to launch an attack. Once that attack becomes untenable, suddenly they don't bother massing troops there in spite of all the rhetoric about feeling threatened.
Claiming that counting gear on satellite images (probably of various resolutions from 480 to 2160) makes not for the most engaging of afternoons? Who are you and what did you do to Perun?
Remember this man is a gamer, I think he would partially be doing this anyway if it wasn't for all these videos, but he probably invests more time than he would personally prefer in the counting these systems. He probably doesn't mind that much though because this is almost certainly a better job than 90% of people have
note on the M46. For many years of the cold war, the Soviet Army liked to task the M46/130mm and other 130mm systems with counter battery missions due to the range of the 130mm round. I have no information for or against this, but reactivating 130mm systems might be an attempt to dedicate a counter battery system and free their 122/152 systems from the mission. This makes little sense to me as modern 155mm NATO/western systems will always outrange old 130mm, a smaller towed system may be able to operate closer to the front to maximize range--or not. Some Soviet era doctrine made little sense then or now but that did not stop the use of such concepts.
I remember that american counter battery fire in the fiest gulf war had artillery on autofire slaved to radar. So the sencond artillery fired there were shells on the way to location of fire,, so the idea you are " hiding" only lasts until you fire, then hou might have an hour at most to move or you're dead if you are any way in range.@@Some_Average_Joe
@@Some_Average_Joe That doesn't really work if the enemy has counter-battery radar (which Ukraine admittedly does not have that many of) or drones spotting targets for the artillery (which are everywhere).
the base bleed 130mm shell can reach to 32km at most, while the aerodynamically-smoothened ER-BB (extended range - base bleed) 130mm shell can reach 38km
And even better this break on that news is logically presented and clear on the ambiguity of the data available, its nice to have that certainty in the presentation and the extrapolated inferences logically explained. Where the other news of the day seems to be lots of babble and sensationalist sound bites with no logic behind it...
hey perun will u ever make a powerpoint on the philippines? c: long-term modernization and sheer asymmetry in capabilities with a backdrop of tensions that keep flaring up might be interesting no pressure tho, feel free to make videos on whatever topic u want, it's what we're here for
He hasn't done one for the Philippines specifically but he has done a video on how A smaller Nation or a group of smaller Nations should defend themselves against a single, larger Nation. I forget what that video is titled but you can watch that one now in place of a Philippines video
The Phillipines is a massive country of over 110Million people that has a large militairy relationship with the US. And also has constant militairy confrontations from China .It is not small at all.@@the_undead
Lazerpig actually put forward an idea/explanation for why Ukrainian loss data looks a little wonky: deployment strategy from both sides. The Russians are refusing to field tanks against the Challenger and other modern systems, instead waiting until the Ukrainians bring out Soviet models, and the Ukrainians are being super careful with their modern tanks to avoid losing them. As a result, Soviet model tanks are the ones seeing all the combat, which is why their loss rates are proportionally higher.
@@RobertMartin-ru2lx Abrams, Leopards and Challengers burn just as much as Russian tanks. Crew survivability is obviously better, so I'd rather sit in one of those as well. However, it doesn't solve the manpower advantage the Russians clearly have does it ? Ukraine is still losing
@@Migyur1980my point, is that Russia depleted so much of their Soviet inheritance they're having to rely on t64s and Even armored vehicles from North Korea... That's not good.
OZ here/ Thank you so much for your work. I,ve been with Ukraine since before the invasion and your channel is one that I go to- to learn 'whats happening beneath'.
If you are going through oryx which has been proven to be extremely bias and incorrect. They have also been recording ukrianians loses of equipment as russian ones.
@@Silver_PrussianHow's your Black Sea fleet doing? Last I heard the only Russian boats left in the Black Sea were the ships that Ukraine promoted to submarines =D
Thank you once again for a wonderful, thoughtfully researched video! And thank you to all those who's data and unyielding effort help make these possible!
@@stalincat2457 This channel, like many other channels, evolved from a failed gaming channel. Not even being rude, a lot of popular channels such as commentary creators have their roots in being failed Minecraft or Runescape channels or other games that couldn't pick up traction, so they switch topics.
@@supersardonic1179 a good ammount of History Channels started out as Total War lets players and fairly successful ones too and then they started making history content where they used footage from Total War games as B-roll.
Thanks for providing a sober and realistic assessment of the conflict backed by real data. Trying to find out what is happening from regular media sources can make my head spin as they tend to range from widely optimistic to catastrophically pessimistic regarding the state of either side.
Hello Perun - thanks for the update on Russian losses data I was wondering if there could be a similar update video on Korea's 2022 Poland defense deal, something which you made a video of at the time. As I understand, Korea has made some deliveries and some parts of the negotiations are still ongoing. There also appears to be Polish frustrations over how the deal is being played out (something about not enough K2 tanks to be built in Poland?) Also there were spillover effects for Korea in Romania and potentially a military airworthiness certification deal w/ NATO. This could be an interesting way to see the pros and cons of international defense procurements, how to gain advantages in contract negotiations, and the fun "lost in translation" part of east-west interactions leading to mutual frustration - and how to resolve them.
