Russian Ground Forces: News #2

If i watch something like this, my brain hurts.

Why do they do it?

It is the full kool aide programme... we are powerful and when we are undemocratic and force other people to do what suits us it is because it is better for everyone for us to be in charge... imagine if China was in charge... or Russia...

Ignoring the fact that they are not trying to take charge they are just trying to get equality with the west... the west does not share power however.

If they had a hard critical look at their own actions... how would they be able to sleep at night?

They can't change it... they have no power within the system they support.

Diplomacy is too slow and requires concessions... violence is faster and easier when you spent all this time and money building up enormous forces... read my signature...

GarryB wrote:Why do they do it?

It is the full kool aide programme... we are powerful and when we are undemocratic and force other people to do what suits us it is because it is better for everyone for us to be in charge... imagine if China was in charge... or Russia...

Ignoring the fact that they are not trying to take charge they are just trying to get equality with the west... the west does not share power however.

If they had a hard critical look at their own actions... how would they be able to sleep at night?

They can't change it... they have no power within the system they support.

Diplomacy is too slow and requires concessions... violence is faster and easier when you spent all this time and money building up enormous forces... read my signature...

Aside from a small minority of rational thinkers who do not follow the fake stream media like sheep, the "west" (aka NATO) is
composed of masses of brainwashed people who are raised from birth on a diet of national chauvinism. Even if it has PC characteristics
it is still a nationalist variant based on "good us" vs. "bad them". This black and white image of the world is drilled into the heads
of NATO citizens (aka 1984 proles) day in and day out in every relevant topic. Humans have mental weaknesses and are prone to
training like Pavlov's dogs. Aside from the few de facto dissidents that think from themselves, the majority reacts spasmodically
via conditioned reflexes.

This training, makes NATO a menace to humanity. NATO is built on European colonial powers who still think that they have some
sort of "white man's burden" to "civilize the savages". Of course this includes Russia, which was never really part of the European
club. The club resented Russia for having access to vast resources which they had to sail around the world to grab themselves.
You can see the current anti-Russian mentality mirrored back in the 1880s and earlier. They even produce the same retarded
octopus caricature. Even if PC no longer lofts "whites" onto pedestals, the underlying template is there.

This exceptionalism syndrome is related to colonial brutality. It allows the masses who benefit from colonial rape to feel good about
themselves and have no doubts about their own virtue and good moral standing. This delusion is very grotesque. If you think
I am being extreme, consider the Skripal hoax and the hate hysteria against Russia. No proof is ever needed, just "proof by accusation".

You people do realise that Eropeans are just barbarians pretending to be civilized just look back to the days of the Roman Empire the society wich they copied in order to advance past the tribal stage.

And they could never abandon thier violent tribal tendencies Europeans only stopped killing themselvs over menial things once the Soviet Union showed up and it was band together or die.

First public rehearsal in Alabino of 2018 Victory Day Parade

Photo report from the first public rehearsal of 2018 Moscow Victory Day Parade in Alabino. The rehearsal took place on April 6th 2018 in Alabino training ground which is the exact model of the Red square.
33 parade units from all branches of Russian Armed Forces and more than 130 vehicles take part in the Parade this year, the total number of servicemen involved is more than 12,500.
The following vehicles will take part in 2018 Moscow parade for the first time: BMPT serial model, Typhoon K-53949, 9K331M Tor-M2, SBM VPK-233136, Patrol KAMAZ-435029, Ural-VV, snowmobile TTM-1901-40, Uran-6 and Uran-9 UGVs, ATV AM1 and UAZ-23632-148-64 Pickup.

http://www.vitalykuzmin.net/Military/Rehearsal-in-Alabino-06April2018/

No Buk-M3.
No new Pantsir version.
No Uragan-1M.
No T-90M/T-80BVM.


But... first pictures of the rehearsal!

Military vehicles for Victory Day parade have arrived in Moscow

The column has been redeployed from the training site in the Moscow Region’s Alabino to the temporary site

MOSCOW, April 21. /TASS/. The convoy of military vehicles that will take part in the Victory Day parade on Moscow’s Red Square on May 9, has arrived at a temporary site in Moscow, press service of Russia’s Defense Ministry said.

"The column convoy that is going to take part in the Victory Day parade on Red Square on May 9, has been redeployed from the training site in the Moscow Region’s Alabino to the temporary site in Moscow," the ministry said.

The convoy of more than 100 wheeled military vehicles includes Tigr infantry mobility vehicles, BTR-82A armored infantry fighting vehicles, Iskander-M mobile short-range ballistic missile systems and YARS intercontinental ballistic missile systems, Pantsir-S and S-400 air defense systems and Typhoon Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) armored vehicles.

