People asked for it to be included in each new post.
Too much JB last night?
Posted on 05/06/2023 7:01:45 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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The irony of this Kremlin-waged-war is that the deep-state-Kremlinists are killing on two fronts : so far they have killed way more russians than Ukrainians. They are both victims of the neo-soviets though. The Russian people are fed up with their own deep-state and have started doing sabotage operations all over Russia. That’s a true sign the Kremlin warmongering machine is slowly coming to end. Putin will probably be killed by someone close to him.
Ukraine: military situation update with maps - May 5, 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(Numbered printed material below - Some of the items below may be out of date, and not updated yet)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/
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-—> 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.
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-—> 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.
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-—> 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.
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-—> 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.
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-—> Contrast & Compare: the T-14 Armada [The AliExpress Tank]: The Best Russian Tank Ever! [very funny] <——
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-opSlCGLGQ4
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Ukraine Isn’t Buying Wagner Boss’s Tirade About Pulling Out Of Bakhmut <——
Wagner boss Vevgeny Prigozhin said his troops will leave Bakhmut on May 10 over a lack of ammo, but Ukraine isn’t buying that threat.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/ukraine-isnt-buying-wagner-bosss-tirade-about-pulling-out-of-bakhmut
[ Mission Accomplished | Wagners Leaving Bakhmut | Its Official!! Wagners Accept A Brutal Defeat And Leave!!! ]
••Day 436: May 05
Today the biggest news comes from the east. Here, the Head of the Wagner Group, Prigozhin, publicly announced that they are no longer capable of sustaining such high losses and that they are going to withdraw from Bakhmut on the 10th of May.
He accused the Russian Ministry of Defense and other bureaucrats of creating artificial shell shortages due to the envy towards the overshadowing successes of his Private Military Company, which makes them look bad and incompetent.
This is a clear confirmation that Russian forces will not be able to symbolically establish full control over Bakhmut by the holiday on 9 May, which the Ukrainian High Command, commanders of brigades, battalions, and just soldiers have been confidently claiming for weeks.
In fact, when it comes to the movements of the front line over the last 7 days, despite absolutely brutal fights, Russian forces failed to breach Ukrainian defense. After a week of futile ground assaults, Russians decided to burn everything to the ground. The footage released just several hours ago shows that the whole residential area is under the attack of incendiary munitions.
On the other hand, we have already seen a lot of similar attacks on Vuhledar. Even though some building catch on fire if an incendiary granule gets inside a flat, the main target of these strikes is likely Ukrainian equipment.
This strike has once raised suspicions about the genuineness of Prigozhin’s claims. As Ukrainian fighters are constantly experiencing heavy shelling, many downplay Prigozhin’s claims and speculate that he is pursuing other interests.
Some speculate that he is just trying to attract attention to his company and gain more recruits and, therefore, money; others say that he has political ambitions and wants to replace the Minister of Defense, if not the current president; and some also say that he just failed to fulfill his promises to take Bakhmut by 9 May, and is trying to deflect the blame and save his reputation.
However, many things can be true simultaneously. First of all, after today’s other video, where he showed one hundred fresh corpses of his soldiers and specifically named Shoigu, Gerasimov, and the rest of the Ministry of Defense, calling them all the bad words known to men, it is highly unlikely just attention seeking and marketing. No one has ever said so many bad things about those at the top and seen a happy retirement. Let alone during the war.
Secondly, even though Ukrainians indeed experience heavy shelling, they are still successfully preventing Russians from advancing – exactly what Prigozhin complains about. Prigozhin wanted several times more shells to not allow Ukrainians to keep their head up so that he could make some advancements in the citadel.
Thirdly, Prigozhin has been raising the alarm about the fact that Ukrainians might be preparing to conduct a massive flank attack and that he is not satisfied with the quality of the defense.
Today he also said that Russian bureaucrats are once again exaggerating the number of troops on the flanks in order to submit good reports, while in his experience, the flanks are barely holding. He also emphasized multiple times that in the event of a breakthrough, Wagner forces in Bakhmut would be surrounded and eliminated.
And coincidentally, yesterday, we discussed precisely how Ukrainians are increasing the intensity of fights in the Siversk direction, relocating their tanks, and possibly preparing for a large-scale offensive operation.
This also fits very well into the Ukrainian narrative that is increasingly circulating information about an unspecified surprise for Russians, and in particular, Wagner forces in this direction. Prigozhin has his own intelligence - he probably anticipates it as well and decided to give up Bakhmut and escape the encirclement. It looks like he planned to kill two birds with one stone: take Bakhmut and then escape.
But the internal politics undermined his efforts by creating artificial shell shortages, which resulted in unsustainable losses and left him with two choices: he can either continue pushing with the last men and see whether they die before or after Ukrainians take Bakhmut into a pocket, or he can save the last men, get out of there before it is too late and as a bonus save his reputation.
••[ All this PMC story has been hashed elsewhere. ]
Dennis said that despite Ukraine and other’s skepticism, Prigozhin will leave, because of the culture he is immersed in. He was a convict and is surrounded by convicts. In that world, if you say something, you need to do it. Else his men will think he is a fake person.
Its likely that Kaderov’s Ahmed Battalion of Kaderites will replace the PMC.
Prigozhin said his losses from the original Wagner Army is around 60%. Dennis said he thinks all of the videos and screaming are just part of a big PR campaign. He wants power, but does not want to share in the defeat of the RGF when the UA offensive is launched.
The other reason he wants to get out of Bakhmut is the lack of troops. He does not have the troops to take the city and secure it.
