(…continued from Part 1…) Avdiivka Russians continued to assault Berdychi and for the first time moved to the north of the village before being eliminated. Still, they occupied the section of the village up to the river. There’s been multiple reports that Russia is trying to cross the small river from Orlivka and establish a foothold on the other side. It’s possible that they crossed and were eliminated or crossed and some survivors are taking cover in the treelines, but there is no video evidence to support either case.
Yes, from time to time Russian forces strike UA decoys. Lancet operators fall for them from time to time. But this time looks like target is indeed juicy.
Don, thanks for the article. Why do you think the Russians use golf carts, armored Ural trucks used by the Rosgvardia in their assaults? After all, they have BMPs, APCs, etc. Are they saving them for the summer offensive?
Either they have some local shortage of amour (and the order is to attack so they attack, it is Russian leadership) or they may think faster vehicles more likely escape FPV drones.
I don't think they're saving anything. Their production of new vehicles has been the same. There's a backlog of vehicles from storage waiting to be refurbished but they can't do that any faster. And their loss rate is very high. I think they're just using anything that moves. Motorcycles, trucks and golf carts, as mentioned, but also quad bikes, tanks with walls built on them or even just 21 people holding onto each other on top of a tank.
No vehicle outruns a drone but a vehicle does limit the time you are exposed to fire, even if it doesn't provide protection from that fire.
The amount of armoured vehicles expended by the Russians still amazes me.
Almost as they are indifferent to their losses, as long as they take more ground (we knew about the human losses, but until now they seemed hesitant to expend equipment freely).
Maybe the Russian industry (and quite probably, the Chinese) are churning out many vehicles, new and repaired?
That 'turtle tank: is a interesting solution to the FPV problem. While some may laugh, it shows the Russians are trying to adapt to the FPV threat. i understand it survived the assault, only to be destroyed later thanks to a Russian posting pictures that could be geolocated.
In the meantime, another Ukranian IRIS-T is gone.
https://t.me/bmpd_cast/19366
Reportedly destroyed by Kh-35U missiles
Not a fact, since Ukraine makes exact replicas of the systems.
Yes, from time to time Russian forces strike UA decoys. Lancet operators fall for them from time to time. But this time looks like target is indeed juicy.
You mean this one https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1779485197282488493 ? Seem like a decoy.
Don, thanks for the article. Why do you think the Russians use golf carts, armored Ural trucks used by the Rosgvardia in their assaults? After all, they have BMPs, APCs, etc. Are they saving them for the summer offensive?
And motorbikes, too https://twitter.com/markito0171/status/1777922440590479551
Either they have some local shortage of amour (and the order is to attack so they attack, it is Russian leadership) or they may think faster vehicles more likely escape FPV drones.
Most probably they try to move fast, since armored columns are destroyed systematically. I don't know what rate of losses they have compared to armor.
I don't think they're saving anything. Their production of new vehicles has been the same. There's a backlog of vehicles from storage waiting to be refurbished but they can't do that any faster. And their loss rate is very high. I think they're just using anything that moves. Motorcycles, trucks and golf carts, as mentioned, but also quad bikes, tanks with walls built on them or even just 21 people holding onto each other on top of a tank.
No vehicle outruns a drone but a vehicle does limit the time you are exposed to fire, even if it doesn't provide protection from that fire.
The amount of armoured vehicles expended by the Russians still amazes me.
Almost as they are indifferent to their losses, as long as they take more ground (we knew about the human losses, but until now they seemed hesitant to expend equipment freely).
Maybe the Russian industry (and quite probably, the Chinese) are churning out many vehicles, new and repaired?
That 'turtle tank: is a interesting solution to the FPV problem. While some may laugh, it shows the Russians are trying to adapt to the FPV threat. i understand it survived the assault, only to be destroyed later thanks to a Russian posting pictures that could be geolocated.
Yes, Perpetua's team located the warehouse where it was destroyed. I had a Marinka map that didn't make this post: https://map.ukrdailyupdate.com/?lat=47.963319&lng=37.629118&z=14&d=19822&c=1&l=0
Thanks for #2 read and on to #3