Ukrainian howitzer with “bird’s eye” shoots at Russian tanks
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(Masato Kimura, International Journalist in London)
[From London]The British Defense Intelligence Department tweeted on May 13 that “Ukrainian troops blocked the Russian troops’ attempted crossing operation in eastern Donbus.” Russian troops attempting to cross the Siverskyi Donets west of the main city of Lugansk, Severodonetsk, have lost one or more battalion tactical groups (BTG) armored task forces and a “pontoon bridge” device that lays a board over the boat. It pointed out.
https://twitter.com/DefenceHQ/status/1524979878654840833
Stop Russian troops crossing operations
The author attended a conference on the crossing operation of the European continent held at the Royal Institute of Defense and Security (RUSI) on April 27, so I can understand the difficulty of the operation a little. Now that high-performance sensors have become widespread throughout the battlefield and precise artillery is possible, bridgeheads and pontoon bridges are at greater risk than ever before. The Russian invasion of Ukraine once once more highlighted the difficulty.
Rivers are the natural barriers that form borders. For centuries, the ability to carry out operations across the river has never gone to war. The river crossing speed, which was emphasized in the era of mechanized war, also became less important due to the drastic decrease in wars between major nations. With the end of the Cold War, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) lost its ability to carry out crossing operations, and amphibious vehicles were rarely developed.
“It is extremely dangerous to conduct a river crossing operation in a conflicting environment, and this failure speaks to the spiritual pressure that Russian commanders are under to advance operations in eastern Ukraine,” the British Defense Intelligence Department said. Analyze. Already on May 9th, satellite images of Ukrainian troops attacking Russian troops trying to cross the Donets River and destroying bridges, tugs and tanks have been posted on SNS.
https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1523752742820343808
