Roman Alymov Posted March 30 Posted March 30 3 hours ago, MiGG0 said: So we do agree overall. APS is somewhat usefull, but MBT role overall is quite dead. "Barn" tanks can have EW and APS (as can MBT, but their role has been basically over) Note i was telling that not about "any" APS, but only about current form of them (designed to protect tank from relatively few big fast AT missiles). Hypotetical APS designed to protect the tank from more numerous, but more slow and light targets (drone is relatively slow and weak comared to ATGM) with more charges may be useful. But they are not here, so too early to tell....
MiGG0 Posted March 31 Posted March 31 13 hours ago, Roman Alymov said: Note i was telling that not about "any" APS, but only about current form of them (designed to protect tank from relatively few big fast AT missiles). Hypotetical APS designed to protect the tank from more numerous, but more slow and light targets (drone is relatively slow and weak comared to ATGM) with more charges may be useful. But they are not here, so too early to tell.... And I was telling that current APS (Arena-M) is ”not totally useless” either. It has it uses as I have pointed.
glenn239 Posted March 31 Posted March 31 Saw a report yesterday that Ukrainian FPV annual drone production is about 1 million units, with 3,500 to 5,000 used daily. Russian FPV drone production is about 5 million per year, with about 15,000 used a day.
JWB Posted March 31 Posted March 31 https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/1906718766857060585 Sweden has announced its largest single military aid package to Ukraine, valued at 16 billion krona ($1.59 billion). The package will include nearly $1 billion in new equipment purchases, with the majority of the remainder going towards supporting Ukrainian defense production.
Roman Alymov Posted March 31 Posted March 31 Improvised wheeled SPG made by installing 100mm КС-19 AA gun on Tatra T815 VVN 6x6, UkrArmy https://t.me/milinfolive/145300
glenn239 Posted April 1 Posted April 1 The Ukrainians said today that the Russians sent 4,198 Shahed drones into Ukraine during March, an all-time record, (the previous was around 3,000 I think).
Roman Alymov Posted April 1 Posted April 1 War of drones, compilation by FPV operstors of one of pro-Ris regiments in their actions against "heavy" drones https://t.me/c/1688853451/318031
TonyE Posted April 2 Posted April 2 What seems to be the aftermath of the strike on the four russian helicopters a week ago (Mi28, not KA52 though)
Detonable Posted April 3 Posted April 3 Fuel is pouring out of the wing mounted tank, but I didn't see any from the main internal tank. It looked like some of the helicopter blades were not penetrated through and through.
alejandro_ Posted April 3 Posted April 3 Interview with M777 gunner “We were handed over the American installations at the end of July 2022. Before that, training took place in Germany. The next two guns were handed over when we were already going to Donbas. It was November of the same year. We worked with the first two guns in the Kherson region, and then we were transferred to the Bakhmut direction. Before this howitzer, we fought on the Soviet artillery system “Msta-B”. If you compare these two installations, then the M777 is simply a work of art. It is simply a unique gun. First of all, it is light, maneuverable, hits the target very accurately, easy to operate and unpretentious. We have been fighting with it since July 2022, the gun is simply faultless when performing combat missions. The Soviet installation is larger in size, much heavier. It is more difficult to operate, so even such simple procedures as cleaning the gun and the bolt are quite laborious and complicated. But here everything is much simpler, better thought out, and the work is much easier to do. https://armyinform.com.ua/2025/03/31/gaubyczya-m777-amerykanski-sokyry-rubayut-golovy-rosiyanam/
glenn239 Posted April 3 Posted April 3 Having just seen a report that Ukrainian drone production is 1 million and Russian 5 million, Tagtik reports that Ukrainian drone production is 5 million a year, Ukraine achieves a new feat: "5 million drones annually"
Stuart Galbraith Posted April 3 Posted April 3 2 hours ago, JWB said: What happens in october? They storm the winter palace.
