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World War 3: Serbian 2S1 Gvozdika

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Gvozdika 2S1 self-propelled 122mm artillery gun. Photo via Serbian Ministry of Defense, 23NOV2022.

Pasuljanske Livade Training Center. Photo via Serbian Ministry of Defense, 23NOV2022.

Call for fire. Photo via Serbian Ministry of Defense, 23NOV2022.

Photo via Serbian Ministry of Defense, 23NOV2022.

Shot-out! Photo via Serb Ministry of Defense, 23NOV2022.

Splash! Photo via Serbian Ministry of Defense, 23NOV2022.

Serbian 2S1s have updated fire control computers. Serbian Ministry of Defense photo, 25AUG2022.

Serbian Ministry of Defense photo, 24JAN2022.

Serbian Ministry of Defense photo, 24JAN2022.

Serbian Ministry of Defense photo, 24JAN2022.

Serbian Defense Ministry video of multiple 2S1s in action during Response 2021 war game, released 17APR2021:

Serbian Defense Ministry video of multiple 2S1s launching rounds, released 10OCT2020:

Quick Serbian Defense Ministry video of 2S1 launching rounds, released 15MAY2020:

Serbian Ministry of Defense photo, 15MAY2020.

Serbian Ministry of Defense photo, 15MAY2020.

Serbian Ministry of Defense photo, 15MAY2020.

Get them into a 2S1, when they are young. Serbian Ministry of Defense photo, 14SEP2018.

World War 3: RUSSIAN ALLY SERBIA MASSES TROOPS ALONG BORDER WITH KOSOVO?

 CHINA MAKES SURPRISE(?) DELIVERY OF MILITARY AID TO RUSSIAN ALLY, SERBIA!

Vehicle I-D:

2S1, FROM COLD WAR TO UKRAINIAN BORDER CRISIS!

FINLAND’S SP GUNS 155 PSH K9 & 122 PSH 74 (2S1)

SFor 1997: REMEMBER THE TIME THE SERBS CAPTURED A NATO TANK? OR, HOW YOUR GARAGE BECOMES A “WEAPON STORAGE SITE”!

International, Technology

World War 3: U.S./NATO “no significant effect” in Ukraine!

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24 June 2022  (14:20-UTC-07 Tango 06) 03 Tir 1401/24 Dhu l-Qa’da 1443/26 Bing-Wu 4720

“Let me remind you that three types of 155-mm artillery are already working successfully on the front lines: M777 howitzers, FH70 howitzers and CAESAR SPHs. It was simply impossible to imagine this back in March. But today it is already a reality which materialized due to great teamwork led by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky.”-Ministry of  Defence of Ukraine propaganda, 28MAY2022, proven by Austrian military academy analysts to be a failure

More proof that United States President Joseph R. Biden Junior has still not delivered on his promise of rocket artillery, like the MLRS and HIMARS, and that artillery gun systems, like the old M109 and newer M777, cannot out distance the Russian systems. In an earlier article it was pointed out that the M777 towed guns were delivered without the equipment that will allow it to fire longer range ammo.

Only NATO Germany’s PanzerHaubite (PzH) 2000, and NATO France’s CAESAR (CAmion Equipé d’un Système d’ARtillerie), are the only artillery systems delivered to Ukraine, so far, that can outrange the Russian systems.  However, the numbers of PzH 2000 and CAESARs promised are just a piddly fraction of what Ukraine needs, and have yet to be delivered.

Video posted 22JUN2022, showing Russian ‘V’ (?, maybe Z) forces using an old-skool Cold War era towed rocket launcher against Ukrainian forces in Ugledar area:

Some NATO countries are sending more artillery systems, but they are the old Soviet era systems, like the 2S1 and 2S3, which do not give Ukraine a tactical advantage.

Music video, posted 09JUN2022, of Cold War era BM-27 220mm Uragan rocket launcher being used by Russian ‘Z’ forces against Ukraine:

Russian ground forces are so not worried about the U.S./NATO artillery ‘support’, that they themselves are using outdated artillery systems against Ukraine. This video was posted on 23JUN2022, showing Russians using Cold War era 152mm towed guns and BM-21 rocket launchers:

Another major problem for the U.S./NATO is that many of the delivered weapon systems (like the Javelin) were captured by Russian forces and are now being used by them against Ukraine!

