Blyatskrieg

[jimbob]

Looks like members of the supposedly elite 1st Guards Tank Regiment are being used as Storm Z cannon fodder infantry.


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[jimbob]

Geoconfirmed puts the total helicopter destroyed or damaged at 21!
https://x.com/geoconfirmed/status/17151 ... 1zY-PW4R9w

When the Ukrainians shelled Chornobaivka with conventional MLRS for the second time, the Russians evacuated a number of helicopters. Left behind were a number of airframes about which nothing could be deduced by satellite, and a number of blazing wrecks. Those wrecks were duly counted up and added to the Oryx list, while the other helicopters left behind were not.

Some time later, when the Ukrainians first began to push a little towards Kherson, those apparently intact helicopters were evacuated - by towing them through Kherson by road.

The principle inflicter of damage of the M74 cluster bomblet - of which 950 are carried by the early M39 ATACMS missile - is not fire, but fragmentation and the fragments go a lot further than people think. If a helicopter is surrounded by the scars of impacting bomblets, chances are it looks like a Swiss cheese up close.

Supposed photo of a Ka-52 from Luhansk illustrating your point

https://x.com/auto_glam/status/1715364806415548714?s=20

[EACLucifer]

Russian losses around Avdiivka look to be really, really high still.

[Grumble]

Russian losses around Avdiivka look to be really, really high still.

Looks like they have men and machines to waste so they’re wasting them.

[jimbob]

Russian losses around Avdiivka look to be really, really high still.

Looks like they have men and machines to waste so they’re wasting them.

By sending tankers as storm infantry

[Woodchopper]

Russian losses around Avdiivka look to be really, really high still.

Looks like they have men and machines to waste so they’re wasting them.

Maybe. The big question since February 2022 has been how much equipment Russia has available.

At least in the area of the attacks it looks like reserves may not be unlimited. A week ago Russia was attacking with tanks, IFVs and APCs. Now it looks like they are just using IFVs and APCs. Could be a change of strategy but another explanation is that they don’t have tanks to spare in that area.

[jimbob]

Russian losses around Avdiivka look to be really, really high still.

Looks like they have men and machines to waste so they’re wasting them.

Maybe. The big question since February 2022 has been how much equipment Russia has available.

At least in the area of the attacks it looks like reserves may not be unlimited. A week ago Russia was attacking with tanks, IFVs and APCs. Now it looks like they are just using IFVs and APCs. Could be a change of strategy but another explanation is that they don’t have tanks to spare in that area.

See also this link from my post a few posts above:

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1715 ... 44334.html

If Russia using tankers from the supposedly-elite 1st Guards Tank Regiment, as storm-z cannon fodder infantry, presumably there's a reason why they're not in tanks. Where they must really be more effective.

[EACLucifer]

The principle inflicter of damage of the M74 cluster bomblet - of which 950 are carried by the early M39 ATACMS missile - is not fire, but fragmentation and the fragments go a lot further than people think. If a helicopter is surrounded by the scars of impacting bomblets, chances are it looks like a Swiss cheese up close.

Yes, certainly, and in general helicopters are much more vulnerable than fixed wing aircraft.

I presume you mean because they have to be nearer the frontline, as Ka-52s and other attack helicopters are quite tough.

But yes, helicopters are, due to the fundamental physics of how they work, slow. Less than 200mph is typical, while even subsonic jets like Su-25s go three times that fast. Pushing them back to the range of the M39 ATACMS used already puts half an hour on their response times, and uses up a third of their combat radius, in turn shortening the section of frontline they can cover. If M39A1 ATACMS are supplied, that will push them back two thirds of their combat radius, and put an hour on their response times.

Russia is going to have to either move its helicopters out of ATACMS range or disperse them. Both will hamper their operational effectiveness.

Indeed. Would have been great if this had been done before the start of the counteroffensive, though. There really was no technical reason not to. Ka-52s inflicted a lot of damage around Robotyne, that was preventable.

[jimbob]

Another thread on the conditions that Russian troops are claiming they're fighting under

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1716 ... 956044.htm

[TimW]

Looks like naval drones made it to Novorossiysk.

Russian side claims all drones were destroyed. Well yes, they are suicide drones, aren't they. Looks like one of them was destroyed alongside a landing ship. That's the third Ropucha Ukraine's damaged or destroyed, with the other two hit by a Tochka-U and damaged by ammunition they were transporting last year in Berdyansk.

I presume the ship is repairable if she's only listing and in port, but it won't necessarily be quick or economic.

TASS report that the external damage has been repaired, and they sound slightly miffed that there was no official confirmation that the ship had been hit in the first place.

