Rusland's Expansie

[Reinier]

Voormalige Nederlandse YPR's ?
Doen waar ze ooit voor gemaakt zijn.
Real fucking deal ... heftige beelden.

[Lex]

NAVO-landen vrezen dat hulp aan Israël hulp aan Oekraïne schaadt

BRUSSEL-
Meerdere NAVO-landen vrezen dat mogelijke hulp aan Israël ten koste gaat van de steun aan Oekraïne. Nu Israël onder meer om extra munitie vraagt om de tegenaanval in te zetten op Hamas, blijft er misschien minder over voor de strijd van Oekraïne tegen Rusland, zeggen NAVO-bronnen.
Israël is geen lid van de NAVO, maar wel een partner van de westerse militaire alliantie. Na de terreuraanval van zaterdag hebben de NAVO-landen, Israëls grote steunpilaar de Verenigde Staten voorop, bijna allemaal hun steun uitgesproken. De VS hebben al beloofd munitie, luchtafweergeschut en ander wapentuig te sturen.

Twee NAVO-diplomaten waarschuwen dat de VS en hun bondgenoten hun arsenalen niet aan twee landen tegelijk kunnen weggeven. Een andere bron is minder bezorgd, omdat Israël zelf voortdurend op voet van oorlog verkeert en dus over heel volle magazijnen beschikt. Bovendien is het Israëlische leger een van de sterkste en modernste ter wereld en heeft het dus heel andere zaken nodig dan Oekraïne.

Verdere gesprekken
De Amerikaanse ambassadeur bij de NAVO verzekert dat ze niet verwacht dat een van de twee bondgenoten onder de ander te lijden krijgt. "De VS zullen in staat zijn gericht te blijven op onze toewijding aan Israëls veiligheid en ondertussen ook onze belofte te houden om Oekraïne te blijven steunen", zegt ze.

De ministers van Defensie van de 31 NAVO-landen spreken elkaar woensdag en donderdag over de hulp aan Oekraïne. Ook het geweld in Israël en Gaza zal aan de orde komen.

ANP, 10-10-2023, 19:16

[Huzaar1]

Ik weet wat ze van plan zijn dat hebben ze zelf immers aangegeven dat dat het doel was maar de eerste berichten over  "vertragende omstandigheden"(dat is wellicht een betere omschrijving) dienen zich inmiddels aan. ISW maakt dus nu al enkele dagen melding dat het aantal drone en lucht operaties is afgenomen door regenval en slecht zicht. En de eerste filmpjes van flinke modder ontwikkeling zijn ook te vinden op social media. Hopelijk dient de winter zich snel aan en kan het offensief weer doorpakken.

Het internet is niet de plek waar je informatie over de intentie/richting van een offensief een lopend conflict vandaan haalt. Het is te diffuus en onvolledig voor een dagelijkse duiding.

Zo is voor ons de Oekrainse effort in Bachmut een grote vraag. We kunnen enkel terugkijken en analyseren wat we zien maar weten niet wat we niet weten. Een nuance, maar wel belangrijk.

just saying.

[Benji87]

Er is geen vertraging. Ze concentreren zich op vebreding van bruggenhoofd en verstevigen posities. Er is nog maar 1 maand over, en ze kunnen pas in de winter verder.

Ik weet wat ze van plan zijn dat hebben ze zelf immers aangegeven dat dat het doel was maar de eerste berichten over  "vertragende omstandigheden"(dat is wellicht een betere omschrijving) dienen zich inmiddels aan. ISW maakt dus nu al enkele dagen melding dat het aantal drone en lucht operaties is afgenomen door regenval en slecht zicht. En de eerste filmpjes van flinke modder ontwikkeling zijn ook te vinden op social media. Hopelijk dient de winter zich snel aan en kan het offensief weer doorpakken.

[Huzaar1]

Eerste rapporten van vertraging van het offensief komen inmiddels binnen. ISW maakt melding van een terugname in drone operaties alsmede lucht aanvallen. Tevens valt op alle drie de aanvalsassen wel op te merken dat er niet tot nauwelijks vooruitgang wordt geboekt. Hopelijk kan dat beeld nog kenteren.

