I don't know if it would be more efficient to refurbishes more rugged systems like the M198 than the more exotic M777 full of weight saving materials.
The War in the Ukraine
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Nikolaevo-Daryino in the Kursk region recaptured by the Russians.
Detection and destruction of an AFU command post, several UAV crews and river boats under the Antonovsky Bridge.
The 110th Mechanized Brigade of the AFU is trapped in one of the worst cauldrons ever in Velikaya Novoselka. Getting trapped into a pocket with your retreat routes cut off and a river behind your back is one of the worst situations possible.
T-72B3 in the front.
Czech Republic will stop supplying artillery shells to Ukraine if the opposition party comes to power.
Ukrainian T-72M1 burning in the Kupyansk direction.
EU must prolong the conflict in Ukraine to help contain Russia and prepare for war in the next five years.
Tankers of the Thunder Battalion of the 35th Altai Brigade levels Ukrainian strongholds ahead of an assault by the Struna Battalion.
Destruction of Ukrainian vehicles in Velikaya Novoselka, includes two SPGs.
French VAB APC knocked out in the Sudja checkpoint.
FAB arrives on a Ukrainian deployment point in Malaya Tokmachka.
Ukraine working on a heavy hexacopter with fiberoptic and 40km ranges.
Another column of M1989 Koksan 170mm SPG spotted in Russia.
Ukraine using 105mm howitzers. This one an M101.
German Dingo-2 found knocked out near Pokrovsk.
Rare BMP-1LB based on an MT-LB and a BM-7 combat module, towing away a Toyota SUV, which happens to be a first gen three door RAV-4.
Roschel Senator knocked out in the Kursk region.
Baranovka captured by the Russians east of Pokrovsk.
Konstantinovka being hit by FABs.
Ukrainian FPV drone control tower is knocked out over Pokrovsk, ironically by a Russian FPV drone.
Ukrainian tank hit by a Lancet with catastrophic results.
FPV drone strike on a Ukrainian deployment point in the Kupyansk direction. This might be a Molinya+TM-62 package.
T-64BV destroyed by multiple drones in the Kursk region.
Ukrainian D-30 howitzer gets knocked out by a Lancet.
X-38ML missile strikes a Ukrainian pontoon bridge over the Oskol River.
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RADA radar gets knocked out by a Lancet. The take out is in the Dnepropetrovsk region.
L119 howitzer is taken out by Lancet in Dachne.
Lancets take out an AFU T-72 in Malaya Loknya in the Kursk region and an M777 in the Novoaleksandrovka in South Donetsk.
A Ukrainian 2S1 Gvozdika gets knocked out by a Lancet in the Kupyansk direction.
Detection and destruction of an AFU command post, several UAV crews and river boats under the Antonovsky Bridge.
The 110th Mechanized Brigade of the AFU is trapped in one of the worst cauldrons ever in Velikaya Novoselka. Getting trapped into a pocket with your retreat routes cut off and a river behind your back is one of the worst situations possible.
T-72B3 in the front.
Czech Republic will stop supplying artillery shells to Ukraine if the opposition party comes to power.
Ukrainian T-72M1 burning in the Kupyansk direction.
EU must prolong the conflict in Ukraine to help contain Russia and prepare for war in the next five years.
Tankers of the Thunder Battalion of the 35th Altai Brigade levels Ukrainian strongholds ahead of an assault by the Struna Battalion.
Destruction of Ukrainian vehicles in Velikaya Novoselka, includes two SPGs.
French VAB APC knocked out in the Sudja checkpoint.
FAB arrives on a Ukrainian deployment point in Malaya Tokmachka.
Ukraine working on a heavy hexacopter with fiberoptic and 40km ranges.
Another column of M1989 Koksan 170mm SPG spotted in Russia.
Ukraine using 105mm howitzers. This one an M101.
German Dingo-2 found knocked out near Pokrovsk.
Rare BMP-1LB based on an MT-LB and a BM-7 combat module, towing away a Toyota SUV, which happens to be a first gen three door RAV-4.
Roschel Senator knocked out in the Kursk region.
Baranovka captured by the Russians east of Pokrovsk.
