We also see many 155s knocked out by Russian artillery both unguided and with guided Krasnopol or Kitolov ammunition. We also see many Ukrainian ammo depots, convoys, and command posts hit by these shells that indicate these are striking well behind Ukrainian lines into their logistics paths.
There is no technical deficiency at all with the Russian side. They have better UAV superiority due to having better and more dense AD and EW that knocks out Ukrainian UAVs, and UAVs are what spots for artillery. No UAV, no spotting. It's only a matter of spotting the artillery pieces, and no matter what the range, the Russians can deal with it, for example with Tornado-S up to 120km in range. For that matter, Tornado G can use it's GPS guided rockets all the way to 45km range.
Range of base 152mm shell is up to 24km and with rocket assist up to 37km. The Malka with it's 203mm shell goes up to 47km with it's rocket assisted shell. Krasnopol ranges are unknown because aerodynamic refinements in the shell design means the shell can travel even further.
A lot of the precision hits on the Ukrainian side are actually using 152mm and 122mm, using home grown ammunition. This is the Kvnitnik 152mm and Karasuk 122mm shells which the Ukrainians developed from their part of the Soviet program that develop the Krasnopol. The advantage is that Ukraine managed to access Western chip technology to complete their projects. Compared to 155mm Excaliburs, the Ukrainian shells cost much lower, like $35,000 each compared to an Excalibur that cost like $170,000 each as much as a single HIMARS rocket. The advantage of being laser guided the shell meant it is ECM proof unlike GPS guided munitions and can hit moving targets, along with being more expendable and worthy of being used against cheaper targets because it is cheaper and locally produced. Many of the kills attributed to HIMARS and Excaliburs might be more attributed to these shells but MSM is trying hard to shill for HIMARS and Excaliburs.
The advantage of using the 122mm and 152mm is that it's self maintainable on the Ukrainian side unlike the 155mm which has a fast barrel wear and electronics that suffer under the Ukrainian mud and weather and has to be sent back to Germany or Poland for repair. Hence why we still see a ton of 152mm and 122mm still being used in Ukraine. In addition to that the reputation of reliability of both the D-20 and D-30 howitzers are legendary and they command high demand in the arms market.
In 2022 the use of Ukrainian laser guided shells gave the Ukrainians a step up over the Russians until the Russians are able to acquire electronics (take your best guess who) needed to fix the Krasnopol and scale it's production and that started to happen around early 2023, and now it is heavily mass produced along with it's 122mm counterpart the Kitolov-2 which also can be used with 120mm mortars. Krasnopol techs are also applied to the shells used on the Pion/Malka and the Tyulpan. This access to technologies also at the same time, allowed the scaled up production of Lancets, which also in turn is also tied to the increased production of Orlan-10 and Orlan-30 UAVs that spot and guide for Krasnopol and Kitolov shells. This leads up to the situation today.
In other news, we see many Ukrainians surrendering which the Ukrainians can apply through a publicized frequency range.
A bit of info about Russian mines.
This didn't cover the PTM-3 and PTM-4 land mines that are antitank and yes HEAT or shaped charges, plus finally the PTKM-1R antitank jumping mine that has a kill radius of about 100 meters, along with Agriculture mine layer that can lay mines as far as 15km away via multiple rocket launch.
Humvee destroyed by Russian artillery.
Russian Airborne hitting Ukrainian shelters with one shot artillery.
Destroyed Ukrainian vehicles by the 247th Cossack Regiment of the VDV.
Krasnopol hit on a Ukrainian Strela-10. The comment didn't say anything but the video has evidence of a green target reticle, which is indicative of lasing. Lasing color codes. Green = Excellent target gain. Blue = Good to Fair gain. Yellow = Keep trying.
This Ukrainian Strela-10 is knocked out by Lancet this time.
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