The column of track machines has T-34-85 and T-72BZ tanks, BMP-3, BMD-4M and BMD-MDM amphibious infantry fighting vehicles, Msta-S and Koalitsiya self-propelled howitzers and Buk-M2 and Tor-M2 surface-to-air missile systems.


More:
http://tass.com/defense/1001088

Artillery upgrades

https://russiandefpolicy.blog/2018/04/29/upgunning-artillery/

The range given for Rockets is wrong...

122mm Grad rockets reach about 40km, as do the 220mm Uragan... though with much heavier payloads, while the 300mm Smerch rockets of original production reached the 70km mentioned (and weighed 800kg) while the later models weighed 815kgs and could reach 90km.

There is plenty of talk about wings being used to extend range to 120-150km and beyond...

Russia beefs up western border with 70 new military units

More than 350 surprise checks have been held in the Western Military District since 2016

MOSCOW, July 24. /TASS/. Over 70 military units and formations have been set up in Russia’s Western Military District since 2016 and the troops have received about 5,000 new and upgraded weapon systems, Defense Minister Army General Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday.

"The situation developing in the western strategic direction requires us to constantly improve the troops’ combat structure and the system of their stationing. For these purposes, over 70 large units and military formations have been set up, including two divisions and three brigades," Shoigu told the Defense Ministry’s board meeting.

"About 5,000 new and modernized weapon systems have been delivered to the troops, which has helped to increase their provision with modern armament from 39% to 54%," the defense minister said.

The necessary infrastructure is being created to accommodate troops and more than 350 facilities are expected to be put into operation until the end of the year, he noted.

More than 350 surprise checks have been held in the Western Military District since 2016, which have shown "the qualitative growth of the troops’ preparedness level and confirmed their readiness for accomplishing assigned missions," the defense minister stressed.


More:
http://tass.com/defense/1014691

One person was killed and three were wounded on the night of August 27 after a conflict between servicemen and local residents in a cafe at Petrovsky Zavod Zabaikalsky Krai station, the head of Petrovsk-Zabaikalsky, Alexander Taranov, told the Chita.ru correspondent on August 27.
"A military train arrived, and the soldiers ran to the cafe near the station. And there the local guys celebrated their birthday. It turned out a quarrel, two soldiers were cut, they ran back, jumped into the hospital wagon. Local behind them, and there is a sentry. Up shot, but they did not believe, apparently, that they would shoot, and jerked farther to the car. A sentinel is one corpse, one wounded, "said Taranov.
The head of the city specified that the murdered citizen was connected with the convicted persons. After the incident, the echelon with the military moved on.

Those who attacked the military train at the Petrovsky Zavod railway station in Transbaikalia had connections with the criminal world, Interfax was told in the Petrovsk-Zabaikalsky district uniform dispatch service (EDDS).
"Zhdanchik, who was killed by the nickname of 1989, was an" inspector "(coordinator of criminal groups - IF) in the district, he celebrated his birthday with his friends at the cafe near the station.The company had a conflict with the military, who went into the store, break through to the echelon, because of what the sentry opened fire, "- said the agency interlocutor.
According to him, as a result of the incident, the birthday boy was killed, another person was wounded.

I hope the watchman did everything according to the rules, and everything will be fine with him.

UPD. The main military investigation department reports :

It was preliminary established that the personnel and military equipment of military unit 28331 in the military echelon followed the training ground "Tsugol" to participate in the exercise. About 22 hours the train stopped at Petrovsky Plant Petrovsk-Zabaikalsky District, Transbaikal Region. In accordance with the requirements of the charter, a guard is set up to guard the military echelon.
At about 1 o'clock in the morning about 10 people approached the military echelon and began throwing watchmen with stones. Despite the fact that the servicemen in voice and warning shots told the attackers that if they continue to advance to the protected facility they will be forced to open fire, the unknowns continue their unlawful actions.
As a result of the use of weapons, one of the attackers was injured, from which he died. It is established that the deceased, previously convicted, was in a state of intoxication.

Story I read was that the son of the local crime boss was celebrating his 29th birthday and decided to go and inspect the new loot train entering his territory... he didn't follow instructions from the guard and go shot...

Troops in west Russia to use advanced air reconnaissance drone for first time in drills

The control check of UAV units of a Special Operations brigade from the Western Military District involves over 15 unmanned aerial vehicles

MOSCOW, October 22. /TASS/. Teams of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from Special Operations Forces of Russia’s Western Military District will use the advanced Granat-4 air reconnaissance drone in drills in the Tambov Region for the first time, the District’s press office reported on Monday.

