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@rocko77112 ай бұрын
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@dukefishing2 ай бұрын
If your doctor doesn't notice an improvement in your health, drink more apple juice.
@sargon60002 ай бұрын
Any updates on Ru artillery left in storage?
@mordordew57062 ай бұрын
As soon as I saw they were headquartered in Texas, I noped out. Not going to risk some low quality "catch all" snake oil from Texas.
@Bruh-jr2ep2 ай бұрын
Just eat vegetables and fruits and you get all those nutrients + fiber.
@5anjuro2 ай бұрын
MTLB has been the mainstay of the forest services in the former USSR, along with Mi-8. Much of the firefighting work in Siberia in the summer was done with it.
@nathanzylla49612 ай бұрын
Cool didn't know that
@BoraHorzaGobuchul2 ай бұрын
So that's another reason (aside from the constant budget cuts to the forestry services) that there's constant first fires - they most likely sent those to the front as well
@konfunable2 ай бұрын
@@BoraHorzaGobuchul along with all the firefightrers lol.
@risto34252 ай бұрын
@@nathanzylla4961 And it's because MTLB and the MT-LBu have almost unparalleled cross country mobility when you take into account the load that can be carried by them.
@afcgeo8822 ай бұрын
@@BoraHorzaGobuchulNo. Those MT-LBs are equipped as firefighting vehicles. They can’t be in combat.
@Stealth866512 ай бұрын
Not gonna lie, the MTLB is kinda adorable scooting around all flat and such.
@latincat42632 ай бұрын
Russian land flounder hahaha
@davidty20062 ай бұрын
It's also quite useful. flat top allows conversion into anything, and at worst it's a bulletproof tractor. not to mention it's been shown to work somewhat in deep mud.
@delanofernandes64712 ай бұрын
@@latincat4263remember when they said Abrahams would change the battle field 😂😂
@rocketassistedgoat10792 ай бұрын
@@latincat4263Russian land Jub Jub fish.
@ivanlagrossemoule2 ай бұрын
@@delanofernandes6471 No such thing as Abrahams.
@DerDoppelgaengerX2 ай бұрын
It's important to note that the MTLB is used as a basis for many, many other russian systems and may be counted in other sections of oryx. Additionally, it's likely quite a bit of cannibalism of the chassis is occurring to keep other system in operation
@undercoveraca2 ай бұрын
Also when used as an artillery tractor and utility vehicle it's more likely to be far from the front line, reducing the number of of destroyed that get visually confirmed by oryx
@skepticonyoutube18972 ай бұрын
@DerDoppelgaengerX And this is only from Wikipedia and dont count strela, command and so on Vehicle in service MT-LB MT-LBV - a modification with wider tracks (670mm instead of 350mm) for lower ground pressure for snow/swamp operations and an NSVT machine gun in place of the normal PKT.[16] MT-LBVM MT-LBVMK - a modification of MT-LBVM with a 12.7mm Kord instead of a 12.7mm NSVT machine gun.[17] MT-LBu MT-LBM 6MB - 30mm autocannon turret mounted above the main compartment. Prototypes MT-LB 6MB3 - Modification from Muromteplovoz with AG-17 grenade launcher, 12.7mm Kord and a GSh-23-2. Possibly only one made.[18] MT-LB 6MA - Modification using BPU-1 turret mounted above main compartment. Hybrid vehicles: MT-LB with ZU-23 AA gun[19] MT-LB With 14.5mm BPU-1 Turret MT-LB with 14.5mm 2M-7 naval gun mount MT-LB with AZP S-60 AA gun MT-LB with 100mm MT-12 anti-tank gun MT-LB with 82 mm automatic mortar 2B9 Vasilek MT-LB with 25mm 2M-3 naval gun MT-LB with 140mm Ogon-18 MLRS
@NJ-wb1cz2 ай бұрын
People routinely mistake using up stocks for not having any other alternative. A new MTLB can be bought right now for around $35000 by any civilian, do you really think the army wouldn't be able to afford them?... They are dirt cheap compared to other weapons
@ProcaviaCapensis-ts8ub2 ай бұрын
@@NJ-wb1cz Bought from where ? If you they aren't available you can't buy them.
@NJ-wb1cz2 ай бұрын
@@ProcaviaCapensis-ts8ub from factories that produce them
@oskar66612 ай бұрын
Ah, the MT-LB...the M113 of the East, lol. Just a tracked workhorse.
@mikeynth79192 ай бұрын
A tracked truck is always useful.
@autochton2 ай бұрын
Worth noting just how many vehicles based on the M113 exist, and in how many roles. The MT-LB is similar, there's ATGM carriers, SAM carriers, mortar carriers, all sorts. Those use the same spare parts, so running low on MT-LBs (and presumably also MT-LB replacement parts) will also cause a problem for them too.
@bieber_and_dolik2 ай бұрын
Still better then M113 box for sure.
@Rullstolsboken2 ай бұрын
Only problem is the lack of standardisation in the mtlb, when Sweden bought them from Germany the width varied by up to an half meter on the same model
@KaiserPatrik2 ай бұрын
No, not really. BTR-50 is M113 of east. MT-LB is tractor meant for towing and transporting logistics.
@BenHere-qs6wj2 ай бұрын
This series has taught me to never make covert kabal mad at me
@u2beuser7142 ай бұрын
Imagine you piss covert cabal off and next day he replies "This you?" In your watsapp with ip adress and an actual picture of you jogging in the streets
@BenHere-qs6wj2 ай бұрын
It's like the Google maps guy but worse
@nton80572 ай бұрын
Yh covert cobal will find your search history, no matter how many times you delete it
@alexanderrobins74972 ай бұрын
Same thing with Ryan McBeth.