Interesting. It could tie into a point he made recently, about how Russia's cooperation agreement with North Korea could lend some urgency to South Korea's willingness to aid Ukraine. If a bit of foot-dragging on the SoKoreans' part is to blame (and I'm not saying that's the case, but just as a hypothetical) for the delays, this might encourage them to get stop dragging.
@@douglassun8456south Korea might legitimately claim they need weapons at home. However they may have some older stuff. The major contribution they are making is shells. Secondary is that a lot of polish self propelled artillery sent to Ukraine has Korean guns.
Perun, you might not have the satellite access, or budget of the NSA, but you have the patience to look through satellite images for evidence of Beattles contemporary hardware for us, and we truly appreciate you professional pride and intellectual rigour.❤
Thanks man. I appreciate you being able to explain a bit on -how- data is collated/how people reach the conclusions they do about force regeneration and what data might mean.
Remarquable analyse, qui envisage avec prudence et lucidité de nombreuses facette de la question. Un grand hommage doit être rendu à cet immense travail. Bravo et merci.
from a tank perspective saying "you get an Abramas or an Abramas" is as close to saying "you get a T series or a T series" the difference between Abrams mk1 from 40 years ago is as much as T-72 to whatever the T-14 was supposed to be. major upgrades to armor, optics, aiming systems etc
I have been following war on Ukraine daily the last two years (Denys Davidov anyone?) and yet I have learnt a ton of new data with this video. Hats down to your presenting and analytical skills Perun! ❤ Cheers from France 👋
Denys is good if you are looking for an honest opinion on the war. But he lacks indepth analysis and mostly just regurgitates information from secondary and tertiary sources. I like to watch Denys, Perun, UkraineMatters, and Jake Broe;for a more well round western view of the conflict.
Greatly appreciate the substantial work and large error bars on the numbers you present. Further, it has been a while, so the numbers I'm hearing from other sources (and the resulting assessment of the war) have diverged dramatically.
Thanks again for all the wit and wisdom. Is there anything but Dry & Droll Brit-borne humor throughout the former realm??? Glad you're feeling better, and as we've said many times over on Patreon, don't worry if you've a need to take more time! I've said it more than once before, your content is so valuable, that military staff colleges worldwide will use your material for years to come. You could always sample your voice, and AI voiceover the transcript...some companies have over 30 personas!
The war was supposed to be over 2 years ago and they have only moved inches sinces. So I think we can conclude the plan did not survive contact with the enemy
@@rodgerhempfing2921 You know this is also why Europe and America are traped in this war, right? Both sides made mistakes and some look bigger at certain moment.
If PowerPoint ever gets a museum of its own Perun will be the Michelangelo! Statistics and dead pan humor is so refreshing compared to pundits 'meaning' something.... Keep on the good work!
As a "data guy" I love your analysis and presentation of data. You could give an hour presentation on how different types of paint dries and I'd still watch it. Just a small note, people with Protanopia MIGHT struggle a little with the difference in hues between your brown and red colours on the chart at around 20:00. I'm not colour blind but they look like they might conflict a little. Maybe someone with colour blindness can just confirm or deny?
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Edit: Correction for roughly the 11 minute mark when I flub the audio discussing BMP losses. I state that BMP-3 losses in 2024 were 80% of the total for BMPs. As per the chart, 80% is approx. the BMP-1 + BMP-2 total, with the BMP-3 figure mostly unchanged from the other periods at around 20%. This should be clear from the chart and context but wanted to flag the audio flub as it is an important data point.
Today we have an episode that brings together everyone's favorite things - graphs, stats and the occasional satellite image. To really give more meaning to some of these figures though, we have to have Ukrainian figures to compare them to and project them against. That episode is currently in the works and will likely release either later this month or in August (with the determining factor being how quickly I can bring the data together in a way that I believe is robust enough to publish).
If you're wondering where a lot of the comparison and projection type graphs are - they'll likely be in that follow on episode.
Thanks for the ongoing tolerance of the rough voice as I close out my recovery, and I hope to see you all again next week.
Hi, thank you for all the great videos!
I've just re-watched the "How Corruption Destroys Armies" video, and have a suggestion/request for a future video: corruption in Ukraine. In German social media (and probably all over the world) there's usually the "argument" that Ukraine is one of the most corrupt countries in the world, and thus it is as bad as Russia. (Orsomethinglikethat.) But I am curious how bad corruption actually is in Ukraine and how it changed over the years, in particular after the Russian invasions of 2014 and 2022.
Hello Perun - thanks for the update on Russian losses data
I was wondering if there could be a similar update video on Korea's 2022 Poland defense deal, something which you made a video of at the time. As I understand, Korea has made some deliveries and some parts of the negotiations are still ongoing. There also appears to be Polish frustrations over how the deal is being played out (something about not enough K2 tanks to be built in Poland?) Also there were spillover effects for Korea in Romania and potentially a military airworthiness certification deal w/ NATO.
This could be an interesting way to see the pros and cons of international defense procurements, how to gain advantages in contract negotiations, and the fun "lost in translation" part of east-west interactions leading to mutual frustration - and how to resolve them.
Can you explain why you think that the Russians would deliberately use irrational strategies? Your arguments lack cogency. The argument you advance in the "losses" section makes no sense, there is no reason to conclude that the Russians would expend more valuable assets above less valuable ones, or that they would deliberately avoid tactics that are expedient.
