They've been forced to stay on the main roads as the countryside quickly turns into soup and the tracked vehicles get stuck. Makes them easy targetsnortex97 said:
Russian tank losses have been astronomical. I'm not a big believer in their tanks, training, or doctrine.
Still, I think in general the losses are from artillery/mines/anti-tank weapons/aircraft and there haven't been many tank on tank battles.
notice in all the Russkie propaganda channels which Rob and Denys Davidov show..ABATTBQ11 said:
For all of their bluster, Russia seems scared ****less of US weapons.
Lots of pics and vids of UKE armor moving into and around Bakhmut last couple days. Drones identifying orc soldiers without ATGMs; tank or AFV30MM moves in fast and blasts positions mostly in houses.BlueSmoke said:They've been forced to stay on the main roads as the countryside quickly turns into soup and the tracked vehicles get stuck. Makes them easy targetsnortex97 said:
Russian tank losses have been astronomical. I'm not a big believer in their tanks, training, or doctrine.
Still, I think in general the losses are from artillery/mines/anti-tank weapons/aircraft and there haven't been many tank on tank battles.
Call of Duty ....
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This Warrior stopped the breakthrough at his position..
Throw 🔥, warrior.!!! pic.twitter.com/oWhozheXTW
I don't recall anyone doing a deepdive information wise about ADA in Ukraine. Capabilities by system from manpad to most sophisticated Patriot/Iris T. Estimated quantities, how they may be using them. Do we think there is any high flying munitions on the front or is it all behind the HIMARS protecting them and Kviv/Power.GAC06 said:
Modern SAMs aren't going to confuse balloons for bombers
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Mercenaries of PMC Wagner have reportedly captured Paraskoviyivka near Bakhmut
"Those who can send battle tanks to Ukraine should really do so now," German chancellor Scholz said at the Munich Security Conference. He added that he would be "intensively campaigning" to get allies moving, reports AFP.
— NOËL 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) February 17, 2023
A 180 degrees turn.
Close combat. Ukrainian soldiers repelling a Russian assault. pic.twitter.com/4RGxlvW59q
— Paul Jawin (@PaulJawin) February 17, 2023
the most troubling factor that I have seen in numerous videos is simply open terrain in Uke trenches.P.U.T.U said:
Shows what proper training vs conscript training is. The Uke would shoot and then move to another position and fire again. The Russians looked to fire from the same spots or close by even though they were not in a trench. I guess the Russians did not have any grenades either since at that range I would have chunked a few in the trench. Uke solder had an RPG but he didn't use grenades either.
Uke soldier also had a red dot while the Russians looked to have iron sights, helpful in close in situations like this to acquire targets faster.
So many of the videos showed Russian troops so close together making it easy for Ukraine to take out at least half of them with artillery or a drone. Also had a crunchy which is not unheard of with armoured vehicles. Difficult to see in IFVs and that guy was hugging the back of one. IFV changed directions and crunch
Paraskoviivka was one of the last Defendable Positions to the North of Bakhmut so with it fallen only the Settlements of Yahidne and Berkhivka now stand in the way of the Russian Northern Advance on the City.
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) February 17, 2023
P.U.T.U said:
Shows what proper training vs conscript training is. The Uke would shoot and then move to another position and fire again. The Russians looked to fire from the same spots or close by even though they were not in a trench. I guess the Russians did not have any grenades either since at that range I would have chunked a few in the trench. Uke solder had an RPG but he didn't use grenades either.
Uke soldier also had a red dot while the Russians looked to have iron sights, helpful in close in situations like this to acquire targets faster.
So many of the videos showed Russian troops so close together making it easy for Ukraine to take out at least half of them with artillery or a drone. Also had a crunchy which is not unheard of with armoured vehicles. Difficult to see in IFVs and that guy was hugging the back of one. IFV changed directions and crunch
74OA said:
Rinse, repeat. Ukraine digging entrenchments just behind Bakhmut. So many dead Russians with so little to show for it.
FALLBACK?
74OA said:
At the start of the war, Europe expelled 400 Russian intelligence officers working out of Moscow's embassies. Since then, nations have been aggressively chasing spies operating without such diplomatic protection.