@obsidianjane44132 ай бұрын
"Ceiling Kabal is watching you..."
@fvo9112 ай бұрын
there are so many experts and news agencies that quote and reference your videos, you have become the information source! keep it up!
@rr-sp5ii2 ай бұрын
News sources qoute Twitter. They aren't what they used to be.
@orangephoenixbrazier49782 ай бұрын
Or just straight up put the videos in their PowerPoints.
@QuicksilverVM2 ай бұрын
no damn expert watches this youtube BS , its just entertainment. what do you think this random has his information from ? russia ? lol
@cdgncgn2 ай бұрын
@@QuicksilverVM US is running out of M113s, so they title it is the other way around: RF out of MT-LB :))))) What is worse that random guy is more likely psyops part of Sea Aye Eh.
@marcusaetius93092 ай бұрын
Yup, mostly western mainstream media and western governments so you know it’s quite accurate and not bogus propaganda at all…😂🤣😂😂🤣😂
@emilchan53792 ай бұрын
MT-LBs are basically the Warsaw Pact's version of the M113. A simple, rugged, reliable metal box that were produced in the thousands with dozens of variants and derivative vehicles for almost any role. Both are no longer produced but are still in service in many militaries around the world. Russia clearing out their stocks of MT-LBs would be akin to the US running low on M113s. Shows how intense and costly the Ukraine war has been for Russia.
@TonyBustaroni2 ай бұрын
The M113 is NATO's version of the MTLB, not the other way around
@dennisp.21472 ай бұрын
@@TonyBustaroni No. the M113 predates the MT-LB by a dozen years.
@TonyBustaroni2 ай бұрын
@@dennisp.2147 My mistake, I'm thinking of the BTR 50
@weik-29362 ай бұрын
Yes yes, all good, but can it fly,
@willietorben5602 ай бұрын
No, not really. Or actually, not at all; these are both vehicles with no real equivalent on the "other side". The MT-LB is a military tractor with some transport capacity, but it is NOT intended for troop transport! They were initially used as rear-area supply transports, as intended. Only when Putin started running out of BMPs/BTRs, the MT-LBs were pressed into service as ersatz APCs. But a .50cal can disable them, and they themselves have nothing better (and no IFV capacity of their own IIRC). Whereas the M113 is an APC first and foremost, and at least tries to be frontline-capable (in low-intensity conflicts). tl;dr: whoever puts MT-LBs at the frontline is losing the war.
@1RikAtiC12 ай бұрын
" Dont worry Ivan, we still have Chinese golfcarts and motorbikes "
@TheAbortionWhoLived2 ай бұрын
Witness meeeee!
@Princip6662 ай бұрын
Meanwhile Ukrainians are using civilian mini tractors with attached flatbeds made for pig transport.
@russiachinanorthkoreastatetv2 ай бұрын
😂 with Cope cages!
@bieber_and_dolik2 ай бұрын
This guy didn't hear of shovels.
@lovebaltazar46102 ай бұрын
at least they'll have motorized infantry!
@DuesenbergJ2 ай бұрын
The good old Pansarbandvagn 401 (Pbv 401). After the German reunification Sweden bought over a 1000 MT-LB and named them Armored tracked vehicle 401 (Pbv 401). They did good work but now almost all are gone. I know some civilians got some and I have seen some used as targets.
@kored86882 ай бұрын
Not even half of those made it to Sweden tho. Most of them were scrapped for spare parts right of the bat.
@herptek2 ай бұрын
Sweden sold their remaining ones to Finland, where there are still just under 400 of several types of them in total in use or storage.
@herptek2 ай бұрын
@@kored8688"Over a thousand" sounds just little bit inflated a number even if Sweden was on a post-cold war shopping spree. That being said, there was a huge amount of ex Warsaw pact military hardware on sale that the reunified Germany wanted to get rid of and sold for dirt cheap price. Most of the east German stuff was back then in pristine condition. As an interesting detail Finland decided to acquire almost as brand new 2S1 122mm self-propelled howitzers that are also based on an MT-LB chassis.
@target8442 ай бұрын
@@herptek The number you find online is 1016 MTLB and MTLB-based vehicles were purchased by Sweden of them 550 was renovated 460 as armored personnel carriers and 90 as recovery vehicles. If the 1016 vehicles 228 was 2S1 Gvozdika but all was scraped for spare parts in Germany.
@herptek2 ай бұрын
@@target844 I really don't know what you are trying to express. Finland instead of Sweden purchased the 2S1 systems from old East German stocks that I mentioned and currently has some 74 of them. Other MT-LB variants Finland operates number currently almost 400. Some of these were bought when Sweden sold its remaining ones to Finland. Others were of older legacy.
@ycplum70622 ай бұрын
The M113 is the American equivalent in its versatility. Like the M113, the MT-LB has variants for pretty much every mission. I got to drive one as OPFOR at the National Training Center. It is incredibly crude, but in a way that makes it incredibly easy to maintain. It has a manual transmissio, but no clutch. You simply slam it into gear. There really isn't much room. I was the shortest in my Platoon and the only one that could sit up straight without hitting my head on the top deck.
@SpookyDeryn2 ай бұрын
WTF, MT-LB does have a clutch, what it doesnt have is a synchro. So you have to rev match the engine and gearbox when you shift, it's smooth if you know what you are doing, or you can grind it into gear if you are in a hurry.
