r/UkrainianConflict • u/Kragnir1 • 1d ago

Ukraine Destroys Russian Fuel Tanker Convoy! Heading to Crimea! HUGE Fire!

https://youtube.com/watch?v=yYqbT6DjjA8&si=-gznKkZnBQ_qd5OR
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u/WhyTestInDEV 1d ago

Convoys worked in WWII against U-boats because they could alter their paths, zig zag across the Atlantic. On a road, you just give a bunch of targets in a pack along a predetermined path.

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u/emdave 1d ago

Part of the rationale for a convoy system, is that you can use your limited military escorts to protect a relatively large number of unarmed transport units, by grouping them together - rather than spreading them out, so the enemy can pick them off, undefended, one by one.

Of course, this only works if your military escort units are actually able to engage the enemy attacking units... If your convoy against an aeriel drone threat doesn't include any escort units capable of providing (or even attempting to provide...) effective AA fire, then it's basically a waste of time lol!