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[Conhoon]

Ex-British Sea King rescue helicopter (one of three provided by the UK) in service with the Ukrainian Navy.

 

[BravoZulu]

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[Ivan le Fou]

T64 based APC.

 

[S.B. Baramba]

T64 based APC.

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[BravoZulu]

8th Regiment of the Special Forces of Ukraine with Brolis NVG

 

[Conhoon]

Ukrainian M2A2 ODS Bradley, April 2023

 

[BravoZulu]

Ukrainian M2A2 ODS Bradley, April 2023

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The 25mm and TOW has been removed on both units?

 

[Conhoon]

The 25mm and TOW has been removed on both units?

Prbably photo was taken in field repair plants.

 

[Conhoon]

Training of 56th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade (56 окрема мотопіхотна бригада), Ukraine, April 2023

 

[Ivan le Fou]

The 25mm and TOW has been removed on both units?

Apparently the gun is removed when the vehicle is in transit.

I was surprised at first, but it seems to be "common practice" in order to avoid damages during transportation.

Apparently an incident occurred in Poland back in 2017 to that effect:
"None of the American institutions has so far signed as the formal owner of the armored vehicles. It is not known whether it is a division stationed in Poland, the command that sent the wagons to Poland, or maybe the Pentagon. The liaison officer stated that he was not authorized to do anything, and without identifying the owner, there was no victim and he could not be questioned. Secondly - you can't determine the value of the Bradleys, and without that, specific losses. Hence the letter from the investigators to the US Embassy, because as our journalist heard, without the cooperation of the Americans, the investigation is in danger of being discontinued."

So, one might wonder why taking such precautions with a vehicle that is supposed to have a rough time on the battle field, in conditions much worse than a trip on a train cart. The reason seems to be "paperwork in case of an accident".

 

[Fluff]

Apparently the gun is removed when the vehicle is in transit.

I was surprised at first, but it seems to be "common practice" in order to avoid damages during transportation.

Apparently an incident occurred in Poland back in 2017 to that effect:
"None of the American institutions has so far signed as the formal owner of the armored vehicles. It is not known whether it is a division stationed in Poland, the command that sent the wagons to Poland, or maybe the Pentagon. The liaison officer stated that he was not authorized to do anything, and without identifying the owner, there was no victim and he could not be questioned. Secondly - you can't determine the value of the Bradleys, and without that, specific losses. Hence the letter from the investigators to the US Embassy, because as our journalist heard, without the cooperation of the Americans, the investigation is in danger of being discontinued."

So, one might wonder why taking such precautions with a vehicle that is supposed to have a rough time on the battle field, in conditions much worse than a trip on a train cart. The reason seems to be "paperwork in case of an accident".

Weapon will be calibrated with the sights/electronics. So they are avoiding to lose the highly accurate fire. Pretty certainly not what the Russians do..........

 

[Ivan le Fou]

M2A2 Bradley's and M55S's.

 

[Conhoon]

Apparently the gun is removed when the vehicle is in transit.

I was surprised at first, but it seems to be "common practice" in order to avoid damages during transportation.

Apparently an incident occurred in Poland back in 2017 to that effect:
"None of the American institutions has so far signed as the formal owner of the armored vehicles. It is not known whether it is a division stationed in Poland, the command that sent the wagons to Poland, or maybe the Pentagon. The liaison officer stated that he was not authorized to do anything, and without identifying the owner, there was no victim and he could not be questioned. Secondly - you can't determine the value of the Bradleys, and without that, specific losses. Hence the letter from the investigators to the US Embassy, because as our journalist heard, without the cooperation of the Americans, the investigation is in danger of being discontinued."

So, one might wonder why taking such precautions with a vehicle that is supposed to have a rough time on the battle field, in conditions much worse than a trip on a train cart. The reason seems to be "paperwork in case of an accident".

It's a bit of an odd explanation for me, but I'm not saying it's not true. The Americans had a lot of mishaps in road and rail traffic in Poland, perhaps they secured their weapons in this way (but shouldn't they also dismantle the sights?). However, I met with an explanation that it was a field workshop and adapting Bradley to the Ukrainian battlefield, including applying camouflage and checking technic. I don't know if Bradley requires disassembly of weapons for such activities.

 

[Ivan le Fou]

It's a bit of an odd explanation for me, but I'm not saying it's not true. The Americans had a lot of mishaps in road and rail traffic in Poland, perhaps they secured their weapons in this way (but shouldn't they also dismantle the sights?). However, I met with an explanation that it was a field workshop and adapting Bradley to the Ukrainian battlefield, including applying camouflage and checking technic. I don't know if Bradley requires disassembly of weapons for such activities.

Yeah, that also sounded odd to me as well.
But then I spooled throw documented instances and footage of Bradleys being transported, be it by train or by ship, and... to my surprise I only found two instances of M2 being transported with their gun barrel mounted: one during the cold war (not sure about the exact year, in the mid to late 80ies maybe) and one during the war in Kosovo.

It seems to be standard procedure, though optional.

 

[BravoZulu]

Recruits train on Leopard tanks in Poland. April 2023

 

[Ivan le Fou]

Ukrainian experimental demining machine based on the Hitachi crawler excavator.



The demining of Ukrainian fields is going to be a real challenge.

 

[BravoZulu]

BTR-4E and BTR-4M (APC) armoured personnel carriers in service with the National Guard of Ukraine, in the 'Spartan' unit - patrolling through a forest in the Kharkiv Oblast: mid-April 2023.

 

[BravoZulu]

Azov Brigade CQB training

 

[Conhoon]

Ex-Norwegian Leopard 2A4's spotted in Ukraine

 

[Conhoon]

Crew of 152mm D-20 gun (152-мм гармат Д-20), Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, April 2023