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| Russian Artillery strikes reduced maybe due to HIMARS |
| 2022-07-17 |
| [Institute for the Study of War (ISW)] Ukraine's destruction of Russian ammunition depots using HIMARS is likely one of several factors that reduced the quantity of observed heat anomalies in Donbas between July 10-15. The reduced number of observed heat anomalies also corresponds in part to the assessed Russian operational pause from July 6 to July 15. The number of observed heat anomalies began increasing on July 15; the day ISW assessed that Russian forces began emerging from their operational pause.The intensity of Russian artillery attacks along the Slovyansk-Bakhmut axis in the coming days may clarify the degree to which the reduction in intensity was due to the operational pause or the result of Ukrainian attacks. |
| Posted by:Lord Garth |
| #2 Russia since WWI has placed ammo dumps near railroad depots. They don't even use forklifts, they use Russian soldier's backs. Sooner those people die off the better for earth and for the non siloviki who are still essentially slaves. |
| Posted by: Omineling Forkbeard1962 2022-07-17 21:12 |
| #1 ...I understand that one new nickname for HIMARS is 'the eighty-kilometer sniper rifle." The Russians aren't helping; their idea of an ammo dump is to dump everything in one place and call it a day. The pictures I've seen of their ammo handling and storage are, to put it gently, horrifying to anyone who worked with ordnance. US/NATO/Pacific Allied practices ensure minimum damage and loss if you take a hit, whereas Russian standards seem to be designed to guarantee the exact opposite. They lose massive quantities of ammo every time a HIMARS hits an ammo dump, and that has got to be having an effect on their traditional reliance on artillery. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2022-07-17 06:59 |