Is Ukraine about to have a war?
They might pad them with some extra sheets of metal but thats about it. There is no point trying to modernize the T62's if you are out of modern sights and such for the newer ones.
Then comes the issue of bore, 115mm smooth bore gun. Everything else uses 125mm. Russian mllitary seems to be a logistical nightmare already even without that hassle, if they even have the munition in stock anyway.
Last but not least, that is a four crew MBT. They are already struggling to find crews for their 3 crew mobik toasters, theyd need 33% more incompetent and untrained grunts to drive those 60 yo "Czechoslovakian liberators" in untrained tight columns into unfriendly places.
There's been T62M's already in the eastern front in limited quantities, but I am quite sure that the Z team is incapable of modernizing the old original versions and absolutely not in those quantities in such a short timeframe.
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Further signs of desperation and posturing.
My concern is whether UKR has sufficient ammunition to dispose of them.
My concern is whether UKR has sufficient ammunition to dispose of them.
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Not good, considering the power lines have been down again refusing diesel deliveries to the NPP, that should have been included in the warning about using Nukes in Ukraine and the response IMHO
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Overview of Rammstein meeting in Brussels and additional equipment sent to Ukraine.
re 3x LRU (modernization of M270) Unknown MARS II + PzH 2000
500,000 sets of winter uniforms, shells #
Anti-aircraft missiles for 15 million euros
re 3x LRU (modernization of M270) Unknown MARS II + PzH 2000
500,000 sets of winter uniforms, shells #
Anti-aircraft missiles for 15 million euros
You mean T62s? It is very old design with side armour thickness in the range of just 80mm. With direct side impact an M72 LAW will penetrate it and make poor mobik wish he would've surrendered in a timely manner. No need to waste NLAWs or Javelins on that one.
And as seen in videos from Ukraine, every fighter and their dog carrys at least one LAW at any given moment. I'd say Ukraine has sufficient ammunition to manage those accordingly.
The modernised version has a bit thicker side armour with passive armour protection, but later M72's are advertised to penetrate up to 450mm of steel and the armour protection has often seen to be a victim of corruption so shouldn't be an issue.
And as seen in videos from Ukraine, every fighter and their dog carrys at least one LAW at any given moment. I'd say Ukraine has sufficient ammunition to manage those accordingly.
The modernised version has a bit thicker side armour with passive armour protection, but later M72's are advertised to penetrate up to 450mm of steel and the armour protection has often seen to be a victim of corruption so shouldn't be an issue.
ISTR that another of the T62's weaknesses was that it had an automatic case ejection system (that could be switched off under certain circumstances, like NBC) which always lowered the gun barrel to a set position in order to function. The time taken to then re-lay it, particularly in long-range engagements as you might get in the wide-open prairies of Ukraine, restricted rate of fire compared to contemporary MBTs.
"Something went wrong at the “Department for Combating the Armed Forces of Ukraine”. Apparently, Russians were so optimistic that they drove straight through the minefield."
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Were they Ukrainian laid mines or was that an own goal?
. They do not seem to be the sharpest pins in the pack.
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The ones down the sides of the roads I posted earlier slowed the traffic down far better than any speed bumps.
It looks like the west is finally starting to throw more modern kit into the pot.
It looks like the west is finally starting to throw more modern kit into the pot.
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If we are concerned that our own troops involvement is a bridge too far, then how about getting the same gear on loan to the Ukrainians and those crew that are prepared to go do an eagle squadron for the closest thing to a just cause we have seen in the last 75 years.
GOOD - I THINK that you have backed off from a NFZ - total air war with Russia and risk of escalation to an Eagle sqn comprising the latest gear F35s etc- sort of mercenaries?
I don’t think that the RAF / NATO are worried about risking their own lives - they would be justifiably confident with their superb trg and superior kit of defeating the Russian Air Force in quick time but the risks of escalation would be too great.
If we are concerned that our own troops involvement is a bridge too far, then how about getting the same gear on loan to the Ukrainians and those crew that are prepared to go do an eagle squadron for the closest thing to a just cause we have seen in the last 75 years.
GOOD - I THINK that you have backed off from a NFZ - total air war with Russia and risk of escalation to an Eagle sqn comprising the latest gear F35s etc- sort of mercenaries?
I don’t think that the RAF / NATO are worried about risking their own lives - they would be justifiably confident with their superb trg and superior kit of defeating the Russian Air Force in quick time but the risks of escalation would be too great.
The NFZ is itself a questionable concept, my concern at the time and since then has been the rationale to not provide greater tactical assistance was predicated on the concerns of "escalation", and yet, that is predictable as an outcome of either doing or not doing, the difference is temporal only.
