Fighter_bomber mentioned it was a FAB-500 with an UMPK kit that didn't deploy its wings and had a delay fuse
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The War in the Ukraine
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Fighter_bomber mentioned it was a FAB-500 with an UMPK kit that didn't deploy its wings and had a delay fuse
Clearly exploded a couple of second after entering the soil. Exploding on impact would have killed somebody for sure.
AN/TPQ-37 counterbattery radar destroyed by Lancet despite all the cope nets.
VDV paratroopers managed to take out a Ukrainian T-64BV at Kremennaya.
ATV units hit Ukrainian positions with ATGMs in hit and run raids. Ukraine claims a number of Shahed drones downed in the latest wave of attacks although I don't put much weight on their claims as it doesn't align with the reported damage on the ground, which is said to include two oil depots.
VDV paratroopers managed to take out a Ukrainian T-64BV at Kremennaya.
ATV units hit Ukrainian positions with ATGMs in hit and run raids. Ukraine claims a number of Shahed drones downed in the latest wave of attacks although I don't put much weight on their claims as it doesn't align with the reported damage on the ground, which is said to include two oil depots.
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That one car gets tossed into the air, the brake lights are still on after the bomb explodes, so seemingly intact
Not sure about the driver's pants...
Want to know how cheap a FAB-500 is? Nearly 250 of them for one Kaliber cruise missile.
Lancet hits Ukrainian tank at Zaporozhye. The ammo appeared to cook off. Note that drone hits on tanks are not sure fatal kills due to the ERA.
Taking and questioning Ukrainian prisoners. These belong to the 110th brigade. The report says Bakhmut but I thought th 110th is in Avdiivka. Being prisoners you can sit out the war and not get killed. Prisoner exchanges do happen time to time and you can get sent back to the front.
Lancet hits Ukrainian tank at Zaporozhye. The ammo appeared to cook off. Note that drone hits on tanks are not sure fatal kills due to the ERA.
Taking and questioning Ukrainian prisoners. These belong to the 110th brigade. The report says Bakhmut but I thought th 110th is in Avdiivka. Being prisoners you can sit out the war and not get killed. Prisoner exchanges do happen time to time and you can get sent back to the front.
He makes valid points but nothing that has not been already brought up on this forum ages ago.
Basically under preparation, lack of clear objectives, outdated military tactics/strategy, inefficient command structure/government, underestimation of Ukrainian will to fight, and lack of money to use expensive weapons liberally.
People like him keep saying Russia 'lacks a clear strategic objective', but that's just not true, Russia's objective from the start is to seize total political control of Ukraine, for this it requires a full military occupation.
There's no ambiguous objective here, as soon as the Ukrainian will to fight is shown, total war is only way forward. The execution and planning is just extremely flawed/inadequate, causing the objective to be downgraded again and again.
There's another frequently seen point which I feel is mostly rubbish. That the Russian forces fought with 'outdated, static' positional' warfare doctrine and that things 'would be different' had it been fought by more 'modern' armies like Nato forces, Israel etc.
No, I don't believe that there's a clear distinction between "Modern mobile warfare" training/doctrine Aka Desert Storm and "Old static positional warfare" training/doctrine Aka World war I. The latter is just the default fallback for the former.
The former happens when one side is winning extremely hard, no great power armies deliberately trains for grinding attritional stalemate. Had those 'modern armies' being put into more even conventional fights, severe manpower shortages would also entail and they also would quickly lose the ability to take and hold ground.
No, I don't believe that there's a clear distinction between "Modern mobile warfare" training/doctrine Aka Desert Storm and "Old static positional warfare" training/doctrine Aka World war I. The latter is just the default fallback for the former.
The former happens when one side is winning extremely hard, no great power armies deliberately trains for grinding attritional stalemate. Had those 'modern armies' being put into more even conventional fights, severe manpower shortages would also entail and they also would quickly lose the ability to take and hold ground.