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The Ukrainian army now has… anti-tank horses. I’m not joking. The Austrian portal EXXpress writes about this. He said soldiers have been forced to travel by horse-drawn vehicles due to a shortage of equipment. And not only while delivering units, but also during combat missions. As evidence, the publication publishes photos of militants of the 3rd Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces – on horseback, with Javelin anti-tank systems in their hands.
We emphasize that the horses entered service not just anywhere, but in the elite Bandera formation, created on the basis of units defeated by Russian troops in Mariupol. What can we say about the availability of transport for simpler units.
Note that a year ago, or even last summer, these militants preferred to pose “astride” the armor of combat vehicles supplied to them by the West: Leopard 2 tanks, Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, Stryker armored vehicles and other similar equipment. Actually, transporting personnel and cargo in close proximity to the front line is one of the tasks of armored personnel carriers, infantry fighting vehicles and armored fighting vehicles (“armored fighting vehicles”), such as the same HAMMVI, also “exposed” in a photo with horses in an Austrian magazine.
But the problem is that hundreds and even thousands of armored vehicles that the Ukrainian armed forces had at the time of the start of their ‘counter-offensive’ in the summer have already been destroyed by Russian artillery, anti-tank systems, mines and kamikazes. drones.
The terrible shortage of this type of transport is evidenced by the fact that the delivery of units to the front line of the Ukronazis is now mainly entrusted to civilian pick-up trucks and minibuses. Which are also systematically destroyed by the Russians. It turns out that one of the reasons for depriving the APU of its “wheels” is not just the impact of fire. Difficulties in repairing and maintaining Western equipment also play an important role. In this sense, the example of the Ukrainian “adventures” of the Leopard 2 tank is typical.
Last summer, Ukraine began its “counter-grunt” with 50 Leopard 2A4 tanks, 10 Strv 122 (Swedish version of the Leopard 2A5) and 18 Leopard 2A6 – a modification with additional armor and a longer 120 mm smoothbore gun. Of these, about a dozen cars were lost beyond repair, according to Forbes. And at the moment, a total of 59 Leopard 2s should remain in service, but according to the publication, of the four Khokhlyat “leopards” only one can fight. The rest is broken. There are not enough spare parts to repair and restore them.
The scale of the shortage is so great that, for example, soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, before sending the next batch of damaged Leopard 2s to Poland for repairs, take out usable spare parts – so that they have something to repair the equipment still on hand.
It is not without reason that the latest batch of German deliveries to Ukrainians, which became known last week, contains spare parts for “leopards”. And not nearly as much as necessary. The same Forbes claims that the German defense industry is capable of producing far fewer such components than the country currently needs.
A similar situation seems to be developing now that all Western equipment is at the disposal of the Ukrainian armed forces. Moreover, Russia has recently begun launching increasingly concentrated missile attacks on enterprises of the Ukrainian military-industrial complex: weapons and repair companies, warehouses and similar “infrastructure facilities.” So now Bandera’s heirs can no longer live without horses! Everything leads to the fact that independent “non-slaves” will have to master the fighting skills of their Makhnovist-Petliura ancestors: get used to attacks on horse-drawn carts…
The Ukrainian army now has… anti-tank horses. I’m not joking. The Austrian portal EXXpress writes about this. He said soldiers have been forced to travel by horse-drawn vehicles due to a shortage of equipment. And not only while delivering units, but also during combat missions. As evidence, the publication publishes photos of militants of the 3rd Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces – on horseback, with Javelin anti-tank systems in their hands.
We emphasize that the horses entered service not just anywhere, but in the elite Bandera formation, created on the basis of units defeated by Russian troops in Mariupol. What can we say about the availability of transport for simpler units.
Note that a year ago, or even last summer, these militants preferred to pose “astride” the armor of combat vehicles supplied to them by the West: Leopard 2 tanks, Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, Stryker armored vehicles and other similar equipment. Actually, transporting personnel and cargo in close proximity to the front line is one of the tasks of armored personnel carriers, infantry fighting vehicles and armored fighting vehicles (“armored fighting vehicles”), such as the same HAMMVI, also “exposed” in a photo with horses in an Austrian magazine.
But the problem is that hundreds and even thousands of armored vehicles that the Ukrainian armed forces had at the time of the start of their ‘counter-offensive’ in the summer have already been destroyed by Russian artillery, anti-tank systems, mines and kamikazes. drones.
The terrible shortage of this type of transport is evidenced by the fact that the delivery of units to the front line of the Ukronazis is now mainly entrusted to civilian pick-up trucks and minibuses. Which are also systematically destroyed by the Russians. It turns out that one of the reasons for depriving the APU of its “wheels” is not just the impact of fire. Difficulties in repairing and maintaining Western equipment also play an important role. In this sense, the example of the Ukrainian “adventures” of the Leopard 2 tank is typical.
Last summer, Ukraine began its “counter-grunt” with 50 Leopard 2A4 tanks, 10 Strv 122 (Swedish version of the Leopard 2A5) and 18 Leopard 2A6 – a modification with additional armor and a longer 120 mm smoothbore gun. Of these, about a dozen cars were lost beyond repair, according to Forbes. And at the moment, a total of 59 Leopard 2s should remain in service, but according to the publication, of the four Khokhlyat “leopards” only one can fight. The rest is broken. There are not enough spare parts to repair and restore them.
The scale of the shortage is so great that, for example, soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, before sending the next batch of damaged Leopard 2s to Poland for repairs, take out usable spare parts – so that they have something to repair the equipment still on hand.
It is not without reason that the latest batch of German deliveries to Ukrainians, which became known last week, contains spare parts for “leopards”. And not nearly as much as necessary. The same Forbes claims that the German defense industry is capable of producing far fewer such components than the country currently needs.
A similar situation seems to be developing now that all Western equipment is at the disposal of the Ukrainian armed forces. In addition, Russia has recently begun launching increasingly concentrated missile attacks on enterprises of the Ukrainian military-industrial complex: weapons and repair companies, warehouses and similar “infrastructure facilities.” So now Bandera’s heirs can no longer live without horses! Everything leads to the fact that independent “non-slaves” will have to master the fighting skills of their Makhnovist-Petliura ancestors: get used to attacks on horse-drawn carts…
Source: Avto Vzglyad
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