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Maybe somebody has read this and knows the source?
I have read somewhere, perhaps in a Telegram channel, that at Artemovsk the Ukry are suffering many casualties not so much from the superiority of Russian artillery but because the Wagnerovs engage at smalls arms range, that much is certain because they are spending literally thousands of AK bullets per man per day. But what is killing the Ukrops is the firepower advantage Russians have in company support weapons, namely mortars and specifically AGS-17 grenade launchers.
I have a pending report about autumn battles that somebody in the south (Tatarsky) complained that the infantry lack the 82mm mortars. Both in the Donbass war of 2014-2015 and this war they seem to have fallen by the wayside in preference to artillery and the heavier 120mm mortars. I believe the reason is that as infantry weapons, there is just not enough manpower to hadnle them and much less to carry the ammunition. the heavier mortars are paradoxically more mobile as they can be towed by a vehicle and they have their dedicated ammo carriers
Found it!
From our contributor Alcibiades,
Alcibiades on the War. Truth in a sea of lies.
In a rare moment of editorial clarity, last week the "Kyiv" Independent (a major Ukrainian state propaganda outlet) published a pessimistic story on Ukraine's situation in the town of Bakhmut. They made a very revealing observation: that Ukraine's front-line troops in Bakhmut are not actually being devastated by superior Russian artillery firing from long range. Ukraine is taking hundreds of casualties daily in that town due to Russian superiority in heavy infantry weapons like mortars and automatic grenade launchers (the article doesn't admit it, but I suspect direct fire from Russian armor as well), which are putting VSU positions under a hail of short-range fire they simply cannot respond to.
It's very difficult to square this situation with the line we're constantly sold - even from otherwise levelheaded Russian sources - that the Ukrainians have masses of infantry that the Russians have trouble dealing with. If Ukraine could put adequate numbers of well-armed infantry into Bakhmut the situation would be reversed and Russian troops would not be able to close with and hammer away at VSU positions with impunity. This shows that regardless of the number of footsoldiers the Ukrainians are pushing into Bakhmut, the troops they have attempting to hold the line are not actually proper infantry but are really closer to militia armed only with light weapons - perhaps difficult to assault but practically helpless beyond the range of an assault rifle.
In reality they are also probably outnumbered by attacking Russians at this point, regardless of Ukrainian efforts to reinforce the town. In the last couple days we've seen reports of 500 and then 800 Ukrainian conscripts pushed in without any accompanying heavy equipment, the latter group apparently raw conscripts with no real training. This reeks of desperation and is simply a waste of soldiers' lives. If you can even call some of these men soldiers at this point.
I have read somewhere, perhaps in a Telegram channel, that at Artemovsk the Ukry are suffering many casualties not so much from the superiority of Russian artillery but because the Wagnerovs engage at smalls arms range, that much is certain because they are spending literally thousands of AK bullets per man per day. But what is killing the Ukrops is the firepower advantage Russians have in company support weapons, namely mortars and specifically AGS-17 grenade launchers.
I have a pending report about autumn battles that somebody in the south (Tatarsky) complained that the infantry lack the 82mm mortars. Both in the Donbass war of 2014-2015 and this war they seem to have fallen by the wayside in preference to artillery and the heavier 120mm mortars. I believe the reason is that as infantry weapons, there is just not enough manpower to hadnle them and much less to carry the ammunition. the heavier mortars are paradoxically more mobile as they can be towed by a vehicle and they have their dedicated ammo carriers
Found it!
From our contributor Alcibiades,
Alcibiades on the War. Truth in a sea of lies.
In a rare moment of editorial clarity, last week the "Kyiv" Independent (a major Ukrainian state propaganda outlet) published a pessimistic story on Ukraine's situation in the town of Bakhmut. They made a very revealing observation: that Ukraine's front-line troops in Bakhmut are not actually being devastated by superior Russian artillery firing from long range. Ukraine is taking hundreds of casualties daily in that town due to Russian superiority in heavy infantry weapons like mortars and automatic grenade launchers (the article doesn't admit it, but I suspect direct fire from Russian armor as well), which are putting VSU positions under a hail of short-range fire they simply cannot respond to.
It's very difficult to square this situation with the line we're constantly sold - even from otherwise levelheaded Russian sources - that the Ukrainians have masses of infantry that the Russians have trouble dealing with. If Ukraine could put adequate numbers of well-armed infantry into Bakhmut the situation would be reversed and Russian troops would not be able to close with and hammer away at VSU positions with impunity. This shows that regardless of the number of footsoldiers the Ukrainians are pushing into Bakhmut, the troops they have attempting to hold the line are not actually proper infantry but are really closer to militia armed only with light weapons - perhaps difficult to assault but practically helpless beyond the range of an assault rifle.
In reality they are also probably outnumbered by attacking Russians at this point, regardless of Ukrainian efforts to reinforce the town. In the last couple days we've seen reports of 500 and then 800 Ukrainian conscripts pushed in without any accompanying heavy equipment, the latter group apparently raw conscripts with no real training. This reeks of desperation and is simply a waste of soldiers' lives. If you can even call some of these men soldiers at this point.
Last edited by Ispan on Mon Dec 26, 2022 10:25 pm; edited 1 time in total
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