Konstantinovka being hit by FABs.
Ukrainian FPV drone control tower is knocked out over Pokrovsk, ironically by a Russian FPV drone.
Ukrainian tank hit by a Lancet with catastrophic results.
FPV drone strike on a Ukrainian deployment point in the Kupyansk direction. This might be a Molinya+TM-62 package.
T-64BV destroyed by multiple drones in the Kursk region.
Ukrainian D-30 howitzer gets knocked out by a Lancet.
X-38ML missile strikes a Ukrainian pontoon bridge over the Oskol River.
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RADA radar gets knocked out by a Lancet. The take out is in the Dnepropetrovsk region.
L119 howitzer is taken out by Lancet in Dachne.
Lancets take out an AFU T-72 in Malaya Loknya in the Kursk region and an M777 in the Novoaleksandrovka in South Donetsk.
A Ukrainian 2S1 Gvozdika gets knocked out by a Lancet in the Kupyansk direction.
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An episode of the battle of the Ukrainian mechanized column in the Krasnolimansk direction. The Ukrainian group, consisting of the Marder 1A3 infantry fighting vehicle, the M113 infantry fighting vehicle and an armored vehicle, tried to counterattack the positions of Russian motorized riflemen from the 144th division. Technical information about all the equipment is on the channel. Judging by the video, the Russian army expected a counterattack by Ukrainian units. As reported, as a result of an attack by Russian FPV drones, artillery and planted mines, the Ukrainian column was destroyed. The personnel of the Ukrainian infantry fighting vehicles, the units are unknown, dispersed across the battlefield, but were attacked by Russian drones, the episode was removed from the video.
Russian forces advancing towards Dnipropetrovsk.
Kozak-2M1 found destroyed in Dachnoye in the Kurakhovo sector.
India double downing on Russian oil imports by allowing Russians to insure tankers servicing Indian ports.
Blogger Lex Friedman announces he will come to Russia to interview Putin.
Gerans arriving at targets in Zaporozhye. At least five Gerans hit their targets.
Electrical substation in Zaporozhye up in flames after a Geran arrived. All transformers are down.
Kursk region. M1A1 Abrams met a Lancet. Viktorovka village.
Another drone has set this Ukrainian tank on fire and a fiberoptic drone comes to finish it off.
Four missiles struck Ukrainian targets in Zaporozhye.
Danish Ministry of Defense appears to be buying used 2S1 Gvozdikas and sending them to Ukraine.
Students and teachers in Ukraine might be mobilize by summer.
Russian MoD confirms capture of Solenoye. This towards Pokrovsk and the area of the Pokrovsk mine.
Russian UAVs spotted a large Ukrainian camping and deployment site near Slavyansk, then treated the entire area with cluster munitions, possibly from Iskanders. The brigade targeted is the 18th Separate Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine. At least 28 vehicles were allegedly destroyed.
Battles in the Pokrovsk sector. It appears Kotlino is back in the grey zone via Ukrainian counterattack (by the 425th Skala Battalion) and Novovasilyevka is captured.
However things may not have ended well for the Skala Battalion as Group Center forces are showing trophies collected from them.
Russian bridgehead across the Oskol River is rapidly expanding or metasizing and Dvurechnaya has almost fallen.
It appears the eastern side of Velikaya Novoselka has fallen to the Russians.
Butusov says the 110th Brigade in Velikaya Novoselka is trapped in a narrow corridor and can only escape by foot. These guys are effectively left for dead or capture.
Ukrainian counterattack towards Kurakhovo did not end happily as it met the 68th Tank Regiment.
TOS-1A being fired by the Tula paratroopers against Ukrainian strongholds in the Kursk region.
203mm SPG, probably a Malka, at work in the Pokrovsk direction.
Kozak-2M1 found destroyed in Dachnoye in the Kurakhovo sector.
India double downing on Russian oil imports by allowing Russians to insure tankers servicing Indian ports.
Blogger Lex Friedman announces he will come to Russia to interview Putin.
Gerans arriving at targets in Zaporozhye. At least five Gerans hit their targets.