The Österreichs Bundesheer (Austrian Federal-army) Theresian Military Academy critiques the U.S./NATO weapon systems being sent to Ukraine, pointing out that the amount are far below what Ukraine actually needs, and Ukrainians are not being properly trained on these weapons, resulting in “no significant effect on the battlefield” for Ukraine:

Austria is not a member of NATO but does take part in NATO’s Partnership for Peace operations.

Vehicle I-D:

U.S. Army photo by Specialist Zakia Gray, 16MAY2018.

FRENCH CAESAR INVADES GERMANY!

PANZERHAUBITZE 2000

M109, COLD WAR AND BEYOND

M109A6 and HIMARS action in Idaho, June 2022

MLRS, BRITISH RED COATS INVADE U.S. ARMY BASE IN GERMANY!

M777: PROOF THE UNITED STATES IS THE TOOL OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE!

World War 3:

 MORE PROOF THAT U.S./NATO SUPPORT OF UKRAINE IS SLIGHTLY WISHY-WASHY FLIP-FLOPPY!

NATO Response Force: UKRAINE’s President REALIZES IT’S A CONSPIRACY, PART OF AN EVIL JOINT NATO-RUSSIAN PLAN TO BRING BACK THE IRON CURTAIN!!!

 

International, Technology

New Cold War: Russian ops in Tajikistan, 2021 vid-fest

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“This year, we conducted 11 joint exercises through the Collective Security Treaty Organization and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.”-Colonel General (U.S. equivalent Lieutenant General) Alexander Lapin, Central Military District, December 2021

In Russia’s Central Military District there were 11 wargames held in 2021.  They spread across Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.  The wargames also included military units from Armenia, Belarus, China, India and Pakistan.

This covers some of what went down in Tajikistan.

Russian Defense Ministry video, January 2021, first Mi-24P & Mi-8MTV5-1 operations of the year:

Russian Defense Ministry video, January 2021, first live-fire gunnery of the year; T-72s (notice the T-72 T-C is wearing a damn Pandemic face mask!) & BTR-82As:

Russian Defense Ministry video, February 2021, live-fire gunnery for mechanized infantry:

Russian Defense Ministry video, March 2021, all those BTRs and T-72s are thirsty:

A full-on wargame was held in Tajikistan, at the end of April 2021, involving more than 3-thousand-5-hundred Russian and Tajik personnel.

Russian Defense Ministry video, April 2021, Sukhoi 25s arrive for the games:

Russian Defense Ministry video, April 2021, BM-21 Grad rocket launchers (the Russian word translates to ‘flamethrower’):

Russian Defense Ministry video, April 2021, load, aim and fire your BM-21:

Mi-8MTV5-1s were busy working training sorties along with Mi-24Ps. Central Military District photo.

Russian Defense Ministry video, April 2021, Mil 24P (NATO reporting name Hind-F):

Russian Defense Ministry video, April 2021, 2S1 (aka M-1974, aka SAU-122):

Russian Defense Ministry video, April 2021, T-72 gunnery, from the point of view of the crew:

Russian Defense Ministry video, April 2021, more T-72 gunnery:

Russian Defense Ministry video, April 2021, 2S3 (aka M-1973, aka SAU-152):

Russian Defense Ministry video, April 2021, BTR-82A:

BTR-82A, in the Khatlon region at the Kharb-Maydon training ground. Central Military District photo.

1-thousand targets were set-up for the August 5-10 wargame in the Khatlon Region, on the Kharb-Maydon training ground.

Anti-tank rocket launchers. The Russian word translates as ‘flamethrower’, this is confusing because in English a flamethrower is a different type of weapon.

The scenario of the August Tajikistan wargame was that the Central Asian country was invaded.  About 2-thousand-5-hundred personnel from Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan took part, with about 5-hundred vehicles.

T-72, Central Military District photo.

In November, Russian troops from the 201st Military Base in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, got to try out their new 5.45mm AK-12 assault rifles during the Cobalt 2021 wargame.  Central Military District video:

New Cold War: Live fire video as RUSSIAN BTR-82A & BMP-3 WARM-UP THEIR GUNS!

Vehicle I-D:

2S3 AKATSIYA (2C3 АКАЦИЯ), COLD WAR TO UKRAINE BORDER CRISIS!