@Channel-23s2 ай бұрын
Both pretty damn old but the other being used way more then the other one both having lack of protection or high tech I get combat support for the M113 as it was phased out for the M2 as frontlines breeds changes
@davidlium93382 ай бұрын
No clutch?! WTF?!
@3komma1415926532 ай бұрын
M113 is good as battle taxi, at least it's better then ride to battle in a Toyota Hilux. But like you said, it only protects against small arms and light shrapnel.
@Pilvenuga2 ай бұрын
considering americans cant drive manuals, i wouldnt be surprised if they built an automatic transmission for it at the training grounds
@paulbeesley82832 ай бұрын
There are a lot of people blogging in this war but is most unusual that I encounter one who has something both interesting and informative to say. Thank you.
@pandaDotDragon2 ай бұрын
from "easy peasy 3 day operation" to "full power trench war depleting the strategic stocks"... what a time.
@sleepyjoe78432 ай бұрын
As far I know it was US military that predicted it? Weird logic and amateurish because even US military never captured anything in 3 days. Even in Georgian war which was 5 days, Russia never captured Tbilisi.
@StrangerHappened2 ай бұрын
3 day operation was Pentagon BS. RU has mentioned that. Also, the depletion is promised from 2022, but never happened
@yoschiannik84382 ай бұрын
@@sleepyjoe7843 I guss the hundereds if new clipsbif russian media talking about how great the pared in 3 days will be where just a halucination then?
@sleepyjoe78432 ай бұрын
@@yoschiannik8438 Actually It was US General Milley who said it then CNN and other western MSM spread it, not Russian MSM. In Russia yes there were individuals that said it also but they had nothing to do with government or military.
@aaronlol67032 ай бұрын
@@sleepyjoe7843Iraq was a cake walk lmao what are you talking about
@dgthe32 ай бұрын
Month 28 of 3 day Special Military Operation: replacements of MT-LB has noticeably decreased. Everything is going according to plan.
@haelww12 ай бұрын
We are at war with NATO. Also it isn't a war. And there will be repercussion if NATO show signs of involvement.
@S300V2 ай бұрын
Meanwhile the US is putting all Patriot missile exports on hold because they have to send them to Ukraine to stop the Russian cruise missiles that ran out two years ago...
@SVRSK2 ай бұрын
I get it's a joke but without getting into politics, nobody said it was gonna be 3 days, pretty sure it was a US general who said so
@KRDecade20092 ай бұрын
@@SVRSKthe Russians also said it was going to be 3 days
@esequieltrindade92442 ай бұрын
@@KRDecade2009yes, quoting the americans
@cnkyy2 ай бұрын
great content as usual, is it possible to have a outline map of russia in one of the corners and putting a dot on the map when addressing the individual bases? it would be interesting to see easily where these bases are located
@BenHere-qs6wj2 ай бұрын
@@cnkyy great idea I second this
@sjonnieplayfull58592 ай бұрын
Alternatively, we could Google the names of the bases he mentions. Maybe something like the oil refinery bingo card could be nice as well
@stalincat24572 ай бұрын
what's the benefit? Russian railroads can effectively transport them within russia's own borders fairly quickly.
@BoraHorzaGobuchul2 ай бұрын
In the mid-nineties when we went to a collective farm as schoolchildren (a sort of summer camp with field work weeding the cabbage fields thrown on top), an mtlb was used to ferry us across a ford :)
@Misaka_Complex2 ай бұрын
Also worth noting that Russia doesn't have anything to replace the MTLB. They only produce BMP-3s currently which is in very low numbers, roughly only a few hundred per year.
@hummerskickass2 ай бұрын
They definitely never expected to need to replace them anytime soon, they had enough in active service and storage that they could’ve kept them in service for another 50 years and probably would have.
@sergeyboychuck88722 ай бұрын
there is a lot of tracked models (and plants that produce them) in Russia. Google is your enemy. So, you have 3 possibilities - you are stupid (1), brainwashed (2), lied by MSM. Pick your choice.😁
@mapu12 ай бұрын
I mean they will use regular civilian trucks or tractors with cope cages, jammers and off road tires/chains. Not good, but better than attack scooters they are using now, so i don't think its as big of a deal as people think. Armor is nice and all, but if it doesn't do much against artillery strikes and mines that are the main threat, so you can just replace it with regular transport. And its not that hard to weld some armor on top of it.
@grimgrahamch.41572 ай бұрын
That's not true. They have golf carts and dirt bikes from AliExpress.
@ironwolfF12 ай бұрын
@@mapu1 Don't overlook it's cross-country mobility...in many places, 'roads' are a suggestion, _not_ reality. (...especially when _everything_ without hard pavement turns into a muddy mess...)
@hannesbaum93182 ай бұрын
With the unusual order seen in the 6018th it probably was the base keeping their tanks in the best shape, so that might be a reason why its so empty rn
@lexslate24762 ай бұрын
That would be my guess. They'd have pulled the ones they could get into usable condition fastest first.
@Gulitize2 ай бұрын
isn't it also in central Russia where much of the military industry is located?