Electrical substation in Zaporozhye up in flames after a Geran arrived. All transformers are down.
Kursk region. M1A1 Abrams met a Lancet. Viktorovka village.
Another drone has set this Ukrainian tank on fire and a fiberoptic drone comes to finish it off.
Four missiles struck Ukrainian targets in Zaporozhye.
Danish Ministry of Defense appears to be buying used 2S1 Gvozdikas and sending them to Ukraine.
Students and teachers in Ukraine might be mobilize by summer.
Russian MoD confirms capture of Solenoye. This towards Pokrovsk and the area of the Pokrovsk mine.
Russian UAVs spotted a large Ukrainian camping and deployment site near Slavyansk, then treated the entire area with cluster munitions, possibly from Iskanders. The brigade targeted is the 18th Separate Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine. At least 28 vehicles were allegedly destroyed.
Battles in the Pokrovsk sector. It appears Kotlino is back in the grey zone via Ukrainian counterattack (by the 425th Skala Battalion) and Novovasilyevka is captured.
However things may not have ended well for the Skala Battalion as Group Center forces are showing trophies collected from them.
Russian bridgehead across the Oskol River is rapidly expanding or metasizing and Dvurechnaya has almost fallen.
It appears the eastern side of Velikaya Novoselka has fallen to the Russians.
Butusov says the 110th Brigade in Velikaya Novoselka is trapped in a narrow corridor and can only escape by foot. These guys are effectively left for dead or capture.
Ukrainian counterattack towards Kurakhovo did not end happily as it met the 68th Tank Regiment.
TOS-1A being fired by the Tula paratroopers against Ukrainian strongholds in the Kursk region.
203mm SPG, probably a Malka, at work in the Pokrovsk direction.
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Homemade cartridges designed to intercept drones have begun to be produced in the Russian Yakut detachment "Botur" of the BARS-2 battalion. Testing at the training ground and use against drones is at the end of the video. The production of cartridges against drones was organized by a serviceman with the call sign "Chess Player". The cartridges are used in Kalashnikov assault rifles of 5.45 mm caliber. The technology is very simple. A plastic tube is taken. Shot is inserted into it, after which the plastic tube is heated. As a result of heating, the plastic compresses the shot, and a ready-made bullet is obtained. Then, bullets are removed from the standard cartridges of Kalashnikov assault rifles using a machine and a bullet filled with shot is inserted in their place using another machine. To reduce the risk of jamming the machine, the bullet with shot is made shorter. We do not know how effective these cartridges are, but they are already being used to destroy drones in Ukraine.
Russian flag raised in the center of Velikaya Novoselka near the stadium.
There are videos from the area but it's hard to publish them as they are filled with human casualties, namely of the AFU 110th. Attempts to break out and open a retreat route to the north were violently suppressed but the Russians are allowing a peaceful surrender route to the south to Russian positions where people won't be fired upon. From what it appears the operation in Velikaya Novoselka has become a house to house clearing operation.
Ukrainian drones hit the Novo-Ryazan TPP and the JSC oil refinery.
Ukrainian observation and UAV control points near the Antonovsky Bridge is hit by multiple FABs.
Highway junction from Konstantinovka to Pokrovsk and Mirnograd destroyed. Likely a Russian air strike.
Tornado-S, not Iskander, credited to a mass cluster munitions strike against an assembly and camping point of the AFU 18th Brigade. While no figures are officially announced the potential human casualties can be massive.
Burning Leopard 2A4 with Kontakt-1 and barbeque grills.
Destroyed Humvee in the Kupyansk direction.
FPV drone takes out a Ukrainian ersatz Nona-SVK using a BRM-1K body and a Nona-S turret. This is referred to as 2S17-2 or Nona-SV.
Russian MoD confirms the capture of Timofeevka in the Pokrovsk direction.
Massive Ukrainian drone attack against Russia and most are claimed to be shot down. However the electronics plant of Silicon-EL was hit, no casualties were reported but a plant and warehouse was damaged, along with mentioned oil refinery and TPP.
Ukrainian howitzer gets taken out at Shevchenko.
