Posted on 05/09/2023 7:29:03 AM PDT by SpeedyInTexas
This list only includes destroyed vehicles and equipment of which photo or videographic evidence is available. Therefore, the amount of equipment destroyed is significantly higher than recorded here. Small arms, ATGMs, MANPADS, loitering munitions, drones used as unmanned bait, civilian vehicles, trailers and derelict equipment are not included in this list. All possible effort has gone into avoiding duplicate entries and discerning the status of equipment between captured or abandoned. Many of the entries listed as 'abandoned' will likely end up captured or destroyed. Similarly, some of the captured equipment might be destroyed if it can't be recovered. When the origin of a piece of equipment can't be established, it is not included in the list. The Soviet flag is used when the equipment in question was produced prior to 1991. This list is constantly updated as additional footage becomes available.
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“Britain prepares to send long-range missiles to Ukraine”
“Britain, which has prided itself on being ahead of its Western allies in introducing new weapons systems to Ukraine, now appears poised to send Kyiv the long-range missiles the Biden administration has long denied it.
In a procurement notice posted May 2 by the British-led International Fund for Ukraine, a group of northern European countries that has set up a mechanism to send weapons to the battlefield, the United Kingdom’s Defense Ministry asked for “expressions of interest” in providing strike capabilities with a range of up to 300 kilometers, or nearly 200 miles. The notice asked for responses within three days.
No final decision has been made, according to a British official who declined to confirm the type, timing or quantity of weaponry under consideration. But the notice is a substantive step toward Britain itself supplying such munitions, and the requested specifications and capabilities closely match its air-launched Storm Shadow cruise missiles.”
Later this year at the earliest…
“In a weapons package announced earlier this year, the Pentagon said it will send Ukraine Ground-Launched Small-Diameter Bombs (GLSDB) with double that range. They can also be fired from HIMARS, but delivery is not expected until later this year at the earliest.”
“Analysis: Moscow’s parade, intended to flaunt strength, instead reveals weakness”
“One tank. Some very young soldiers. And a distinctly warped message.
The display on Red Square for May 9, for decades a moment when Russia’s staggering sacrifice in the Great Patriotic War was sombrely honored, rang hollow. In 2023, it became a backdrop for the Kremlin head’s poor decision-making.
Putin’s speech was littered with references to Russia being sinned against — to his wider narrative that the invasion and war he started in Ukraine was foisted upon him by NATO. It is odd to hear as Russia gathers to honor the millions of Soviet citizens who died fighting the Nazis. The key question will be how many in the crowd felt that dissonance too.
The substance of the parade itself was also telling. There was only one tank: a T-34, a model made 89 years ago, before Putin was even born, raising the question of why they decided to include any tanks at all.
The level of hardware on display seemed thin: understandable perhaps for a military being mauled on a wide and relentless frontline. But again, it raises the enduring bind for the Kremlin.
They keep having to prove their strength, their might, yet have little actual might left to do it with. The exercise ends up being one of revealing weakness.
No jets flew by. The Kremlin itself had — according to its own press release — come under drone attack just days earlier. All incompatible with Putin’s unique sales point — that under him Russia is impregnable and respected again.
In the background too lurks the real war’s progress. The constant side drama with Russia’s most prominent military figure — the Wagner mercenary head Yevgeny Prigozhin — continued to play out. He threatened to leave the key city of Bakhmut unless he got more artillery shells, then said he was definitely leaving tomorrow, then said he would stay. He chose the moment of the parade to release a statement saying in fact Russian MoD troops had abandoned positions around Bakhmut and he had been threatened with treason charges if he left. This is not a message of unity.
And secondly, Russia’s wrath appears neutered. For yet another night, a wave of drone and missile attacks was thwarted by Ukraine’s air defenses. Over the past week, lives have been lost and civilians injured by debris from destroyed drones or missiles that have got through.
But above all, Ukraine’s air defense has proven potent — and Moscow less so.
It raises again the long-term question of this war: Is a weak Russia dangerous or just weak?”
Reminds me of the old Soviet saying: “They pretend to pay us, and we pretend to work!”
“1/ Russia’s defence industry has deep weaknesses that mean it’s unlikely to be able to meet government targets for boosting production, according to independent journalists who have interviewed employees working for weapons manufacturers.
