https://liveuamap.com/en/2023/28-november-3-vessels-have-collided-in-kerch-strait-duringQuote:
3 vessels have collided in Kerch strait during the storm
IMAGE of another sign of Russian desperation. This is a flat bed truck mounting part of a Russian RBU-6000 Smerch-2 anti-submarine rocket launcher, normally found on Russian frigates, being used in the Krynky,Kherson area by Russian troops. #Ukraine #UkraineWar #UkraineRussiawar pic.twitter.com/ffYX7g7KEd
— raging545 - @raging545@mastodon.social (@raging545) November 25, 2023
Probably boats or ferries trying to cross the Dnipro north of Kherson.aggiehawg said:
What are they planning to hit with those rockets?
aggiehawg said:
What are they planning to hit with those rockets?
aggiehawg said:
What are they planning to hit with those rockets?
Also have to wonder about the warheads. If it is designed to sink underwater some distance with a depth based fuze, how well will it work impacting a hard object prior to detonation or affecting surface ships?Eliminatus said:
Was looking up the range on it and its variance is wild. From a few hundred meters to over 4Km depending on munition.
On one hand I see the desperation move. OTOH if it works, is it stupid? Well yes, probably still stupid but if it goes bang and they have it and not the stuff they should normally be using then eh. Pragmatism is also key on the battlefield.
If these get pushed out I look forward to seeing drones high-ordering them and the trucks in the near future. These will stick out like a sore thumb out there. Much like the TOS-1s in that regard.
Kind of what I was thinking. How do they detonate?Quote:
Also have to wonder about the warheads. If it is designed to sink underwater some distance with a depth based fuze, how well will it work impacting a hard object prior to detonation or affecting surface ships?
Just a thought based on my limited knowledge of the weapon, but if they are like our old Hedgehog anti-sub weapons they are an aimed, but unguided area attack. I believe these formate and fall in a circular pattern. So you aim where you think the sub is using that as your center point and surround the supposedly moving sub with rockets hoping it will move into one.MouthBQ98 said:
I imagine they have configurable fuses for different target types, or they can at least be set to detonate on any impact versus being activated by the first impact (with water, theoretically). Not sure if some random Russian army conscript would have any idea how to do it. Hell, they might not even have the ballistic charts to aim it.
Soviet leadership has announced it expects to defeat Finnish Army in less than two weeks. Red Army troops have been warned not to accidentally cross border into Sweden after they conquer Finland.
— Second World War tweets from 1939 (@RealTimeWWII) November 30, 2023
Ask a Hamas contractor?aezmvp said:
I can't imagine what it would cost to dig a tunnel under the sea from Rostov to Crimea. Wowzers.
aezmvp said:
I can't imagine what it would cost to dig a tunnel under the sea from Rostov to Crimea. Wowzers.
74OA said:
Russian support for the war supposedly reaches rock bottom according to new poll. As we know, it matters who conducts a poll and how the questions are formulated.
POLL
…… and that railroad is the only mainline between Russia and China.B-1 83 said:
Wow! That is a long way away. People do t realize that the Siber is bigger than the continental U.S. all by itself, and quite a distance from even Moscow.