M1998 Koksans are already being reported in combat in the Liman sector where there are Russian breakthroughs. Already they are being compared with FABs. The M1991 240mm MLRS and KN-23 missiles might be sent to Russia as well.
There are videos from the area but it's hard to publish them as they are filled with human casualties, namely of the AFU 110th. Attempts to break out and open a retreat route to the north were violently suppressed but the Russians are allowing a peaceful surrender route to the south to Russian positions where people won't be fired upon. From what it appears the operation in Velikaya Novoselka has become a house to house clearing operation.
Ukrainian drones hit the Novo-Ryazan TPP and the JSC oil refinery.
Ukrainian observation and UAV control points near the Antonovsky Bridge is hit by multiple FABs.
Highway junction from Konstantinovka to Pokrovsk and Mirnograd destroyed. Likely a Russian air strike.
Tornado-S, not Iskander, credited to a mass cluster munitions strike against an assembly and camping point of the AFU 18th Brigade. While no figures are officially announced the potential human casualties can be massive.
Burning Leopard 2A4 with Kontakt-1 and barbeque grills.
Destroyed Humvee in the Kupyansk direction.
FPV drone takes out a Ukrainian ersatz Nona-SVK using a BRM-1K body and a Nona-S turret. This is referred to as 2S17-2 or Nona-SV.
Russian MoD confirms the capture of Timofeevka in the Pokrovsk direction.
Massive Ukrainian drone attack against Russia and most are claimed to be shot down. However the electronics plant of Silicon-EL was hit, no casualties were reported but a plant and warehouse was damaged, along with mentioned oil refinery and TPP.
Ukrainian howitzer gets taken out at Shevchenko.
M1998 Koksans are already being reported in combat in the Liman sector where there are Russian breakthroughs. Already they are being compared with FABs. The M1991 240mm MLRS and KN-23 missiles might be sent to Russia as well.
Footage of a multiple missile strike by Russian Tornado-S cluster munitions in the area of the 18th separate brigade of the Ukrainian National Guard. The video was filmed 5 km northwest of the village of Slavyansk, according to some sources, this is in the area of the village of Glubokaya Makatikha. The strike used a Russian, presumably 300 mm Tornado-S MLRS, equipped with a 9M55K rocket with a cluster warhead. The 9M55K missile has 72 9N235 warheads, each containing 360 and 96 sokoloks, weighing from 0.75 to 4.5 grams. Judging by the video, there was a lot of military equipment and the missile strike was truly large-scale, but it is impossible to assess its consequences. Officially, 28 units of military equipment of the Ukrainian National Guard were reported to have been damaged. Most of the equipment was trucks and cars.
With drones being used extensively in combat in Ukraine, it appears that the Russian army has an excess of drones in some areas of the front. Footage has been released of three Russian drones striking a Ukrainian M113A2 armored personnel carrier. The M113 armored personnel carriers were developed in the United States in 1957. Near the town of Dvurechnaya in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine, a Ukrainian M113A2 armored personnel carrier was attacked by a Lancet drone, a Vandal FPV drone, and a third drone dropped ammunition on the armored personnel carrier. Judging by the video, the combat vehicle had been abandoned earlier by the crew.
No photographs but we are hearing another body exchange has taken place. This time, the exchange ratio is even more lopsided. From the @intelslava Telegram blog.
"Another exchange of bodies of fallen soldiers took place, the bodies of 49 fallen soldiers were returned to Russia, and representatives of Ukraine announced the receipt of 757 bodies of their soldiers.
Among them, 451 are from the Donetsk direction, 137 from Zaporizhzhya, 71 from Bakhmut, 51 from Ugledar, 13 from Luhansk, and another 34 bodies from Russian morgues.
These statistics make it possible to track the hottest areas where a successful Russian offensive is being conducted and many bodies of enemy soldiers fall into the hands of the advancing units."
Guy throws his gun at a Ukrainian FPV drone and knocks it out.
New drone "Kub-2" observing Ukrainian motorboats in the Kherson region prior to attack.
Destroyed Kozak-M1 and a Ukrainian BMP-1 in the Pokrovsk direction.