2S1 self propelled artillery gun, FROM COLD WAR TO UKRAINIAN BORDER CRISIS!

Cold War Battle Damage: THE HIND-END OF DESERT STORM

International, Technology

Vehicle I-D: Suomalaiset Leopardit ja Sisu Pasi ja CV9030 ja MTLB ja 2S1 ja BMP-2 ja AMoS

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Despite Finland being an officially ‘non-aligned’ country, it still allows, and even takes part in, NATO wargames on its soil (which borders Russia).

Suomalaiset Leopardit ja Sisu Pasi ja CV9030 ja MTLB ja 2S1 ja BMP-2 ja AMoS=Finnish Leopard and Sisu Pasi and CV9030 and MTLB and 2S1 and BMP-2 and AMoS.

U.S. Marines and U.K. Royal Marines watch a demonstration of the Leopard bridgelayer, 07MAY2019. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Corporal Scott Jenkins.

Finnish German-made Leopard 2L bridge laying tank, demonstrating for U.S. Marines, and U.K. Royal Marines, during NATO’s Exercise Arrow in May 2019.

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Corporal Scott Jenkins, 07MAY2019.

It is a German Leopard 2 chassis with a Finnish designed bridge system. Puolustusvoimat / Finnish Defense Forces photo.

USMC LAVs try out the Finnish bridge. USMC photo by Lance Corporal Scott Jenkins, 07MAY2019.

BMP-2MD on the Pojankangas Training Area near Kankaanpaa, Finland, 15MAY2019. U.S. Army photo by Sergeant LaShic Patterson.

Soviet era BMP-2, modernized to BMP-2MD.  NATO’s Arrow 19.

BMP-2MD on the Pojankangas Training Area near Kankaanpaa, Finland, 15MAY2019. USA photo by Sergeant LaShic Patterson.

BMP-2MD on the Pojankangas Training Area near Kankaanpaa, Finland, 15MAY2019. USA photo by Sergeant LaShic Patterson.

USA photo by Sergeant LaShic Patterson, 17MAY2019.

Supposedly neutral Finland also takes part in NATO wargames in other countries.

Älvdalen training grounds, Sweden, 27OCT2018. Puolustusvoimat / Finnish Defense Forces photo by Sergeant Alec Orko.

Washing a Sisu/Patria (Sisu was a Cold War era name for the company now called Patria) Pasi XA-203 prior to the short road-march to neighboring Norway for NATO’s Trident Juncture, October 2018.

Washing off the Sweden, before heading to Norway. Puolustusvoimat / Finnish Defense Forces photo by Sergeant Alec Orko, 27OCT2018.

Video, painting your Patria Pasi for Winter ops, 2018:

Puolustusvoimat / Finnish Defense Forces photo by Ville Multanen, 29OCT2018.

Going skiing.  A Patria Pasi during NATO’s Trident Juncture, October 2018.

Finnish MTLBs during Arrow 18, in Pohjankangas Training Area, Finland, 18MAY2018. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sergeant Averi Coppa.

Soviet era MTLBs during Arrow 18, May 2018.

CV90-30FIN

Video of Swedish made CV9030 FIN, during NATO’s Saber Strike 2017 in Estonia:

USA photo by Specialist Elliott Banks, 06MAY2017.

Leopard 2A4, NATO’s Arrow 17 wargames, May 2017.

Puolustusvoimat / Finnish Defense Forces photo.

Soviet era 2S1 self propelled artillery gun, the Finns call it the 122 PSH 74.  They are former East German 2S1s, purchased in 1992 and 1994.

U.S. Army photo by Specialist Elliott Banks, 05MAY2017.

122 PSH 74 (2S1), NATO’s Arrow 17 wargames, May 2017.

Slow-mo video, German-made Leopard 2A4s, one with Israeli made mine-plow, Niinisalo Training Area in 2016:

Photo by Sergeant Tatum Vayavananda, 11JUN2015.

Sisu Pasi, carrying British troops, ‘invades’ Sweden during NATO’s BALTOPS during Summer 2015.

U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant Armando A. Schwier-Morales, 08JUN2015.

Twin barreled 120mm gunned AMoS (Advanced Mortar System) ‘invades’ Latvia during NATO’s Saber Strike during Summer 2015.

Ukraine Crisis: February 2014 (NATO backed coup) to present.

