Posted on 06/15/2023 7:34:54 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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Previous day’s thread: https://freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/4160789/posts
Calling someone a RuZZian on FR is considered an insult.
“Russia’s Big Economic Problem: Not Enough Workers”
“Labor force loses hundreds of thousands to war front and emigration, in ‘a disaster for the economy’
“The war in Ukraine has fueled Russia’s worst labor crunch in decades after hundreds of thousands of workers fled the country or were sent to the front lines, weakening the foundations of an economy weighed down by sanctions and international isolation.
Two waves of emigration last year, the largest since the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the mobilization of around 300,000 men have exacerbated an already tight labor market, plagued by long-term demographic decline. That has left Russian businesses short of everyone from programmers and engineers to welders and oil drillers, professions needed to boost the economy and support the war effort in Ukraine.”
“The Shoulder-Fired Missile Making a Comeback”
“A shoulder-fired missile that can travel over three times the speed of sound is being brought back into production after its deployment in Ukraine revived interest in the weapon.
Thales HO 0.49%increase; green up pointing triangle, the French defense and technology giant, is restarting production of the Starstreak for the first time in more than a decade as Ukraine uses the superfast air-defense system to help repel Russian attacks.
The move is the latest example of how demand for weapons from Ukraine, combined with increased military spending by Western governments, is reviving once moribund production lines.”
“Down 2,000 Tanks, Russia Is Using Creative New Tactics to Keep Them Alive“
“When Russia launched its large-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, it aggressively pushed its main battle tanks and lighter, but heavily-armed, BMP and BMD fighting vehicles forward on the offense. But in a classic tactical error, Russian armor lacked enough escorting infantry to detect and flush out ambushes in built-up areas.
This resulted in rapid, catastrophic losses—and contributed to Russia hitting the milestone of 2,001 main battle tanks visually confirmed destroyed, captured, or abandoned by May 30, 2023. That count only includes losses individually documented by the Oryx blog—meaning that the actual count is surely higher, considering the losses that didn’t get photographed.
However, a May report by the UK’s Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) think tank clarifies that Russian tankers are now mostly using more cautious tactics supporting infantry, and employing technologies and techniques that implicitly reduce the effectiveness of even highly capable Javelin missiles supplied by the U.S.”
https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a44068426/how-russia-is-keeping-tanks-alive/
“Defense ministers of NATO countries are discussing long-term support for Ukraine and new preparations for the alliance’s collective defense at a two-day meeting in Brussels starting on Thursday, as Kyiv’s allies closely monitor the opening phase of Ukraine’s long-anticipated counteroffensive against Russian forces.”
RuZZian Dependence Deepens… Maybe Mandarin should be mandatory in RuZZian schools and workplaces.
“Behind a Birthday Message, the Delicate Duet of Putin and Xi”
“The shows of bonhomie between the two leaders reflect the bond between Russia and China, which could become more fraught as Russian dependence deepens.”
“The close relationship between the two leaders and their nations has been fundamental to Russia’s economic survival since it invaded Ukraine nearly 16 months ago. But it risks growing fraught over the long term, as Russia becomes increasingly reliant on China, while China takes a more measured approach to Moscow and seeks to win back some European support.
In Russia, China has been welcomed as an economic partner that is an alternative to the West, even amid fears among some that Moscow could become a vassal. China has supplied the isolated country with many products, as Western companies have pulled out of the market. It is Russia’s most important energy customer, buying more of its oil than any other nation and potentially becoming a greater consumer of its gas, now that sales to Europe have dried up. Those continued energy revenues have helped the Russian government fund the war.
In Beijing, Russia is regarded as a vital partner against an increasingly united and antagonistic West. But Russia’s need for economic and political support — and pleas for weapons for the battlefields of Ukraine — has also fueled anxieties that China is becoming too tethered to Mr. Putin’s war and is increasingly exposed to diplomatic damage from it.
In particular, China has become more concerned about alienating Europe, which is a much bigger trade partner than Russia and a key player in the rivalry between Beijing and Washington. The Chinese government has also sought to ease the escalating tensions with the United States, agreeing to hold two days of meetings with U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken in Beijing starting Sunday.”
Ukraine: military situation update with maps - June 14, 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, The 2nd Best Army in Ukraine <——
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
Excerpts:
In a follow-up to our feature on how Australia’s surplus upgraded F/A-18 Hornets could be well suited for reequipping Ukraine’s war torn air force, The War Zone has confirmed that Ukraine is indeed exploring if the jets could be a fit for its very pressing needs.
“We are at the early stage studying the technical characteristics and operability of the aircraft,” Vasyl Myroshnychenko, Ukraine’s ambassador to Australia, told The War Zone Wednesday afternoon.
While Myroshnychenko told us that “Ukraine has not officially requested the Hornets” just yet, buzz about RAAF Hornets possibly heading to Kyiv has been building.
“High-level international negotiations are continuing between Australia, Ukraine, and the United States over the fate of the decommissioned fighter aircraft, in what could become this country’s largest-ever single transfer of military equipment to a foreign power,” the Australian Broadcasting Company (ABC) wrote last week.