FPV drones taking out a T-64BV in the Kupyansk direction.
FPV drones finishing off various Ukrainian vehicles in the Kursk region to prevent restoration.
Rare Swedish Bvbg 90 gets struck by a fiberoptic KVN drone in the Kursk region.
Lviv Military Orchestra is now sent to the front as infant as Ukraine continues to run out of personnel. It also appears the technicians for the IRIS-T systems will join them.
Ukraine's new desertion law has consequences. The law forgives the deserter if he or she returns to the services. As a result, desertion among elite services has increased by 60%. From Telegram blog @rvvoenkor.
"Due to the new law, mass desertion in the elite troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine increased by 60% (!)
After the law decriminalizing the NWF (in Russia, the NWF) came into force, cases of desertion in the army increased by 60%, said the secretary of the Rada Defense Committee.
I spoke with our elite units, — with both DShV (landing) and Marines: NWF increased by 60%. Because the soldiers thought that once it was possible, I have the right to it», — said R. Kostenko.
According to this law, the first NWF can be avoided if you then voluntarily return to service."
Abrams tank is immobilized by Lancet while another Ukrainian tank is taken out also by Lancet.
A Ukrainian T-72 is hit by an FPV drone in the Kharkhiv region. The tank could survive a frontal hit however. More tanks are being taken out in the area of responsibility of Group Zapad.
The 5th Guard Tanks Brigade raises it's flag over the center of Velikaya Novoselka. This signals the city is now completely split into two, with the southern pocket completely encircled.
The problem of Starlink antennas is that they betray the locations of dugouts and hideouts to Russian drone operators.
"Another exchange of bodies of fallen soldiers took place, the bodies of 49 fallen soldiers were returned to Russia, and representatives of Ukraine announced the receipt of 757 bodies of their soldiers.
Among them, 451 are from the Donetsk direction, 137 from Zaporizhzhya, 71 from Bakhmut, 51 from Ugledar, 13 from Luhansk, and another 34 bodies from Russian morgues.
These statistics make it possible to track the hottest areas where a successful Russian offensive is being conducted and many bodies of enemy soldiers fall into the hands of the advancing units."
Guy throws his gun at a Ukrainian FPV drone and knocks it out.
New drone "Kub-2" observing Ukrainian motorboats in the Kherson region prior to attack.
Destroyed Kozak-M1 and a Ukrainian BMP-1 in the Pokrovsk direction.
FPV drones taking out a T-64BV in the Kupyansk direction.
FPV drones finishing off various Ukrainian vehicles in the Kursk region to prevent restoration.
Rare Swedish Bvbg 90 gets struck by a fiberoptic KVN drone in the Kursk region.
Lviv Military Orchestra is now sent to the front as infant as Ukraine continues to run out of personnel. It also appears the technicians for the IRIS-T systems will join them.
Ukraine's new desertion law has consequences. The law forgives the deserter if he or she returns to the services. As a result, desertion among elite services has increased by 60%. From Telegram blog @rvvoenkor.
"Due to the new law, mass desertion in the elite troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine increased by 60% (!)
After the law decriminalizing the NWF (in Russia, the NWF) came into force, cases of desertion in the army increased by 60%, said the secretary of the Rada Defense Committee.
I spoke with our elite units, — with both DShV (landing) and Marines: NWF increased by 60%. Because the soldiers thought that once it was possible, I have the right to it», — said R. Kostenko.
According to this law, the first NWF can be avoided if you then voluntarily return to service."
Abrams tank is immobilized by Lancet while another Ukrainian tank is taken out also by Lancet.
A Ukrainian T-72 is hit by an FPV drone in the Kharkhiv region. The tank could survive a frontal hit however. More tanks are being taken out in the area of responsibility of Group Zapad.
The 5th Guard Tanks Brigade raises it's flag over the center of Velikaya Novoselka. This signals the city is now completely split into two, with the southern pocket completely encircled.
The problem of Starlink antennas is that they betray the locations of dugouts and hideouts to Russian drone operators.
It looks like situation at the front for Ukraine has just about reached the "Luftwaffe Field Divisions" stage.
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