Er is geen vertraging. Ze concentreren zich op vebreding van bruggenhoofd en verstevigen posities. Er is nog maar 1 maand over, en ze kunnen pas in de winter verder.

[Benji87]

Eerste rapporten van vertraging van het offensief komen inmiddels binnen. ISW maakt melding van een terugname in drone operaties alsmede lucht aanvallen. Tevens valt op alle drie de aanvalsassen wel op te merken dat er niet tot nauwelijks vooruitgang wordt geboekt. Hopelijk kan dat beeld nog kenteren.

[PaxImperator]

Overzicht en analyse van het Oekraïense offensief tot nu toe:

[Huzaar1]

Dat er nog veel mogen volgen.
Als je de filmpjes ziet gaan bewegingen wel steeds meer op grotere afstanden, als in, 10tallen worden 100den meters.

En dat lijkt wel in het voordeel van Oekraïne.

Valt me ook op. Dit soort filmpjes zijn goed, betekent dat de Russen worden gedwongen tot manoeuvre. Zag je week geleden nog niet.

[Benji87]

T-90M's thermal camera matrix is Russian-made under French license

An interesting video appeared a few days ago. It was informational and featured the Russian T-90M Proryv tank. Observant users noticed the wording Thales on the fire control system. Accordingly, various speculations began.

One of them is that the Russian tank is equipped with a thermal imaging matrix produced by the French company Thales. Comments and speculations began that France was supplying Russia with its thermal imaging matrices. Others have suggested that Russia once bought such dies from France and quite possibly has them in stock.

However, there is a third possibility that is supported by facts. BulgarianMilitary.com does not claim this possibility to eliminate the other two, but for the sake of argument and objectivity, it should be exposed to the public.

The T-90M Proryv was introduced in 2012. One of the main features of the tank was the fire control system [fire control system] called Kalina, which included the Sosna-U sight and the Hawk's Eye panoramic sight.

Both sights are based on French 2nd generation Catherine-FC thermal imaging matrices operating in the 8-12 micron range. The fact is that these matrices were not delivered en masse to the Russian Federation, but were produced. The production was carried out under the license of NPO Orion for AD VOMZ with 80% localization. Only the control unit was supplied from France and was not manufactured in Russia.

There is one more fact: since 2015, Russia has been the 4th country to master the production of its own thermal imaging matrices of the 2nd and 3rd generation. The claim that Russia has run out of thermal imaging sights due to economic sanctions is also exaggerated.

Quantitative production

When thermal imaging matrices are produced, they are not produced for a specific number of military equipment, but quantitatively for an entire military domain. For example – ground combat vehicles. I.e. Russia has produced thermal imaging arrays for both its tanks and APCs, MTLBs, self-propelled howitzers, and other infantry fighting vehicles.

There have also been claims that Russia has a shortage of tube components that is preventing sight assembly. This information is also contradictory because Russia has a problem, not with tribal components, but with FPGA chips. Russia just didn't produce FPGA chips before, so they had to be bought from Xilinx and others.

But they were not made until 2020 – now the situation is different. For example, the new Russian FPGA chips of the 5578TS084, 5578TS094, 5576ХС1Т series can replace imported counterparts, and in fact, according to sources, this has already happened precisely because of the imposed economic sanctions against Russia.

For example, the R-168-25UE radios have an internal FPGA and ADC from JSC VZPP-S, which means that the situation is similar in the sight control units. In the latest photos of the T-90M 2022, it can be seen inside that there is no Sosna-U sight, it has been replaced by a PNM-T sight with a homemade Irbis-K thermal imaging module from NPO Orion, as in fact the PK PAN Hawkeye sight.

Comparison

How good Russian thermal imaging matrices are compared to French – this is a comparison that is difficult to make because it depends on many factors. But let's present a comparative technological characteristic between the Russian matrix PNM-T and the French Catherine-FC.

