The War in the Ukraine

An episode of the work of Russian assault groups in Ukraine. Machine-gun crew and a professional sniper pair keep the defense in the building and clear the approaches to it in Ukraine from the enemy. (this and other videos have subtitles)


The crew of the Russian air defense system "Buk" spoke about the confrontation with the American MLRS "HIMARS" in Ukraine. The goal is difficult, but the interception of HIMARS MLRS missiles in Ukraine has ceased to be a problem, Russian air defense crews have already gained experience in combating it.


There was information that the English howitzers L119 caliber 105 mm have already been delivered to the territory of Ukraine. In Ukraine, they said that these howitzers in the future should replace the 122-mm howitzers of Soviet production. Howitzers were produced under license and the United States under the name M119. The L118 light howitzer was developed in the UK to replace the obsolete 105 mm M56 howitzers. The howitzer was produced in two versions: L-118 with a conventional barrel and L-119 with a shortened one. L119s were withdrawn from service by England in 2005. Howitzer L-119 with a shortened barrel shoots at 11 km, it is used mainly for training. The firing range of the L-118 howitzer with a conventional high-explosive fragmentation projectile is 17 km, with an active-reactive projectile - 20 km. The weight of the howitzer is 2.3 tons, the calculation is 5-7 people. Among the advantages of the howitzer are its light weight, the ability to be towed by off-road vehicles and transferred by helicopters.

Soldier30 said:

There was information that the English howitzers L119 caliber 105 mm have already been delivered to the territory of Ukraine. In Ukraine, they said that these howitzers in the future should replace the 122-mm howitzers of Soviet production.

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This sounds like a serious downgrade of capabilities. Then again, Ukraine has become NATO's junkyard and for every piece of top-of-the-line equipment, they must receive 20 times the amout in obsolete and long retired systems.

What Russia can do is produce more of those precision guidance kit for their probably millions of Smerch rockets laying around. That will drive the cost down for them for sure.

and maybe put them in Uragan too.

2:20 min compilation of Izdeliye 305E missile fired from Ka 52 Alligators & Mi 28NM Havoc. It is reported that the missile range is up to 14.5 kilometers and is capable of carrying a warhead weighing up to 25 kilograms, aiming at targets with the possibility of a multimode electro-optical system.

Russian UAV footage reportedly of a French supplied Caesar howitzer. The Russian source claims it was knocked out of action, but is not shown in the clip. The source also says there is a new Russian spetsnaz unit tasked with locating NATO equipment with UAVs; which is also reported by other Russian sources.

sheogorath said:

This sounds like a serious downgrade of capabilities. Then again, Ukraine has become NATO's junkyard and for every piece of top-of-the-line equipment, they must receive 20 times the amout in obsolete and long retired systems.

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Indeed, during WW2 122mm guns were very effective vs 100 and 105 mm artillery in terms of range and firepower for a relatively small weight penalty difference.

montyp165 said:

Indeed, during WW2 122mm guns were very effective vs 100 and 105 mm artillery in terms of range and firepower for a relatively small weight penalty difference.

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But isnt point of 105mm for towed use?

sheogorath said:

This sounds like a serious downgrade of capabilities. Then again, Ukraine has become NATO's junkyard and for every piece of top-of-the-line equipment, they must receive 20 times the amout in obsolete and long retired systems.

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Indeed, but gun and ammo is better than no gun and no ammo at this rate... these gun are easy to tow with small truck requiering less fuel.

The slow life line of new and old equipments will not change the course of the war beside more death and destruction. Only a massive input of soldiers and equipements could change the endgame. Still Russia is probably emptying slowly is cold war era equipments and ammunitions. Winter is coming in a couple of month and everything will become a nightmare in a destroyed country...

TK3600 said:

But isnt point of 105mm for towed use?

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122 mm guns of that type were also for towed use, is a more modern development of those WW2 guns that still outranges the 105 mm L118/M119 guns for again a relatively small weight difference.

The bridge in Kherson struck again last night. The bridge is in range of MLRS and tube artillery so essentially undefendable.

It's going to be increasingly difficult for Russia to hold his region as the corridors of supply are targeted.

lucretius said:

The bridge in Kherson struck again last night. The bridge is in range of MLRS and tube artillery so essentially undefendable.

It's going to be increasingly difficult for Russia to hold his region as the corridors of supply are targeted.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1552045310150574080

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They repaired it the day and night before, putting reinforcement and pouring fast setting cement onto the holes. If you are familiar with aircraft runaways, there are special kits meant to do the same for repairing runaways after a bomb or missile attack. They also stationed some air defenses, so I would expect a number of missiles would be shot down while some would go through.