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The graphs at the 20 minute mark were pretty difficult to read for us colourblind peeps. The red and green specifically (I'm red-green colourblind). They sorta blend together and it's hard to see when one ends and another begins.
Perun, sarcastically: I'm sure you're all ready for an exciting episode of statistics and graphs...
The audience, totally sincere: Aww yeah, that's the good stuff.
It says something about his skills in presentation that he is able to make these videos fun and enjoyable.
statistics can be as good as the source of data, if you apply statistic to fiction, you get fictional statistics.
Making an hour long video doesn't mean the data is solid. Actually there is almost no data at all.
It really is.🤗
Hell yes, Excel sheets
mhhh hit me woth those graphs you factually correct australian
You know you're living in the future when TH-camrs are complaining about the potato quality of some privately commissioned high-resolution, spy satellite imagery of Russian military facilities.
If it's potato quality then it's not high-resolution lol. Your point stand but I thought the inconsistency was funny
wow. 70 years ago, pilots had to risk their lives to take those kind of pictures. 40 years ago, the top secret government echelon spent a significant fraction of their defence budget to get them. now private citizens can order some picture from a spy satellite for pocket money.
@@rayzerotIt's high resolution when compared to most satellite imagery (see Google Maps) but potato quality for the purposes of counting and identifying individual vehicles in giant yards. Contradictory in description but makes sense in context.
But yes it is funny
@@errorcrj110in absolute fairness, that low level "satellite imagery" is from airplanes flying at perfectly normal commercial airplane aptitudes. For actual commercial satellite imagery on Google go find absurdly rural areas in the middle of nowhere without human navigation like rural Canada and Alaska and Russia or the barren islands around Antarctica.
Potato quality is relative. Potato quality now was high resolution at one point in time.
1:52 - "I'm sure you're all ready for an exciting episode packed with statistics and graphs-"
Perun remains confused and bewildered by the enthusiastic interest in his content
he doesn't understand the collective satisfaction of information backed by actual data and not just 'he said she said'
@@aickavonUkranian sources are always one western package from tipping the scale.
Russian sources are always "this isn't my final form yet"
And yet they are still locked in WWI style conflict, so their forces should be quite even. And when you peruse the data like Perun does it's actually representative of the situation.
@@Andrew12217 Even regarding the F-16 people say that this will totally the war winning stuff , while they truly help ofcourse, its not the wunderwaffen people think it is
I don't even think it's a bit, he's probably quite perplexed about it, I know I am perplexed by his ability to enthrall me with the world's most boring presentation template. I assume that bargains have been made with various elder gods, and I'm absolutely okay with that.
At least he doesn't kink shame us
10:25 ”If you’re unlucky, you get a tank from when the Beatles were the new kids on the block.” … And if you’re lucky, you get one from when The New Kids On The Block were the new kids on the block.
His use of sarcasm and irony is beyond normal!
Lol
I had to google to know which time period is “New kids on the block” 😂
@@zurielsssthey're debut song kinda slaps ngl (at least if i'm remembering the one correctly)
STEP BY STEP
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@@jf7243 Strange sense of humor. But whatever rocks the boat.
@@Nauda999 It's not at all strange - very typical Australian or British dry sarcastic humour.
12:50 is when you hear Perun being in clear pain.
Fancy seeing you guys here
OMG KINGSANDGENERALS HAAIIIIII :3 :3
@@KingsandGenerals whoa, worlds just collided
The Venn diagram for this and kings channel viewers is a circle.
Sorry to hear that
these data-centric deep dives are my absolute favorite type of Perun vid.
I know they’re probably high effort so I’m not trying to push for one every week. But man are these fun.
Glad to hear. Data driven eps have much longer prep times but a major part of that is because validation is a time sink with no limit. You can always find another way to check something if you want to. And even then, you may still have things sneak through.
The bonus though is you still have all your sheets and image libraries after the ep itself is finished, and I find myself referring to those in the future.
For example, I still check the original data from some of the 2022 episodes sometimes when I'm looking to check how things have changed over time.
@@PerunAU This is what's so great about the consistency of your weekly release schedule (the single break due to illness can obviously be ignored). You are building an entire library of data-driven content that can be used as reference material well into the future. Thanks for your efforts once again.
@@PerunAUTo riff on the idea of your series being a solid historical record, I would like to raise the issue of future accessibility, and request you put some thought into a compilation / alternative delivery and archiving of the series as a way to mitigate platform risk. Don't be at the mercy of youtube's future business decisions for audience access.
Where did you see any data? He just showed some graphs, non of them even had specific data.
He showed graphs in percent not total numbers, so these graphs can't be even used to collaborate Ukraine defense ministry data that as of 14.07.2024 Russia has lost Tanks - 8206 (+7) and Armored fighting vehicle - 15811 (+32)
😊😅😅😅😅😮😊
Solid pronunciation of "Panzerhaubitze 2000" 👍
He mentioned that he studied the eastern front in university. Being such a learned bloke as he is, i guess he made some efford in at least reading german, if only in phonetics.
Strange that he can pronounce a German word but can't properly pronounce "BDR" (when talking about the BTR). I'm starting to doubt he's Aussi!
@@Stefan-he8cf in previous videos he's pronounced it slightly wrong, so apparently someone taught him how to say it better and it worked
@@Texas240Croatian roots.... By the way, Perun is old slavic God.