Repairs of Russian amphibious assault ship practically over — source
It is noted that work is currently underway to restore some internal compartments and premises

MOSCOW, October 24. /TASS/. The repairs of the Northern Fleet’s large amphibious assault ship Olenegorsky Gornyak have been practically completed, a source in Crimean defense circles told TASS on Tuesday.

"External repairs on the large amphibious assault ship Olenegorsky Gornyak have been completed and work is currently underway to restore some internal compartments and premises," the source said.

TASS has no official confirmation of this information yet.

Russia’s Defense Ministry reported earlier that overnight to August 4 Russian combat ships destroyed two Ukrainian naval drones that attempted to attack the Novorossiysk naval base. Novorossiysk Mayor Andrey Kravchenko specified that the attack had been repulsed by the crews of the combat ships Olenegorsky Gornyak and Suvorovets.

https://tass.com/defense/1695953

[Woodchopper]

Report of a large Ukrainian counter attack near Avdiivka. Makes sense if the Russian forces have been degraded in pointless attacks.

Good to see what is happening: https://x.com/secretsqrl123/status/1718 ... 1zY-PW4R9w

[Martin Y]

Report of a large Ukrainian counter attack near Avdiivka. Makes sense if the Russian forces have been degraded in pointless attacks.

Good to see what is happening: https://x.com/secretsqrl123/status/1718 ... 1zY-PW4R9w

That's great news and quite a relief. It also makes sense that the area the Russians have recently taken hasn't been turned into a giant minefield like the rest of the front line, so the western training and tactics the Ukrainians learned suddenly becomes useful.

[jimbob]

Report of a large Ukrainian counter attack near Avdiivka. Makes sense if the Russian forces have been degraded in pointless attacks.

Good to see what is happening: https://x.com/secretsqrl123/status/1718 ... 1zY-PW4R9w

That account is generally okayish but sometimes goes a bit too optimistic, unfortunately. So I wouldn't rely on him

[EACLucifer]

Report of a large Ukrainian counter attack near Avdiivka. Makes sense if the Russian forces have been degraded in pointless attacks.

Good to see what is happening: https://x.com/secretsqrl123/status/1718 ... 1zY-PW4R9w

That account is generally okayish but sometimes goes a bit too optimistic, unfortunately. So I wouldn't rely on him

The Russians have definitely been degraded in disorganised attacks - reportedly the unit that was meant to go in first to clear the mines didn't go in, but all the followup units went in anyway and were trapped in minefields and torn apart by artillery - but I'll wait for confirmation from a more reliable source re: a Ukrainian counterattack.

[EACLucifer]

Russians attacking Vuhledar. Again. Not content with throwing away masses of lives and armoured vehicles there last year, and not content with throwing away masses of lives and armoured vehicles in failed attacks against Avdiivka, they have once again attacked Vuhledar, and it's gone as well as last time - so far eighteen burning armoured vehicles counted, with commensurate personnel losses to be presumed.

[TopBadger]

I wonder how much this will keep going over the winter... I can't seeing either side letting up.

[Grumble]

I wonder how much this will keep going over the winter... I can't seeing either side letting up.

I can see them running out of ammo

[Woodchopper]

I wonder how much this will keep going over the winter... I can't seeing either side letting up.

I can see them running out of ammo

Probably not, especially after they are getting supplies from North Korea. Though the quality won’t be so good.

[bjn]

They may run out of barrels before they run out of shells. Then again, they could get some from NK.

[dyqik]

They may run out of barrels before they run out of shells. Then again, they could get some from NK.

Would you trust your life to a barrel made in North Korea and then inspected, shipped and installed by Russians?

[bjn]

They may run out of barrels before they run out of shells. Then again, they could get some from NK.

Would you trust your life to a barrel made in North Korea and then inspected, shipped and installed by Russians?

Hell no, but I probably wouldn’t have a choice in the matter.

[shpalman]

They may run out of barrels before they run out of shells. Then again, they could get some from NK.

Would you trust your life to a barrel made in North Korea and then inspected, shipped and installed by Russians?

Which end of it would you rather be on?

[dyqik]

They may run out of barrels before they run out of shells. Then again, they could get some from NK.

Would you trust your life to a barrel made in North Korea and then inspected, shipped and installed by Russians?

Which end of it would you rather be on?

I'm honestly not sure. Particularly with North Korean ammo as well.

But overall, you might fire just a bit slower to give you a bit more time get some distance, and fewer shots to survive.

[Allo V Psycho]

Russian Karakurt-class missile corvette 'Askold' damaged or destroyed in Kerch by Storm Shadow

https://www.fleetmon.com/maritime-news/ ... maged-ker/

[EACLucifer]

Russian Karakurt-class missile corvette 'Askold' damaged or destroyed in Kerch by Storm Shadow

https://www.fleetmon.com/maritime-news/ ... maged-ker/

Doesn't look like a very happy ship right now.