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Atomicfrog

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Soldier30 said:
The rare American M114 howitzers began to be used by the Ukrainian army, and now they are one of the oldest pieces of artillery in service with the Ukrainian army. Earlier, 105-mm M101 howitzers from the Second World War, used by the Ukrainian army, were also shown. Greece had previously announced its intention to transfer 70 M114 howitzers from storage to Ukraine. The 155-mm M114 howitzer was developed in the USA in 1941, we can say this howitzer is a "veteran" of the Second World War. During the Second World War, the M114 howitzer was the main medium howitzer of the US Army and continued to remain in service for several decades after it. The M114 howitzers were actively used in the Korean and Vietnam Wars.
The calculation of the M114 howitzer is up to 11 people, the length of the howitzer barrel is 24.4 caliber, the firing range is 14600 meters, the rate of fire is up to 2 rounds per minute, the weight of the howitzer is 5800 kg.

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Ukraine war make both side going so deep in the barn but Russia started to use new manufactured and look to have slowed down their dig.
 
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Soldier30

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The Ukrainian army showed the Soviet S-200V/M Vega air defense system, used for firing at ground targets. The S-200 air defense system was adopted by the USSR in 1967, it can hit targets at an altitude of up to 40 km and a range of up to 255 km. This air defense is still effective. Launches of Ukrainian 5V28 missiles are carried out from stationary 5P72 launchers. It is worth noting that the S-200 air defense systems were removed from service by Ukraine in 2013 and were in storage, but since 2022 they have been used again. It is currently unknown how functional the missiles are, presumably some of the missiles were received from Europe. Ukrainian missiles received a new inertial navigation system, as well as a GPS correction module, the range of the missiles was increased to 450 km.

 
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Soldier30

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The first motorcycle company has been formed in the Ukrainian army as part of the 425th separate assault regiment "Skala". At the same time, Ukrainian media noted that motorcycles and ATVs have been successfully used in the Russian army since last year. It is worth noting that the Ukrainian army has already begun to use ATVs, but the use of motorcycles was previously usually ridiculed. As reported, the assault regiment "Skala" is now conducting intensive training on motorcycles, sometimes up to 14 hours a day. According to Ukrainian servicemen of the regiment "Skala", the use of motorcycles allows for the rapid delivery of infantry, changing the direction of attack and reducing the risk of being hit by drones

 
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Tam

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Atomicfrog said:
Ukraine war make both side going so deep in the barn but Russia started to use new manufactured and look to have slowed down their dig.
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To be fair, the Russians have recently resorted to using vintage M-30 122mm howitzers.

But I think there something more to that. I think both sides are in greater need for short to mid range artillery and mortar systems, when production is programmed to be heavily eschewed towards larger caliber longer ranged systems. The reasons for this is that battlefield tactics have changed from huge armor column assaults to a bunch of small tiny ones across a broad front, some even just using motorcycles, ATVs, or even by foot only. Either you are defending such teams or you are supporting them.

Forcing to respond to all that, you are forced to bring firepower closer to the front, including drone teams, small SPGs, tanks, smaller towed artillery units, mortars and so on. People are bringing the bigger caliber SPGs closer to the front line as a result, and this may explain why these pieces are seen getting hit by drones close to the front line. Response and reaction has become more important than range. The first 10km deep in every front has become the most important. The smaller artillery has become the first line of defense against any assault while simultaneously being the first line of support for the offensive side.

So all these vintage units, which happen to be small, easier and quicker to tow around, easier to hide and dig a dugout for, seem to be the right pieces for the right situation. I have noted before that Russia needs to resume production of the 122mm D-30 howitzer which has been clearly the most popular piece of the war on both sides.
 
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