@@hrvojestanic1791 Thank you for your comment. Perun really is one of the four main gods (Svarog/creator of all life, Svarožić/sun god, Veles/god of fertility and law) in Slavic mythology and is, according to Wikipedia, the god of thunder and lightning, the god of war and the supreme god of the Slavs.
Praise the Powerpoint
Try fingers, PowerPoint.
The 🐴💩 you mean?th-cam.com/video/tfJ5UyXm0eA/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared
For the PowerPoint is immortal
The flesh is weak, but the lines on graphs are strong
Why is it always Powerpoint?
On one hand, we have mainstream media sources that have large budgets and plenty of people that can in theory research the validity of what they publish. Their “news” is very dramatic and eye-catching.
On the other hand, we have one Australian boi who makes PowerPoint presentations with his free time using spreadsheets of numbers. I know which side I prefer to take! Let’s go team PowerPoint
They cater to another target audience.
@@BoraHorzaGobuchul They cater to an ignorant audience
@@andrewreynolds4949 Exactly! The rule of 95%. Sounds un-PC, but it's the hard truth
@@andrewreynolds4949 Well yeah, most peoples' eyes just glaze over once they see spreadsheets and numbers.
You can't expect your average Joe to be interested in loss, recovery, refurbishment and production rates of varying Soviet and Russian materiel designs.
It's just too niche.
News think everyone is stupid and has no attention span. Perun seems to think his audience is, well normal.
Konskriptovich is back!
He transfered from infantry to artillery!
I was getting worried for the old sod...
His uncle
You see, Perun, when you say "ignoring that equipment wears" discussing Ukrainian MLRS, you don't take in account that if Ukraine has -900 MLRS on balance, once a negative MLRS wears out you get +1 MLRS available for Ukrainian forces.
The Perpetual Motion MLRS scheme
Is this logic valid? 🤔 I'm not sure it is.
@@nielskorpel8860no, it’s unassailable logic. Plato himself would bow at the feet of this man
@@nielskorpel8860
It’s just the “-(-x) = x given that x is not zero“ joke with weird wording.
I have been citing to others a point Perun made in a previous Powerpoint related to this: Countries that have a MIC don't actually 'run out' of military gear. They just get low, which means differences for fighting.
I hope that Perun isn't burning through his vast stockpiles of PowerPoint slides at an unsustainable rate. This channel really is a public service.
He will soon be forced to mobilize retired Pentagon Library slide carousels from 1970s
Sounds like a rich seam of material for the post WW2.5 world.
Things just got even more uncertain and concerning here in the 'States. I have been caring for my folks and now just my Mom for several years and I am currently moving her out of her home of 25 years. I am grateful to creators like yourself for providing deep and sober examinations of the most consequential news of our world. Honestly, I believe I would have fallen all the way out of my tree over the last few years if I'd been limited to consuming just the corporate media and the wing-ding conspiracy grifters! Thank you!
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Prayers from the UK. I know how hard life can be 🇬🇧🇺🇸🫡
Agreed, the quality of the corporate media is terrible. I am not even talking about bias, which is bad enough, but just the fact the journalists seem to not a have a clue what they are talking about when it comes to military matters.
Amen
It goes deeper than military matters. Get yourself a social group with a variety of professional backgrounds present, then ask the room what happens any time something relevant to their profession makes the news cycle. The pattern you'll notice is that corporate journalists never know what they're talking about.
Growing up during the Cold War, if you were to tell me that Soviet-era tanks would be pulled out of museums to fight a war in 2024 between Russia and Ukraine (former Soviet states) back in the 1980s I would never believe it LOL
In 80s said museum pieces were in active service, said btr-60 were produced till 1987 and retired from service only in 1990th. So sure, war between soviet republics would have been a shock, but say "hey, this btr-60 would be used in a war 40 years from now" and they would answer "sure, that's exactly why we make such stockpiles and war reactivation plans".
Similar situation with t54, t55 and such.
Moreover take second largest NATO army -Turkey and suddenly they have hundreds of said museum pieces (btr60) in active service. I guess people are all too comfortable with "unlimited money" situation with US army. Rest of the world rely on museum pieces here and there and that's without any major wars.
They werent pulled out of museums, they were pulled out of long term storage facilities. Likewise many of these systems are still in use by many armies across the globe.
HIMARS is also from 1970s, so what?
@@cvr527those long term storage facilities are also known as random fields.
@@fearlesspotato3429 Yeah I have seen videos of them before the war, some are.
Regardless, they are not museums.
Perun being back in action is so nice to see. Keep it up man and I hope you avoid illness in the future.
POWERPOINT TIME
Perun Powerpoint Time
Mighty morphin powerpoint rangers!
lol
"which leads to usefully large sample sizes" at which my statistician heart leapt for joy! 😆
You're dang right I'm excited about statistics and graphs
13:00 "This does not look like a factory standard design" 🤣
I don't know man. That looks pretty standard to me
Depends on the factory. In Warhammer 40K Orks field this stuff in masses!
Ah, well then it makes sense that the Russians are using it. Orks! Orks! Orks! Orks!
“Yes officer, it’s completely unmodified”
@@TtavocOI GITS, CHECK OUT DEEZ FINGS DA HUMIES MADE. ROIT PROPPA ORKG, DEYS IS.