A day earlier, the Australian Financial Review posited a similar idea, saying that the Biden administration “is favorably disposed to the idea of gifting Ukraine the F/A-18s.”
After the upgraded FA/-18A/Bs were retired in 2021, Texas-based adversary air contractor RAVN Aerospace (then called Air USA) entered into an agreement to purchase up to 46 of the multi-role fighters. They are currently housed at RAAF Base Williamtown in varying states of airworthiness.
Sources familiar with the negotiations told ABC that “RAVN Aerospace is willing to ‘on-sell’ the Hornets to Ukraine but first requires approval from the White House given the fourth-generation fighters have American intellectual property.”
The War Zone understands that if the jets don’t get transferred to another party, and soon, they will be shredded.
“Considering what is happening in Ukraine, and the country’s extreme need for Western fourth-generation fighter capabilities, having dozens of upgraded F/A-18s in good condition just languishing in storage seems like a remarkable missed opportunity.
With this in mind we set out to get to the bottom of the status of the Hornets and what could be possible not just in terms of providing fighters for Kyiv’s cause but also rapidly training pilots and ground crews to support that cause.”
Australia’s ability to consider such a transfer is only possible because it transitioned to more modern F/A-18F Super Hornets, EA-18G Growlers, and F-35 Lighting II Joint Strike Fighters. The RAAF’s first squadron of F-35s became operational in 2021.
While all this remains in the discovery stages at this time, at least publicly, we have seen other advanced weapons acquisitions for Ukraine ramp up drastically if the powers that be come together on the subject.
The optics of shredding capable jets that are well suited for Ukraine’s needs while the country is begging the world for 4th generation fighter capability would be abysmal, regardless.
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——> Ukrainian Tank Crushes Friendly MRAP In Wild Battlefield Video <——
A Russian drone’s view shows a Ukrainian T-72 tank roll over a MRAP vehicle while under heavy fire.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/ukrainian-tank-crushes-friendly-mrap-in-wild-battlefield-video
Excerpts:
After watching the video, a U.S. defense official with years of armor operations and Bradley tactics experience told us it appeared the tank was trying to crush the MRAP on purpose.
“I believe the tank was moving that vehicle into an angle where it could crush it,” the official told us. “I believe that MRAP was possibly stuck in an awkward angle, and potentially had damage to its suspension.”
The tank tried to push the MRAP, possibly stuck in a ditch, but may have damaged the axel in the process, the official said.
“The tank crew made the decision to destroy the vehicle so the enemy can’t recover it or use it for propaganda purposes,” the official said.
This also matches our own internal analysis of the video.
[ Biggest Russian Massacre | Unbelievable: Russian General Kills His Troops in The Yard (by setting them up for a strike) ]
••Day 476: Jun 14
Today there is a lot of good news from the south.
Ukrainian forces continued successfully advancing in all main directions.
Yesterday, I told you that Levadne may very soon become the main axis of advance, and today Russian sources confirmed that after de-mining the field and conducting small reconnaissance-in-force operations, Ukrainians launched a much bigger attack.
Russian sources reported that Ukrainians are advancing not only eastward but also southward and that today Ukrainian assault units established control over multiple Russian positions in the tree lines.
Ukrainian forces are also ramping up the intensity of the attacks in the direction of Rivnopil.
Today Russian sources reported that Ukrainians assaulted this settlement with up to 5 tanks and 5 armored fighting vehicles.
The goal of this combination of attacks remains to even out the front line and set the conditions for a broader line of advancement.
Ukrainian fighters continue releasing footage showing their newly captured positions and the process of sorting the captured equipment, cleaning the trenches, and preparing the trenches for defending against potential Russian counterattacks.
Other Ukrainian assault units demonstrated their trophies captured in the aftermath of heavy fights.
They said that judging by the quality of the equipment, they were fighting against extremely well-prepared Russian forces, not some under-equipped mobilized soldiers that did not know how to effectively use complex weapons, which makes the victory only more meaningful.
Ukrainians also confirmed that they captured multiple pieces of heavy equipment, such as tanks and armored fighting vehicles.
When it comes to the Russian counterattack, as expected, Russian forces failed to recapture Makarivka due to the weak control over the tactical heights around this settlement.
Russian sources reported that they relocated their forces from the Orikhiv front to increase the scale and potency of their counterattack and opened another direction, namely, Urozhaine.
Some sources claim that the village is now in the grey zone, and the ongoing clashes do not cease because Ukrainians stubbornly continue to hold the line.
In order to undermine Russian offensive capabilities, Ukrainian forces have deployed several HIMARS crews to the region to conduct precise counterbattery fire.
Geolocated footage showed how Ukrainians destroyed 5 Russian artillery systems: 2 near one tree
line and 3 near another tree line.
All self-propelled artillery systems were located near Yalynske, which is approximately 17 km behind the front line.
In a desperate attempt to change the situation, Russian forces hacked the radio in the region and started broadcasting a message.
