This might be a little tougher than Putin thought...
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I enjoy even though it is probably a construction accident.
Looks like that 7:1 ratio was pretty damn close….
The Japanese had a small mortar like that in WW2 known as a "knee mortar".
Ukraine war: Bakhmut defenders worry about losing support
A year ago Volodymyr and his men were firing all 40 barrels of their BM-21 Grad rocket launcher in one go. Now they can only afford to fire a few at a time at Russian targets.
"We haven't got enough ammunition for our weapon," he explains.
His unit, the 17th Tank Battalion, is still being called on to provide fire support to Ukrainian forces desperately clinging on to the edges of Bakhmut, the eastern Ukrainian city which Russia has spent months trying to capture.
Russian forces are getting ever closer to their goal of taking the city, but at enormous cost.
While we're waiting in a line of trees, hidden from view, Volodymyr receives a call to fire his rocket launcher at a Russian mortar position about 15 kilometres away.
His men remove the branches camouflaging their vehicle. They drive towards an empty field about a kilometre away and quickly work out the range.
They elevate the rocket barrels towards the target while, out of sight, a Ukrainian drone hovering above assesses their accuracy.
They're told their first rocket misses by about 50 metres, so they adjust the elevation and fire another two and quickly return to the trees for cover. This time they're told they've hit the target.
Volodymyr however, is frustrated they can't do more. "We could have provided more support to our guys who are dying there."
He says Ukraine has already burned through its own stocks of Grad ammunition, so is relying on rockets sourced from other countries. Volodymyr says supplies are coming from the Czech Republic, Romania and Pakistan. He complains the rockets originating from Pakistan are "not of a good quality".
Ukraine's call for more weapons and ammunition has only become louder the longer the war has gone on. The focus now is preparing for a major offensive. But at the same time Ukraine is still having to expend huge resources on just maintaining its position.
Despite the recent arrival of modern weapons - like tanks and armoured vehicles - Ukraine remains heavily reliant on its older, Soviet-era arsenal.
The Russian-made Buk air defence system, which can target aircraft, drones and missiles, is still one of its prized possessions. We get rare access to see one further along the front line - also hidden in a wooded area.
This sophisticated weaponry has helped prevent Russia gaining control of the skies.
Josef, the Buk commander, tells me it's "target number one for Russia". This explains the extreme care taken to protect it. The long vehicle with its radar dome is buried in a deep trench covered with camouflage netting. On top are two grey missiles. Normally it carries four.
Ukraine war: Bakhmut defenders worry about losing support
Lack of ammunition is hampering Ukrainian fighters as they prepare an expected major offensive.
www.bbc.com
This could be why Ukraine may shock people and attack someplace much less prepared...like Russia.
I fail to understand why you post these fires all the time. A country the size of Russia is going to have daily fires, just like the United States. What on earth do all these fire posts have to do with things being a little tougher on Putin?
I like watching Russia burn. Whether self inflicted, by accident or whatever, I like to see them burn.
Some of us just like to see the world burn.
Also, some of it is sabotage. Many of the fires are at critical facilities, and no matter the cause will impact their war effort. They have critical manpower and equipment shortages that are becoming more evident in how they react to things like fires.
One word. Ben Rich. The father of stealth.
His boss was not too shabby either, Kelly Johnson.
Hydra 70 WIKI
The Mk 66 MOD 4 motor has a diameter of 2.75in, is 41.7in-long, and weighs 13.6lb. The rocket system can fire at a speed of 2,425ft/s (739m/s). Maximum range of the system is 11,500 yards (10,500m).
"The Hydra-70 rocket system can be paired with nine different warheads categorised into unitary and cargo. Unitary warheads are fitted with detonating warheads, whereas cargo warheads are fitted with airburst range settable or fixed stand-off fuses.
The nine warheads used with Hydra-70 include the M264 smoke, M255A1 flechette, M257/M278 illuminating flare, M278 infrared flare, M151 high explosive (10lb), M229 high explosive (17lb), M156 (WP), WTU-1/B (practice) and M274 (practice) smoke signature. M264 smoke warhead is filled with red phosphorus and used for smoke obscuration. It is 26.9in-long and weighs 8.6lb."
Hydra-70 Rocket System
The Hydra-70 rocket system is a family of 2.75in unguided air-to-surface rockets derived from the Mk 4/Mk 40 folding-fin aerial…
www.army-technology.com
There is no satisfactory ending to this war that doesn't include guys like this in prison, or swinging from a rope.
Russia has deployed some of it's newest tanks, the T-14 to Ukraine. They are not expected to make an impact due to the small number available. Another sign of how Russia's war economy is wobbly, and how they cannot produce weapons promised to other nations, thereby cutting off Russia from hard currency.
Essentially they are using them as fancy artillery pieces.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023...4-armata-battle-tank-debuts-in-ukraine-report
Essentially they are using them as fancy artillery pieces.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023...4-armata-battle-tank-debuts-in-ukraine-report
Christopher Gerard Cavoli is a United States Army general who serves as the commander of United States European Command since 1 July 2022 and Supreme Allied Commander Europe since 4 July 2022. Wikipedia
And fWIW
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Looked it up-these villages are very near the Russian border.
Hremiach is a village in Novhorod-Siverskyi Raion in Chernihiv Oblast of northern Ukraine. The village is the northernmost point of Ukraine. It belongs to Novhorod-Siverskyi urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.Wikipedia
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Crows are smart-can they be trained to dump these on the Russians
Hope this is recent as I can recall footage like this from early in the war. IIRC that footage was near a river or lake.
Hope this is another long night for Russians.
Big head, tiny body, spaghetti arms.
The guy just looks spooky to me.