Been following you since the start of the war. Your insight provides a lot of clarity, and your systematic approach is both thorough and informative. Thank you for what you do and the analysis you provide.
44:50 "When it came to 1960s tank design, the T62 was the basic b*tch model, while the T64 had a bit more bling "
Bad time to drink something...
The Soviets sold what they claimed to be a “super-tank” to the Syrians, and the Syrians used that tank in the Yom Kippur War in 1973.
It turned out to be no different from the previous Soviet models (and what I find surprising about that is that the Soviets COULD make decent tanks)
@@CMY187they where better then western tank. I think a museum did a video on tanking about nato ammo vs russian armor.
@@John.S.Patton The Soviets were capable of making good stuff. Soviet rocket technology and anti-air systems were, for decades, better than those of the U.S.
And much of the Soviet industrial base and weapons designing, as well as many of their best researchers and designers, came from Ukraine.
@@CMY187 well ukraine was part of the ussr so...
I remember a time after the invasion of iraq where everyone seemed to be of the opinion that the soviet tanks the iraqi's used where "the cheap export model" and thus didn't represent the true strength of russian tanks. Oh my, tempus fugit.
Perun, your channel is one of the few I will stop other videos for, and actually pay attention to. The graphs are great info, and I stop to look at them. The jokes are hilarious. The analysis is spot on. Keep doing what you do… at least as long as it is healthy for you to do it!
Was just thinking “what time is Perun uploading today” and I’m right on time haha
Same lol, exact reason I opened TH-cam
I also experienced this phenomenon this morning.
Same
Its fun to come here and see what the bots are commenting today, but you get a comment and a like so bots don't dominate the page.
"It's not about the territorial gains. It's about the friends we made along the way. 😬"
Turns out the special military operation was inside us all along!
Greeting perun, I'm here far below the Sub-Sahara Horn of Africa, Somalia, capital city of Mogadisho, an exciting episodes as usual, thank you very much.
A Somali Nationalist Without Ogaden On It's Map
What A World
Kkkkkk Ogaaden is small tribe of the Somali people, and I don't like tribal politics.@@Alfonse-dm6ht
@@Hidfhjccbxcbhc Bruh Moment
Is your current weather still raining Black Hawks?
@@Alfonse-dm6ht who are you first?
By this point in the war it really feels like a propaganda/grey war battle for those of us who are lucky enough to not actually be living in it. Thanks for your continued efforts to keep it real mate. The effort you put into presenting this research along with cited references is greatly appreciated.
Slava Ukraini ✌️🇺🇦🇦🇺👍
Heroyam slava.
The russians seem to take it seriously enough to spend a lot of effort spamming social media with T-14 and SU-57 shillposts
Thank you 🇺🇦
Maybe the real friends are the Perun PowerPoints we watched along the way?
lol
As a Texan Civilian, I appreciate your recognition.
Thanks for consistently making these videos! One of the highlights of my week
“When it comes to 1960s Soviet tank designs, the t-62 was the basic b*tch model and the t-64 had a bit more bling” LMFAOO did I hear that correctly? (True though)
T64 is far more comparable to t72 than t62. Also it was (and still is) manufactured in Kharkiv vs other models made at Ural, so it was essentially UA vs Rus engineering in USSR. And UA engineering was typically better, even if not by much.
Glad to hear your voice is getting better!
Perun, Thank you for your information-dense labors. It is always worth the time to hear your perspective. Plus, your levity is refreshing.
This is where cold war military hardware knowledge acquired by playing all of that Operation Flashpoint decades ago comes in useful 😎
6: 12 O’CLOCK, BMP, 300 METERS
Oh no, 3, is down.
Arma 3 gulf war era mods are doing nothing for me, knew I should’ve been playing more WW2 pvp
Perun is Back Baby!
You know what I've been thinking more and more. What would the present look like if the Soviet Union wasn't so crazy about military, but instead had focused just a little bit more on the not-so important parts....like food and consumer goods? If those fields and fields of tanks were instead tractors, cars and things like washing machines, TVs, fridges, etc. They were so damn focused on the military, they kinda forgot other things exist apart from it.
A Arsenal of Communism….?
The focus was on the political priveliged classes power needs not on the ordinary peoples needs !
Gorbachev tried to reduce military spending, but by the time he took power in 1985, the Soviet Union was already on a rapid downward spiral.
The USSR being heavily reliant on oil exports didn’t help. When oil prices started to fall in the 1980s, everything started falling apart for the Soviets.
It's a very good question.
During the Cold War, the USSR got caught up in an arms race/space race and colonial destabilisation with the west. The Kremlin wasted vast amounts of treasure in this endeavour.
The world would would be a very different place had the USSR focused its blood and treasure internally, rather than trying to out compete the west. Think something along the lines of "the CCP (Chinese) leadership decision in the 1970's to abandon Maoism and turn to market-oriented reforms to salvage the stagnant economy. "
The USSR was in a much better position to capitalise on its educated industrialised population than China in the 60's and 70's and could have rapidly grown the nation's GDP and standard of living. However it would require a level of entrepreneurship, capitalism and a shift to a market economy. Indeed a large shift in the mindset of the communist party in the Kremlin.
Though the inefficient state of the internal state run economy of the USSR would also have required a significant over haul.
