If they have good firing range charts and leveling systems, they could be comparable to small field guns with better protection. Still have 100 mm rifled gun, giving better precision than a smooth bore for using it for artillery. Way better than a fieldgun for direct fire if needed.
The War in the Ukraine
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That wreck look the same for me...I think we can take most news with a pinch of salt.
The former head of Roskosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, calls for a second wave of mobilization in Russia due to a shortage of personnel in the Special Military Operations Zone (SVO). He announced this on the air of the radio station "Moscow Speaks", acting as the head of the group of military advisers "Tsar's Wolves".
Rogozin stressed that the enemy is stronger and Russia cannot afford to act in an environment where everyone is protecting only himself. In his opinion, the mobilization that took place in the autumn turned out to be insufficient, and another wave is required to compensate for the losses of personnel. Combat-ready soldiers are wounded and killed even with a stable front, and shelling continues.
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A second wave of mobilization would do about as much as the first wave of mobilization did, that is to say it will only help stabalize the front but nothing more than that.
A second wave of mobilization is not gonna do much. It takes several months to train up new recruits, and some of these new recruits would just be used to replace the losses instead of increasing the total number. Not only that but by the time these recruits are sent into battle, Ukraine itself would also have recruited new soldiers trained within NATO borders.
Putin needs to wake the F up. Fire/demote Gerasimov and/or Shoigu and get Surovikin in their place.
either go big or go home. What needs to be done is full mobilization and martial law, no person is allowed to leave Russia, recruit two million men and after training them for several months send them in. ammunition and equipment won't be an issue
Rogozin stressed that the enemy is stronger and Russia cannot afford to act in an environment where everyone is protecting only himself. In his opinion, the mobilization that took place in the autumn turned out to be insufficient, and another wave is required to compensate for the losses of personnel. Combat-ready soldiers are wounded and killed even with a stable front, and shelling continues.
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A second wave of mobilization would do about as much as the first wave of mobilization did, that is to say it will only help stabalize the front but nothing more than that.
A second wave of mobilization is not gonna do much. It takes several months to train up new recruits, and some of these new recruits would just be used to replace the losses instead of increasing the total number. Not only that but by the time these recruits are sent into battle, Ukraine itself would also have recruited new soldiers trained within NATO borders.
Putin needs to wake the F up. Fire/demote Gerasimov and/or Shoigu and get Surovikin in their place.
either go big or go home. What needs to be done is full mobilization and martial law, no person is allowed to leave Russia, recruit two million men and after training them for several months send them in. ammunition and equipment won't be an issue
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RT is reporting some interesting things with war reporters as their source.
Short Summary
- Belgorod: Large column of heavy equipment moving towards Russia border.
- Bakhmut: Russian North-West Defences breached.
- Bakhmut: Ukrainian strikes in the North and South
- Soledar: Ukrainian attacks from armor and troops.
- Guliay-Pole (Zaporozhye): Ukrainian attacks from troops.
- Dnieper River: Large build up of landing boats.
Short Summary
- Belgorod: Large column of heavy equipment moving towards Russia border.
- Bakhmut: Russian North-West Defences breached.
- Bakhmut: Ukrainian strikes in the North and South
- Soledar: Ukrainian attacks from armor and troops.
- Guliay-Pole (Zaporozhye): Ukrainian attacks from troops.
- Dnieper River: Large build up of landing boats.
The MIC, generals and the Russian elite have clearly shown themselves to be incredibly incompetent and have made fools of themselves in so many ways.
It is 2023.
They've been parading IFVs like the Boomerang for a decade, a year of war, and soldiers are still going to the front lines in BMP-1s...
To me that particular detail is telling, if there weren't massive screw-ups, that vehicle would have to be in production as a family car. If the Kremlin really cares about their "Special Operation", although looking at the whole red lines thing, it almost seems like they don't care that much a lot of the time....
Spreading their forces ? Sure that with a build-up going to Belgorov is a big news pushing the Russian to do the same and letting other front less defended.
Landing boats are quite hard to miss on that large river... we will see if the Russian forces were prepared to repeal them. It will be ugly if they are going for it against prepared defences.
Next couple of days will be interesting for sure if it's true !
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Lol. Russians are panicking over nothing. Offensive has not begun or is about to begin. The problem with Russia is Ukraine has been static since Kherson and has been in a hold the line position for months now that when those Ukrainian forces decide to do a little counter strike Russians seem to believe it's the big offensive they have been expecting.
If they are panicking over this I can only imagine the panic that will ensue when they see dozens of Bradleys and Leo2's heading their way.
some of these forces are feints for sure. and now it seems that one of the axis of advance is in the bakhmut sector. Ukraine has made some good progress in day 1 and 2, likely to continue. the wild card here is now that russia knows where ukraine is attacking, how effective can they employ their air and arty to hit these targets.
what is interesting to me is i have not notice significant uptick in ukrainian employment of long range fires into russian rear in these relevant sectors. so i really do question how sustainable ukrainian offensive will be.
They have pushed both road a bit, more so near Ivanivske. Maybe it's a relief push for the force in Bakhmut to get out... They have gone back and forth for months on these sections tho...
They actually advanced inside the citadel today.I get my news only from trusted sources like this forum where I was informed that Russia wins by Christmas 2022 because European Union & Ukraine have frozen to death.
On serious note there are a lot of graphics videos coming from Bakhmut showing piles of dead wagnerites and captured ammo and it seems Russians left in a hurry.
Seems like its clear what happened now.
There was miscommunication in the rotation between Wagner and the regular army.
The Ukrainians used this momentary weakness in the positions to advance east of the canal and take 3km^2.
The reported advances to the north are false, as Russia did not control those territories as can be seen from the independent maps (I personally like Suriyak and DeepStateUA as they noth are quite accurate).
After that Prigozhin and all Wagner related channels tried to wash their hands and blame the army.
Then this afternoon there was a panic attack.
For the first time and in a quite positive sign the Russian MoD made a statement of events in real time and denied what happened about a AFU offensive.