2/ The Russian government has pledged to greatly increase weapons production to replace war losses, with Dmitry Medvedev setting a target of 1,500 new tanks per year. But that target seems unlikely to be met, according to independent Russian news outlet Verstka.
3/ Verstka’s reporters have spoken to workers at Uralvagonzavod (UVZ) in Nizhny Tagil, Russia’s largest armoured vehicle manufacturer. It expanded to a three shift operation and is advertising for many skilled metalworking roles at salaries “from 100,000 rubles” ($1,287).
4/ However, workers there and at other arms manufacturers say that poor wages, difficult working conditions, staff shortages, unfilled vacancies and so-called “voluntary-compulsory donations” for the war effort are seriously undermining production.
5/ A UVZ worker explains why positions go unfilled despite the new orders: “The wages that are announced are for 300-plus hours a month at a rate of 174,000. And these salaries are for the locals, who have worked for many years with high grades, who make the most expensive parts.
6/ “But the newcomers run away in a month when they see the real wages.”
7/ The real wages, the workers say, are as low as 40,000 rubles ($516) per month for a normal working schedule. To make the higher salary, someone would have to work around the clock, stopping only to sleep. This clearly isn’t a realistic scenario.
8/ Despite the increase in work, bosses have often not increased wages. At Strela Production Association JSC in Orenburg, a manufacturer of drones and missiles, engineers are paid 42,000 ($546) while locksmiths and millers get only 30,000 ($390) a month.
9/ “People think that we are paid fabulous money here in the defence industry, saying that because this special military operation is going on, our salaries are big. There is no such thing, for the last three years I have been getting pennies, and I still do,” says one worker.
10/ Defence workers are also unhappy at their companies’ habit of making them pay ‘voluntary-compulsory contributions’. This is a common practice in Russian state-owned organisations, including in the army where junior officers are made to pay for barracks maintenance.
11/ “As early as last year,” a UVZ worker says, “we were forced to sign applications to donate our daily salaries to some kind of support fund for the special military operation. It was impossible not to sign. They received about 1,500 or 2,000 from each of us.”
12/ Verstka estimates that UVZ employees have ‘donated’ as much as 60 million rubles ($772,000), on the basis of previous press reports. It’s not clear what the money was used for.
13/ Even where salaries have been increased, this has been more than offset by price rises due to inflation and sanctions, and by the burden of ‘voluntary-compulsory contributions’, as a worker at the UEC-Ufa Bridge-Building Production Association notes.
14/ “I think that salaries have become higher relatively over the last year, but in real terms they have become lower due to price increases.
15/ “And now the salary cap has been reached - it is now being held back by taking away some bonuses, changes not in favour of employees in pay regulations and other things.”
16/ Likely due to the relatively low pay on offer, plants are reported to be suffering from a shortage of workers. “There is a large shortage of personnel, because in principle there were not enough of them, and when the war began, many quit,” says a Strela worker.
17/ The worker shortage is affecting plants’ ability to increase production. At the Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant (U-UAZ), a worker says that “we are simply not able to take on any additional volume, there are not enough people, engineers, testers.”
18/ Another bottleneck is the supply of electronic components, which is now heavily restricted by sanctions. Strela is unable to increase production of missiles due to Russia’s heavy dependence on Western chips.
19/ “In missile guidance systems, 90% of the components are Western. And these components are still in use, if Russia stops getting these components, it will not be able to make missiles quickly,” a Strela employee notes.
20/ The military analyst @ian_matveev comments that Russia’s defence industry is unable to switch to a wartime mode of operations because of systemic difficulties which have been worsened by the corrupt and self-serving nature of Putin’s regime.
21/ “In order to increase production you need to build new facilities, new plants, but it is much more difficult and not a quick thing to do. Mishustin said eight months ago that two tank repair plants would be built. And since then nothing much is heard about them.
22/ “Even if the salaries of workers are increased, there is no place to take them. There are not many specialists in this field, or they are already working elsewhere and do not particularly want to leave.
23/ “The military industry as a whole, like all budgetary sectors, is very problematic and the problems are systemic, they cannot be solved quickly”. Mobilisation of industry, he says, is impossible due to the nature of the regime.
