Warfare Russia/Ukraine War

[Picanha]

Nice. But I belive that's the Himars lost to a russian missile yesterday unfortunately

Yes can be. You mean this instance? Tragic but so is war.

Russia says it destroyed two HIMARS launchers near Kursk border

Arial footage shows two missiles firing out of a Russian vehicle and hitting Ukraine's position amid the ongoing cross-border incursion in Kursk.

www.newsweek.com

Could also be the ammo cache only.

Generally the Iskander is not as quick as the HIMARS.

No matter the allegedly increased response time 2 minutes. (The launcher may need up to 10 minutes to drive somewhere and 10 minutes to get ready for launch)

They must work out what led to that. The ammo must also move around.

Also Ukraine needs very long range weapons ASAP. To hit Russian command centers coordinating that.

It's an advantage Russia profits from at the moment.

Being able to strike up to 1000 km deep inside Russia will change a lot.

 

[Mike1976]

Yes can be. You mean this instance? Tragic but so is war.

Russia says it destroyed two HIMARS launchers near Kursk border

Arial footage shows two missiles firing out of a Russian vehicle and hitting Ukraine's position amid the ongoing cross-border incursion in Kursk.

www.newsweek.com

Could also be the ammo cache only.

Generally the Iskander is not as quick as the HIMARS.

No matter the allegedly increased response time 2 minutes. (The launcher may need up to 10 minutes to drive somewhere and 10 minutes to get ready for launch)

They must work out what led to that. The ammo must also move around.

Also Ukraine needs very long range weapons ASAP. To hit Russian command centers coordinating that.

It's an advantage Russia profits from at the moment.

Being able to strike up to 1000 km deep inside Russia will change a lot.

Zaporizha is in the south, so highly unlikely that it's the same Himars.

What makes it easier for russia to target anything Ukrainian is that they now have spotters everywhere (civilians with phones) because they're inside russia.

 

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[NebrHogger]

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"Mind the recoil, Ivan!"

 

[Mike1976]

"Mind the recoil, Ivan!"

The most mind boggling thing is how he keeps firing even when it's clearly tipped over.

 

[Mike1976]

A nation of complete retards.

Russian tourist who 'tried to rape a cow' is gored by the animal

Evgenii Kuvshinov, 26, is said to have stripped off and sidled over to a male bull before turning his attention to a female tied to a wooden fence in Surat Thani, southern Thailand, yesterday afternoon.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

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I think you can see the himars hits. And ukr can fly when needed.

 

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[Telmar]

I am hearing about full collapse of rail transport in Kursk region because of the presence of Ukrainians, and the insufficient number of available locomotives and drivers. Some locos seem abandoned on the tracks, noone to haul them to a side station...

Hundreds of Russian soldiers are waiting in train stations where trains donň t arrive.

 

[Fluff]

O am hearing about full collapse of rail transport in Kursk region because of the presence of Ukrainians, and the insufficient number of available locomotives and drivers. Some locos seem abandoned on the tracks, noone to hail them to a side station...

Hundreds of Russian soldiers are waiting in train stations where trains donň t arrive.

‘Merica, the good ol boys would arrive, in pickups, with their ar, to lend a hand…..

 

[Mike1976]

‘Merica, the good ol boys would arrive, in pickups, with their ar, to lend a hand…..

Sounds like these oppressed Kurskisippians are in need of some peacekeeping World Police

 

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[OldGuy]

The most mind boggling thing is how he keeps firing even when it's clearly tipped over.

If it were an old M - 60 era 65 and up I could answer that. I once had a grip flat retainer spring fly off while I was firing, grip in my left hand no gun , the gun in the other. Pilots hollering cease fire cease fire, it took everything I could do to hold that 28 pounds with one hand while it was hammering away. I finally managed to grab the belt and choke it. We were up high at night out of range from incoming automatic fire in a slight bank to the right. Enough angle you could barely see the main rotor tip. I thought I did pretty good not shooting the main rotor off. One crew chief on one of our slicks had a jam from his 60 mounted on a side mount, he didn't think fast enough and removed the but plate with the belt still under the cover, he shoved the buffer back in and the round in the chamber fired blowing the buffer past his face and straight thru the main rotor in flight. I bet those two pilots crapped their drawers. Several years ago I was thinking about that and at the time it happened that main rotor was probably around 3000 dollars. Today a replacement for a D model is probably 100,000 because a B model cost that much. Bell is still making these things because they still have all the tooling. Very special engineering when they came up with those blades. The leading edge was solid spar glued to a honeycomb center and thinner solid edge on the back end. In the Korean War those old egg beaters the Navy had on their Destroyers and Carriers had wooden main rotors. Now that is scary !!!

 

[Flagg]

I am hearing about full collapse of rail transport in Kursk region because of the presence of Ukrainians, and the insufficient number of available locomotives and drivers. Some locos seem abandoned on the tracks, noone to haul them to a side station...

Hundreds of Russian soldiers are waiting in train stations where trains donň t arrive.

I’m not getting my hopes up that Ukraine’s advance into the Kursk region is a war winner.

There’s a far greater chance Ukraine will hit its limit of exploitation and become quite vulnerable if it continues its advance.

However, unlike most of the civilised world, Russia lacks good quality/quantity of roading infrastructure and is incredibly reliant on its rail network which is far easier to interdict than vehicle convoys.

If the Ukrainian advance includes dedicated rail interdiction, then it could seriously hinder Russian response.