Catherine-FC has two fields of view, a range of 8-12 microns [LWIR technology], matrix resolution is 754×576 pixels, detection of infantry at a distance of up to 6 km, armored vehicles at up to 10 km, helicopters at 14 km.

The Russian PNM-T has two fields of view, a range of 8-12 microns, a resolution of 640×512 pixels, detection of infantry at a distance of 5 km, armored vehicles at 11 km, and helicopters at 14 km.

T-14 Armata

As you can see, the resolution of the Russian matrix is lower, but the picture is more detailed since the processor has more advanced DSP and image processing algorithms. In addition, the picture from the Russian thermal camera is more contrasty and does not have strong interference when the environment is very hot, which means that the T-90M and T-72B3 can see perfectly both day and night.

Russian 3rd generation thermal imaging matrices with a sensor substrate made based on gallium arsenide [GaAs] from NPO Orion are said to have a resolution of 800×600 pixels with uncompressed interpolation up to 1024×720 pixels. Such thermal imaging cameras are installed on the T-14 Armata, but their picture is on a completely different level

Bron: https://bulgarianmilitary.com/amp/2023/10/06/t-90ms-thermal-camera-matrix-is-russian-made-under-french-license/

[Benji87]

Russia Is Losing More Of Its Best T-90 Tanks, Perhaps Because It Has More T-90s To Lose

Russian forces in Ukraine are losing more and more of their best T-90M tanks. Believe it or not, that's not entirely good news for Ukraine, nor bad news for Russia.

That's because the spike in T-90 write-offs seems to be related to the growing number of T-90s on the front line, 21 months into Russia's wider war on Ukraine. The Russians are losing more T-90s because they have more T-90s to lose.

If it's really happening—and it's not 100-percent certain it is—the surge in T-90 deployments would underscore the bizarre disposition of the Russian armored corps as its wartime losses exceed 2,100 tanks. That's two-thirds of the tanks the Russians went to war with in February 2022.

The Russians have lost so many tanks that they've had no choice but to reactivate and rush to the front hundreds of 50-, 60- and even 70-year-old T-72 Ural, T-62 and T-54/55 tanks, often with no major upgrades to their optics, fire-controls or armor.

But the aged tanks are expedients: temporary stopgaps as Russian industry mobilizes and adapts to tightening foreign sanctions on the imported high-end electronics the industry once depended on.

The Kremlin for nearly two years has been trying to boost tank production. And the effort finally is paying off. Russian-made optics are replacing sanctioned optics from France. And where before just one factory—the Uralvagonzavod plant in Sverdlovsk Oblast—built tanks from scratch (T-72B3Ms and T-90Ms); now Omsktransmash in Siberia also is retooling for tracks-up production of T-80BVMs.

How many new and upgraded tanks the plants can produce is, for outsiders, a matter of speculation. In April, CNN estimated Uralvagonzavod alone delivered around 20 tanks a month. But a few weeks earlier, Defense Express reported that Uralvagonzavod, Omsktransmash and various upgrade workshops together could deliver 90 tanks a month.

If Defense Express's number is accurate, then Russian industry is very close to completing enough new and upgraded tanks every month to keep up with losses.

And while the upgraded tanks—including the oldest T-62s and T-54/55s—are a finite resource, relying as they do on existing chassis and turrets, there's a good reason to believe reactivated mid-Cold-War tanks are accounting for a shrinking proportion of overall Russian tank deliveries since peaking in late 2022.

That evidence is losses. Broadly speaking, an army should lose tanks roughly in proportion to how many of a particular tank model it deploys. While the specific capabilities of a tank type might make it more or less survivable relative to other types, those differences really only matter on the margins.

Look closely. Russian losses of old T-62s peaked in October 2022. Losses of upgraded T-80s peaked in June this year. And now T-90 losses are peaking: the Russians in total have written off around 60 of the 53-ton, three-person tanks, with most of the losses occurring in just the last few months.

The destroyed and captured T-90s account for roughly 15 percent of all T-90s the Russians had in their inventory before the wider war. But that doesn't take into account new production. Uralvagonzavod since early 2022 has had time to produce several hundred new T-90s.