24/ “For that you need the state to work and the leaders to be able to lead. But in fact, in Putin’s system, everyone in the field is just sitting there for the sake of high salaries and corruption.” /end”
https://twitter.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1655640529336426510
“The only Russian tank present at today’s Victory Day parade in Moscow was a single T-34.”
https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1655843168225488899
“Avdiiv direction, the work of Ukrainian snipers“
https://twitter.com/antiputler_news/status/1655827759782821889
Ukraine: military situation update with maps - May 7, 2023
(’Orc’ is associated with the various hoards of 13th century Mongol invaders, as well as LOTR evil villains)
War in Ukraine Explained/Reporting from Ukraine:
https://www.youtube.com/@RFU
Artillery (key to success in this war), Fuller explanation of Orc military structure, Other Bonus articles - see previous postings in “Attack on Europe” (FR title search).
(Numbered printed material below - Some of the items below may be out of date, and not updated yet)
••Denotes Transcribed Dialogue. The entirety of the analysis is from a Ukrainian guy named Reporting from Ukraine’s daily video - I only transcribe it. Extras are just that - from other sites, or my comments marked (Edit: .... ) or { } or [ ].
-—> Current to date and past MAPS: <——
https://militaryland.net/
-—> Daily Battle Maps by Date and Region, Showing Troop Dispositions and Movements: <——
https://deepstatemap.live/
==
-—> The True State of Russian Army <——
posted 2 months ago, 21.13 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KiII_2qabk
The Russian military, the second largest military in the world, may not be what it looks like. Lies and systematic corruptions may in fact have dragged Russia into this war with Ukraine, which has been heavily backed up by the US and NATO. We will present the evidence, you make your own decision, because the Russian Army, is not what you think.
==
-—> Understanding Combined Arms Warfare <——
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZOGdKANL5s
Designed to support the U.S. Army Captains Career Course, “Understanding Combined Arms Warfare” defines and outlines the important aspects of modern combined arms operations. This is not a complete history of combined arms warfare. It is intended to highlight the most important aspects of the subject.
The beginning of the documentary establishes a common understanding of combined arms warfare by discussing doctrinal and equipment developments in World War I. The second part compares the development of French and German Army mechanization during the interwar period and describes how each country fared during the Battle of France in 1940. The film concludes by showing how the United States applied combined arms operations in the European Theater in World War II.
==
-—> Combined Arms Breach, 1990 <——
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ-sCT_maAQ
What UA will have to master to smash Orc Lines. This visualization was developed for the Maneuver Center of Excellence and is closely based upon the National Training Center Breach and Assault exercise executed circa 1990. This visualization demonstrates viable Techniques, and Procedures as discussed in Army Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures March 3, 1990 for the conduct of the combined arms breach against a hypothetical enemy.
==
-—> How Many of Each Type of Tank Does Russia Have In Storage? <——
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PHUK6zkbpc
Type Good 2023
T-54/55 270
T-62 560
T-64 248
T-72 1841
T-80 942
T-90 50
~3,911 operational tanks in storage as of ~04/07/2023 | Ball park tank number.
==
-—> Contrast & Compare: the T-14 Armada [The AliExpress Tank]: The Best Russian Tank Ever! [very funny] <——
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-opSlCGLGQ4
==
-—> Laser Rocket Firing Humvees Spotted In Service With Ukraine <——
Armored Humvees with four-shot laser-guided rocket pods offer Ukraine a quick moving precision attack capability against a wide variety of targets.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/laser-rocket-firing-humvees-spotted-in-service-with-ukraine
[ Biggest HIMARS Raid | HIMARS Raid Made Russians Convinced The Counter Offensive Starts Already Tomorrow at Midnight ]
••Day 439: May 08
Today the hottest part of the front line was the Bakhmut direction. Yesterday, the Russian Presidential Office announced that they received the message of the Head of the Wagner Group, Prigozhin, who threatened to withdraw from Bakhmut in the coming days.
As a result, Putin forced the Ministry of Defense to give unlimited supplies to the Wagner Group and full autonomy over the entire direction. The same day Ukrainian Intelligence noted a significant movement of Russian forces towards Bakhmut - it was reported that during the day, Russians relocated thousands of troops to the second line in preparation for a massive storming operation.