The cold war was largely a war that the USSR could have withdrawn from at any time or simply chosen not to play in the first place.
However ideology and paranoia often interfere with rational thinking. Especially in authoritarian dictatorships.
Just look at how expansionist ideology and paranoia are destroying the Russian federation today.
Though to be fair the USA still struggles with an irrational fear of socialism.
Well first off, the US also has fields of military equipment, possibly more than Russia. So the Soviets weren't the only ones focusing too much on military spending.
As for food production, they did focus on it, heavily. The 1933 famine was an embarrassment for them and they made sure it didn't happen again. Soviet food security was better than in the US for most of the Cold War.
Now, consumer goods production is controversial. Some people claim the USSR's inability to keep up with the US on consumer goods contributed to its collapse. Meanwhile others have pointed out that the USSR didn't have a consumer based economy so trying to compete with the US on those terms was a dumb move.
An interesting alternate history idea is that had the USSR invested more heavily into computer systems they could have replaced their bloated beauracracy and survived into the modern day.
"the PzH 2000 is a very chonky vehicle..." the astute analysis combined with the out of the pocket imagery is what we crave and we receive. @PerunAU never change.
You have done a video about German rearming of their army about 2 years ago. It’d maybe be an interesting video idea to do a follow/update video as many things have changed since. Nevertheless cool video, greetings from Germany
I doubt anything of note has changed with that.
@@kjj26k I pray that you are wrong 😢😉
France is the one to watch
Europe produces hot air
Too soon
It will be five year mark before significant impact.
Finland's border was heavily massed before they joined NATO, and now much less so. To me this is NATO working like it should: those concentrations obviously weren't there because Russia felt threatened, they were there in case of an opportunity to launch an attack. Once that attack becomes untenable, suddenly they don't bother massing troops there in spite of all the rhetoric about feeling threatened.
Claiming that counting gear on satellite images (probably of various resolutions from 480 to 2160) makes not for the most engaging of afternoons? Who are you and what did you do to Perun?
Remember he was rather sick recently. Probably still recovering.
Remember this man is a gamer, I think he would partially be doing this anyway if it wasn't for all these videos, but he probably invests more time than he would personally prefer in the counting these systems. He probably doesn't mind that much though because this is almost certainly a better job than 90% of people have
This is literally my favorite kind of content, numbers, and projections.
note on the M46. For many years of the cold war, the Soviet Army liked to task the M46/130mm and other 130mm systems with counter battery missions due to the range of the 130mm round. I have no information for or against this, but reactivating 130mm systems might be an attempt to dedicate a counter battery system and free their 122/152 systems from the mission.
This makes little sense to me as modern 155mm NATO/western systems will always outrange old 130mm, a smaller towed system may be able to operate closer to the front to maximize range--or not. Some Soviet era doctrine made little sense then or now but that did not stop the use of such concepts.
Easier to hide?
I remember that american counter battery fire in the fiest gulf war had artillery on autofire slaved to radar. So the sencond artillery fired there were shells on the way to location of fire,, so the idea you are " hiding" only lasts until you fire, then hou might have an hour at most to move or you're dead if you are any way in range.@@Some_Average_Joe
@@averybaumann Ok, but remember what army we are talking about here
@@Some_Average_Joe That doesn't really work if the enemy has counter-battery radar (which Ukraine admittedly does not have that many of) or drones spotting targets for the artillery (which are everywhere).
the base bleed 130mm shell can reach to 32km at most, while the aerodynamically-smoothened ER-BB (extended range - base bleed) 130mm shell can reach 38km
Finally, a break from _that_ other news of today.
What ones?
@@ap80shgMay as well crown him King now.
@@ap80shg suck it bot.
You seem disappointed.
And even better this break on that news is logically presented and clear on the ambiguity of the data available, its nice to have that certainty in the presentation and the extrapolated inferences logically explained. Where the other news of the day seems to be lots of babble and sensationalist sound bites with no logic behind it...
You're sounding much better Perun! This video is a triumphant return to statistics and in depth analysis!
I can't believe that you claim that the Russian military is cutting corners. Next you will tell me that there is gambling going on at Rick's place.
I understood that reference.
I am shocked, SHOCKED ...
hey perun will u ever make a powerpoint on the philippines? c:
long-term modernization and sheer asymmetry in capabilities with a backdrop of tensions that keep flaring up might be interesting
no pressure tho, feel free to make videos on whatever topic u want, it's what we're here for
with Perun's background, he's probably done one for government departments in a public capacity, or, in a consultancy role, for private industry.
It's bound to happen due to tensions with China. A vid on defence strategy, wepons procurement or some other topic is likely at some point.
He hasn't done one for the Philippines specifically but he has done a video on how A smaller Nation or a group of smaller Nations should defend themselves against a single, larger Nation. I forget what that video is titled but you can watch that one now in place of a Philippines video
The Phillipines is a massive country of over 110Million people that has a large militairy relationship with the US.
And also has constant militairy confrontations from China .It is not small at all.@@the_undead
This would be a waste of a video. Nobody cares about the flips.
It’s Perunday Sunday!
Deep fried Mars bars checking in
Howdy, Scotland! 🏴
Thanks for your work mate.
Every single time a video has a Ground News sponsor I hear an angry Scottish man yelling "you are not newsworthy ground!"