@vasilijevukadinovic68432 ай бұрын
@@Gulitizecome on man don't tell these guys that there are basically city's that are factories like uralgavonzavod aka biggest tank factory. Or that 20% of Russian manufacturing happens in these military factories like rostec. It's not like u can look on Google maps at how huge the places are. It's not like these factories employee over 3+ million people. Shhh CNN told me they only make 20 tanks a month. We will go with that. Why are people so lost😢
@gae_wead_dad_69142 ай бұрын
@@vasilijevukadinovic6843 I'm sure they're so flush with tanks that it's the reason they're using T-54's currently The cope is unreal
@vasilijevukadinovic68432 ай бұрын
@gae_wead_dad_6914 wow u are so smart these city factories are probably all just empty. That's probably why for 3yrs they keep saying russia will collapse. Genius. Ohh and with the t50 I watch a lot of videos a day. It is not the tank I see in them everyday. But even if it was this video we just watched about mtlb's. Do u think the mtlb is better in the conflict then a t50. If u were in a trench and a t50 was coming. We know what u would be thinking. A tank with a big gun is just that. Something every solider will tell u that it's the last vehicle they want to see assaulting there trench. But u can continue with your mindless group think. It's done wonders for the Ukrainians so far
@zachrywd2 ай бұрын
Bring on the Tactical Chinese Golf Carts!
@cdgncgn2 ай бұрын
you do understand this is CIA cope right ?
@SVRSK2 ай бұрын
at least be original I already saw a dozen other comments talk about ''golf carts'' lol
@sjs9698Ай бұрын
@@cdgncgn suuuure, just bc the kremlin posts utter bullshit on a daily basis, that means everyone else does that too.
@wafflesaurus_supreme2 ай бұрын
It belongs in a museum.
@LordChlCha2 ай бұрын
mr. Indiana Jones!
@baahcusegamer45302 ай бұрын
In a scrapyard ;)
@sguploads96012 ай бұрын
its supply vehicle - it works - why not to use it?
@Dan-lq6dg2 ай бұрын
It’d be okay if we just ended social security and used all that money to purchase every MTLB from Russia-and maintained them all at a museum in Utah open to the public
@warholhille15182 ай бұрын
Nah it’s an okay vehicle the Russian equivalent to the M113 and honestly every country needs an armored box that can be turned into whatever you need it to be
@cherrypoptart20012 ай бұрын
fun fact, MT-LBs are some of the most desired armored vehicles by BOTH ukraine and russia. They're known for being reliable, easy to drive, fast, requiring little maintainence, rarely get stuck in bad terrain and they're a very versatile platform, they can do anything from transporting troops and supplies, to mounting various types of weapons, mine plows, anti air defense , med evac.
@kameronjones71392 ай бұрын
The main down side is that when they get hit they often get destroyed so badly people have trouble visually confirming it's loss
@NJ-wb1cz2 ай бұрын
@@kameronjones7139 it's a civilian all terrain multi purpose vehicle, what do you expect?..
@jeffbenton61832 ай бұрын
@@NJ-wb1czIt certainly wasn't designed as such. It has armor for a reason; although the armor is really only good for stopping small-arms fire and shell fragments.
@therealmccoy72212 ай бұрын
In the era of drones, you can delete the "armoured" part from the "armoured vehicle MT-LB". Its armour is useless against even small FPV's. Certainly not something Ukraine desires.
@NJ-wb1cz2 ай бұрын
@@jeffbenton6183 by that logic you can call Cybertruck an "armored vehicle". MTLB is a general purpose tracked vehicle, used for absolutely everything including recreationally, anyone can buy it and it's produced commercially by multiple factories
@rajaydon18932 ай бұрын
The mtlb is so overlooked even though its such a major work horse that gets practically no love
@full-timepog68442 ай бұрын
For whatever reason, we forget about the important/necessary things.
@PandoraBox662 ай бұрын
Shoutout to Convertcabal, Highmarsed and the Oryx team for doing their best these couple of years.
@Statueshop2972 ай бұрын
If this is what civilians can manage imagine what the governments of some countries know. Perhaps the loss numbers put out are real.
@ashamahee2 ай бұрын
@@Statueshop297 did you see the video of the Russian airborne lieutenant? he claims that the losses are 200% larger than reported, if that is only for his unit or across the board is not known but jfc if that is true and is general, the amount of dead and wounded will be mind boggling once the war is over and the real numbers come out.
@AsgardVenture2 ай бұрын
@@ashamaheewhere can I find that?
@ashamahee2 ай бұрын
@@AsgardVenture its a short clip that has been covered on many different channels, I dont know where to find the original as I guess its on telegram and I dont use that. Combat veteran which is heavily pro ukraine biased covered it and several others but I do think that they linked to the original in their videos.
@Statueshop2972 ай бұрын
@@ashamahee yes. I’ve seen quite a few of soldiers, commanders basically broken saying they units are gone. One said out of 450 people he had 13 left after 3 weeks.
@TheLoyalOfficer2 ай бұрын
This is what happens when you use APCs as IFVs. A solid vehicle, when used properly, which is the "battle taxi" model.
@nobodyherepal32922 ай бұрын
No, this is what happens when you use an outdated clunker in frontal attacks and meatwaves…
@TheLoyalOfficer2 ай бұрын
@@nobodyherepal3292 The MT-LB is a fine vehicle. It's just not being used in the way it was designed.
@nobodyherepal32922 ай бұрын
@@TheLoyalOfficer no, it’s a very bad vehicle. It’s an outdated “artillery tractor” that’s constantly pressed into a APC role because somehow the Russian are running out if BMPs….
@TheLoyalOfficer2 ай бұрын
@@nobodyherepal3292 Yeah that's what I wrote above. It is an APC. It's a fine APC - the problem is it's being used as an *IFV*. Do you know the difference?
@esbenm65442 ай бұрын
@@nobodyherepal3292 false
@flakcannonhans61702 ай бұрын
"been in service for more than half a century" is something you can say about a lot of Russian frontline vehicles.
@nickcharles12842 ай бұрын
F-16 was introduced in 1976.