They claimed that Ukrainian positions were cut from two sides and there was no escape, and the Ukrainian command did not plan to save them, which is why other forces have already left their positions.
They said this was their last chance to capitulate because all Ukrainian reserves had been destroyed.
Ironically, in the meantime, Ukrainians conducted a massive HIMARS strike on Russian reserves and eliminated more than 200 Russian soldiers.
This caused a massive scandal and unofficial investigation in the Russian media space, and Russian sources quickly found out and published the cause and results of the Ukrainian strike.
If you still remember, around 3 months ago, I made a video about the biggest tank battle in Ukraine that took place in front of Vuhledar.
I told you that in the aftermath of disastrous planning, Russian forces lost almost 150 tanks and armored fighting vehicles and several brigades worth of troops.
There were 2 people responsible for this disaster: Lieutenant-General Rustam Muradov and Colonel Sakhrab Akhmedov.
Interestingly, in their reports, they claimed that they achieved unbelievable success, which is why Putin signed an executive order to give both of them a higher rank, and Rustam Muradov became a Coloner-General, while Sakhrab Akhmedov became a Major-General.
As you might have already guessed, the success of the Ukrainian HIMARS strike was only possible because these commanders were left in charge.
Russian sources reported that Sakhrab Akhmedov wanted to give a motivational speech to his troops and called everyone to assemble in the yard and wait for him.
Unfortunately for Russians, Ukrainian reconnaissance drone operators quickly noticed the parade, gave the coordinate to the HIMARS crews, and eliminated at least 200 Russian troops.
So, Akhmedov effectively killed his own troops by ordering everyone to gather in the plain sight of the enemy and forcing everyone to wait for an extended period of time.
Even the most prominent Russian sources are calling for the execution of General Akhmedov by firing squad, and they claimed that such Russian commanders killed more Russians with their criminal orders than Ukrainians did with weapons.
••Rivnopil:
UA troops very close to the village. Drone footage of the fight.
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Bakhmut:
More occupied territory taken in the direction of Klishchiivka.
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UA demolished many armored vehicles near Opytne, south of Avdiivka, in Russian occupied lands.
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Area where the 12 vehicle convoy was ambushed is now under UA control and the vehicles were evacuated. None of the vehicles were captured by the Orcs because they lack engineering vehicles to tow them away.
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Australia could sent 40 FA/-18A/Bs. [ See War Zone story above. ]
••Many Ruzzian prisoners were captured in the last few days.
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As for the Chechen General there is no video evidence of him to be well and alive. Maybe he isn’t dead but something went wrong with him since he is not posting anything on his social media.
Before he was very active there. Plus Duma speaker confirmed the wounds of the general. We will see tomorrow.
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Russian officials said everything is going according to the Plan.
The Rebel will be in America. Maybe I’ll meet him in Austin?
“Jakub Janovsky
@Rebel44CZ
just FYI: I will be gone from late August to early October due to a vacation/road trip across the USA.
@oryxspioenkop agreed to take over updating the lists while I am gone.
Feel free to suggest non-obvious places to visit.”
https://twitter.com/Rebel44CZ/status/1669323168425603072
“The Ukrainian 40th Artillery Brigade, working with the 10th Mountain Assault Brigade, destroyed a Russian 2S3 Akatsiya 152mm self-propelled howitzer with counter-battery fire near Soledar, #Donetsk Oblast.”
https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1669266433618976773
“A Russian tree house expertly dismantled by an FPV drone operators.”
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1669307308277391360
“US senators are filing bipartisan legislation that would authorize President Biden to seize and transfer Russian sovereign assets to Kyiv for the long-term reconstruction of Ukraine, ”
https://twitter.com/ChristopherJM/status/1669289423026941956
“Destruction of the Russian transport loading vehicle 9T217B of the Osa-AKM complex.”
https://twitter.com/AlexRaptor94/status/1669260689355972610
“Destroyed Russian MT-LB in Rabotino, Zaporizhzhya region.”
https://twitter.com/AlexRaptor94/status/1669245566855806976
“The Ukrainian Army targeted an ammunition truck belonging to the Russian Forces with a FPV-kamikaze drone east of the village of Staromlynivka on the Velyka Novosilka front line.”
https://twitter.com/BarracudaVol1/status/1669086401042817027
“Mortars and grenade launchers of the border guards add to the dead Russians in the direction of Bakhmut.
5 occupiers were killed, another 11 were wounded“
https://twitter.com/antiputler_news/status/1669347561705213952
“The 24th separate mechanized brigade named after King Danilo covers enemy positions with mortar fire and artillery.“
https://twitter.com/antiputler_news/status/1669347228580982785
“In the temporarily occupied Donetsk, a morning clapper visited”
https://twitter.com/antiputler_news/status/1669207275515396096
“The United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Denmark will deliver high priority air defense equipment to Ukraine, the nations announced in a joint statement today.”
“They will deliver hundreds of short/medium range air defence missiles and associated systems required to protect Ukraine’s critical infrastructure and further ensure the success of the counter-offensive. Delivery has already begun and should be complete within several weeks.”
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1669345913280806912
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