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Ukraine weapons thread General Military Discussion
From: gatnerd
8-Jan
Ukraine Weapons Tracker on Twitter
Ukraine Weapons Tracker on TwitterThe work of a very similar submunition (which is believed to be a German SMArt 155) can be seen here. https://t.co/Bp0ObwbM4R
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Paul Jawin on Twitter
Ukrainian artillery strikes a Russian infantry fighting vehicle from PzH2000 with a 155mm SMArt projectile https://t.co/Aiggpqf5pR
Read more from TwitterFrom: gatnerd
11-Jan
Interesting article. Trying to get an effective HEAT warhead that weighs 1lb.
Inside, it also links to a new development - Russia producing a factory made micro munition for drones, designed to be dropped by the Orlan 10:
https://cat-uxo.com/explosive-hazards/aircraft-bombs/ofsp-aircraft-bomblet
40mm with purpose made gravity impact fuse
To my knowledge this is the first factory made UAV micro munition.
From: EmericD
11-Jan
gatnerd said:Interesting article. Trying to get an effective HEAT warhead that weighs 1lb.
Droping rifle grenades (or shooting them vertically) is probably too easy...
From: gatnerd
11-Jan
Interesting ammo stat:
Meanwhile, Turkey to supply Ukraine with DPICM Cluster munition 155mm shells:
CJ on Twitter
US approves Cluster Munitions for Ukraine. Turkey has quietly sent 155mm M483A1 Dual-Purpose Improved Cluster Muni... https://t.co/HTAYUFRfQv
Read more from TwitterFrom: gatnerd
11-Jan
Drones.
Dragonfly, a quadcopter that uses the same warhead as the Polish Warmate:
Dariusz Zawadzki on Twitter
They say ->The Polish dragonfly is already at the front 
[The photos has been cleaned by artificial intelligence]... https://t.co/n5mDJXKH5T
Suicide quadcopter assembly line:
Heavy quadcopter dropping reportedly 82mm mortars; 60mm makes more sense.
Paul Jawin on Twitter
How heavy drones work. The drone of the 128th TDF brigade drops three 82mm mortar bombs on a dugout with Russian so... https://t.co/6h6Iko0Eq7
Read more from TwitterFrom: 17thfabn
12-Jan
I am some what surprised that the U.S. would authorize shipping 155 mm ICM projectiles to Ukraine. I had thought those were retired and considered to be politically undesirable to use due to the high dud rates which could cause civilian casualties long after the conflict is over.
From: mpopenker
12-Jan
17thfabn said:I had thought those were retired and considered to be politically undesirable to use due to the high dud rates which could cause civilian casualties long after the conflict is over
Russia Ukraine War: "We don't care! The United States and NATO, we do not care how many Ukrainians die. Not civilians, not women, not children, not soldiers....
From: gatnerd
12-Jan
The Ukrainians have been clamoring for DPICM for several months now.
This is both to the greatly increased effectiveness, but also as a way to reduce wear on their artillery gun barrels, as a single shell can achieve the effect of 6-10 conventional.
The resistance was political, but someone finally got their heads out of their ass and realized UXO contamination isn’t a priority when you’re in a war of national survival on home soil.
Not the same as coating some Afghan village in unexploded bomblets to whack out a handful of durkas, which was the expected use case when DPICM was retired.
Now that Real War is back on the menu, I’m hoping we see a return to DPICM. Although hopefully using the electronic self destruct fuses developed by Spain for theirs.
From: RovingPedant
12-Jan
gatnerd said...
The resistance was political, but someone finally got their heads out of their ass and realized UXO contamination isn’t a priority when you’re in a war of national survival on home soil.
Also less of an issue if the Russians have already been using cluster munitions, or even huge quantities of normal artillery.