Waffentraeger
@waffentraeger
Technical and historical tidbits about armaments and weapons. I also look at satellite footage.
Thread of threads: 1) 60th Arsenal in Kaluga x.com/waffentraeger/…
I found something again, that might be interesting. The (corpse of the) 60th Arsenal in Kaluga to be exact. Short 🧵: 1/10 earth.google.com/web/@54.507097…
In an interview with European Pravda, Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany Oleksii Makeiev confirmed today that Ukrainian air defence forces have succeeded in intercepting ballistic missiles with IRIS-T SLM in a few cases. Even though Diehl Defence as the manufacturer already stated…
Ukraine’s long-range converted E-300 Skyranger, carrying a FAB-250 bomb underneath.
Effects of leadership reforms, one of the biggest problems in the Ukrainian Army now. I sincerely hope this solution will be scaled up asap.
According to Ukrainian journalist Yuriy Butusov, since the 3rd Brigade was reorganized into a corps, losses of units have dropped by half, even as combat intensity has grown. He credits the change to increased trust in leadership, better tactics, organization and reporting
Finally!! May this be just the beginning of a sustained campaign against the Achilles Heel of Russia, the vulnerable electric system powering its transportation backbone, the railway system.
Another Ukrainian drone strike inside Russia, likely targeting a railway traction substation in the Volgograd region. The strike caused a visible fire. Some reports mentioned a nearby oil refinery, but our analysis points to the substation. More details in the thread:
The Brazilian Army's Urban Operations Training Center began to include kamikaze FPV drones in its training, the most numerous and efficient type of drone in the Russian-Ukrainian war. Source: "meowspec_" in the integram.
I was too busy to talk about this the other day, but there was a Russian video attacking a Ukrainian Stryker that ukraine turned into an invincible tank. This styrker ate every single goddamn drone russia sent at it without even taking a scratch. The armor plan was this: you…
Good thread about (C)UAS warfare. It does well in showing the dangers and challenges of countering drones and makes the important differentiation of different UAS classes. UAVs are here to stay, but they aren't the end of traditional warfare, if they are countered. Worth a read.
DEFENDING AGAINST DRONES - A THREAD The ability of $300 drones to defeat million-dollar armoured vehicles has been a common theme of the war in Ukraine. We are constantly being told that drones are an asymmetric weapon that have fundamentally changed the character and economics…
Jonpy, who does the counting of the stockpiles, has checked the 1311th base. Check the thread if that's your thing.
It would appear whatever stock of T-72Bs held UVZ at their own facilities, is now exhausted, as the Russians have restarted to take T-72Bs stored at the 1311th base to be refurbished at that factory. The stock probably won't last long, I estimate they pull ~20 per month.
❗️🇹🇭Thai military drops M261 and M472 mortar shells from a quadcopter onto 🇰🇭Cambodian army ammunition depots on the border.
HENSOLDT has been contracted to deliver an undisclosed number of TRML-4D air surveillance radars and SPEXER 2000 3D MkIII short-range radars worth more than €340 million to #Ukraine. Although not officially confirmed, it's very likely that Germany is paying the bills.
Even though Russia is clearly mass-producing its Geran-2 drones, they are still essentially assembled by hand. There is no proper rolling assembly line, no robotic automation. Russia never developed this type of industrial base, and isn’t building it now. This places…
🇺🇸🇺🇦 The US State Department has approved two Foreign Military Sales cases for Ukraine. The first one covers the equipment and services for the refurbishment of Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles worth 150 million USD. The second one covers sustainment and related services for…
1/5 An attempt at comparing NATO and Russian ammunition production capabilities – perhaps with a few too many 'ifs' and uncertainties (especially regarding the U.S.) – but still interesting. Feel free to debate in replies here or there, tag @legal0ve.
🇺🇸🇪🇺🇷🇺Together wh @CITeam_ru verified @SecGenNATO's statement that Russia produces 12 (!!!) times more artillery ammunition annually than all NATO countries combined. Also compared the situation with other major types of weapons. Big (really) thread
🇺🇦 Ukrainian Armoured Vehicles delivered 1.000 Mortars in 60, 82 and 120mm calibres to the Ukrainian Armed Forces in 2024. militarnyi.com/uk/news/ukrayi…
🇺🇸🇺🇦 Small, but significant The Trump Admin has made what appears to be their first commitment and obligation of new security assistance funds to Ukraine. $9 million in FY 2025 Security Assistance Initiative funds were awarded to BAE to refurbish Bradley fighting vehicles. A…
❗️Tests of 🇺🇦Ukrainian drones, on fiber optic. At the tests organized by the BRAVE1 cluster, new "wing" drones on fiber optic cable were shown, this UAV is claimed to be able to cover a distance of 50 km.
Ukrainian fiber optic winged FPV drone with distance of 50km