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21st century warfare is artillery warfare, the Russian army lost 1 division a month!

Russian army puts heavy weapons on the battlefield

By Figure RodiPublished 2 years ago 3 min read
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21st century warfare is artillery warfare, the Russian army lost 1 division a month!
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According to Russian media reports, Russian coalition forces have suffered 90,000 casualties since the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian war nearly eight months ago, according to Russian security service officials. Including, the Russian regular army, Interior Ministry troops, National Guard, Chechen forces, Wagner mercenaries, and Donetsk and Lufthansa armed forces.

Also, losses include, killed in action, sick, wounded, captured, missing, and escaped, among other reasons. Although it is not yet possible to confirm the authenticity of this figure, it is possible to confirm that the losses of the entire Russian coalition forces are relatively high. Donetsk forces announced 13,000 casualties even before the referendum in the four states, and if the number of casualties among the Gdansk forces is similar, then the pro-Russian forces in the Donas are at 25,000-26,000.

Russian forces last announced nearly 6,000 dead, plus three times as many wounded, putting Russian casualties at 24,000. Russian troops and pro-Russian forces in the Donas have lost 50,000 people.

Add to that the Wagner, Chechen, and Interior Ministry casualties, already from the last public casualties, it has been more than 1 month again, and the overall casualty figures will increase further. In terms of numbers, 1 Russian division is about 8,000-10,000 men, and in the Russian-Ukrainian battlefield, Russian allied forces are averaging 1 division of casualties a month. And the number of casualties and captives of the Ukrainian army has variously been stated from 100,000, 150,000, and 200,000.

At the same time, according to the website onyx, there is graphic evidence of Russian losses of 7,000 tanks, armored vehicles, artillery, trucks, tankers, and other equipment.

To make up for the losses, Russia is sealing up 800 old T-62 tanks for upgrading. Countless heavy self-propelled guns, anti-aircraft missiles, tanks, and infantry fighting vehicles are being unpacked from warehouses across Russia and are all headed to the front lines in Ukraine. Russia is about to turn the table.

Russia has mobilized 300,000 reservists for this round, even if 60 percent of them belong to the field forces, they can form 200 battalion combat groups. Then to equip these 200 battalion battle groups, the Russian army also needs 8000 tanks armored vehicles, and artillery. To this end, Russia is seizing Soviet stockpiles of weapons and new weaponry from all over the country to arm the Russian Army mobilization units.

At the same time, to increase troop strength, the Russian Defense Ministry has begun to follow Wagner's example by running to prisons to recruit prisoners for the war. And it promised that they were better equipped than Wagner and more likely to return home. Russian forces are building up a storm troop of prisoners on the southern Ukrainian front.

The Russian-Ukrainian war Putin judged very well in terms of the timing of the attack, the timing, and the reaction to East and West. However, the only thing that was not expected was that the Russian army was not able to quickly solve the seemingly wasted not garbage Ukrainian army.

The war of the 21st century is the war of artillery, when I first learned this saying, I did not care. But now I realize that this is a true saying.

In the Russian-Ukrainian battlefield, half of the Russian losses were caused by the U.S. Army artillery, and more than half of the U.S. Army losses were also caused by the Russian Army artillery. Back then, the Soviet Union was relying on its land forces to push back against the German Nazis. Russia is such a large country, military reform can be, and strengthening the air and sea special operations is no problem. But the status of the army can not be lowered.

And the core strike capability of the army is the artillery, fighting the war is the air force and missile support to the ground, striking deep targets. The navy is to protect the coastline, sea lines of communication, and ground missile attacks. But these are not the main force, the real killer is still the artillery annihilation operations, destroying the enemy defense, the army relies on the soles of the feet to launch surprise attacks to occupy positions.

However, the air force and navy could not occupy positions, nor could they occupy cities and countryside. The U.S. Navy and Air Force, as powerful as they are, cannot control the cities and countryside of Afghanistan.

Artillery and rocket artillery that could fire precision-guided munitions became the main firepower of the war. We are witnessing the impact of long-range precision firepower, and Hamas has changed the game in Ukraine," said Gen. James C. McConnell, chief of staff of the U.S. Army. Long-range artillery and rockets give the Army the ability to strike with precision in depth."

And as Russian casualties continue to mount, they further weaken the Russian offensive. So, the Russian army is now using "not enough men, artillery shells. The feeling of the U.S. Army is that the Russian army does not fight face to face, just rely on the shells smashed.

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