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Ukraine and the Russian invasion, 2022-24

Interview with Andreas Umland on Ukraine's far right. Ignore the title (not at all sure why it's been titled that, if anything he's saying the opposite). It's a very detailed look at the various groups involved, back in the Maidan and today.

The Far-Fetched Far Right Non-Story with Andreas Umland. Episode: The Far-Fetched Far Right Non-Story with Andreas Umland Podcast Republic . Media: https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767...3ab1/4665af67-81a6-4cd3-b581-977340708247.mp3 . -- Sent from Podcast Republic.
 
While we're condemning Russians for war crimes, let's not forget that we British deliberately killed German civilians in WW2 Germany's forgotten victims.
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Not all NATO, the UA have plenty of tricks up their sleeve. IIRC it was one of their missiles that sank the Moskva and if this thread is anything to go by then they have other very effective home grown weapons systems, (there are people in the comments that say it isn't, would be interested in kk's view if he has the time, it's long. Main point of contention seems to be his comparison between US etc. firing in anti insurgent ops hence less appetite for collateral damage leading to longer fire times.).

Summary, UA have developed uber for artillery and instead of a battery of guns firing from one field they can vector in lots of different artillery pieces from various fields to targets.


That thread is well worth a read - it looks as if the original UA fire control system was just TOO damn good, and ended up putting all the shells on pretty much exactly the same spot, which probably isn't ideally what you want (plus, is there an issue with fratricide if multiple shells explode together in a very small area? kebabking?)
 
That thread is well worth a read - it looks as if the original UA fire control system was just TOO damn good, and ended up putting all the shells on pretty much exactly the same spot, which probably isn't ideally what you want (plus, is there an issue with fratricide if multiple shells explode together in a very small area? kebabking?)

It can be an issue, but it tends to manifest when you're fusing for airburst rather than contact or delay. If you're not using guided munitions then your gunlaying has got to be pretty spectacular to keep hitting the same spot with different guns, and even with the same gun little differences like barrel temperature, the limbers digging in with each firing, shell temperature, wind, and turbulence from the last shell will cause small differences in the ballistics that will move the impact point about a bit.

With the 155's we get a CEP of about 10m for each gun at 15 miles, if we're doing a battery mission (6 guns) at a point target - an 8 figure grid ref gives a 10x10m square - we'll get about 50% of the rounds landing in that square, with another 40% landing (landscape permitting) within 5 to 10m of the border of that square, though they tend to fall within an oval shape, with the longer axis being distance from the gun.

We can be more accurate with a 10 figure grid - it's a square 1x1m point target - and we'll get a shell landing in that square with four or five shots, with 2 or 3 of them landing within 10 metres of it - and a 155 will fuck shit up. A direct hit will kill any tank ever built, at 10 metres it'll turn people into pink mist.
 
It can be an issue, but it tends to manifest when you're fusing for airburst rather than contact or delay. If you're not using guided munitions then your gunlaying has got to be pretty spectacular to keep hitting the same spot with different guns, and even with the same gun little differences like barrel temperature, the limbers digging in with each firing, shell temperature, wind, and turbulence from the last shell will cause small differences in the ballistics that will move the impact point about a bit.

With the 155's we get a CEP of about 10m for each gun at 15 miles, if we're doing a battery mission (6 guns) at a point target - an 8 figure grid ref gives a 10x10m square - we'll get about 50% of the rounds landing in that square, with another 40% landing (landscape permitting) within 5 to 10m of the border of that square, though they tend to fall within an oval shape, with the longer axis being distance from the gun.

We can be more accurate with a 10 figure grid - it's a square 1x1m point target - and we'll get a shell landing in that square with four or five shots, with 2 or 3 of them landing within 10 metres of it - and a 155 will fuck shit up. A direct hit will kill any tank ever built, at 10 metres it'll turn people into pink mist.
I must say that I am seriously impressed with the fact that it is possible to fire a huge lump of (mostly) steel out of an enormous tube, and achieve that kind of repeatability and accuracy... :eek:
 
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