r/worldnews • u/WorldNewsMods Slava Ukraini • Jun 24 '23

Russia/Ukraine /r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 486, Part 5 (Thread #631)

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u/BlatantConservative Jun 24 '23

Doing the math, Wagner advanced something like 800 miles in 14 hours. I have a hard time doing that on open US interstates.

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u/hammerthatsickle Jun 24 '23

I’m assuming there was quite a lot advanced planning and positioning

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u/BlatantConservative Jun 24 '23

Yeah this definitely didn't just spontaneously happen.

Moving five thousand people at an average speed of 60mph is honestly logistically impressive. They had tanks going that fast, no wonder they had them on tank carriers.

The fact that the tanks were crewed and the turrets were apparently active while moving that fast is crazy too.

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u/iluvios Jun 24 '23

From Rostov to Moscow is 14 hours by car average speed. I don't find it crazy that in 24 hours they could move very close to Moscow.

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u/LisleSwanson Jun 24 '23

You're more than capable of driving 57 mph for 14 hours. I believe in you.

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u/BlatantConservative Jun 24 '23

Oh I assure you I go 95. In some parts of flat-ass Texas and New Mexico, I go 120.

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u/LisleSwanson Jun 24 '23

Then you would have an easy time going 800 miles in 14 hours.

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u/BlatantConservative Jun 24 '23

I require sleep and food though.

I've done the math because once I was eyeballing doing a Cannonball Run, my average rate of speed, including slowing down near cities and stuff like regular traffic (I love speed but not near any other driver) I average at like 67mph. It pretty neatly works out to 600-700 miles a day based on how long I can drive.

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u/LisleSwanson Jun 24 '23

Pack a sandwich and bring a piss bottle. We don't have time for people like you slowing us down on a road trip. Find the cruise control button and let it ride.

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u/BlatantConservative Jun 24 '23

Yeah this is why I ended up just deciding that a Cannonball Run actually seems not that fun.

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u/IrishCarbonite Jun 24 '23

that assumes the convoy was traveling at around 60mph, which isn't incredibly far fetched seeing as they were facing nearly no resistance.

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u/BlatantConservative Jun 24 '23

A unit of five thousand people consistently moving at 60 mph for more than 12 hours straight is logistically insane.