@neferpoyaz40372 ай бұрын
@@nickcharles1284 it was upgraded since, it is still getting upgrades, however these MT-LB's were just sitting in open like lots of other russian vehicles
@n0kla2 ай бұрын
@@neferpoyaz4037M113 is still used by US and that shitbox is 70 years old. Too, collecting dust and being replaced by more modern vehicles
@nickcharles12842 ай бұрын
@@neferpoyaz4037 That does not alter the relevance of my answer.
@flakcannonhans61702 ай бұрын
@@nickcharles1284 I know America still uses some things that are 50+ years old but it’s just a lot more prevalent in the Russian army. Like the most common Russian tanks at the frontline are t-54/55s, t-62s, t-64s, and t-72s, all of which are based of designed 50+ years old. A lot of the APCs and IFVs are also 50+ years old and some of their jets too.
@jekker10002 ай бұрын
I mean, seeing russians resorting to golfcarts and old motorbikes tells you everything you need to know about the shortage of troop transports
@quinnard97502 ай бұрын
Ukrops r doin the same. they had thousands upon thousands of these vehicles, where did they all go? You do the math.
@rudolfthecat11762 ай бұрын
@@quinnard9750 sure the Ukrainians are low on infantry carriers, but I haven't seen them commit frontal assaults with motorcycles and golf carts.
@Uberlei_2 ай бұрын
@@rudolfthecat1176 It's not a movie. When you see the Americans go up against a modern army with drones you'll see a lot of motorbikes and other smaller, cheaper and faster modes of transport. You do realise the US Marines use motorbikes right? Is the US running out of troop transports?
@hedgehog31802 ай бұрын
@@Uberlei_ Do you think this word salad is convincing to anyone?
@Uberlei_2 ай бұрын
@@hedgehog3180 It's simple sentences and simple logic, I doubt anyone else would be confused.
@drfill92102 ай бұрын
Are you saying they are... MT? hours no one got in before me
@grobbs6662 ай бұрын
We had a bank locally called M&T. I'd make that joke all the time to people... "why would I want to go to an empty bank?" No one ever got my joke, so I get your pain lol. I still keep making the joke anyway
@drfill92102 ай бұрын
@@grobbs666 United in lameness...
@toyocolla2 ай бұрын
nice one
@aaronwilkinson89632 ай бұрын
Ironically they were made at Kharkov in Ukraine
@Vhalikuporamee4472 ай бұрын
Kharkiv was the source of a great deal of Soviet military equipment. Quite impressive, really.
@aaronwilkinson89632 ай бұрын
@Vhalikuporamee447 Yes the T34 was first produced there and the T64. Any vehicle that has road wheels like dustbin lids 🗑 where made there
@davidty20062 ай бұрын
and the Kraz 255 uses the same engine supposedly.
@jettrd_utilitychnl42302 ай бұрын
they were made in a different places all around the soviet union and are in production to this day in russia by at least four companies.
@sjonnieplayfull58592 ай бұрын
@@jettrd_utilitychnl4230at a rate of ten thousand per hour
@antonnjames46262 ай бұрын
With how vulnerable MTLBs are to everything from heavy machine guns to drones, mortars, ATGMs and artillery shell splinters, it’s probably no surprise that the open source count of knocked out MTLBs is lower than what is realistic. Also, given the age of many systems, it’s likely that many stored units have been stripped for parts to make other slightly less rusted MTLBs run and not spontaneously disassemble at the first sign of a bump. Hence the apparently much greater decline in stored units vs those recorded as blown up by men wearing VR goggles sitting in a damp hole playing World of Tanks on their off hours. What a world.
@the7observer2 ай бұрын
not a surprise considering it was being used as a frontline vehicle (which is not supposed to be used this way) plus how cheap kamikaze drones are and how much damage they can do to such very light vehicle
@heart0fthedrag0n2 ай бұрын
A few years ago while hiking in the mountains in Bulgaria, I stopped at a remote village high in the mountains where only a single elderly couple lived full time. They had an MTLB parked in front of their house. The road leading to their house was very steep and not maintained in winter, so they used it to go to the nearest town to buy groceries every week when the snows came. The machine was in pretty good condition, it was obvious they maintained it pretty well. The grandpa said he was an army mechanic so he made a lot of the repairs himself with the help of a machine shop in the town nearby. I don't know how they got enough fuel for it tho, these things guzzle diesel like nothing.
@MikhailTeplensky2 ай бұрын
oil from romania
@torg12 ай бұрын
When you use the MT-LB for everything, it’s going to go extinct
@cdgncgn2 ай бұрын
Wel,, do you think this channel is not intent in misleading you ? Or they cope hard that US has nothing to give, so lets project it on RF ? US L-ost the war.
@mirv6952 ай бұрын
Just as they did in the 1950’s, battle taxis have a role to play in near pear conflict. The M113 is still used for numerous roles in the US Military. Roles that are less glamorous than IFV’s and Tanks, but no less important.
@robertsolomielke51342 ай бұрын
Yes. The M 113 chassis is used as a logging skidder, or tractor in coastal BC where it can be steep, with still large trees to move. They go by FMC 's , and have metal mesh cab, with skidding arch in back, dozer blade up front. They are known to pull as much as a Madill yarder. * Oh yeah, the Madill is built on a late model Sherman tank hull...E8 ?
@puenoune9316Ай бұрын
Near Pear 🤣🤪
@robertpatrick33502 ай бұрын
In conclusion Russia has wasted the irreplaceable stockpile of produced by the no longer existent industrial capacity of the USSR & Warsaw Pact. Even if Russia holds any Ukrainian territory at the end of this war it will be significantly diminished as a military and economic power.
