Scenes from a Russian unit patrolling the Dnieper River. The video also shows an attack by Ukrainian FPV drones on a Russian boat. It's worth noting that the unit is well-armed and uses shotguns to repel FPV drone attacks, which not all units currently have. The boat is also equipped with electronic warfare systems. The exact location of the battle is not disclosed.
The War in the Ukraine
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Thats some wild duck hunting !
It could work, but for a 120mm round to reach 30km, it would be sub-caliber. This means the round is smaller and lighter than the standard 120mm HE one, and so it would not contain the same amount of explosive filler as the main HE shell. There's a shell that will reach a theoretical or simulated range of 30km for the Abrams but it's an APSDS, and sabots are sub-caliber.
Tanks using the 120mm smoothbore have an elevation of up to 20 degs. In comparison, an SPG like the common 2S1 Gvozdika is up to 70 degrees, typical for true SPGs, with self propelled mortars reaching up to 80 degs. A howitzer attains it's optimal range typically at 45 degrees, and any increase of elevation above that point reduces range, but allows you to lob over landscape obstacles to strike targets behind it. Without this range of elevation, targets can hide behind obstacles, creating "dead zones" for the gun.
So while the shell would work, there's two big caveats to it.
A Russian 300mm Tornado-S multiple launch rocket strikes a temporary deployment site, presumably belonging to the 57th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian Army. To avoid casualties during the assault, a decision was made to use a high-precision Tornado-S missile with a GLONASS satellite guidance system. The video was filmed in Vovchansk, Kharkiv Oblast.
Footage of a Russian combined drone and missile strike on Kyiv on the nights of November 14 and 15. Footage of the strike was published by Kyiv residents, one of whom allegedly recorded a strike by a Russian Kh-47M2 Kinzhal hypersonic missile. Geran attack drones, Kinzhal, and Kalibr missiles were used in the attack on Kyiv. The strikes targeted thermal power plants, substations, and other energy infrastructure, including military facilities and air defense systems. The video has been condensed.
Footage of the use of the high-precision Russian 152mm Krasnopol-M2 projectile in combat in Ukraine. The video shows a Krasnopol projectile striking a rare Ukrainian M-80A infantry fighting vehicle. M-80A infantry fighting vehicles were produced in Yugoslavia since 1979; a review of them is available on the channel. Ukraine received its first batch of M-80A infantry fighting vehicles from Slovenia in 2022. The first strike on the Ukrainian M-80A infantry fighting vehicle was carried out by FPV drones. The second strike was carried out by an Msta-S self-propelled gun using a 3OF95 Krasnopol-M2 projectile, possibly a 3OF39M Krasnopol-M projectile. The video was filmed northeast of Kostiantynivka.
Certainly not salvageable... direct artillery hits are an eraser. With drone targeting, better not be in range from one of those ammo. How good Krasnopol are against moving targets ?
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