Russia's High-Tech Artillery System Was Supposed To Win The War In Ukraine. But Troops Didn't Know

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How To Use It.

The Russian army spent decades and billions of dollars building what should be the world’s most fearsome artillery fire-control system. Combining drones, radars and thousands of modern howitzers and rocket-launchers, the fire-control system in theory can spot a target, relay coordinates and send shells down-range in just 10 seconds.

In practice, in the chaos of Russia’s wider war on Ukraine, the system barely works at all—and the artillerymen themselves mostly are to blame, according to Maksim Fomin, a militia fighter for the separatists Donetsk People’s Republic and a pro-Russian blogger. “Most of the gunners, before Feb. 24, had no idea how to fight in modern conditions,” Fomin wrote under his pen name “Vladlen Tatarsky” on Saturday.

Fomin was referring to the gunners from the Russian army’s Northern Military District, but the same criticism could apply to the army’s other districts, too—to the whole force, in fact. A sophisticated artillery fire-control system is useless if the troops don’t know how to operate it. Sure, they might fire off a lot of shells. Just don’t count on them hitting the right things—and certainly not quickly.

While the Russian army embeds tube and rocket artillery in front-line units up and down the force—from battalion to brigade to division to army—it’s the battalion-level guns that are closest to the front, and arguably the most dangerous to enemy troops.

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This is where training comes in Vlady Poot. All the tech in the world isn't going to help if no one knows how to use it.

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1. Ah, there's a good Voennyi kommunizm name.

Vladlen. Haven't heard that one for a while. (A clip-blend of "vladimir lenin&quot

No, it was not a horribly uncommon name among good Russian socialists in the '20s and '30s, esp. those who needed to show how patriotic and party-loyal they were.

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2. Or

Maybe like the rest of your crap Russian military equipment it's highly over-hyped.

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3. The Mighty and Macho Russian Army praised by Cruz and MTG while denigrating American Troops

The Mighty and Macho Russian Army praised by Cruz and MTG while denigrating American Troops

https://tinyurl.com/ycvp53k6 Cruz

https://tinyurl.com/y74bd7fb MTG

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4. I think a lot of people got rich by syphoning funds

For equipment, training, petroleum n other necessary items and the fighting men n women of Russia are paying for those big yachts n fancy homes with their lives. Corruption and greed was going on while Putin n his generals were scaring other countries to think they are so powerful. Did not fool the Ukrainians..they had a fire of love for their country in their bellies n it shows. They need to be supported so they can have their lives back .. and soon.