They are very good and optimized weapons for a battle but not rugged weapons for war.This sound like a joke
Germany sent 14 Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine, according to an inventory of its military support to Kyiv.
A muddy mess in Ukraine is making trouble for new howitzers so sensitive to dirt they come with their own vacuum cleaners
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- Ukraine's recently obtained German-made self-propelled howitzers are particularly vulnerable to mud.
- Soldiers have to be very clean and careful when entering the vehicles, The New York Times reported.
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Germany has sent 14 Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine, according to an of its military support to Kyiv. These weapons contain electronics that are so vulnerable to dirt and moisture that soldiers have to wear slippers or booties when they enter the vehicles so they don't track in any mud, the New York Times on Monday.
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Each howitzer even comes with a vacuum cleaner, and the barrels sometimes have to be cleaned with a long brush. "The Panzer really loves cleanliness," an artillery commander named Mykola told the Times, referring to a nickname for the Panzerhaubitze. "If you fire off two full loads of ammunition, you need to spend a day servicing it."
Serious ?
They made these for static display, or for war ?
Semingly these system lack full and rigous testing and evaluation.
I tought that this kind of issue is a problem for the USA ( Ford carrier, F35 and so on), but seemingly it plagued the whole NATO and Co. .
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I guess that's why it seems M-109 or Soviet era howitzer spotted more often in frontlines.
The Pzh2000 is one of those systems that fell victim to the complacency and hubris of a "victorious" west after the fall of the USSR when it came to specs, ruggedness and reliability.
Processed petroleum is kinda highly flammable.
So 80 years later german weapons still get rekt by mud. LMAO.This sound like a joke
Germany sent 14 Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine, according to an inventory of its military support to Kyiv.
A muddy mess in Ukraine is making trouble for new howitzers so sensitive to dirt they come with their own vacuum cleaners
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- Ukraine's recently obtained German-made self-propelled howitzers are particularly vulnerable to mud.
- Soldiers have to be very clean and careful when entering the vehicles, The New York Times reported.
- ...
Germany has sent 14 Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine, according to an of its military support to Kyiv. These weapons contain electronics that are so vulnerable to dirt and moisture that soldiers have to wear slippers or booties when they enter the vehicles so they don't track in any mud, the New York Times on Monday.
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Each howitzer even comes with a vacuum cleaner, and the barrels sometimes have to be cleaned with a long brush. "The Panzer really loves cleanliness," an artillery commander named Mykola told the Times, referring to a nickname for the Panzerhaubitze. "If you fire off two full loads of ammunition, you need to spend a day servicing it."
Serious ?
They made these for static display, or for war ?
Semingly these system lack full and rigous testing and evaluation.
I tought that this kind of issue is a problem for the USA ( Ford carrier, F35 and so on), but seemingly it plagued the whole NATO and Co. .
AN/TPQ-50 gets targeted and destroyed. Although the culprit is not mentioned in the video, the green indicator in the target reticle indicates a laser guided weapon, which can be a Krasnopol or a KAB dropped from the drone.
Mortar from DPR sends one to a Ukrainian mortar nest in Avdiivka.
2S1 Gvozdika gets hit by a Lancet.
Russians are training FPV operators. Targets are part of a training field.
Mortar from DPR sends one to a Ukrainian mortar nest in Avdiivka.
2S1 Gvozdika gets hit by a Lancet.
Russians are training FPV operators. Targets are part of a training field.
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There were several strikes with UMPK bombs today
More on the captured weapons cache under Soledar
More on the captured weapons cache under Soledar
1000 $ each crate means there is 300 million USD worth of ammunition.
Sounds much, but it worth only 75 pieces of S-300PM missiles.
Just for magnitude .
Are those 3 maxim guns inside a crate at the end of the video
Yep, they are probably the russian std 7.62x54 version, they are nice ! They would fetch nice sum of cash on the market.
For defensive purpose, they are still a machinegun.