Yama Posted April 3 Posted April 3 (edited) 7 hours ago, alejandro_ said: Interview with M777 gunner “We were handed over the American installations at the end of July 2022. Before that, training took place in Germany. The next two guns were handed over when we were already going to Donbas. It was November of the same year. We worked with the first two guns in the Kherson region, and then we were transferred to the Bakhmut direction. Before this howitzer, we fought on the Soviet artillery system “Msta-B”. If you compare these two installations, then the M777 is simply a work of art. It is simply a unique gun. First of all, it is light, maneuverable, hits the target very accurately, easy to operate and unpretentious. We have been fighting with it since July 2022, the gun is simply faultless when performing combat missions. The Soviet installation is larger in size, much heavier. It is more difficult to operate, so even such simple procedures as cleaning the gun and the bolt are quite laborious and complicated. But here everything is much simpler, better thought out, and the work is much easier to do. https://armyinform.com.ua/2025/03/31/gaubyczya-m777-amerykanski-sokyry-rubayut-golovy-rosiyanam/ Interesting. I have seen interview from another Ukrainian artilleryman who also thought M777 lot more accurate than 2A65 (though I suppose ammunition plays big part here). Noteworthy how he said that Excalibur was 'effective at first'. A Finnish artilleryman said based on video of M777 firing, that it looks more complicated to operate than 2A36. But that is of course a different (and much heavier) gun. Edited April 3 by Yama
crazyinsane105 Posted April 4 Posted April 4 3 hours ago, Yama said: Interesting. I have seen interview from another Ukrainian artilleryman who also thought M777 lot more accurate than 2A65 (though I suppose ammunition plays big part here). Noteworthy how he said that Excalibur was 'effective at first'. A Finnish artilleryman said based on video of M777 firing, that it looks more complicated to operate than 2A36. But that is of course a different (and much heavier) gun. With so many variants of 155 mm being fired, guess the M777 definitely stands out for being the most reliable and rugged artillery piece thus far in this conflict
old_goat Posted April 4 Posted April 4 4 hours ago, crazyinsane105 said: guess the M777 definitely stands out for being the most reliable and rugged artillery piece thus far in this conflict ??? Yet in an older report, ukrainians complained that compared to old soviet guns, the M777 is very sensitive to combat damage, and requires much more maintenance to keep it operational...
Yama Posted April 4 Posted April 4 (edited) Well the interview mentioned that maintenance is done at the depot, not by the gun crew. Edited April 4 by Yama
alejandro_ Posted April 4 Posted April 4 Good article on Ukrainian T-80BV upgrade, some excerpts: After the collapse of the USSR, Ukraine inherited 248 tanks of this model, including 60 diesel T-80UD and 188 gas turbine T-80/T-80B/T-80BV. They were almost immediately sent to storage bases as “non-standard” weapons for the Armed Forces of Ukraine — in the conditions of a large-scale reduction of the army, it was decided to make the T-64BV standard. It is possible that the “eighties” would have rotted there… However, in 2014 everything changed. The beginning of Russian aggression in Crimea and Donbas forced to take urgent measures to strengthen the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Attention was also drawn to the gas turbine T-80. Given the good dynamic characteristics, the T-80BV, after renovation, was sent to the airborne assault troops, and later they appeared in the marines. In 2020, two T-80BV teams participated in the competition for the best tank platoon: from the 25th separate airborne brigade and the 36th separate marine brigade. The beginning of the modernization of the T-64BV to the level of the T-64BV of the 2017 model gave rise to a completely understandable idea: why not modernize the T-80BV as well? Moreover, in terms of armament, observation and sighting devices, communication means, etc., these combat vehicles are practically identical. The corresponding modernization began in 2019 at the Kharkiv Armored Plant. As far as is known, the modernized T-80BV did not receive a separate designation. The content of the modernization was apparently similar to the T-64BV of the 2017 model. It included the installation of a TPN-1 gunner's thermal imaging sight (made by the company "Trimen-Ukraine"), a digital radio station "Lybid-2KRB", a satellite navigation terminal CH-4215, elements of dynamic protection "Knife" (in boxes from "Kontakt-1"), etc. There is also information about replacing the GTD-1000T with a capacity of 1000 hp with a GTD-1250 (1250 hp), but I don't know where these engines could be obtained. Have they been in storage since Soviet times? According to The Military Balance 2022, at the beginning of 2022, the Marine Corps had 28 modernized T-80BV tanks, and the airborne assault troops had 60. According to the same guide, there were only 34 T-80s in reserve. https://armyinform.com.ua/2023/08/17/t-80bv-ostannya-rozrobka-radyanskogo-tankobuduvannya/