Today Ukrainians unleashed their HIMARS and conducted the most extensive HIMARS raid of the war. A fighter from the 24th Assault Brigade reported that the strikes continued the whole day and were also supported by aviation and other long-range artillery, such as M777. Another fighter reported that HIMARS strikes were distinctly concentrated in at least 3 areas and also provided support on demand.
One such area became the Khromove region. Two days ago, Ukrainians launched an extensive operation in this region that culminated today at night. As you remember, previously, the Ukrainian 3rd Assault Brigade was conducting an operation to clear the trenches in between the two roads.
Two days ago, this became the area of responsibility of the special forces detachment Terror. The main goal of this detachment was to breach Russian positions in a fortified shelter, destroy the enemy troops and create conditions for further advancement.
Geolocated combat footage shows that the fighters prepared specific equipment in order to achieve their objective. Apart from the abundance of grenades, the fighters had powerful explosives that they detonated from a distance. As a result, the task was completed, and they started preparing for the next move.
Today the commander of this detachment reported that they were conducting offensive actions from 4 am till midnight. He said that in the aftermath of this extensive operation, Ukrainians have advanced by 1 km forward, which means that at the moment, both heavily entrenched fields are under total Ukrainian control, and Russians have once again lost control over the Khromove road.
Other fighters commented that such progress was achieved thanks to the coordination with HIMARS crews that have been hitting the shelters occupied by Russians, which the infantry struggled to breach themselves.
Ukrainian artillery also intensely shelled and targeted Russians inside Bakhmut itself. Ukrainians fighters reported that after several days of using incendiary munitions, Russian forces assumed that the Ukrainian position in the citadel worsened and conducted several waves of attacks.
Russian sources claimed that Wagner units launched a large-scale operation and started attacking along the whole contact line, while Ukrainian fighters wrote that even though there were indeed a lot of ground attacks during the day, they did not happen at once.
The fighters said that Russians were sending several assault units in each direction to test waters, they would be eliminated by snipers and finished by mortar crews, and then Russians would send another group, which continued the whole day.
One of the main axes of advance became the northeastern side of the citadel. Several days ago, Russians managed to get across the street and establish control over a high-rise building. Shortly, Russian sources published a description of a new Russian tactic, which is indeed quite impressive.
These standard soviet houses only have windows in front and in the back and do not have windows to the sides. In order to avoid Ukrainian fire, Wagner forces started blowing up the side walls on the first and second floors, immediately penetrating Ukrainian defenses from the most unexpected and vulnerable side.
As a result, they established control over the outer building of the citadel, but, unfortunately for the Russians, Ukrainians blew up the whole building after retreating. Ukrainians then also hit with artillery a Russian machine gun nest, which suppressed Ukrainian fire and allowed Wagners to approach the building from the side.
Another main axis of advance became Ukrainian positions on the outer edge of the city. These positions are extremely important because they do not allow Russians to take Khromove and cut off Ukrainians from the west.
In fact, this is where Ukrainian artillery and mortar crews were helping out forces on the ground the most. Ukrainian fighters from the 93rd Mechanized Brigade showed how they basically fired at Russian positions non-stop.
And their join effort paid off very quickly because, as reported by the fighters on the ground, Russians started hiding in houses and basements, and then the survivors retreated. Overall, Russian forces struggle to breach the last Ukrainian defense line in Bakhmut.
The only progress Russians managed to achieve over the last 10 days is establishing control over a small block of houses in the northwest and a line of high-rise buildings east of the citadel.
The Institute for the Study of War evaluated the Prigozhin drama and essentially concluded that his blackmail was not a show but rather an attempt to secure a seat in the Ministry of Defense to get more intelligence about the Ukrainian counteroffensive and secure unlimited supplies to meet the counteroffensive.
He understood that Putin simply could not allow an effective defeat to happen on the biggest Russian holiday, and, as a result, he got everything he wanted. Today Prigozhin basically confirmed this analysis by saying that he needed a lot of ammunition to conduct the biggest storming operation, clear Bakhmut, and regroup to meet the Ukrainian counteroffensive.
Fortunately, Ukrainian Intelligence timely noted a huge inflow of troops and equipment and responded with yet unseen ferocity.
Russians have already failed to take Bakhmut before 9 May, and many Russian sources reported that all Ukrainian forces are already on the positions to launch a counteroffensive operation and that there is a high chance that they will launch it on the 9 of May close to midnight.