Vehicle I-D: GEORGIAN T-72 & BMP

HOW TO BUILD A 1:1 SCALE U.S. ARMY ‘FAKE NEWS’ BMP-2

IDAHO’S 1:1 SCALE FAKE NEWS RUSSIAN RADAR TANK

Soviet era tanks in use by NATO: POLAND

Soviet era tanks in use by NATO: BULGARIAN T-72

Soviet era tanks in use by NATO: SLOVENIAN M84

Vehicle I-D: UKRAINIAN ARMOR

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Soviet era Armor used by NATO: Poland

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U.S. Army photo by Sergeant Lauren Harrah, 19JUL2016.

Polish modified ZSU-23-4, known as ZSU-23-4MP Biała, July 2016.

Very quick video of Polish ZSU-23-4MP, a mine throwing TRI-Kroton (aka Opal, modified MTLB) and some 2S1 SP guns, in Romania for NATO wargames in 2017:

USA photo by Sergeant Justin Geiger, 18JUN2017.

Cold War era Warsaw Pact Czechoslovak designed/built 152mm Samohybná Kanónová Húfnica vzor 77 (ShKH vz. 77, or self-propelled cannon howitzer model 77), June 2017.  It’s also known as DANA (Dělo Automobilní Nabíjené Automaticky, or gun vehicle loaded automatically).

Video, 2S1 Gvodzika Self Propelled artillery guns, March 2017:

Polish designed MTLB engineer vehicle known as Opal or TRI, June 2017.

Quick video of TRI:

A PT-91(improved T-72) based WZT-3M recovery vehicle on public display in 2016 (note the Christian priest wearing the tanker helmet).

WZT-3M, June 2017.

Video of WZT-3M towing BMP-1, followed by BMP-1s, June 2017:

BMP-1 (known as BWP-1 in Poland), June 2016, NATO Exercise Anakonda.

Video from 2014, BMP-1 used to defend beach against wargame invasion:

Video, Poland BMP-1s invade Romania for NATO’s Noble Jump 2017:

The PT-91 is Poland’s version of a modernized T-72, this pic was taken in June 2018 during NATO’s Puma 2 Exercise-Saber Strike.

Here’s some PT-91 videos from 2017:

Video from 2016, 2K12 Kub (NATO code-name SA-6 Gainful) SAM launching, the 2K12 Kub is mounted on a highly modified MTLB chassis:

Video from 2014, S125 Neva SAM (Surface to Air Missile) mounted on T-55 chassis, with launch at the end of the video:

Soviet era Tanks used by NATO: BULGARIAN T-72

Vehicle I-D: UKRAINIAN ARMOR

International

False Flag: Ukraine uses Paris attack to break CeaseFire deal! Ukrainian troops pouring into breakaway region!

16 November 2015 (14:30 UTC-07 Tango 01)/25 Aban 1394/03 Safar 1437/05 Ding-Hai (10th month) 4713

News reports out of eastern Europe say Ukraine has broken the Minsk Agreement ceasefire.  Ukrainian troop and war fighting equipment numbers have been increased along the demarcation line with the breakaway regions of Luhansk and Donetsk, in violation of the ceasefire deal.

People’s Militia Corps of Luhansk People’s Republic reports that on 15 November Ukraine began the troop buildup by launching an artillery attack on the village of Marevka.  The village of Staromykhailivka was attacked today.  The People’s Militia Corps also says Ukraine is using civilian vehicles marked ‘School’ and ‘Children’, but inside are fully armed troops.

Ukrainian T-80 panzer passing through the Kherson rail station.

Administrators in Donetsk reported train loads of 4-hundred Ukrainian weapon systems, including T-80 tanks and 2S1 SP Guns, brought in by rail towards the demarcation line.

Ukrainian 2S1 Self Propelled Artillery followed by T-80 tanks, Kherson rail station.

The southeastern area of Ukraine is also known as New Russia due to the overwhelming majority of the people being ethnic Russians.  Russian border police report a steady flow of people fleeing into Russia.  There are reports that residents of Donetsk and Luhansk will be given Russian passports.

The Ukrainian government also announced it is shutting down the Chongar border crossing with Russian controlled Crimea, at least from 17 to 19 November.

The Visegrád Four! U.S. led NATO creates new anti-Russia battle group?