"The servicemen will move as part of combat groups to the designated areas and accomplish the required standards for preparing the drone for its launch, loading electronic maps, providing target acquisition and guidance. During the air reconnaissance, the servicemen will search for engineering fortifications and combat hardware of a notional enemy whose actions will be simulated by reconnaissance units," the District’s press office said.

Overall, the control check of UAV units of a Special Operations brigade from the Western Military District involves more than 15 unmanned aerial vehicles, including Eleron, Grusha and Orlan-10 drones.

The Granat-4 is a Russian multipurpose drone designed to conduct tactical reconnaissance of the terrain, carry out patrol and observation flights, search and rescue operations. The drone is equipped with optical and infrared cameras and can be furnished with electronic warfare equipment. The drone can fly for six hours at a speed of up to 140 km/h.


More:
http://tass.com/defense/1027224

Sunday morning didn't start equally calm for everyone. The military stationed in the Volgograd and Rostov regions were alarmed. ...

From the ground and from the air: on Prudboi, the battalions of the Southern Military District were up against each other (sorry Google translate).

More than two thousand soldiers gathered at the Prudboy training ground in the Volgograd region to work out the skills of combat with the enemy. Today’s exercises have become unique in their own way - for the first time at the training grounds, the battalions of the Southern Military District trained on each other.

Motorized riflemen in conjunction with tank and artillery units destroyed a total of about two thousand targets imitating aircraft, armored vehicles and the living force of a conditional enemy.

According to Vadim Astafyev, the exercises at Prudboi will continue until the end of this week. They employ four thousand soldiers, a thousand weapons, combat and special equipment, including infantry fighting vehicles BMP-3, T-90A tanks, self-propelled artillery guns 2S19-M1, and armored personnel carriers BTR-80, as well as Su-24M front-line bombers and Mi-8 AMTSh and Mi-28 “Night Hunters” transport and assault helicopters.

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"Steel Monster".150th Idritsa-Berlin Motorized Rifle Division.

The division is part of the 8th Combined Arms Army of South.Mil.Dist. (REACTIVATED in 2017). Russia finishes the re-activation of the legendary 150th "Idritsa-Berlin" Motorized Rifle Division with almost 300 tanks instead of the usual 190 tanks.

Usual Russian motorized-rifle division has three motorized rifle 'polks' with 40 tanks each and one tank 'polk' (94 tanks). However, newly re-activated 150th 'Idritsa-Berlin' motor-rifle division will have TWO tank polks and two 'motostrelkovyy polks' with enforced tank battalion (around 50 tanks each instead of usual 40). Main tank: T-72B3. The total amount of tanks of the division: at least 268-288 tanks.
Of course, the division will also have artillery and air defense polks (regiment), reconnaissance and communications battalions. Main air defense: mobile Tor-M2U.
The flag of this division was put on Reichstag building in April 1945 and appears on each Victory Day military parade (a copy of it).

Along with the recently reactivated "Black Knife Division" (off.name "10th Guards Uralsko-Lvovskaya Volunteer Tank Division"), the 150th Idritsa-Berlin should assist the DPR and LPR Republics in case of Ukraine's attack.





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The flag raising over Berlin unit.....I wonder if there's a message

Russian Army Receives First 6 Next-Generation Mine Clearing Vehicles - Defense Ministry


The Russian Army on Tuesday received the first six BMR-3MA next-generation mine clearing vehicles, Russia's Defense Ministry said.
"The vehicle is designed on the basis of the T-90A tank.

As part of the state defense order, the manufacturer handed six vehicles over to the Russian Defense Ministry," the statement read.

The new vehicle is mainly used to clear roads from mines while escorting convoys. It is equipped with TMT-S mine plows as well as mine detection sets, according to the ministry.

BMR-3MA can accommodate two members of the crew as well as three paratroopers

https://www.urdupoint.com/en/world/russian-army-receives-first-6-next-generation-490576.html

Take this to mean the second Motor Rifle Regiment of the newly formed 150th Motor Rifle Division is now operational. Reports earlier were calling this unit the 103rd Motor Rifle Regiment and that it would be based at Kuzminsky. Training videos over the summer show the unit operating BMP-3's and T-72B3's.

https://function.mil.ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12206314@egNews

Russia completed tests of the Penicillin artillery complex



State tests of the Penicillin artillery reconnaissance complex have been successfully completed, the press service of the Ruselectronics holding (part of Rostec) told RIA Novosti.

