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@TrentTelenko

https://twitter.com/TrentTelenko/status/1564716691598331906

“HIMARS, RuAF Logistics & UAF fire support🧵

The two biggest logistical items for a mech force by tonnage are artillery ammo & fuel. The mix depends on the operation. Moving needs fuel. Static operations require more shells.

Ukraine has reduced Russian Army Kherson supplies
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“...to ~20% for 2 weeks by bridge attacks.

Russian tanks & AFV’s don’t have an auxiliary power unit - a small fuel efficient engine-generator - to run for recharging their batteries.

This means Russians have to run their engines a few times a day to recharge the batteries.
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“Any tank or armored fighting vehicle is filled with multiple radios & electronics for the night vision sensors, gun/missile aiming systems and fire control computer.

All of these taken together pull a lot of power and will drain the vehicle’s batteries quickly.
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“The reality of that APU deficiency is Russian tanks & AFV are time limited as far as needing fuel to retain tactical mobility.

Two weeks without most of the normal fuel resupply means the heavily mechanized Russian forces on the west Dnieper river bank in Kherson Oblast are
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“... low tactical mobility compared to the attacking Ukrainian forces.

Those Russian heavy mechanized forces also lack any sort of retreat route for their vehicles across the Dnieper if there is deep Ukrainian breakthrough.

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