Tomorrow we will see whether this information was real intelligence or just rapidly spreading paranoia.
••Russians announced evacuation of Skadovsk, on the very south part of the Kherson region, for Administration and later locals. Relocation was, like the previous ones, to Crimea or to Berdyansk.
Panicked Russian messages say the Ukrainian army is ready and located in the Zaporizhia region and also in the Kherson region. Many battalions ready. Russians expect the main attack will be towards Melitopol and from the Kherson region across the Dnipro River.
Kherson region will be the Special and Marine forces. They expect the attacks in a few days, but Denys expects midnight on the 8th because the 9th is the Russian Victory day.
==
Yesterday’s attack on Odessa was confirmed to have been a big hub for humanitarian aid.
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All 35 drones launched at Kiev shot down. One drone crashed into an apartment building after being shot down, no one was injured.
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Denys found a Russian video of a long train of military equipment which he believes was released to show the Russians they are ready and to create panic. Train has video has many tanks including Leopard 2s, engineer and de-mining equipment, plus lots of other vehicles.
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Russia launched Iskander rockets to cut UA supplies. There are only a few of them left and are not very accurate. Meanwhile, Russia has begun naming GPS near and behind the front also it’s becoming harder and harder to aim HIMARS. Russia needs to unblocks the signal to use its drones and then HIMARS can to accurately targeted.
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US confirms that the all-Ukrainian Patriot crew did indeed shoot down the ‘hypersonic’ Kinzal missile. This proves that US training was fantastic.
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More Russian public messages said that Ukraine is in position to start the attack. Ukraine cannot keep troops on those positions long, lest the Russians attack them. Denys said this information is not reliable, since it is Russian in origin only.
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Confirmed that there T-54 and T-55 Stalin-era tanks are now one the front line.
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Russia has moved out all the supplies from the evacuated areas! There is no more fuel for vehicles in this regions.
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Transnistria wants more Russian ‘peace keepers’ in their army.
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Prigozhin made another video from a Wagner cemetery far from the front. Denys said, since he did not keep his word to leave Bakhmut, anything Prigozhin says now is worthless.
I see sites all over documenting ad counting destroyed Russian equipment but never Ukrainian equipment
I guess they are invincible
Video: Ukrainian soldier finds an eliminated Ukrainian soldier on BREM-1 recovery vehicle on the Ivanivske-Bakhmut road.
Other destroyed/disabled vehicles are in the video:
- 2 BMP-1 IFVs
- ATF Dingo MRAP from Germany
- Kozak armored car/APC
- YPR-765 (M113 variant) from Netherlands
https://rumble.com/v2mvd1i-destroyed-ukrainian-equipment-near-bakmut.html
Storm Shadow cruise missiles perhaps.
Range: Over 300 nmi (560 km; 350 mi) Lo-Lo profile
Speed: 1,000 km/h Mach 0.8-0.95
Warhead: 450 kilograms (990 lb)
Its air launched, and Ukraine does not have the planes.
Some other version may be ground launched.
Russia's lone and lonely T-34 at the victory [arade.
Janet - here you go
Attack On Europe: Documenting Ukrainian Equipment Losses During The 2022 Russian Invasion Of Ukraine
https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/02/attack-on-europe-documenting-ukrainian.html
Thanks
My research would indicate that the UKR MiGs and SUs that have been upgraded to handle HARMs and/or JDAMs would, most likely, be able to carry and launch Storm Shadows.
The Kerch bridge would make an excellent target.
Often forgotten as well as part of the reason Russians were routed at the beginning of Barbarossa was the Russians were in offensive positions not dug in defensive if Germany had not attacked Russia was going to. History repeats
Russia invaded Ukraine for the irrigated farm fields and other non defendable resources.
Without a puppet government buying installed, this was always going to be a quagmire for Russia.
The Uke offences last fall were successful because Russia was trying to steal as much grain as possible... and Harvested fields aren’t mined.
The south is farm fields all the way to the Crimean border.
“I see sites all over documenting ad counting destroyed Russian equipment but never Ukrainian equipment
I guess they are invincible”
Ukrainian AND RuZZian tank/artillery losses are posted every day. Its literally Post 1 every day.
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