And as those new T-90s arrive on the front line, oftentimes with airborne units or other elite formations that may have spent much of 2023 as operational reserves, they afford the Ukrainians more opportunities to knock out or capture T-90s.

Yes, it's being generous to the Russians to characterize a spike in T-90 losses as good news for the Kremlin's genocidal war effort. But it's hard to characterize the gradual, but successful, mobilization of the Russian tank industry as anything but an ominous development for Ukraine. The Ukrainians would be better off if the only replacement tanks the Russians could deploy were 70-year-old T-54Bs.

What's most ominous is that, nearly two years into the wider war, Ukraine's main tank tank plant—the Malyshev Factory in Kharkiv—still isn't producing new tanks from scratch. Yes, the factory reactivates, upgrades and repairs ex-Soviet T-64s, T-72s and T-80s. But it hasn't produced a totally new tank in three decades—and shows no sign of mobilizing the way Uralvagonzavod and Omsktransmash have mobilized.

That leaves the Ukrainian tank corps at the mercy of Kyiv's foreign allies. The only new, or new-ish, tanks the Ukrainians can count on receiving are those its allies deign to release from their own inventories, or divert from active production lines.

So far, foreign donations have been paltry—at least when it comes to Western-style tanks such as German Leopard 2s, British Challenger 2s and American M-1s. Ukraine is getting just 85 Leopard 2s, 14 Challenger 2s and 31 M-1s. In just six months, Uralvagonzavod could manufacture enough new T-90Ms to match Ukraine's entire inventory of modern Western tanks.

Bron: https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2023/10/06/russia-is-losing-more-of-its-best-t-90-tanks-perhaps-because-it-has-more-t-90s-to-lose/?sh=1db71df6496f

[Benji87]

KABOEM.........

https://twitter.com/markito0171/status/1710994704794296363

Zou die nog kunnen rijden? 

[pz]

KABOEM.........

https://twitter.com/markito0171/status/1710994704794296363

[Huzaar1]

Er zitten wel wat meer verschillen tussen de leopard2a5 en stridsvagn. Overigens zijn die 2 stridsvagn's naar ik weet geborgen.

[Benji87]

Een recent artikel van de Kiyv Post over de Stridsvagn 122. De Oekraïners zijn er erg over te spreken. Overigens staat in het artikel niet vermeld dat er inmiddels 2 zijn achter gelaten na in een mijnenveld gereden te zijn en door drones zijn uitgeschakeld. Schade is nog onduidelijk

ANALYSIS: The Stridsvagn 122 – How Sweden's 'Best Tank in the World' is Helping Liberate Ukraine

Sweden has provided Ukraine with ten modern Stridsvagn 122 tanks, a modified version of the Leopard 2A5, all of which are already on the front line engaging Russian troops.

Ukraine recently received ten Stridsvagn 122s, the upgraded Swedish-modified models of the Leopard 2 tank with enhanced capabilities for all-weather employment, which are currently being used in combat on the front lines.

Sweden's head of the Operational Department, Mats Ludvig, announced the delivery of the vehicles on the official website of the Swedish Armed Forces last month.

"We have given them everything we could in good material and good knowledge. Now we wish them all the best in liberating their country," said Ludvig.

The same press release from also noted with some pride, that it had been named by some experts as "the best tank in the world."

Sweden had a total of 120 such tanks, 10 of which were transferred to Ukraine. This is over 8 percent of the total number of tanks the Nordic country had in its inventory.

Ludwig emphasized the donation percentage of Sweden's stockpile to show his nation's level of commitment to assisting Ukraine.

What we know about the Stridsvagn 122 tank

The Stridsvagn 122, or "Strv 122," is an improved version of the German Leopard 2A5 tank, which is manufactured in Sweden under license. The term "Stridsvagn" translates from Swedish as "tank."

The Swedish armored vehicle received an improved chassis, additional armor, an updated fire control system, and the French smoke grenade launcher GALAX.

