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Ukraine weapons thread General Military Discussion
From: gatnerd
11-Nov
Mr. T (MrT4) said:An interesting and rather rare vehicle in Ukraine, Toyota MegaCruiser - Toyotas humvee
Very rare and cool vehicle. I wish some of those had made it to the US. Humvee style with Toyota reliability, yes please.
From: gatnerd
13-Nov
Whatever the cost, would be worth it. Toyotas are the best technicals after all.
From: gatnerd
13-Nov
Speaking of Technicals:
Maxim Gun truck:
Higher speed Battle Buggy with ATGM:
DIY 23mm Flakpanzer:
From: gatnerd
14-Nov
Incredible long article and photo interview on the opening of the conflict. One of the most in depth and well photo'd I've seen.
https://teletype.in/@tysknip/HostomelEN
Seriously, if you check out anything in this thread, the photos in this article are amazing.
https://teletype.in/@tysknip/HostomelEN
Theres some good weapons related content
On part of why Russias opening missile attack on Ukraine failed to decapitate their command and control:
On air defense:
On captured Russian weapons:
On Tanks:
On Western weapons in the initial defense of Kyiv
- Edited 14 November 2022 2:39 by gatnerd
From: RovingPedant
14-Nov
Regarding the NLAW, I’m not sure the interviewee does know how it works, or something is lost in translation, because the NLAW is inertially guided and doesn’t target anything. If it goes off in funny directions then either the inertial guidance isn’t working or the users aren’t preparing their shot properly. It’s not going to get spoofed onto a different target.
From: gatnerd
14-Nov
I agree, its a weird translation / description.
I interpreted it as that the NLAW could sometimes fire its EFP into the roofs of cars in the foreground as opossed to the targeted tank.
IE in street fighting, if there were a number of cars the rocket had to fly over to reach the enemy tank, it could choose to destroy one of those cars as opposed to the enemy vehicle.
From: RovingPedant
14-Nov
Good point on it being that the warhead could be picking the nearest lump of metal to go off above. Would make it awkward in urban areas or places with lots of metal debris to have to pick shot paths.