that would be AWESOME, russia's LNG field goes up in flames, taking the pipeline with it...all that equipment, all those rubles, all those fucking French and German assholes cut off from giving putin more money to finance the war they seem reluctant to help with...
if i were a sabatour, that's where would go to cause havoc...hit the gas fields.....boom..no gas....no moneythat would be AWESOME, russia's LNG field goes up in flames, taking the pipeline with it...all that equipment, all those rubles, all those fucking French and German assholes cut off from giving putin more money to finance the war they seem reluctant to help with...
if the Ukrainians are getting adequate training, they CAN take those guns out with the new weapon systems they are getting, and never be in range of them, themselves. they sort of have to do that, in order to have a real chance. but even with the range, they would still be in range of russian missiles...of which the russian's have a dwindling supply, but they aren't out of yet. their situation seems to call for constant hit and run strikes. the new systems are supposed to be capable of that, with computers that give quick firing solutions, that can be computed while on the move with data supplied by drones and spotters, finalized when they stop to fire, and then scramble to a new position before they can be hit with return fire. someone, probably diy, posted a youtube vid of a crew doing just that with the new caesar self propelled guns they just got, i think.Put it in the right thread, I am pretty sure you would not mind.
Which is kind of what I have come up with. But right now the Russians are mostly using regular dumb artillery shells to the tune of 60,000 a day
Russia is hammering Ukraine with up to 60,000 artillery shells and rockets every day
U.S. and western artillerymen go through extensive training so that they can put unguided rounds on target with their first shots, while the Russians lack a professional artillery corps, Samarov told Task & Purpose. Going back to the Soviet Union, the Russians have viewed artillery as a mass area weapon.
“This sort of saturation of grid squares kilometer by kilometer is very consistent with their doctrinal approach on the use of artillery,” Samarov said. “They very much view artillery as a weapon of mass rather than a weapon of precision. It works particularly well when you’ve got large numbers of personnel that are either conscripted or not particularly well trained.”
Russia is hammering Ukraine with up to 60,000 artillery shells and rockets every day
“Instead of a concrete target, the strikes target an entire neighborhood."taskandpurpose.com
I doubt they would be running out of them any time soon, or with the equipment to fire them. I have read that their smart munitions may be down to 60%, this does effect them with trying to get pinpoint hits but the Russians have no problem levelling a neighbourhood to take out a target. I do not see the Russians being beaten on the battlefield due to the lack of stuff to shoot at the Ukrainians, more the opposite.
Considering the Ukrainian resources and the unique nature of the situation, if Russian gas supplies are cut, then they will come sniveling to Ukraine, guns in hand with their wallets open in the other. However if the American plan is to deceive and destroy Vlad's army and thus their military power by slowly sucking him in, it is logical they would go along. In the current situation I see little alternative for them and there has been complete silence on the topic of Ukrainian oil and gas thus far. Now that they know Ukraine cannot be defeated and could win back it's territory while breaking the Russian army, they will go along and try not to get nuked doing it. I think in the end this is very much another oil war and Europe will let the third world starve to gain energy security, at least some of them would.
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i think after the little old ladies poisoning them with cookies, they might be a little hesitant to take food from eager Ukrainians...
i came across a report that farmers are also poisoning cherries too......
i'd guess you'd have a lot more success poisoning all the available booze...
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Fuck, winning the war is so easy. Wonder why they don't call up our armchair generals?
I'm sure the young bucks at west point and other military academies are writing up papers on this shit now. New technology can sometimes transform how wars are fought, like new battery technology and robust green new grids can transform automobiles. I dunno if the Ukrainians are using drones like I described in a hypothetical future attack, but they have 7000 switchblades to experiment with.
they have to have the men to operate those vehicles...they'll do little good with no one to drive them, load them, fire them, maintain them. the more men russia loses, the less of those weapons are of any use. i'm not suggesting that the Ukrainians won't make a horrible sacrifice, but i think they fight smarter, give ground when they need to, and lose less men and equipment over all than the russians do, while training willing recruits and getting more weapons from their allies. will that be enough? i think so, if they get enough equipment, fast enough.Russia Pounds Ukraine With ‘World’s Most Powerful’ 2S7M Malka Artillery Guns As War Enters Critical Stage
As Russia’s Ukraine offensive completes a month, the war has not only remained inconclusive but also deadlier with each passing day. In the face of stiff resistance from Ukrainian troops and civilians, the Russian Army has resorted to the use of artillery shelling on key cities, which according to reports, include civilian areas.