It's good to know that I am not the only one.
@@JB-pu8ik LazerPig
@@JB-pu8ik If you like 'im, you'll really like I 'im. If you don't, you'll really hate him.
Lazerpig actually put forward an idea/explanation for why Ukrainian loss data looks a little wonky: deployment strategy from both sides. The Russians are refusing to field tanks against the Challenger and other modern systems, instead waiting until the Ukrainians bring out Soviet models, and the Ukrainians are being super careful with their modern tanks to avoid losing them. As a result, Soviet model tanks are the ones seeing all the combat, which is why their loss rates are proportionally higher.
An interesting thought.
That makes no sense.
@@attilamarics3374 Care to elaborate?
@@pevebe The entire argument he vomited out, logically makes 0 sense.
Yeah lazerpig, what an amazingly credible source.
Thank you for this very useful overview.
These loss stat episodes are like my favorite things ever!
Those are human lives you ghoul.
Recently, we've been seeing North Korean armored vehicles being used by the Russian forces. Definitely a sign of things going well for the SMO...🤦♂️
So what. Ukraine is almost entirely relying on NATO reserves that are also getting depleted.
@@Migyur1980 I'd rather be getting my supplies from the southern korea than the North...
@@RobertMartin-ru2lx Abrams, Leopards and Challengers burn just as much as Russian tanks. Crew survivability is obviously better, so I'd rather sit in one of those as well. However, it doesn't solve the manpower advantage the Russians clearly have does it ? Ukraine is still losing
@@Migyur1980 also, what NATO reserves are being depleted?
@@Migyur1980my point, is that Russia depleted so much of their Soviet inheritance they're having to rely on t64s and Even armored vehicles from North Korea... That's not good.
OZ here/ Thank you so much for your work. I,ve been with Ukraine since before the invasion and your channel is one that I go to- to learn 'whats happening beneath'.
Thank you for acknowledging Texan culture at 24:10
Your german has gotten REALLY good!
As always, this video was fascinating. Thanks for all you put into these. I, for one, sincerely appreciate it.
I really value your videos. I think they are brilliant and very informative in way others are not. Thank you
Thank God, only 64min today of breathless lecture 😮. For non-native speakers and fan of Perun, yt please introduce an audio half-Speed button🎉
You can set the playback speed to 0.5. It's in the settings overlay on the video, along with the resolution.
I watch these on 2x lol. Skill issue
@@pevebeYES. They are weak, we are strong.
Look to the cog icon in the top right corner, you have such a half speed option.
That already exists. Use the settings
Poor ability to discriminate decoys may also help explain the outrageous Russian claims of destroyed equipment.
Hi Perun, i would have thought a Russian Losses video would be 36 hours long. Nice compression.
If you are going through oryx which has been proven to be extremely bias and incorrect. They have also been recording ukrianians loses of equipment as russian ones.
@@Silver_PrussianHow's your Black Sea fleet doing? Last I heard the only Russian boats left in the Black Sea were the ships that Ukraine promoted to submarines =D
@@rayzerotI also heard from minirus that the Russian casualties are about 2.2 million.
@@user-rj4gu5oh3k that's clearly false. Where did you get those numbers?
@@rayzerotbut they're still pushing Ukraine back. How's all that NATO equipment doing?
This is a really great channel. Thank you for keeping us informed.
Thank you once again for a wonderful, thoughtfully researched video!
And thank you to all those who's data and unyielding effort help make these possible!
9:57 "...when The Beatles were the new kids on the block..."
Oh, Perun ❤
I think he means when they were The New Kids on the Block, which is a bold statement that will raise the blood pressure of certain Boomers. 😂
@@MarcosElMalo2 I totally get what he references, I am the next best thing to a "Boomer"
"Moscow would never lie." ROTFLMAO.
I’m starting to think Perun gaming was a wild warp induced mass hallucination…
Perun gaming?
@@stalincat2457 Back in the before times this was a gaming channel.
@@stalincat2457 This channel, like many other channels, evolved from a failed gaming channel.
Not even being rude, a lot of popular channels such as commentary creators have their roots in being failed Minecraft or Runescape channels or other games that couldn't pick up traction, so they switch topics.
He created a different channel for gaming, but I don’t know how frequently he posts there.
@@supersardonic1179 a good ammount of History Channels started out as Total War lets players and fairly successful ones too and then they started making history content where they used footage from Total War games as B-roll.
Glad to see you're doing better again Perun! I hope you feel even better and we get to see much more of you for years to come!
Thanks for providing a sober and realistic assessment of the conflict backed by real data. Trying to find out what is happening from regular media sources can make my head spin as they tend to range from widely optimistic to catastrophically pessimistic regarding the state of either side.
Statistics and graphs episodes are the best episodes, as I think everyone agrees.
Perunian sarcasm works well together with reports about russian losses 🙂
Private Conscriptovich!… Legend.
He works for sergeant kleptovsky.
It is crazy they hold on to the T-55s and other museum pieces in masses...
The logistic and mechanic burden must be insane.
Hello Perun - thanks for the update on Russian losses data
I was wondering if there could be a similar update video on Korea's 2022 Poland defense deal, something which you made a video of at the time. As I understand, Korea has made some deliveries and some parts of the negotiations are still ongoing. There also appears to be Polish frustrations over how the deal is being played out (something about not enough K2 tanks to be built in Poland?) Also there were spillover effects for Korea in Romania and potentially a military airworthiness certification deal w/ NATO.