@piotrd.48502 ай бұрын
What will be diminished, is Russian abilitity to fight prolonged war. It can be argued that they will end up with army better trained and equipped than before the war, just with regular europan level 'staying power' as in none whatsoever.
@hedgehog31802 ай бұрын
@@piotrd.4850 How can it be argued that the army will be better trained, that's like saying the US came out of Vietnam stronger than it entered it. And better equipped is clearly false, Russia has lost most of it's modern equipment at this point and lots of valuable behind the front lines equipment.
@TonyBustaroni2 ай бұрын
If the war ends in Russia's favor, it would be pretty easy for Russia to refurbish its army into a modern fighting force 1: They'll have Eastern Ukrainian industry and resources 2: Their war economy is already in full swing Russia already produces around 100 T-90Ms a year and 400 BMP-3s In 5 years that's 500 modern tanks and 2000 modern IFVs which already dwarfs most European armies
@Nnn_Lofi2 ай бұрын
@@hedgehog3180Russia has the capability to produce modern equipment but doesn’t have the time. What is lost is going to be replaced after the war is over. If Russia was incapable of innovation Ukraine would have won long ago
@LoboalphaMASTER2 ай бұрын
@@hedgehog3180 *" that's like saying the US came out of Vietnam stronger than it entered it."* I would say it did, the experience in Vietnam led to a lot of doctrinal changes, as well as new technologies and tactics beign implemented which really did paid themselves off years later in the air war against Iraq. Also, a lot of anti-insurgency tactics and equipment, like the AC-130 owe their existance to the Vietnam War, as they replaced the AC-47. As for what he said about them ending up better equipped, that has to do with the fact that the Russians are having to pour resources into expanding production lines, paying attention to points of failure in tactics and equipment based on where and how they failed, as well as testing new stuff in the battlefield. By the end of the war, they will have extra production lines already working (compared to what they had prior to the war), which will cut down the production cost per-unit, which will allow them to replace at least part of the stocks they had previously, not to the same extent to what they had of their "Soviet legacy equipment", since that was basically the accumulation of decades worth of different vehicles and variants of them, that will take decades to accumulate, but still likely going to be in significant numbers, and it the lower production cost might allow them to export some of these vehicles to some other countries, allowing them to recuperate some cash. That's what i think @piotrd.4850 meant.
@wormcatman86522 ай бұрын
Damn. Rip my favorite transport from warno
@jfair10062 ай бұрын
So true, my mortar team will weep
@michaelwang34802 ай бұрын
Truly a sad end.
@vojtechpribyl73862 ай бұрын
Did they really put Kontakt 1 bricks on the MT-LB side in the last image? No wonder they are fading away fast.
@TheNotoriousT2 ай бұрын
They even added ERAs to trucks at some point :D
@vojtechpribyl73862 ай бұрын
@@TheNotoriousT Yeah, I know. They really have a major deathwish.
@hedgehog31802 ай бұрын
I guess this is like how I always have full ammo in War Thunder because I prefer just dying instantly rather than sitting around getting shot at for a minute.
@stephenbachman1322 ай бұрын
I do appreciate the hard work you put into your videos. It paints a more accurate description of the war
@rivopoiss12 ай бұрын
Shoutout to Convertcabal, Highmarsed, Jompy and the Oryx team for doing great work.
@DropB2 ай бұрын
I remember this from the Finnish Army. It was called "Ällitälli". Which maybe roughly translates as "Helter Skelter".
@robert61062 ай бұрын
I always remember MT-LB as Mini Turret- Long Back
@puenoune9316Ай бұрын
LOL 🤣🤪
@joeydesobry85212 ай бұрын
Could you do a video displaying a thouroughly detailed map of all of the bases across the Russian Federation used for all of these varied vehicle assets? It would be fascinating to see the raw data you discuss layered on top of the geography of how all of this equipment is stored and shipped across Russia. I really appreciate the effort you put into your work
@Shinji_19432 ай бұрын
There will still be MT LBs floating around in 3025 😂
@kiereluurs12432 ай бұрын
Simply compare the removed vehicles to those confirmed to be blown up on the battlefield. Could just be by category, like tanks, armoured carriers, cannons, ... That gives an indication of what is going on.
@greybuckleton2 ай бұрын
Who would have thought, that the humble war tractor MTLB was the most in demand vehicle in Russia.
@DalerMehndiDeekSheik2 ай бұрын
Thanks so much for doing these videos and getting the satellite photos!
@egon-meyer2 ай бұрын
Die Panzerung dieser Fahrzeuge ist bestenfalls Dosenblech. Da geht jedes schwere Maschinengewehr und erst recht die Bushmaster der Bradleys und die 20mm der Marder durch. Und das aus allen Richtungen. Nicht umsonst sitzen die Infantristen gerne auf dem Fahrzeug. Da kann man schneller weglaufen wenn es ernst wird.
@jehandesains86742 ай бұрын
Nice to see the update on the MT-LB and to see their stockpiles are about to be empty of them. Unfortunately it's a bit hard to compare to your previous data on BMPs and total armoured vehicles you posted in October 2023, where you stated about 8900 total vehicles left, of which about 3600 BMPs. If we look at total armoured vehicles (BMPs, BRDMs, MTLBs, BTRs, etc) left in storage, what would an accurate estimate be? Fewer than 5000? Fewer than 4000?
@ZeroKelvin0K2 ай бұрын
It is simple: They are towing all the towed artillery that has been pulled from storage during the past year, hence a lot of them won't be on the frontline.
