SUPERIOR RUSSIAN WEAPONS IN UKRAINE

 There is something unprecedented going on in the British American War against Russia in the Ukraine. This is the first time since after World War 2 (actually since the Bolshevik Civil War in 1918-1919)  that western weapons are being fired directly at the Russian armed forces. 

There have been countless proxy wars between the west and Russia all over the Third World but this is the first time that the fellows being shot at and the fellows shooting back are the Russians themselves. 

And the results so far have been devastating for the US and UK. After sending over illegal depleted uranium munitions to be used against Russia, the UK and the US are now also sending illegal cluster bombs to Ukraine to be used against Russia. 

The reason they are sending over these illegal munitions is because the UK, US and NATO have run out of stocks of regular artillery shells and other munitions. They are out of stock. And their munitions factories are not producing enough replacements stocks of munitions that can be sent to Ukraine.

So in desperation they are pulling out all the older stocks of illegal depleted uranium, cluster bombs and what not to be sent to Ukraine. Soon the US, UK and NATO may resort to sending over illegal napalm bombs, chemical weapons and biological weapons as well. You really cannot put anything beyond their capacity. The US freely used napalm and agent orange which are chemical weapons in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.

The main reason the West is running out of ammunition and tanks, artillery guns, missiles, radar equipment, IFVs and other equipment is because the Russians are wiping out everything the West is throwing into the Ukraine battle front. 

The west sent 16 German made Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, crowing to the whole world that these 16 Leopard 2 tanks will change the outcome of the war. The Leopard 2 tanks cost US11.0 million a piece.

Within a month or two of appearing in Ukraine ALL 16 German made Leopard 2 tanks have been destroyed. Now they are asking for more. Well they are not coming.

The German Leopard 2 tanks, the British made Challenger tank, the French AMX tank and the Polish made tanks are being wiped out by the Russian Lancet 3 drone which costs US$35,000 a piece.  The Lancet 3 kamikaze drone costs 314 times less than a Leopard 2 tank.

The Russian Lancet 3 kamikaze drone weighs about 15 kg including a warhead that has about 3 kg of explosives - enough to completely destroy the German Leopard 2 tanks. The drone can fly a distance of 25 miles (41 km) and has a "loiter time" of 40 minutes. The distance should imply the range of its radio controller.  The drone has a flight speed of 110 km/hr (max)  but can "dive" at 180 km/hr into a target.

The Lancet 3 drone is operated by a foot soldier (or any soldier with two thumbs) who has played video games before. The operator wears large,  virtual reality type goggles which have a display screen which allows the soldier to see what the Lancet 3 drone's tv camera can see.  Using his two thumbs the soldier flies the drone straight into the target.

Here is a seven minute video:

 

 

The other highly successful weapon being used by the Russians is the KA52 Alligator attack helicopter which is proving highly successful in taking out hundreds of armoured vehicles, trucks, thin skinned IFVs, artillery guns and mobile radar equipment.

In the beginning the KA52 twin-rotor helicopter suffered losses to shoulder fired missiles (MANPADS). But the Russians soon upgraded the KA52s jamming and electronic warfare pods which are making the KA52 almost invincible to western MANPADS (Man Portable Air Defense Systems). 

What I really like about the KA52 is the twin rotor system. So it does not have a tail rotor, making the chopper highly stable and with a better chance of making a hard landing if hit by enemy fire (compared to a tail rotor chopper). KA52 choppers have had their tail section shot off but still made a safe journey home. Like this one in the picture:

 

Here is another seven minute video which shows the KA52 Alligator in action.

 

The views expressed are those of the writer and do not necessarily reflect those of MMKtT.