The Italians transferred the PzH 2000 self-propelled gun to Germany under the narrative of a "Russian invasion."

Italian mechanized units were deployed to the Grafenwöhr training ground in Germany in February. The purpose of the deployment is to participate in the joint exercise Dynamic Front 26.

The Italian presence at these exercises consists of the use of German-made 155mm PzH 2000 self-propelled guns.

From the official release:

In addition to practicing combat shooting skills, the exercises are designed to demonstrate the entire chain of application of modern artillery: Assembling and dispersing forces under time pressure, moving batteries along restricted routes and into areas requiring fire support, practicing fire direction procedures, and then executing combat missions to standards while headquarters prioritizes the wider battlespace.

The transportation of the PzH 2000 self-propelled guns to Germany is part of NATO's comprehensive effort to rapidly deploy forces and assets as part of the "Baltic to Black Sea Security" program. The exercises themselves are taking place at training grounds in several countries, including Germany, Poland, Greece, Turkey, Romania, and Spain.

NATO is practicing increasing the concentration of strike forces in a number of areas. The usual narrative is that "this is in case of a Russian invasion." Are we invading Spain and Italy, too?

By and large, it's quite obvious that Europe is preparing for a major war. Moreover, they're counting on this war being waged according to roughly the same scenarios and principles as the Ukrainian conflict. That is, they're clearly counting on there being no weapons mass destruction will not be used during this war, which is where they see an opportunity for themselves.

Comments

[Andobor]

How can we invade Germany? And why?
- just glaze, but at least Italy will remain.

[belovvladimir]

By and large, it's quite clear that Europe is preparing for a major war. Moreover, they expect this war to be waged according to roughly the same scenarios and principles as the Ukrainian conflict. In other words, they clearly expect that no weapons of mass destruction will be used during this war, which they see as an opportunity.

They still have a chance to survive if they don't waste time on nonsense and threats. If Russia were to drop an atomic bomb on Europe, or even on England, the US wouldn't even try for the simple reason that in that case, there would be no one to talk to. Not everyone would survive an atomic war, but then the living would truly envy the dead, so if they wiped part of Europe off the map, no one would dare try again, so they wouldn't survive the horror of an atomic war against Russia!

[topol717]

Quote: belovvladimir

Not everyone will survive a nuclear war, but afterwards the living will truly envy the dead

Some believe the power of nuclear weapons is greatly exaggerated. And it's far from certain that we have a chance of delivering even half of those 6,000 remaining warheads to the enemy. They will certainly cause destruction, but most likely superficial.

[Evgenijus]

topol717:

... They will of course suffer damage, but most likely it will be superficial.

There were surface tests in Chernobyl in 1986. But the "bomb" there didn't explode; it simply disintegrated from the high temperatures. The reactor simply ruptured with a roar, destroying the enormous reactor building. But that wasn't a nuclear explosion. I suggest you read up on the design of a simple nuclear bomb and how it works online.

[topol717]

Quote: Evgenijus

There were surface ones in Chernobyl in 1986. But the “bomb” there did not explode, but simply fell apart from the high temperature,

In general, a nuclear reactor could never cause a nuclear explosion under any circumstances. Uranium enrichment is too low.
There was an explosion at Chernobyl, a thermal explosion that blew off the reactor's roof and caused severe radiation contamination of the area. A nuclear explosion wouldn't cause such severe contamination.

[opuonmed]

Quote: belovvladimir

By and large, it is quite obvious that Europe is preparing for a major war.

It's already obvious that their target is Russia. While the Kyiv regime weakens Russia, the EU and NATO are preparing! I hope that Russia will take all measures to inflict maximum damage on the EU and NATO with high-density nuclear strikes, otherwise Russia could end up worse off than the Kyiv regime (in terms of casualties and shelling). If we're going to wage war, we need to bring the EU, the US, and the British to the brink of annihilation! I hope they didn't squander the USSR's nuclear potential in the 90s!

[cat Crush]

What's there to prepare for war? Drink wine, eat spaghetti, dance, and so on with the ladies, and so on. You don't even have to worry about coffins. Everything will be beautiful and SMOOTH...

[a vacuum cleaner]

They're preparing for war, and before the attack, there'll be a commotion from every corner about Russia's negativity, and demands and threats of a nuclear response. As it happened, one woman, PSAKI, loudly declared that the use of cluster munitions was a crime. And what came of it?

[NakedMan]

The "hype" about the Russian threat has also been going on for four years now.

[Gomunkul]

Judging by information coming from private individuals in Europe, Poland is the next country being prepared for war with Russia. I would guess that NATO command will decide whether to engage the rest of Europe in a major war with Russia after it understands how Russia will respond to Poland's aggression. If Poland is immediately smashed to pieces, that would cool the ardor of NATO's roosters. If, however, a conflict with Poland develops, as in Ukraine, the rest of Europe will intervene on its behalf, and we'll have another theater of war spreading along the entire border between Russia and Europe.

[belovvladimir]

Gomunkul.
Judging by information coming from private individuals in Europe, Poland is the next country being prepared for war with Russia. I would guess that NATO command will decide whether to engage the rest of Europe in a major war with Russia after it understands how Russia will respond to Poland's aggression. If Poland is immediately smashed to pieces, that would cool the ardor of NATO's roosters. If, however, a conflict with Poland develops, as in Ukraine, the rest of Europe will intervene on its behalf, and we'll have another theater of war spreading along the entire border between Russia and Europe.

If the war unleashed by Poland turns into a huge conflict with the entry of NATO, then who knows, Japan might not take advantage of the situation to seize the Kuril Islands. Everything is heading in that direction, so here only a strong loaf of bread on Naglia and so on down the list.

[Gomunkul]

there's only a vigorous loaf here

That's precisely why they want to test Poland to see if Russia will strike there or not. This trick (a nuclear strike) didn't work with Ukraine, so now they'll test it on Poland, where the chances of the Poles getting the full brunt are higher.

[belovvladimir]

Who's the downvoter here? Ukrainian цыпсошник, ау minusator открой своë лиливое лицакой

[Gomunkul]

Who's the downvoter here?

They will never admit this to you. + I gave you.)

[belovvladimir]

Likewise, you too + and let the lying cowards wipe their faces

[Gomunkul]

and let the lying cowards wipe their teeth

Don't pay any attention to them. There are a lot of them hanging around here on VO after 2014.

[Dedok]

Europe is preparing for a major war. Moreover, they expect this war to be waged according to roughly the same scenarios and principles as the Ukrainian conflict.

Yeah, let's draw a red line around it...
like chalk against cockroaches - but will it help?

[O. Bender]

NATO is concentrating equipment and weapons along the entire border with Russia, even in Tribaltia. The Finns are also under pressure. Where will they get help from? From the south or north, or from within? The main thing is to hit them with the right bombs to cool their ardor. Poland and the island with its lords are the first priority. Article 5 of NATO?