@adrianlang65502 ай бұрын
Yes but a lot of that towed artillery has now also been destroyed or worn out. Some is from the 1950’s so will not be in the best of order.
@davidty20062 ай бұрын
thats artillery that isn't towed about by truck.... Though as seen alot have been sent to frontline ontop of quite a few ended up with towed guns slapped ontop.
@smokeypuppy4172 ай бұрын
MTLB's/ M113's are a relic of the past. Was a 19k tanker, 2nd bde 1st armored divsion was at NTC August 2017, there was a whole formation of dead/ in op/ broken m113's that were combat dropped then towed by a m88. Im sure 50-75% of the brigades m113's were deadlined at the time. No 1SG's had operational ones, remainder for medics/ mortars/ xo command vehicles. Hell our humvee fleet was a joke too. In fact or brigade had a such a poor reputation for having broken tanks/ bradleys. I cant imagine having gone into was with our brigades vehicle fleet. We took it all to Kuwait in 2017. Fun times.!
@oldphart-zc3jz7 күн бұрын
That's a leadership failure since all the parts are available including from allies like Turkey which has quite a business modding M113 FOV. Coming from the USAF world what I see from the Army is often strange. AF units even brief ground support vehicles at daily maintenance meetings and if it's not running there had better be good reason. Poor readiness and lack of a thoroughly managed cannibalization program to buffer Supply (cann management is vital to any vehicle fleet readiness) without stripping donors beyond economic repair is impressively lame.
@kalkuttadrop63712 ай бұрын
Day 256 of asking for a count of old pre T-54 russian hardware in deep storage, living museums, and Belarus. Stuff like the T-44, IS-8/T-10, T-34, T-26, IS-3. Tank Destroyers, KVs, and functional prototypes like the Object 279 Atomic Tank they got up and running
@tokul762 ай бұрын
Museum or WW2 monument does not count as storage.
@spejic12 ай бұрын
I agree it would be fun, but given that the count of T-54/55 is far far less than the count of T-62, I'm pretty sure all those were mostly scrapped to build new weapons and there's just a handful left. For example, we know Russia imported T-34 from Laos a few years ago for ceremonial purposes, so clearly they don't have any of their own left if that happened.
@andrewstickley66812 ай бұрын
@@spejic1Yeah all of the T-34s that hadn’t been exported were scrapped during the 80s (some were being given to Afghanistan into the mid-80s). IS/T-10 and ISU-152 were withdrawn from the DDR in the late 70s, retired from category 3 divisions throughout the 1980s and officially removed from Russian inventory in 1994. These were scrapped or expended as targets to comply with force limitation treaties. Russia actually did have quite a few T-34s in operational condition for parades, but the Laos acquisition (Czech made T-34s) allowed them to have an entire battalion worth of well maintained, fully operational tanks + spare parts.
@robertsolomielke51342 ай бұрын
@@spejic1 TY. Do they make an APC in T-54/55 ? Seems a logical idea.
@spejic12 ай бұрын
@@robertsolomielke5134 They already do, in a sense. That is what a "turtle tank" is. Put some kind of shed on a tank and put troops in there.
@lukasshaw72512 ай бұрын
That’s very sad. I am a tank, and Susie asked in this vehicle when I first found out about it was very interesting to me and didn’t know what the rules are slowly disappearing. It’s sad.
@vissler2 ай бұрын
I'll play devil's advocate: maybe the lesser storage numbers are due to mobilization/usage of temporary storage areas? Movement of units closer and closer, etc
@Eddie_Munster2 ай бұрын
That’s pretty much what he said
@vissler2 ай бұрын
@@Eddie_Munster I meant moreso the construction of newer supply depots that haven't been pinged by the satellites yet
@hummerskickass2 ай бұрын
I would imagine all of the ones that were immediately operational were already sent to the front and the remainders will be eventually sent to depots as they sort out which ones are worth the investment of getting operational again.
@minhhungnguyen78672 ай бұрын
If that's the case, it'd have to be close to the Ukrainian border, otherwise it wouldn't make sense to construct new one as a rally ground. But being close to the border would attract attention of many people, which make the assumption of some secret base highly unlikely. @@vissler
@Etaoinshrdlu692 ай бұрын
They've been expanding their military and sending everything they have to the front. It takes time to ramp that up...and they've been ramping it up since they've lost so much.
@wouldntyouliketoknow98912 ай бұрын
Not every MTLB removed from storage ends up in Ukraine. Many of the beyond repair ones were probably pulled out, scrapped, and parts used to service other MTLBs.
@JeffBilkins2 ай бұрын
I always liked this as a workhorse vehicle; squat and strong with the mini turret. Even if it isn't very good it tries really hard.
@puenoune9316Ай бұрын
maximum effort !
@zaco-km3su2 ай бұрын
The MT-LB has been produced by other countries. There will be some MT-LBs left but they will be in museums. It won't disappear. The MT-LBu is meant to transport people. Not necessarily a command variant although it was used as a basis for many systems. The MT-LBu was built in Ukraine.
@luiszuniga28592 ай бұрын
One minute of silence for the MT-LB meme
@jeffreym.keilen10952 ай бұрын
When I was stationed at the Planet aka Ft.Irwin,Cali in the mid '80's, FMIG had about 3 dozen or so "meatballs" that they would roll out during OPFOR training rotations. I tried to get picked up by that organisation as a driver of one,but I was told only 19 Deltas (Cav. Scouts) were accepted. No 19 Echos (tankers). Thought a latteral, stick shift, oil cooled V8 would have been cool to operate.
