Russian special military operation in Ukraine #40

I like the before, photo 4, comparison to the after, photo 1

The imbecility in the posts to the Zoka tank tweet is pure cringe. People who can't use their brains to reason based in information.
They need their precious "free" media to tell them what to think. Unfortunately most humans are in this category. Thinking must
be just too much effort.

T-62 has a great potentiel. A new turret wouldn't be bad with a better protection of the crew against internal explosions like on t-90M.

The refurbished T-62 likely outperforms most of the Abrams tanks. Even depleted uranium armour is crap against modern anti-tank shells.
Reactive armour is your only hope and most Abrams don't have it. The updated fire control and detection systems do the job. But fanboi
wankers don't have a clue and think that NATO tanks without reactive armour are the bestest in existence.

BTW, apparently Ukraine only has 4 Leopard-2 tanks. So the talk about 12 already at the front is fantasy fiction. There is no point
dribbling a handful of tanks to the front. If they are going to get value out of them, then they need to assemble the 300 for the same
offensive. But we know that these offensives are hot air. Russian forces are not going to be withdrawing to enable a Kiev regime "win".

Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of a special military operation (11.03.2023)

On the Kupyansk direction, air strikes and artillery fire of the "Western" grouping of troops hit AFU units in the areas of Hryanikivka, Kharkiv Region, and Rozovka, Luhansk People's Republic.

The enemy losses amounted to up to 50 Ukrainian soldiers, five armored combat vehicles, three vehicles and a self-propelled howitzer "Gvozdika".

In the Krasno-Limanskoe direction, active actions of units and artillery fire of the Center Group of Forces defeated enemy manpower and equipment in the areas of Nevske and Chervona Dibrova settlements of the Luhansk People's Republic.

During the day, up to 90 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, two pickup trucks, a D-30 howitzer and an Acacia self-propelled artillery unit were destroyed in this direction.

In the Donetsk direction, as a result of active actions of units and artillery fire of the "Southern" group of troops in the areas of Zaliznyanske, Krasnoye and Tonenkoe settlements of the Donetsk People's Republic, over 140 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, four pickup trucks, three vehicles and two D-30 howitzers were destroyed during the day.

On the South Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia directions, air strikes and artillery fire of the Vostok Group of Forces defeated AFU units in the areas of Prechistovka and Ugledar of the Donetsk People's Republic.

Total enemy losses in these areas during the day amounted to up to 70 Ukrainian servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, one vehicle and a D-20 howitzer.

In the Kherson direction, more than 50 Ukrainian servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, fourteen vehicles, as well as an ammunition depot of the 124th Brigade of Territorial Defense of the AFU were destroyed in the course of the day.

Operational and army aviation, missile troops and artillery of groups of troops (forces) of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hit 75 artillery units of the AFU at firing positions, manpower and equipment in 114 areas

US-made AN/TPQ-36 and AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar stations were destroyed in the areas of Konstantinovka and Privolie settlements of the Donetsk People's Republic.

Over the past 24 hours, air defense forces shot down four HIMARS and Uragan MBRLS rockets and intercepted four HARM anti-radar missiles.

In addition, eleven Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed during the day in the areas of Pershotravneve (Kharkiv region), Raygorodka, Oborotnovka, Ploshchanka (Luhansk region), Staromayorske, Shevchenko (Donetsk region), Kamianske and Balochki (Zaporizhia region).

In total, since the beginning of the special military operation destroyed (losses over previous 24hrs(+?)):
400 aircraft, (Daily avg 1.1)
218 helicopters, (Daily avg 0.6)
3,384(+11) unmanned aerial vehicles, (Daily avg 8.9)
411 surface-to-air missile systems, (Daily avg 1.1)
8,264(+15) tanks and other armored combat vehicles, (Daily avg 21.
1,055 multiple rocket launchers, (Daily avg 2.
4,321(+6) field artillery and mortars, (Daily avg 11.4) and
8,857(+27) special military vehicles. (Daily avg 23.3)

Thank you, VARGR198. 

62s is the last tank made for a mass-mobilized army to use.

Only disadvantage: no autoloader = 4 men crew with one poor dude as loader.


Baltic Fleet Marine

Sanctions

Not our war - polish football fans

The story about strikes on NATzO shadow commanders in Ukria is likely true. A bunker buster used on targets in Kiev has no
other interpretation. There are no munitions bunkers in Kiev and none of the civilian power infrastructure requires use of this missile.

People wanted Kiev command centers to be bombed. That would be pointless and ineffective. Striking the NATzO managers with
the right sort of missile is what is needed and apparently has been delivered. It would make sense if Russia was building up a picture
where these managers operated to maximize the deletion.

We'll have to wait for NATzO's response.