RETAC21 Posted April 4 Posted April 4 2 hours ago, alejandro_ said: Good article on Ukrainian T-80BV upgrade, some excerpts: After the collapse of the USSR, Ukraine inherited 248 tanks of this model, including 60 diesel T-80UD and 188 gas turbine T-80/T-80B/T-80BV. They were almost immediately sent to storage bases as “non-standard” weapons for the Armed Forces of Ukraine — in the conditions of a large-scale reduction of the army, it was decided to make the T-64BV standard. It is possible that the “eighties” would have rotted there… However, in 2014 everything changed. The beginning of Russian aggression in Crimea and Donbas forced to take urgent measures to strengthen the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Attention was also drawn to the gas turbine T-80. Given the good dynamic characteristics, the T-80BV, after renovation, was sent to the airborne assault troops, and later they appeared in the marines. In 2020, two T-80BV teams participated in the competition for the best tank platoon: from the 25th separate airborne brigade and the 36th separate marine brigade. The beginning of the modernization of the T-64BV to the level of the T-64BV of the 2017 model gave rise to a completely understandable idea: why not modernize the T-80BV as well? Moreover, in terms of armament, observation and sighting devices, communication means, etc., these combat vehicles are practically identical. The corresponding modernization began in 2019 at the Kharkiv Armored Plant. As far as is known, the modernized T-80BV did not receive a separate designation. The content of the modernization was apparently similar to the T-64BV of the 2017 model. It included the installation of a TPN-1 gunner's thermal imaging sight (made by the company "Trimen-Ukraine"), a digital radio station "Lybid-2KRB", a satellite navigation terminal CH-4215, elements of dynamic protection "Knife" (in boxes from "Kontakt-1"), etc. There is also information about replacing the GTD-1000T with a capacity of 1000 hp with a GTD-1250 (1250 hp), but I don't know where these engines could be obtained. Have they been in storage since Soviet times? According to The Military Balance 2022, at the beginning of 2022, the Marine Corps had 28 modernized T-80BV tanks, and the airborne assault troops had 60. According to the same guide, there were only 34 T-80s in reserve. https://armyinform.com.ua/2023/08/17/t-80bv-ostannya-rozrobka-radyanskogo-tankobuduvannya/ In its 1996 CFE declaration Ukraine only declared 123 T-80s, but tanks for sale were excluded so there were more. 35 T-80UD were sold to Pakistan for training. These were presumably subsumed in the 52 Objekt 478B that were in the factory but undelivered. Bits and pieces were all over Ukraine as then 93 Objekt 478BE1 with cast turrets were made and the final 175 Objekt 478BE2 had a welded turret because there were no more cast turrets lying around.
JWB Posted April 4 Posted April 4 https://x.com/wartranslated/status/1908137627527627027 Per The Telegraph, Russian drone and missile strikes on Ukraine surged 52.5% after peace talks began—3,148 strikes in the 30 days before, 4,776 after.
glenn239 Posted April 4 Posted April 4 An unconfirmed report today on Military Summary Channel that the Russians are preparing 150,000 new troops, 10 new mechanized divisions, for an offensive this summer - July or August.
mkenny Posted April 5 Posted April 5 41 minutes ago, Stefan Kotsch said: 10 new mechanized Divisions? With what? Oh yes, thats right. The western press has told us Russia has no more tanks left and will soon run out. I mean they told us that pretty early on in 2022..............and in 2023.........and in 2025............and again in 2025. But hey I hear they have more than 1 million shovels in storage so the infantry will be armed.
seahawk Posted April 5 Posted April 5 There are over 3000 tanks still reserve and production of new ones is constantly growing will probably reach 1000 and more in 2025.
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