The lack of shells Prigozhin complains about also affects the RGF - Russian mil-bloggers complain about the same thing. This is just the standard disregard by the Russian military command for the lives of their troops.
His PR campaign is working well for the majority of the Russian Zed patriots who support him.
Meanwhile, here’s an ex-con who wants to command generals - and that does not sit well. He could turn his army against the RGF but the probability is quite low presently. Still it could happen.
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Russian are evacuation 70,000 people from the expected area of the offensive. Maps are being drawn showing what some expect to be the stars and goals. The people are scared and so is the RGF. For the UA, it is important that people inside the RGF panic and when the actual offensive begins, the troops run, as usual.
Russian media military ‘experts’ point to every conceivable point that a counterattack could happen, draw maps, diagrams, outcomes, goals. Etc.
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Resident of Mykolayiv asked not to film any troops and equipment movements that see. This means the UA is moving closer to the South.
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US and Australia supplying 2 million shells.
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Russia restarted the Kersh Bridge railroad, but has not repaired the damaged sections. Also Russia has started to collect food and water supplies in Crimea.
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Leopard 1 tanks will arrive in June from Denmark and Germany.
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Russian general said owners of important sites, like oil storages, should independently provide protection from drone attacks. These sites are crucial for the RGF, but the RGF will not protect them. No more ‘What Air Defense Doing?’, but ‘What Air Defence?’
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Images of the UA’s Bradleys have their tactical signs blurred.
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The Counter Offensive: Expect 3X troop losses, burning Bradleys, Leopard 2s. For every Russian tank you see destroyed by a drone attack, remember it had been firing at UA troops, killing and wounding them. It’s a very hard job. All because Putin wants to remain in power. But let’s stay positive but keep in mind the price.
—> so far they have killed way more russians than Ukrainians.
No. It is just what the intelligence services told you.
—-> Putin will probably be killed by someone close to him.
Wouldn’t surprise me - and be replaced with a hard liner
Nor will it surprise me if Grifta Z is taken out first.
—> When Ukraine ultimately loses, Speedy can relieve his OCD by repeatedly counting
the number of tiles on the bathroom floor, or washing his hands 200 times per day.
He should start making a reference list now!
Is there any information on Russian production of artillery, tanks, ammunition?
We know that Iran sold Russia some drones. Are the Russians buying and importing a lot of replacement equipment and ammunition?
It doesn’t seem that Russia could sustain these losses that much longer.
Russia by its own admission can only build 300 tanks a year, no where near attrition rates.
Worse, they can no longer make modern sights and sensors for those tanks, having relied on Western parts for them.
Russia claims its is ramping up missile and shell production, but that is just a claim. Like tanks that required Western parts to be fully modern, both missiles and self propelled artillery require modern parts - in so far as the meed for Western parts is not met, some production lines can not operate.
Beyond that, Russia has demanded factories and corporations create battalions from their work forces to be sent to the front. Instant labor shortages. Cannot be replaced, loss of tax revenue, circular firing squads, typical socialist solutions, spiral to the bottom.
How about Documenting NATO Equipment Losses? How about keeping everyone updated on how many American rocket launchers and artillery pieces have been destroyed trying to provoke the one country that has the most nuclear weapons of all the countries on earth into using them? Maybe if we still have a functioning internet after that you can Documenting Russian Nuclear Weapon losses.
Oh my God! You don’t think people can find yesterday’s thread if they were interested? Is there anything in there that is different from any other day’s thread? If there is a reason not to donate to FR it is that the forum has been hijacked by the likes of speedyintexas and umcrevmom for their own propaganda purposes.
How about Documenting NATO Equipment Losses?
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Sounds like a good opportunity for you to make your mark on FR - you will drive the hit counter wild!!!
Russia has already lost. It’s “super power” military is the joke of the world. India has cancelled contracts. Russia has lost reliable energy contracts in Europe, etc. All it can do is destroy Ukraine. That Ukrainians would rather live in a destroyed country than as slaves in the filth and scum of the Russian World is quite instructive.
The 3rd separate assault brigade shared footage of an offensive operation in the vicinity of Bakhmut.
NOELREPORTS @NOELreports
May 5
[ Intense firefight 5min ] Footage from the Ukrainian 3rd Separate Assault Brigade. Assault group ‘Datsyk’ on a M113 APC carried out offensive operations in the vicinity of Bakhmut.
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1654785635830444032
You’re bad.
UkraineWarVideoReport
by Fox-Mulder7
2 hr. ago
Full video of the Belarusian fighters clearing trenches - 3.46 min
Not to worry! I’m sucking it up as JR told me to.
It’s getting interesting in Nova Kakhovka.
Small arms fire. Not just artillery.
https://twitter.com/TuiteroMartin/status/1654938941831753728
“The road from Melitopol to Crimea today.”
Git, while the getting is good.
@ChuckPfarrer 10h
“BLACK SEA BAIL: Fearing increased Ukraine missile strikes, Russia has moved most of its Black Sea Fleet from Sevastopol to safer waters in Russian territory.”
https://newsweek.com/russian-warships-retreat-crimea-ukraine-1798646
Newsweek: “Major General Vadym Skibitsky, deputy chief of Ukraine’s military intelligence, said during a Wednesday interview with the Kyiv TV channel that the Kremlin had decided to relocate the vessels out of fear of missile strikes.
Newsweek has not been able to independently verify that Black Sea Fleet ships have changed locations...
According to a translation of Skibitsky’s comments by the online outlet Ukrainska Pravda, Russia’s naval high command has re-assigned most of its Black Sea Fleet vessels from Sevastopol back to the Russian city of Novorossiysk.”
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