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Battleground

23. Sir Mike Jackson

Battleground

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🗓️ 13 January 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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This week, Saul and Patrick speak to perhaps the most high profile British Army officer since the Second World War - the former head of the British Army - Sir Mike Jackson. Sir Mike shared his views on the institutional weaknesses in the Russian Military, why he won't rule out Russia turning the tide, and his reaction to recent comments by Prince Harry about his time in Afghanistan. Saul and Patrick also discuss the big announcement by the US, France, and Germany that they are sending armoured fighting vehicles to Ukraine, and the latest battlefield developments on the ground near Bakhmut. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:18.2

and Saul David. Well, the big news this week is the announcement by the US, Germany and France

1:23.8

that finally they are sending armoured fighting vehicles to Ukraine that can be used

1:29.1

for a spring offensive. There are also reports that Britain might be about to supply Challenger

1:34.6

two battle tanks. Well, once again, we've seen little movement on the battlefield, though

1:39.0

there is some indication that Russia is at last making some ground in its attempts to capture

1:43.4

Bakhmut in Donetsk.

1:45.3

But we have to ask to what effect and at what cost? And where might the war be heading in the

1:50.5

coming months? To answer this and other questions, we're delighted to have as our guest,

1:54.9

General Sir Mike Jackson, a former head of the British Army and a man with a unique insight

1:59.5

into the Russian military mindset.

2:02.1

Before we hear from Mike, let's drill down into the details of these new announcements on military

2:06.5

hardware and their significance. Patrick, what have you heard?

2:10.2

Well, let's go down to details. The US has promised to send 50 Bradley armored fighting vehicles.

2:17.5

Germany is promising 40 martyrs and France's. to send 50 Bradley Armoured Fighting Vehicles.

2:26.3

Germany is promising 40 martyrs and France an undisclosed number of AMX 10 armored combat vehicles as well as Bastion Armoured Personnel Characters.

2:29.6

Now the first three characters, they're all wheeled armoured cars with cannons. So they're not tanks, but they're

2:35.3

quick and effective, particularly the American Bradley's and the AMX10s. The really significant news is

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