General artillery, SPGs, MLRS and long range ATGMs thread.

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[Mighty_Zuk]

I get that they'd want a 300,000-men exercise to practice coordination between division sized formations and army sized formations, but this parade, along with just how shitty they made their tank park/staging area (barracks or tents are supposed to be set up first, and where are the fuel trucks, maintenance vehicles, and basically half the logistics?), shows that at least much of this exercise is purely for show and not for any meaningful capability gains. Plus with a crap ton of used live munitions including cruise missiles, it's one effing huge money dump. 

I get that it's fairly common everywhere for high level figures like minister or secretary of defense to arrive, and sometimes even PM or president, and a little show has to be put for them, but just dumping there what could easily be an independent brigade, is excessive.

 

And to be frank I didn't think the Shilkas were still in service. If anyone really thought they'd be good fire support vehicles, he needs to be sent to the Gulag, along with the dudes who sent open-cabin, unarmored jeeps with barely a medium machine gun on top, to shoot on the same range with tanks (seen on TV so don't bother asking for a source).

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At least Grads were changed for Tornado-Gs.

[Ramlaen]

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Grads of Algerian army

 

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Polonez, Azerbaijan, military parade in honor of the 100th anniversary of the liberation of Baku

 

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LORA

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Msta-S

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Pion

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TOS-1A

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Vena SPG

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Smerch

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Khrizantema ATGM

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Dana M1 CZ 

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RM-70 Vampir

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SAA 9P138 "Grad-1"

 

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Apparently Armenia received more of Iskander-Es

 

SAA Smerch

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South African Ratel ZT-3 firing a tandem-charge HEAT Ingwe ATGM

[Belesarius]

Interesting idea. Loft a brimstone and use it for precision indirect fire.

 

https://www.janes.com/article/83124/mbda-unveils-future-land-indirect-fires-concepts

 

 

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@Bronezhilet

 

Molot is secretly an agent of Kremlin

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In Kharkov, another "Molot" mortar exploded

 

At the moment it is known that as a result of the explosion of the mortar "Molot" three wounded.

 

   Another mortar "Molot" exploded in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This was reported on her Facebook page by the coordinator of the Media Initiative for Human Rights, Olga Reshetilova.

   "And we still have three wounded from explosion of Molot."

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   According to InfoResist, the "Molot" exploded in the 72-brigade. A serviceman Alena Shevtsova wrote that the mortar was being used correctly. "Briefly about the Molot: The mortar was being used correctly, the safety standards were respected, the people were alive, they were shooting from the fortified dugout using the lace, and we hope for an objective investigation," she wrote.

 

[N-L-M]

I'm pretty sure the original Stokes Mortar had a better safety record.

[Belesarius]

M777ER supposedly tested.  Article is buzzword central and doesn't say much.

 

https://www.armyrecognition.com/september_2018_global_defense_security_army_news_industry/us_army_doubles_m777_howitzer_range_in_prototype_demo.html

 

 

M777A2 and M777ER side by side.

 

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[Ramlaen]

Bravo if they can pull this off.

 

 

[Mighty_Zuk]

10 minutes ago, Ramlaen said:

Bravo if they can pull this off.

 

 

Not sure HIMARS is something you'd want to give to an unmanned vehicle.

[MRose]

2 hours ago, Mighty_Zuk said:

Not sure HIMARS is something you'd want to give to an unmanned vehicle.

 

Or you could even fit it on the JLTV...

 

I could see these operating like a convoy with only a couple of soldiers manning the site.

 

 

 

[Xlucine]

14 hours ago, Mighty_Zuk said:

Not sure HIMARS is something you'd want to give to an unmanned vehicle.

 

They're marines, I'm sure they could find loads of volunteers to sit on top of the missiles to drive the thing around

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Ukrainian mortar exploded (video from DPR side)

 

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New batch of Polonez MRLS arrived to Azerbaijan from Belarus

 

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2S9 Nona-S

 

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[Scolopax]

Is that a spotting or command vehicle leading in the first image?  I don't believe I've seen or heard of that variant before.

[Serge]

It’s an 1V119 Reostat.