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But they do not know they are unprotected by artillery cover, so you are denying the use of the road, and also you do not know what is buried either side
Not good, considering the power lines have been down again refusing diesel deliveries to the NPP, that should have been included in the warning about using Nukes in Ukraine and the response IMHO
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/stat...Ct3aWn2u0rAAAA
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/stat...Ct3aWn2u0rAAAA
https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/A...hia-as-Ukraini
This is because Russia has declared itself the new owner and legal operator of the ZPPN reactors - the complex of 6 reactors is the largest power station in Europe - as well as annexing the various territories. The Russians are quite simply trying to establish facts on the ground for future lawsuits and/or negotiations.
The worrying bit is that once the russkies are pushed away, what will they do, blow up the place? Leave the reactors boobytrapped? Send in more missiles and artillery shells but with better accuracy? The evil has no limits.
ISTR that another of the T62's weaknesses was that it had an automatic case ejection system (that could be switched off under certain circumstances, like NBC) which always lowered the gun barrel to a set position in order to function. The time taken to then re-lay it, particularly in long-range engagements as you might get in the wide-open prairies of Ukraine, restricted rate of fire compared to contemporary MBTs.
Against the more contemporary tanks like Leo2 or Abrams it has very little chances. They can see, hear, smell and fire out of an old T62's range. They'd never know what hit them. but then again, they'd never know if a LAW hits them either.
Therefore, to my understanding, the Russkies have used the T62's only within the occupied territories behind the lines in the east as they know very well that it's at its best in herding civilians but at its worst against a modern warmachine like Ukraine.
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
Other types - ASRAAM, AIM-9?
https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/bri...ne-2022-10-12/
Britain to donate air defence missiles to Ukraine
LONDON, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Britain said it would donate air defence missiles capable of shooting down cruise missiles to Ukraine in the wake of Russian strikes on Kyiv and other cities in recent days.
British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace announced the new support ahead of a NATO meeting in Brussels on Thursday. Ukraine's allies had pledged new air defences and more aid on the sidelines of the meeting on Wednesday.
Britain said the Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile, or AMRAAM, which will be provided in the coming weeks, could be used with the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System, or NASAMS air defence systems pledged by the United States.
Hundreds of additional air defence missiles of other types would also be donated, along with more aerial drones and a further 18 howitzer artillery guns, it said.
Wallace said: "Russia's latest indiscriminate strikes on civilian areas in Ukraine warrant further support to those seeking to defend their nation.
"So today I have authorised the supply of AMRAAM anti-aircraft missiles to Ukraine."
https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/bri...ne-2022-10-12/
Britain to donate air defence missiles to Ukraine
LONDON, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Britain said it would donate air defence missiles capable of shooting down cruise missiles to Ukraine in the wake of Russian strikes on Kyiv and other cities in recent days.
British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace announced the new support ahead of a NATO meeting in Brussels on Thursday. Ukraine's allies had pledged new air defences and more aid on the sidelines of the meeting on Wednesday.
Britain said the Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile, or AMRAAM, which will be provided in the coming weeks, could be used with the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System, or NASAMS air defence systems pledged by the United States.
Hundreds of additional air defence missiles of other types would also be donated, along with more aerial drones and a further 18 howitzer artillery guns, it said.
Wallace said: "Russia's latest indiscriminate strikes on civilian areas in Ukraine warrant further support to those seeking to defend their nation.
"So today I have authorised the supply of AMRAAM anti-aircraft missiles to Ukraine."
The more one thinks about it, the more it would appear that a prolonged war may actually play into NATO's hands in one sense.
If Ukrainian losses can be minimised - Russia continues to pour manpower and military resources into the meatgrinder, without making any discernable progress.
It's military thus becomes weaker and weaker, more and more degraded the longer the conflict persists.
It rapidly runs out of human bodies to thrown into the conflict.
Even a pukka general mobilisation wouldn't serve any purpose.
Can it lift industrial production, innovate and produce new game changing weaponry (or import it)?
Alone it would appear not, it's constrained by sanctions and it has few friends with the capabilities.
Thus the strategy becomes, use the Ukrainians to utterly bleed Russian dry militarily.
If Ukrainian losses can be minimised - Russia continues to pour manpower and military resources into the meatgrinder, without making any discernable progress.
It's military thus becomes weaker and weaker, more and more degraded the longer the conflict persists.
It rapidly runs out of human bodies to thrown into the conflict.
Even a pukka general mobilisation wouldn't serve any purpose.
Can it lift industrial production, innovate and produce new game changing weaponry (or import it)?
Alone it would appear not, it's constrained by sanctions and it has few friends with the capabilities.
Thus the strategy becomes, use the Ukrainians to utterly bleed Russian dry militarily.