The Strv 122 has been specially designed to operate effectively in a wide variety of Swedish environments, including wooded and urban areas. Many of its adaptations would also be suitable for the Ukrainian forces in the field, especially as winter approaches.



Swedish modification

In the early 1990s, the Swedish army made the decision to discontinue the development of their own tanks. To determine the best option for Sweden, a competition was held. The winner was the German Leopard 2A5 tank.

By the end of 1994, several contracts were signed to regulate the process of manufacturing and upgrading the armored vehicles for Sweden's specific needs, both geographic and doctrinal.

In the first stage, Germany delivered 160 completed Leopard tanks with the 2A4 modification to Sweden. These tanks were designated Strv 121 and were adopted by the Swedish army.

The development of an improved and adapted version of the Leopard 2A5 was underway to meet Swedish requirements, which was re-designated the Strv 122. According to the agreement, 120 such tanks were to be delivered.

The first 29 tanks of the new model were assembled at the German factory Krauss-Maffei Wegmann.

Later, production was moved to Sweden, to the Bofors and Hägglunds factories. The assembly of the Strv 122 continued until 2002.

After receiving all the tanks of the new model, the Swedish army began to write off and return the previously delivered Strv 121 tanks to Germany. As a result, by the end of the 2000s, only 120 new Strv 122 tanks remained in service in Sweden.

Several significant improvements were made to the Strv 122 during its service life. In the early 2000s, some of the vehicles were rebuilt as part of the Strv 122B project, aimed at improving mine protection and other characteristics [another adaptation needed by Ukraine].

It was used as the basis for the Strv 122B Int., which was designed for export use abroad for various international users.

This variant received new communications and control equipment compatible with NATO standards. In addition, special measures were taken to ensure better performance of the vehicle in hot climates. Further modifications, referred to as C and D models, included various improvements to the fire control system and more.

Significant differences from the Leopard 2

The Stridsvagn 122 tank is an improved version of the German Leopard 2A5, specially adapted to the unique requirements of the Swedish Army. Although the tank retains the general architecture and some parts of the basic model, the vehicle is quite distinctive.

The Stridsvagn 122 received modern electronics and equipment, with a focus on increasing combat effectiveness through improved protection for the tank crew and more efficient fire control systems.

As a result of the improvements, the Strv 122 has become one of the most heavily protected modern tanks with the latest technologies in reactive armor shielding.

The basis of the protection is the non-explosive reactive armor (NERA), which, thanks to special materials, reliably protects the tank from the effects of both kinetic [solid metal projectile] and combined effects [armor-piercing and spallation-inducing] types of shells.

The tank is additionally equipped with composite screens that provide an additional level of protection. The Swedish version also has extra protection for the top of the turret.

Overall, the hull protection is significantly superior to the German Leopard. Destroying a Swedish armored vehicle head-on with a single shot is an almost impossible task.

The improved version of the Strv 122B features an additional underbody cover that protects the crew and critical vehicle systems from anti-tank mines [again, a feature for which Ukrainian forces have a dire need].

The Swedes also added their signature Barracuda camouflage to the B modification, which provides visual camouflage and reduces the tank's infrared footprint.

Saab's Barracuda camouflage systems provide multi-spectral protection, which reduces the visibility of military vehicles in the ultraviolet, visual and infrared spectrums.

In addition, Barracuda not only reduces the heat footprint of the vehicle but also protects it from external heat.

The chassis has also changed. The Strv 122 tank has become more reliable due to the enhancement of the torsion shafts. The armored vehicle received shock absorbers from the German PzH 2000 artillery system.

The stabilizing electro-hydraulics were replaced with a fully electric, more durable and more fireproof system. The Swedes also partially modified the gun to allow for the use of more powerful ammunition.

Armament

The main armament of the Strv 122 remains unchanged from the original Leopard 2 – the 120mm smoothbore cannon from Rheinmetall.


This cannon, in combination with extended-range capable modern electronics, is capable of effective fire at up to 4 kilometers.

While the average range for Soviet tanks is about 1,600-2,000 meters, the Strv 122 is double that.