Delivery of the first two samples is scheduled for 2020.

The Penicillin sound-thermal complex is designed to search for the firing positions of artillery guns, mortars, multiple launch rocket systems and the launch positions of anti-aircraft and tactical missiles while simultaneously adjusting the firing of their artillery.

The complex is able to perform combat missions in a strip width of up to 25 kilometers. It consists of several sound receivers installed on the surface of the earth, as well as an optical-electronic module.

The system receives and processes acoustic signals from shots (breaks) and provides information on the location of the ammunition rupture, the accuracy of the hit, and also reports the location of the guns. The time to obtain the coordinates of a single target does not exceed five seconds.

"Penicillin" can carry out maintenance of shooting as one battery, and in turn each battery of a division. The installation also provides interaction with subscribers of an automated tactical and operational management system. Radio communication with external subscribers is up to 40 kilometers.

Earlier, the American National Interest reported that Penicillin could become a new "way to destroy American heavy artillery." The author of the article writes that for detecting noise and kinetic energy, this detection system uses four sound-thermal locators, a large stabilization platform and an optical-electronic module.

https://sdelanounas.ru/blogs/114750/

Combat engineers destroy about 80 WWII mines near Russia's Volgograd

More:
http://tass.com/defense/1035202

so what does that say exactly?

570 tanks in total in Russian forces? or is that 570 tanks modernized?

Translation courtesy SouthFront.

On December 12th, the Russian Defense Ministry’s newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda released an infographics summing up deliveries of equipment to the Russian Armed Forces in 2018.

The summary includes the following:

The Russian military is at 95% of its required personnel;
It has a 98% fulfilled provision of weapons and military equipment and hardware;
It has a 94% of serviceability of its equipment and hardware;
The level of modern equipment and weapons is 62%.

In terms of ground forces, the Russian military is 54% upgraded to the most modern equipment. In 2018, the Ground Forces received:
More than 570 battle tanks and other armored vehicles;
More than 380 military automotive vehicles;
More than 740 specialized vehicles;
More than 370 units of missile and artillery systems;
More than 230 units of various air defense systems;

The Russian Navy received 26 battle ships, gunboats and other vessels in full combat readiness, including:
Frigate Admiral Gorshkov;
Ivan Gren-class (Project 11711) Landing ship Ivan Gren
Buyan-class small missile corvette Orekhovo-Zuyevo;
Buyan-class small missile corvette Vyshniy Volochyok;
Karakurt-class small missile corvette Mytishchi (formerly called Hurricane);
Ivanov-class (Project 18280) intelligence collection ship Ivan Hurs;
Anti-diversion gunboat;
Elbrus-class (Project 23120) logistics support ship Elbrus.

The Russian Aerospace Forces received:
More than 100 new units of air defense systems and missile defense systems;
14 units of brand-new space-deployed weapons;
More than 100 new units of aircraft and other aviation technology;
It modernized two space-warfare units;
It modernized more than 60 units of air defense systems and missile defense systems;
It modernized more than 330 units of aircraft and other aviation technology.

The Airborne Troops boasted a 63% modernization and received:
More than 13,000 new pieces of equipment;
And it modernized more than 130 units of equipment;

The Strategic Missile Troops boasted a 70% modernized missile complexes and received:
9 intercontinental ballistic missiles;
45 units of base missiles for the Yars missile system;
9 autonomous launching units;
6 combat support units;
17 yet undisclosed vehicles;
4 mobile command units.

The Engineer Troops received:
13 state-of-the-art sets of equipment and weapon systems;
More than 570 units of military engineering equipment;
More than 130,000 provisions for the military engineering;
More than 15,000 military engineering ammunition and equipment;

Thank you!

miketheterrible wrote:Thank you!

- About a third of that 570 total are tanks. The scheduled deliveries this year was for 62 T-80BVM and 31 T-90M/AM, the rest would be T-72B3. Present plans call for around 200 new modern tanks a year.
- It is my experience that the 95% required personnel refers to that the formed units are 95% staffed...not 95% of the authorized Defense staff (1,013,628).
- None of the 4 new Divisions formed have been completely formed up with their required units, staff and equipment yet.
- Latest figure mentioned by Defense officials is around 830,000 active personnel (assume does not include military school cadets)

My best guess would be:
Ground Forces - 320,000
Aerospace Forces - 165,000
Navy - 150,000
Rocket Forces - 60,000
Airborne Forces - 45,000
Railway / Construction Troops - 40,000
General - 50,000