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Ukraine weapons thread General Military Discussion
From: gatnerd
22-May
Ukraine Weapons Tracker on Twitter
Ukraine Weapons Tracker on Twitter#Ukraine: Seems that someone donated iconic FN F2000 rifles to Ukraine - here a Ukrainian soldier can be seen with... https://t.co/IJV78YFBcL
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Marlets continue to be used successfully as MANPADS against UAS:
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#Ukraine: The Ukrainian Air Assault forces claim to have shot down 2 more Russian Orlan-10 reconnaissance UAV on t... https://t.co/7a2Wha6ywx
Read more from TwitterThis is very cool; Polands version of the 'iMortar' lightweight commando mortar:
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#Ukraine: The first sighting of a Polish LMP-2017 light "commando" 60mm mortar in the hands of the Ukrainian forces... https://t.co/G1PBv6bDlp
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From: gatnerd
22-May
And just to help put artillery into perspective, a cross section of a 155mm shell - thats a lot of steel.
From: 17thfabn
22-May
gatnerd said:And just to help put artillery into perspective, a cross section of a 155mm shell - thats a lot of steel.
Fragments are the main killer with an artillery projectile. That steel will turn into thousands of deadly fragments.
From: Mr. T (MrT4)
23-May
This hand grenade bomblet looks almost industrial grade , injection molded not 3d printed.
From: Taurevanime
24-May
Mr. T (MrT4) said:Total number of troops in Ukraine is probably well over a Million, considering Ukraine has been drafting folks for 3 months.
Zelensky recently announced that the total number of forces stands at 700k or so. That is after three rounds of mobilizations and the fourth will likely be announced soon.
But I strongly suspect that this does not take into account the losses they have been sustaining.
The bigger issue for Ukraine though isn't going to be manpower but material. We already see them rely on civilian vehicles to move any equipment and troops around. What remains of their tank and artillery forces diminishes by the day. To say nothing of their air force which tends to get shot down whenever they manage to repair a plane back into working order and sortie out.
From: gatnerd
24-May
Mr. T (MrT4) said:This hand grenade bomblet looks almost industrial grade , injection molded not 3d printed
Reportedly those 'bomb casings' are off the shelf fishing products, possibly for deploying chum into the water.
From: Mr. T (MrT4)
24-May
yes looks like chinese carp feeder thingies
First switchblade vid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KmfuOd47Yw&t=28s
More troops than transports in some sectors
- Edited 24 May 2022 18:41 by Mr. T (MrT4)
From: schnuersi
24-May
Mr. T (MrT4) said:More troops than transports in some sectors
Not really. At least not on this footage.
The BMP1 has a crew of 11. I was able to count 10 guys sitting on the vehicles plus the driver. So these are just fully crewed BMPs.
Because the vehicles has such bad ergonomics and is horribly cramped the crews prefer to ride on top if not in combat.
From: Mr. T (MrT4)
24-May
I rode inside the BMP2's and Czech clones couple of times and BMP2 its more of a 3+7 affair , Its cramped as fuck by today standarcs ergonomics are not that bad, Remember GI used to sit on top of M113 not because of space and ergonomics
- Edited 24 May 2022 17:21 by Mr. T (MrT4)