War in Ukraine, technical and military aspects only

[RETAC21]

12 minutes ago, alejandro_ said:

IMO the biggest advantage is that it can launch a missile with active air to air guidance, which makes the fighter less vulnerable.

Not really, launching an AMRAAM at the edge of its range gives the target plenty of time and warning to evade (which is why I suspect they are not firing), but the ECM on the F-16 would give the pilot much more awareness of the threats and enable the Ukrainians to evade (which is why they are not being shot down by aircraft that should outrange them)

[Roman Alymov]

MT-LB converted into barn-IFV https://t.me/boris_rozhin/156750

[alejandro_]

41 minutes ago, RETAC21 said:

Not really, launching an AMRAAM at the edge of its range gives the target plenty of time and warning to evade (which is why I suspect they are not firing), but the ECM on the F-16 would give the pilot much more awareness of the threats and enable the Ukrainians to evade (which is why they are not being shot down by aircraft that should outrange them)

The big advantage over R-27 is that it does not need to be guided all the way to the target, thus the F-16 can turn around and evade return fire once AIM-120 goes active.

[seahawk]

But Russian planes use R-77 and R-37 which are far superior to anything the west has.

[RETAC21]

I don't necessarily agree with all here (Tom sees everything as Iran-Iraq), but it's interesting:

https://xxtomcooperxx.substack.com/p/mirage?fbclid=IwY2xjawI2bcJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHcai5ITLavm0xLtU_w-hcMuDhU6e5JQVAPGo65HouqCn4RhLloggD4SU4A_aem_JidR2HAXb13WdNikfFKyTw

 

[alejandro_]

Destroying a Bradley at 5km range using a 9M119M Invar ("Инвар")

The 9M119M Invar tank-guided missile and the 9X949 launcher are part of the 3UBK20 round (pic 5). 
The missile has a 9Н142М tandem cumulative warhead, with maximum firing range of 5,000 m, and a maximum armor penetration normal angle to armor of 750mm behind ERA. 
In-flight control is semi-automatic using a laser riding. 
The missile was accepted into service in 1992.
The 3UBK20 round can be used from the 9K120 Svir ("Свирь") (T-72B), 9K119 Reflex ("Рефлекс") (T-80U and T-90) or 9K119M Reflex-M ("Рефлекс-M") (T-72B3, T-80BVM, T-90A and T-90M) tank guided weapons system.

An earlier version, the 9M119, was also spotted in the SMO zone (frames 6-7). The 9M119 tank-guided missile (with a 9Н142 cumulative warhead) and the 9X949 launcher are part of the 3UBK14 round (frame 8).

https://x.com/simpatico771/status/1897692848796942436

 

[Roman Alymov]

Video of M1224 International MaxxPro town into captivity. Note the towing vehicles: T-55 (?) and T-62 without main guns in turrets. https://t.me/anna_news/77059

[Roman Alymov]

Rus TV video on how "net tunnel" near Chasov Yar is maintained https://t.me/milinfolive/143385

[Roman Alymov]

Video of, as claimed, StormShadow flying in direction of Crimea. Interesting it seems like it looks like high-altitude flight https://t.me/petrusV82/4547

[Stefan Kotsch]

11 hours ago, alejandro_ said:

Destroying a Bradley at 5km range using a 9M119M Invar ("Инвар")

I don't see Bradley? Not even the effect of the target.

[alejandro_]

31 minutes ago, Stefan Kotsch said:

I don't see Bradley? Not even the effect of the target.

I assume the target was identified using the drone, in any case it shows the use of the missile at long ranges.

[glenn239]

3 hours ago, alejandro_ said:

I assume the target was identified using the drone, in any case it shows the use of the missile at long ranges.

I assume the vehicle was previously abandoned, as sitting in the open seems like a poorly thought out strategy otherwise.

[JWB]

Is that city even worth the effort?

[glenn239]

The report I saw this morning was that the assault was not repelled.

[Roman Alymov]

1 hour ago, JWB said:

Is that city even worth the effort?

I think here is the answer

https://youtu.be/8IhG3Lm8F68

[Stuart Galbraith]

 

Epic fail, they should have hung all this on a Donkey

https://x.com/wartranslated/status/1898049263872958813?t=5f2v2AGXNkUKthhGaNbBDQ&s=19

[JWB]

6 hours ago, Roman Alymov said:

I think here is the answer

https://youtu.be/8IhG3Lm8F68

Not really. He mostly talked about what a horrible place it is to carry out operations.

[Roman Alymov]

2 hours ago, JWB said:

Not really. He mostly talked about what a horrible place it is to carry out operations.

Now it is much more horrible place, since numerous strong concrete buidings were constructed in decades after WWII. Still, importance of fortified position  is defined, first and foremost, by geography - and geography is still the same as when Bakhmut fort was constructed by Ivan the Terrible as part of defence line against nomads.

[RETAC21]

EW in the war:

 

[PaulFormerlyinSaudi]

(I hope we agree this is a technical matter.) 

 

Poland is proposing universal military training. (-=Link=-).  Frankly I think conscription should have been reintroduced a couple of years ago. 

[urbanoid]

2 minutes ago, PaulFormerlyinSaudi said:

(I hope we agree this is a technical matter.) 

 

Poland is proposing universal military training. (-=Link=-).  Frankly I think conscription should have been reintroduced a couple of years ago. 

It's more of a 'Cold War, The Reimagined Series', where I already posted about that. Also what's in mind atm is NOT conscription per se.

[glenn239]

3 hours ago, urbanoid said:

It's more of a 'Cold War, The Reimagined Series', where I already posted about that. Also what's in mind atm is NOT conscription per se.

If/when you get into the program we'd be interested in your blogging about it.

[JWB]

https://x.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1898407829674840203

It is reported that the Russian army has intensified attacks in Kursk region of Russia. According to unverified information, Russians have gotten to Ukrainian positions in Sudzha through the Druzhba gas pipeline this morning.

[Roman Alymov]

Implementing SVO lessons: RusMarines experimenting/training to land bike groups from speedboats https://t.me/Sladkov_plus/12620

[Colin]

On 3/5/2025 at 9:18 AM, glenn239 said:

Military Summary Channel reports that the US has ordered Britain to cease supplying Ukraine with intel, and that the UA (and presumably the Russians) are experiencing rolling blackouts with Starlink all over the front.  Also, reports that the RuAF is currently using massive numbers of glide bombs in the south around Kherson, (no report on jamming effects)

Going by what I have heard from people inside the Intel community is that the US gets a lot of Intel from it's Allies and then restricts it from sharing that Intel back to them. The intel community might start finding that the flow to them dries up if they try to be too restrictive.