The German cannon has exceptional ballistic characteristics. A well-trained and skilled loader can reload this cannon in just 6 seconds.

The Swedish version was equipped with two Ksp m/94 machine guns (the Swedish equivalent of the German MG3) and French-made smoke grenade launchers GALIX.

The Strv 122 is ideally suited for precise engagement of enemy vehicles, making it a sniper among tanks.

Thanks to its exceptional ballistic characteristics and fast reloading, this tank can effectively fire over long distances with a more rapid rate of fire.

The Strv 122's advanced thermal imager and night vision device allow it to quickly detect and destroy enemy vehicles under many atmospheric conditions.

The Strv 122 tank was equipped with a completely new fire control system, which proved to be much more effective than the previous version, installed on the Leopard 2A5.


The new system has significantly improved the speed and accuracy of target detection and identification, as well as the accuracy of firing. It is now possible to fire simultaneously at multiple targets sequentially.

The fire control system is based on a modern computer platform that can simultaneously process information for all types of projectiles. It includes a thermal imager, laser rangefinder, night vision device, biaxial stabilizer and a digitally based ballistic corrector (upgraded fire control computer).

The Strv 122 tank uses the EMES-15 sight, which is based on less harmful Raman spectroscopy. The standard magnification in the daytime is ×12, and in the panoramic view - ×3.

The Strv 122 tank is renowned for its high maneuverability and mobility, just as much as the German Leopard 2A5, as the powertrain of the Swedish and German tanks is identical.

The 12-cylinder MB873 Ka-501 diesel engine with a volume of 47 liters produces 1,500 horsepower and lets the Strv 122 accelerate to 70 km/h.

The Swede also has a decent reverse speed of 30 km/h, which allows the vehicle to quickly leave the battlefield in the event of a dangerous situation. For comparison, the Soviet T-72 has a reverse speed of just 4 km/h.

The Strv 122 is not impeded by deep snow or muddy ground. If necessary, the tank can easily overcome fords up to 1.4 meters high.

The delivery of such modern and highly protected tanks, such as the Strv 122, could significantly help the Ukrainian army during the ongoing counteroffensive in certain parts of the frontline.

Sweden itself does not have many such tanks, but its contribution still provides significant assistance to Ukraine.

These tanks impress not only with their combat power but also their ability to securely protect their crew from various types of threats.

Modern Western tanks, such as the Strv 122, differ significantly from the approach that characterized the tanks of the former Soviet Union.

One of the key features of NATO tanks is the emphasis on crew safety and comfort. After all, the crew should be focused on fighting, not on surviving in difficult conditions.

The concept is that the tank crew is the most valuable resource, and all design solutions must ensure the comfortable and safe operation of tank crews.

Ukrainian crews have been trained in Sweden in all aspects of realistic combat employment of the Strv 122, according to Expressen.

The Ukrainian tanker training took place under the authority of the Swedish parliament's mandate to provide military assistance to Ukraine, which included, among other things, Stridsvagn 122 tanks and Archer artillery systems.

Bron: https://www.kyivpost.com/analysis/22362

[Benji87]

Official: Sweden is preparing a new military aid package for Ukraine and is going to consider transferring JAS 39 Gripen fighters to the AF

The Swedish government, following Spain, is preparing a new military aid package for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Here's What We Know

This was announced by Swedish Defence Minister Pål Jonson. The new package should mainly include ammunition, as well as spare parts for previously delivered equipment. This will be the 13th military aid package that Sweden has prepared for Ukraine.

In addition to additional weapons, the country's defence ministry has also confirmed that it will consider giving Ukraine fourth-generation JAS 39 Gripen fighter jets. If the deliveries are approved, they will start only after Sweden becomes a member of the North Atlantic Alliance. By the way, Ukrainian pilots have already undergone familiarisation training on this type of aircraft.

https://gagadget.com/en/weapons/329918-official-sweden-is-preparing-a-new-military-aid-package-for-ukraine-and-is-going-to-consider-transferring-jas-39-/