Ukrainian Forces Destroy Russia's New Phlox 2S40 Mortar System recently entered into combat

Defense News ^ | March 29, 2024 | Defense News

[Farmerbob]

[In feet and yards only.]

I think the official measurement is “Burnt out TXXs”. As in “Today Russia advanced 3 burnt out T72s toward the river.”

[JonPreston]

In feet and yards only

So how exactly will Putin be in Poland next? France? Germany? Yaphank?

[EEGator]

Ukraine is accepting US citizens into service. GTFO.

[bimboeruption]

“Crimea by Christmas!”

How did that work out for Ukraine?

[dforest]

No, your propaganda is in overdrive. You have become a clown.

[Robert DeLong]

And Isabel van Brugen writing for Newsweek is speculating at best, and has done so in the past that have proven her claims to be baseless nonsense.

[canuck_conservative]

“We don’t need to worry about the spring rains, our boys will be home before the snows melt!”

Putin to his Generals, Feb. 2022

(How’d that great winter-invasion plan work out for Russia? LOL)

[Paal Gulli]

The single truest post I've ever seen made here.

[McGruff]

At least they’re not retreating. Yet.

[Kazan]

So many defeatists on FR these days.

More like REALISTS.

[kiryandil]

Jean-Frankie didn’t make it.

[MeganC]

Russia spends millions on new weapons systems. Ukraine spends hundreds and even thousands to destroy them.

LOL

[Seruzawa]

I’ll bet they have more than one.

[Timber Rattler]

So how exactly will Putin be in Poland next? France? Germany? Yaphank?

Ask Poland, except that you hate Poles.

War looms for Europe, warns Poland’s Donald Tusk

[JonPreston]

At least that Canadian showed up to fight, unlike our Zeeper.

[JonPreston]

I asked you. You're the one hyperventilating about how The Putin is going to roll into greater Europe. So, tell us how exactly will Putin be in Poland next if he can't take Ukraine?

[Chainmail]

This is one strange mortar system: it is a continuation of the 120mm rifled mortar like their Nona system - based on their unlicensed copy of the French tube and round, but it has a much longer tube, suggesting extended range compared to the Nona. Yet the published data says 7.5 Km range compared to the French 8.2 Km for the same round and much shorter tube.

The use of a truck chassis mimics the French Caesar 155mm gun and the South African G5 and the Denel T5-52. All of these truck-mounted systems have very limited fire fans (left and right traverse limits) and have to be shifted to engage targets further to either side.

Interesting that they claim to have a Direct Fire capability, since it's clear from the photographs that the tube can't be lowered enough for Direct Fire - the cab's in the way.

Despite the cheerful descriptions of this weapon's "advanced" capabilities - it's still a manually-loaded from the outside and doesn't appear to have any provision for powered elevation and traverse.

I'll stick to my mortar, thank you - The XM-326 120mm Automated Mortar System, the Dragon Fire.

[Allegra]

No, your propaganda is in overdrive. You have become a clown.

Truth!

Yesterday, some unhinged zeeper called this “Russian propaganda:”

I had to explain, no you goofy foreigner, it’s American humor. It’s poking fun at a foreign grifter who is constantly demanding our money and at the old fart of a crook in the White House who indulges him.

As I often say, zeepers aren’t the sharpest knives in the drawer.

[Timber Rattler]

Prove that there are large Russian military losses.

The Russian military cemeteries laying bare the ‘huge cost’ of the Ukraine war

[bimboeruption]

>Prove that there are large Russian military losses.<

Prove that all those graves are the result of the RECENT war with Ukraine and not WW2 or Afghanistan?

We can’t see the dates from up in the air.