As both sides make extensive use of artillery to suppress the enemy position, the most lethal gun in either side’s arsenal is the Soviet-era 203 mm self-propelled 2S7 howitzer, which is purportedly also the most powerful gun in the world.
The 2S7 howitzer combines a 203 mm 2A44 gun with a tracked chassis featuring all-welded steel armor. The design came from the Kirov Factory in the 1960s and it entered service with the Soviet army in 1976.
It was initially known as the ‘Pion’ (Russia for peony, a kind of flower), but following the upgrades to the chassis, engine, ammunition loading system, and fire control in 1983 the gun was renamed as 2S7M ‘Malka’.
The first combat deployment of the 2S7 was during the Soviet-Afghan War and later Russian forces used it in the first and second Chechen wars. The Georgian army also fielded a battery of six 2S7 guns during its conflict with Russia in 2008, but those were all captured by Russian troops who destroyed five of them retaining one.
Some of the main munitions fired include high-explosive fragmentation and rocket-assisted projectiles. The former weighs 110 kg and contains 17.8 kg of projectiles while the latter projectile weighs 103 kg and contains 13.8 kg of explosives.
Without any type of rocket assistance, the 2A44 gun can hit targets at a range of 37.5 km (roughly 23 miles) while rocket-assisted projectiles can reach a range of 47.5 km (roughly 29 miles).
The Russians eventually put a lot of their roughly 300 2S7s in storage. The Ukrainians who inherited 100 or so 2S7s from the Soviet Union also did the same.
Ukraine was compelled to re-activate its 2S7s in 2014 after its forces were hammered by artillery fire from Russian separatists in the Donbass region. Reports suggest that the army took out at least 13 2S7s from the storage and sent them to the Shepetivka Repair Plant in Rivne for overhaul.
Meanwhile, the Russian forces also appear to have fielded their own 2S7s in Russia’s Belgorod region possibly operated by the 45th Artillery Brigade near the city of Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine as well as in Crimea
Today those 2S7 self-propelled howitzers with their gaping, 203-millimeter-diameter barrels by far are the most powerful guns in Ukrainian service. They can shoot as far as 30 miles, outdistancing most other tube artillery in and around Donbas.
But there’s a problem for Ukraine’s gunners as a huge Russian force—100,000 troops and 1,200 tanks—assembles right across the Russia-Ukraine border. The Russian army has its own 2S7s. They’re more modern than Ukraine’s own 2S7s are, and they’re plugged into a faster fire-control system.
The main types of ammunition include high-explosive, high-explosive/rocket-assisted (30-mile range), concrete-piercing, and tactical nuclear rounds.
The ammunition handling system can provide a rate of fire of two rounds per minute, increased to 2.5 per minute in the 2S7M.
2S19 Msta-S
Developed during the 1980s, the Msta was intended to replace the Soviets’ earlier 152mm 2S3 and 2S5 self-propelled artillery pieces and retained the same caliber of ammunition. The new system was fielded just before the demise of the Soviet Union, with each battery normally having six guns. A total of three batteries would normally be found in each regiment.
By 2020, around 600 examples of the self-propelled Msta-S were thought to have been completed, these using a chassis derived from that of main battle tanks, including the suspension and running gear of the T-80 and the diesel power pack from the T-72.
The vehicle consists of a driver’s compartment at the front, a turret in the center, and a power pack at the rear. There are five crew members. Defensive armament consists of a 12.7 mm heavy machine gun on the roof.
The main gun is the 2A64 that fires a high-explosive/fragmentation round to a distance of 15 miles. Other ammunition includes a base-bleed type that extends the range to 18 miles, a sub-munitions round with high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) bomblets, an electronic warfare jamming round, smoke, and the Krasnopol laser-guided projectile. The latter is guided onto the target in the terminal phase using a tripod-mounted laser designator. The rate of fire is between seven and eight rounds per minute. In total, 50 rounds of ammunition are carried, and the gun can be reloaded while firing, using a conveyor system at the back of the turret.
A Rundown Of Russia's Arsenal Of Artillery That Could Wreak Havoc On Ukraine's Cities
We keep hearing about Russia's huge artillery force that could devastate Ukraine's cities. Here is a breakdown of the weapons that make up that force.
More to the list of what the Russians have on the page.
