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Q&A Call for Questions

Hey guys. I'm thinking about doing a Q&A on the second channel. Post any questions you have as a comment here. I will also be looking at the questions from last time I posted one of these but d...

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Video: Emergency French Army Deployments Post-Invasion

New video on the French Army's response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, with rapid response deployments to Estonia and Romania.

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Video: The British-led Tank Mission on Russia’s Border

New video on the British-led NATO eFP Battle Group in Estonia and its most recent order of battle.

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Accessing the Discord Server (Age-Restricted)

If you use Discord and have an iPhone, you will be restricted from accessing age-restricted servers by default. By of Discord's new community guidelines, we had to mark channels where discussion of...

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Video: U.S. Navy Rifle Squads (Landing Parties)

Brief look at U.S. Navy Landing Party Rifle Squads during WW2 and 1950-60. These were ad hoc landing parties that were pulled from the complement of a ship for certain duties ashore.

This is ...

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Primary Sources: Ukrainian Military Textbooks (2004-22)

https://www.battleorder.org/post/ukr_text 

2023-02-19 12:15:21 +0000 UTC View Post

Primary Sources: 1970s US Army divisions/nondivision unit organization charts

https://www.battleorder.org/post/usa-70s-refdata Same as before with the org charts and TO&Es but in the...

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Primary Sources: 1960s US Army division org charts

https://www.battleorder.org/post/usa-60s-refdata 

2023-02-15 13:22:22 +0000 UTC View Post

Video: All Vehicles in French Tank Companies

New video on the internal structure of French Tank Squadrons (Companies) in a more detailed/small scale way than the previous videos

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Video: Inside Polish Armored Infantry (Squad to Division)

New video on Polish Mechanized and Motorized Infantry units from squad to division, include future developments

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Work-in-Progress: Polish Mechanized Infantry

Some work in progress shots of the Polish mechanized infantry. Their video will be done in a couple of days. Just been taking a while because of the pseudo-3D stuff and I've been trying to get more...

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Video: Ukraine’s Mech Infantry Structure & Equipment

New video looking at the organization of Ukrainian Mechanized Infantry units from squad to brigade, with special attention paid to Javelin units

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Trailer: Ukraine Great Raid of 2014

Another sneak peek of a video I'm working on

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Sneak Peek: Zelenopillia Rocket Attack (Ukraine 2014)

A work-in-progress of the Zelenopillia rocket attack in 2014, when a Russian BM-21 Grad battalion crossed just over the border into Ukraine and destroyed 2 Ukrainian battalions encamped 12km away.<...

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2022 Battle Order Financials

I'm going to do one of the annual financial reports graphics in the New Year but here is a spreadsheet breaking down Battle Order-related revenue and expenses in 2022. It is essentially 2.25x great...

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Video: Defeat of Russia’s Arctic Brigade [UPDATE]

A quick video update on my original video covering the Russian 200th Motor Rifle Brigade's doings in Ukraine, with new info reported by the Washington Post.

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Video: The Real Cost of US Army Combat Units

New video comparing the annual costs of different types of US Army units, factoring in the external support and administration they need to function. They're also compared to some things in other b...

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Primary Source Organization Reference Data on Website

I've uploaded a bunch of primary source tables of organization and equipment from the Cold War. I found them on the USAHEC site, but they are not searchable at all on Google and the files were huge...

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South Vietnamese Army Graphics

Made a page for some new South Vietnamese (ARVN) graphics I made this week after finding some TO&Es in an archive. ht...

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Video: What the Numbers on Chinese Tanks Mean

New video on how to read Chinese tactical markings on vehicles

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Graphics: Ukrainian Squads and French Reconnaissance Task Forces

A few new graphics. The first are of Ukrainian Mechanized Squads based on manuals from 2008 and 2016 (three graphics because each squad is a little different). This isn't to say this is current SOP...

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Video: Why France Mixes Jeeps and Tanks

New video on:

- The role of French cavalry regiments (incl. Leclerc MBT, AMX-10RCR, and some of the dedicated reconnaissance squadrons)

- The role and history of light vehicles (like je...

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Sneak Peek: Why France Mixes Tanks & Jeeps

Sneak peek to an upcoming video talking about the role light vehicles play in France's tank units (as well as the overall structure and purpose of the tank and AMX-10RC wheeled units as context). View Post

Graphic: French Armored Recon Regiment (DLM), 1940

New graphic showing the administrative configuration of the French Régiment de découverte, the main reconnaissance element of their Light Mechanized Divisions (cavalry branch) during the Battle o...

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Thumbnail Peek: Why France Mixes Tanks & Jeeps

Working on a script on France's long history of mixing literal jeeps with armored vehicles because it's quirky and fun

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Video: Evolution of French Tank Regiment (1989-2022)

New video on the evolution of French Tank Regiments from the late 1980s to today

This is a supplemental. Basically I'm researching a main channel video that dives deeper into French tank pla...

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Video: How China’s New Artillery compares to the U.S.

New video on Chinese artillery platforms and structure from the company to group army (corps) level, with brief comparisons between it and how the U.S. does things.

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Purchase: Acoustic Panels

Recently got about $200 in high quality/thick acoustic panels and also a windscreen for my mic to make my room less bad to record in. Thanks for the support everyone!

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Store Relaunch (New Shirts)

I recently relaunched my store with some new shirt designs if anyone is interested in that: https://battleorder.myshopify.com/...

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Video: Mapping Russia’s Battered Arctic Battle Group

New video on Russia's 200th Motor Rifle Brigade (Arctic), including its original 2014 incursion into Ukraine and mapping its movements before and after the 2022 invasion

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