Attack On Europe: Documenting Russian Equipment Losses During The 2022 Russian Invasion Of Ukraine (2 year anniversary)

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[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. Loitering munitions, drones used as unmanned bait, civilian vehicles 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 a vehicle is captured and then lost in service with its new owners, it is only added as a loss of the original operator to avoid double listings. When the origin of a piece of equipment can't be established, it's 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.

[PIF]

Live by the sword, die by the sword. Brutus comes to mind
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There is a theory, with some validity, that Caesar arranged his own death because he was dying of some fatal illness (I forget what). Brutus et all were his instruments.

[BeauBo]

Darth Putin

Day 740 of my 3 day war. I’ve lost another warship to a country without a navy in a land war.

But Hey! I went a day without losing a Su-34!

I remain a master strategist.

[BeauBo]

Darth Putin

On This Day in 1953 Stalin died. Lying a pool of his own urine surrounded by underlings terrified of being victims of the system they helped create.

Imagine that in the 21st century.

[blitz128]

I wondered when splashes were around in other videos I wondered if it was small arms from the deck. In that case not very effective unless whole crew was on deck

[blitz128]

Of course he still has PMC I imagine

[blitz128]

As an aside, glad to see boys and lazy trolls only pay attention to new posts

[BeauBo]

Wikipedia:

"MAGURA V5 (Maritime Autonomous Guard Unmanned Robotic Apparatus V-type) is a Ukrainian multi-purpose unmanned surface boat capable of performing various tasks: surveillance, reconnaissance, patrolling, search and rescue, mine countermeasures, maritime security, and combat missions...

...In November 2023 in one documented operational use of the drones, one Serna-class landing craft and one Akula-class landing craft docked at a Russian Navy base in Chornomorske, in western Crimea were destroyed.

In early 2024 Ukrainian Intelligence Director Kyrylo Budanov indicated several MAGURA V5s were responsible for the sinking of the Russian Tarantul-III class missile corvette Ivanovets (on 1 Feb).

On 14 February 2024, several MAGURA V5 drones were purportedly used to attack and sink the large landing ship Tsezar Kunikov near the coastal city of Alupka in Russian-occupied Crimea.

On 5 March 2024, MAGURA V5 drones were used in an attack that led to the sinking of the Sergey Kotov off the coast of Crimea."

Operating range: up to 400 km Range of operation: up to 800 km Range: up to 60 hours Payload: up to 200 kg Cruising speed: 41 km/h Maximum speed: 42 nm/h (78 km/h) Navigation methods: automatic GNSS, inertial, visual Video transmission: up to three HD video streams Cryptographic protection: 256-bit encryption Cost of Production: about 273,000 USD

[marcusmaximus]

Artillery shells sent to Ukraine via Poland over the past 4 weeks are finally being used against Russians in the east.

[BeauBo]

“Artillery shells sent to Ukraine via Poland over the past 4 weeks are finally being used against Russians in the east.”

Coincidentally perhaps, Russia’s advance in the region seems to have culminated.

[marcusmaximus]

Artillery + Drones are a nice combo rather than Drones on their own.

[BeauBo]

Artillery is the answer to meat waves.

Send more Artillery!

Reportedly, Ukraine is already exceeding its pace to produce a million drones in 2024, and is now targeting two million.

[BeauBo]

The delay in the US picking up the Defense bill for them, seems to have instigated a bit of preparation in the EU, in case they might have to look out for themselves.

The EU is attempting to systematically strengthen its Defense Industrial Base. So far, it is the usual analysis paralysis and underfunding typical of most European Defense initiatives, but it is new that they are creating a standing process for it, which can take on a life of its own within the bureaucracy and budget.

Kyiv Post reports:

“EU officials on Tuesday unveiled an ambitious proposal to massively boost weapons production and procurement in the bloc to shift from a reliance on US arms and in reaction to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine...

...The European Defence Industrial Strategy aims, over the long term, to give incentives to European arms manufacturers to invest more, make their production more agile and – for the first time – to collectively catalogue what they have available.”

And separately, they report (apparently as part of the same effort):

“The European Commission is set to discuss the viability of a “war economy mode” transition today aimed at increasing the EU’s arms production capacities by encouraging EU countries to purchase weapons together domestically, as reported by Reuters.

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has highlighted the EU’s inability to produce and procure a large number of munitions in a short period, which has led to the munition shortages suffered by Ukraine at present.

Thierry Breton, the European industry commissioner, proposed the creation of a European version of the US Foreign Military Sales scheme, under which Washington assists “eligible countries” when purchasing from US arms companies.

Another proposal from Breton aimed to encourage European weapons firms to prioritize domestic orders in times of crisis.

“We need to change the paradigm and move into war economy mode. This also means that the European defense industry must take more risks, with our support,” said Breton.

Breton’s proposal included a package of €1.5 billion ($1.63 billion) in new money through the end of 2027, with a special EU fund of €100 billion ($109 billion) for defense projects.

Despite the minuscule initial sum in terms of defense procurement, officials said the package would create a legal framework that could allow much greater spending in the future if the bloc desires to do so.”

[ETCM]

Phalanx was updated to Blk 1b about 25 years ago, adding “surface mode”, along with electro-optics/IR. We trained with remote control jet skis and Rhibs (we called them robo-ski and robo-rhib), engaging them with CIWS and 5” gun. These targets are quite similar in speed and maneuverability to the Magura 5.

CIWS has come a long way. Back in the 80’s, we said CWIS stood for “Captain, It Won’t Shoot”.

[PIF]

low much greater spending in the future if the bloc desires to do so.

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The better start smelling the roses right quick-like, or else they will be smelling corpses.

[blitz128]

That is good, we had several at the KAF, and was a little disconcerting when driving perimeter road that they would activate, and would seem to be tracking us

[blitz128]

This guy is pretty good
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ITlTTkmNUdM

[SpeedyInTexas]

Tucker looks like such an idiot in that video.

[BeauBo]

“Tucker looks like such an idiot in that video.”

Appropriate.

[blitz128]

Watched another interview with tucker and he tried to say that he wasn’t supporting Putin or “moving to Russia” but what he was trying to say was a good clean safe city with democracy…. Is possible and polititians have let low expectations rule, to that I agree, but I can’t get past his pass he gave to Putin and quite literally when he was amazed by coin device on cart which has been at ALDIs for decades proved he was out of touch, also in the interview he told the guy of people want to know about Ukraine buy an 800$ ticket and go. Like hey it’s no big deal, I could do it (if he wasn’t basically banned from Ukraine), another out of touch elitist
Like musk he is not wrong about everything but when he spreads his narrative with the audience he has he does great damage and I can’t stand him anymore

[BeauBo]

“I can’t stand him (Tucker Carlson) anymore”

When he accepted the gift of a watch, that had been plundered from the body of an Ukrainian soldier, directly from the blood soaked hand of Putin himself, he earned my disgust.