Russian army attacked British 50-ton howitzer 6 times in Ukraine, but could not do anything

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Five crews of a Ukrainian AS-90 self-propelled howitzer may turn out to be the luckiest artillery crew members in Russia’s war with Ukraine. As Forbes writes, somewhere on the front line, the tracked AS–90 was spotted by a Russian drone and subjected to merciless shelling.

The Russians attacked the 50-ton vehicle at least six times in a short period, damaging but not destroying it. That the crew may have survived is partly a matter of chance.

But it also highlights the importance of artillery fortifications in warfare, where the side with the strong howitzers usually wins the battle.

The Russians have released a drone video showing an attack on a British-made AC-90. After spotting a 1990s-era AC-90 in its tree cover, believed to be within 20 kilometers of the front line, the Russians attacked. They first fired artillery at it. When the shells failed to make a direct hit, they launched two explosive first-person drones at the howitzer.

When the smoke and dust cleared, the AC-90 was virtually untouched. More artillery rained down. And then a Lancet attack drone approached. After six successive attacks, the AS-90 was apparently badly damaged. But it did not explode or catch fire, meaning its crew had the opportunity to escape on foot.

“The intensity of the artillery battle has forced gunners on both sides to seek tactics that will give them the best chance of survival. If there is a consensus on artillery as the war enters its third year, it is that drones pose the biggest threat, and hiding from drones is a top priority,” the article says.

It has now become standard practice for a Russian or Ukrainian howitzer crew to hide the gun in the woods, cover it with branches, camouflage netting, and anti-drone screens, and emerge from cover far enough and long enough to fire a few shots before racing back under cover.

If gunners move their weapons to a new firing position, they do so carefully – and only when they are reasonably sure that enemy drones are not watching.

An alternative to this established approach to artillery warfare is a more mobile approach known as “shoot and run,” where a crew drives to a new firing position, fires a few rounds, and then immediately races to a new position, potentially several kilometers away.

The theory behind “shoot and run” is that constant movement can prevent an enemy from identifying the source of incoming projectiles and firing back.

“Shoot and run” might have worked before the current era of near-constant drone surveillance. But now, with all modern armies watching the entire battlefield nearly 24/7, it’s almost suicidal to go on the move, especially during daylight hours. Over the past 29 months, the Russians and Ukrainians have adopted new strategies and used advanced technologies in an attempt to gain a decisive advantage in the ongoing war, Forbes reports. As the war continues to evolve, one particular aspect remains constant: both sides rely heavily on artillery.

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  5. There is this complete different approach to weapons design and manpower in Russia and the Professional Western Armies. In the West, the emphasis is to train the teams well to do a very proficient level of action in all kinds of scenarios, weather and with all kinds of threats and all sorts of targets to acquire and all sorts of ammunition. That training is not minimal.

    For that reason, the System that they are trained for is often designed with Protection of the Operational Team first in mind and then of course it's tactical capabilities. But because of the extra systems and armor, the weapons are expensive to produce and not nearly the same quantity will be produced in a year as the Russians would make in a comparable platform

    Now Russia is not concerned with troop survivability. Manpower has always been viewed as a large enough quantity to be easily replaced. Thus Russian field artillery, self propelled guns and tanks are all mass produces in large quantities with the knowledge that most will not survive their first year of use.

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