MANHUNT
in my limited experience, damn right, you better keep moving, you better be unpredictable, and you better keep situational awareness, and frankly, you'd better shoot first.Eliminatus said:P.U.T.U said:
Shows what proper training vs conscript training is. The Uke would shoot and then move to another position and fire again. The Russians looked to fire from the same spots or close by even though they were not in a trench. I guess the Russians did not have any grenades either since at that range I would have chunked a few in the trench. Uke solder had an RPG but he didn't use grenades either.
Uke soldier also had a red dot while the Russians looked to have iron sights, helpful in close in situations like this to acquire targets faster.
So many of the videos showed Russian troops so close together making it easy for Ukraine to take out at least half of them with artillery or a drone. Also had a crunchy which is not unheard of with armoured vehicles. Difficult to see in IFVs and that guy was hugging the back of one. IFV changed directions and crunch
Damn. That was intense. And you are right. That is the first thing that jumped out at me. The Uke was shooting and scooting constantly. Popping his head up in a different place every time, traversing his assigned battlespace constantly and engaging threats quickly and moving on. This is textbook behavior and very well executed. Still, holy crap!
Russian was doing the exact opposite. This more than anything has shown how incredibly different our doctrine is from theirs. Assuming that Russian even got an adequate level of training. Never know these days. To be creeping up on an active enemy held trench like that from the front while fixated on a single point is mind numbing stupid.
"Violence of action" is a driving force of our USMC and one I adhere to with conviction. If you are going to get in the thick of things, then get in the f'ing thick of things with speed and purpose and with malice in your heart. Thunderdome logic but it works.
Also this Uke was fighting out of his mind! That RPG hit an IFV and he caused at least two more casualties while quick swapping weapons. Video game in real life almost. Hope he made it through.
France secretly supplied Ukraine with Missile Moyenne Portee ATGMs, also known as Akeron MP. These ATGMs have a range of up to 4 kilometers, operate on the "fire and forget" principle, and can also hit a tank from above. https://t.co/El7XtMVzG1
— NOËL 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) February 17, 2023
Reddit has a 4 to 5 minute cut from this battle and the guy probably will develop "Tommy John's" from all the grenades he tossed. It was a few. This guy has a tiktok account as well and is dubbed the "Golden AK."P.U.T.U said:
Shows what proper training vs conscript training is. The Uke would shoot and then move to another position and fire again. The Russians looked to fire from the same spots or close by even though they were not in a trench. I guess the Russians did not have any grenades either since at that range I would have chunked a few in the trench. Uke solder had an RPG but he didn't use grenades either.
Uke soldier also had a red dot while the Russians looked to have iron sights, helpful in close in situations like this to acquire targets faster.
So many of the videos showed Russian troops so close together making it easy for Ukraine to take out at least half of them with artillery or a drone. Also had a crunchy which is not unheard of with armored vehicles. Difficult to see in IFVs and that guy was hugging the back of one. IFV changed directions and crunch
Thanks for posting this link. I counted 5 grenades tossed during the 5 minutes.JFABNRGR said:
Longer version. He does get one RPG off and preps it under significant small arms fire. Shows how important a little bit of dirt mounded up can be. Damn guy hiding in the hole couldn't even hand him the RPG fully prepped. Assuming they survived this that guy owes the warrior his life.
https://www.reddit.com/r/UkraineWarVideoReport/comments/114v16p/full_battle/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
ABATTBQ11 said:
For all of their bluster, Russia seems scared ****less of US weapons.
P.U.T.U said:
In the shorter video it never showed there was another guy and that seems to be at par. In most regular military groups only 2-3 out of a dozen or so are actually able to be effective this close to the enemy. Other guy wasn't even able to load the RPG correctly and was basically just loading magazines into rifles and handing it to the guy fighting. From the smoke it looks like the fighting guy takes out the IFV and at least 3 guys that are already out of it. You can hear screams after he hits one Russian that I am sure he will have that in his head the rest of his life. Trench warfare is nasty. They were close enough he threw a few grenades too
As someone stated early you have 2 guys responsible for a decent amount of area and I would think most are not going to be as capable as the guy in the video.
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