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| With Western Weapons, Ukraine Is Turning the Tables in an Artillery War |
| 2022-10-31 |
| [NYT via Yahoo] On the screen of a thermal imaging camera, the Russian armored personnel carrier disappeared in a silent puff of smoke. "What a beautiful explosion," said 1st Lt. Serhiy, a Ukrainian drone pilot who watched as his weapon buzzed into a Russian-controlled village and picked off the armored vehicle, a blast that was audible seconds later at his position about 4 miles away. "We used to cheer, we used to shout, ’Hurray!’ but we’re used to it now," he said. The war in Ukraine has been fought primarily through the air, with artillery, rockets, missiles and drones. And for months, Russia had the upper hand, able to lob munitions at Ukrainian cities, towns and military targets from positions well beyond the reach of Ukrainian weapons. But in recent months, the tide has turned along the front lines in southern Ukraine. With powerful Western weapons and deadly homemade drones, Ukraine now has artillery superiority in the area, commanders and military analysts say. |
| Posted by:Crereque Clusogum7898 |
| #5 Could be worse. Could be raining. If it ain't raining we ain't training! |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2022-10-31 11:10 |
| #4 Could be worse. Could be raining. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2022-10-31 10:57 |
| #3 Think of how much "fun" it is to have to handle shells well past their use by date. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-10-31 08:55 |
| #2 Think of what it takes to move a hundred rounds to the front vs to move one round to the front. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2022-10-31 08:07 |
| #1 Well, the Russians have lots of artillery and like to use it. Only way they can advance. Western systems are designed to hit what they target with the fewest amount of shells fired as possible. So far the western systems are winning. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2022-10-31 00:02 |