This could be an interesting way to see the pros and cons of international defense procurements, how to gain advantages in contract negotiations, and the fun "lost in translation" part of east-west interactions leading to mutual frustration - and how to resolve them.
Interesting. It could tie into a point he made recently, about how Russia's cooperation agreement with North Korea could lend some urgency to South Korea's willingness to aid Ukraine. If a bit of foot-dragging on the SoKoreans' part is to blame (and I'm not saying that's the case, but just as a hypothetical) for the delays, this might encourage them to get stop dragging.
@@douglassun8456south Korea might legitimately claim they need weapons at home.
However they may have some older stuff.
The major contribution they are making is shells.
Secondary is that a lot of polish self propelled artillery sent to Ukraine has Korean guns.
I will be seven years out when we know. This is in large part building a military manufacturing capability.
Perun, you might not have the satellite access, or budget of the NSA, but you have the patience to look through satellite images for evidence of Beattles contemporary hardware for us, and we truly appreciate you professional pride and intellectual rigour.❤
Thanks man. I appreciate you being able to explain a bit on -how- data is collated/how people reach the conclusions they do about force regeneration and what data might mean.
Remarquable analyse, qui envisage avec prudence et lucidité de nombreuses facette de la question. Un grand hommage doit être rendu à cet immense travail. Bravo et merci.
from a tank perspective saying "you get an Abramas or an Abramas" is as close to saying "you get a T series or a T series" the difference between Abrams mk1 from 40 years ago is as much as T-72 to whatever the T-14 was supposed to be. major upgrades to armor, optics, aiming systems etc
Abrams is still one platform. T-series tanks are not.
THANKS FOR TRYING TO KEEP THIS INFO UP TO DATE
I have been following war on Ukraine daily the last two years (Denys Davidov anyone?) and yet I have learnt a ton of new data with this video.
Hats down to your presenting and analytical skills Perun! ❤
Cheers from France 👋
Denys is good if you are looking for an honest opinion on the war. But he lacks indepth analysis and mostly just regurgitates information from secondary and tertiary sources.
I like to watch Denys, Perun, UkraineMatters, and Jake Broe;for a more well round western view of the conflict.
Thanks @@arickfakhar1717, I didn't knew about UkraineMatters 👍I also like @militaryandhistory's content.
Ehrm..Perun support comment! 😊👍
Slava Ukraine! 😀
Ah! Sunday is complete!
Absolutely outstanding analysis. Thanks Perun.
Excellent analyses. Thank you for your hard work and dedication Perun.
Nothing says excitement like statistics and graphs. Thank you as always Perun for a great video!
That was such a satisfying video, thank you. You always make things so clear.
Another in-depth video by Perun.
We're incredibly fortunate to have your insights.
😂😂th-cam.com/video/tfJ5UyXm0eA/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared
Is an IFV an IFV when the troops are riding on top to avoid getting hamburgered by mines?
Sure.
Another outstanding Sunday briefing! Thank you for the in-depth analysis 🧐
Q2 2024 report of Russian Harmed Forces (Limited)
Greatly appreciate the substantial work and large error bars on the numbers you present. Further, it has been a while, so the numbers I'm hearing from other sources (and the resulting assessment of the war) have diverged dramatically.
The Grom on the wheels IS a factory design! The vodka factory unfortunately.
Thanks again for all the wit and wisdom. Is there anything but Dry & Droll Brit-borne humor throughout the former realm??? Glad you're feeling better, and as we've said many times over on Patreon, don't worry if you've a need to take more time! I've said it more than once before, your content is so valuable, that military staff colleges worldwide will use your material for years to come. You could always sample your voice, and AI voiceover the transcript...some companies have over 30 personas!
The war was supposed to be over 2 years ago and they have only moved inches sinces. So I think we can conclude the plan did not survive contact with the enemy
Russia thought there would only be one enemy and not the whole of Europe and American support.
@@rodgerhempfing2921
They may yet be made right.
It's our fight too, the enemy rules among us as well.
@@rodgerhempfing2921 russia expect friends to help them not its enemy😅 pity
@@rodgerhempfing2921 You know this is also why Europe and America are traped in this war, right? Both sides made mistakes and some look bigger at certain moment.
@@joelau2383 Europe and America are not trapped, it just takes time to wear down Putins resources and morale.
If PowerPoint ever gets a museum of its own Perun will be the Michelangelo! Statistics and dead pan humor is so refreshing compared to pundits 'meaning' something.... Keep on the good work!
Oh how I look forward to Perun’s videos. Masterful!
As a "data guy" I love your analysis and presentation of data. You could give an hour presentation on how different types of paint dries and I'd still watch it. Just a small note, people with Protanopia MIGHT struggle a little with the difference in hues between your brown and red colours on the chart at around 20:00. I'm not colour blind but they look like they might conflict a little. Maybe someone with colour blindness can just confirm or deny?
Babe, wake up, a new PowerPoint presentation on defense economics just dropped!!!
Perun, wake up! PowerPoint just dropped a honey.
Your pronounciation of Panzerhaubitze was sehr gut