@UncleJoeLITE2 ай бұрын
Running out of basic battle taxis will be interesting if it happens. Thanks from AU CC.
@obsidianjane44132 ай бұрын
Still lots of Lada...s
@MrFusselig2 ай бұрын
3:55 those that looks like trucks are BTR's not MTLBs, so the chance to confuse them is even lower.
@simon__44892 ай бұрын
From Australia 🇦🇺. Love your work 👏
@zepter002 ай бұрын
These vehicles were produced in Poland also. Few thousends produced. Few hundred still in use in many diffrent versions.
@AWMJoeyjoejoe2 ай бұрын
Oh no! What will they weld their ancient naval cannons onto now?
@saumyacow44352 ай бұрын
CC, given the importance of your work, could you run a fundraiser to get more frequent updates for imagery? I'd contribute.
@jpjp9262 ай бұрын
So if i'm piecing this together right... 3000 in stoarge to begin with, 1200 known combat losses, (+ an unknown number of combat losses) Approx 2000 pulled from storage Approx 800 left in storage Assuming every unit pulled is deployable (a big if) then, on the face of it, (discounting maintenence issues, etc) Russian military should be in the process of reconstituting thier losses and maybe even be up about 800 units. What's the average turnaround to pull it, assess it, fix it, and get it into action, i wonder. Are they piecemeal getting them out or creating reserves for a large push?
@sergeyboychuck88722 ай бұрын
creating reserves for war with NATO. Since 2022 Russian Army tripled their size.
@kienngo46012 ай бұрын
I was curious of how many were manufactured and spent some time to google it. And i accidentally found the service and loss number on wikipedia. Guess what? Ukraine has 2000 of those.😂 And their loss is said to be around 100. Yeh, this is totally reliable source, just look at how Ukraine rarely have those on the front line. Reliable, isnt it?
@juhanikuronen69442 ай бұрын
Roughly 2500 pulled from storage. Less than 500 left based on the imagery used in this count. Already fewer in reality. By early 2025 all storages are gone. And by summer 2025 I'm sure also the queues in repair shops are done after which every lost piece needs to be replaced with something else. In fact that is probably going to happen already during the spring because Russia cannot supply these to the front the same speed they are losing them now. At the same time Russia is running out of BMP-2 and most BMP-1 in storage are broken so takes quite a while to refurbish them to combat use and due to cannibalization it possible takes 2 to make one.
@sjonnieplayfull58592 ай бұрын
@@kienngo4601so Ukraine rarely having them on the frontline is evidence they have only few left??? What if its the other way around and it's the reason they lost so little of them, because they DON'T use them at places that bring risk of losing them...
@kienngo46012 ай бұрын
@@sjonnieplayfull5859 so u suggesting they r letting their infantry unprotected? Whats the point of having a weapon but not using it? Sounds like they prefer preserving material over men, as ur cmt suggests. Isnt it?
@Joe-ri3nf2 ай бұрын
Great video with a lot of factual information you can't really argue with, subbed.
@TheLordir2 ай бұрын
Small side theory but maybe a lot of these equipment are being moved into better storage spaces or refurbrishment. A lot of new space has probably opened, and we can see how good a lot of equipment had stood in the elements..
@sjonnieplayfull58592 ай бұрын
Why put them in storage when they will be needed in 1.5 years max anyway? They were out in the open for decades, one more years won't do much extra damage. At least 1200 were on Oryx
@simonb69822 ай бұрын
They would show up in other places. Not a whole lot of garages available to conceal
@hedgehog31802 ай бұрын
Why would you bother moving equipment that has been stood outside for decades into better storage now? Especially when it's equipment that you're actively using in the war you're currently in. That's quite literally the equivilant of rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.
@TheLordir2 ай бұрын
There's quite a few comments here so I'll just answer them all at the same time. Since a lot of this equipment has been in deep storage, (decades..) they have very little idea how well it works. Not only will it decay but there's a chance the vehicle has been gutted for parts to sell on the black market. They without a doubt have to inspect and refurbish most of this equipment in a workshop, so it would make sense to have their end destination be somewhere they won't break down again. A lot of garage space has opened up too, considering that russia has used a lot of its modern vehicles that would have required extra maintenance. I suppose another idea is that they have been actively concealing their depots from satellite imagery too. Russia wants to move their equipment near ukraine for quick deployment, so it would need to be hidden in order to avoid Ukranian air strikes.
@xenocide22102 ай бұрын
Thank you for your effort! We appreciate it a lot
@donwyoming19362 ай бұрын
The armor is so thin that a 50 Cal can punch right through it. Even 40mm grenades can penetrate it. You fire 3 shots from an AK or AR into one area, and you'll penetrate it. AT-4s, LAW rockets & RPGs can open them like a tin can. No wonder they are gettling whalloped on the battlefield
@namelastname95782 ай бұрын
They were never designed for the kind of usage Russia has been putting them through...
@craigplatel8132 ай бұрын
40mm HEDP can penetrate a lot more than mt-lb's they were designed to penetrate bmp's.
@@matthewjones39 it's not useless. It was designed to tow arty and protect it's crew from shrapnel. It was never designed for frontline assaults. If used for more mundane ops like resupply, med evac, moving troops around in the rear, it's a useful vehicle.
@tottorookokkoroo53182 ай бұрын
What a stupid comment.
@johnjacob39762 ай бұрын
Thinking about the time a few years back when the sponsor of an episode @CovertCabal chose was an adult store selling adults toys. Miss those days.
@Aximili552 ай бұрын
New video! Keep up the good work!
@brianrusher36172 ай бұрын
The Russian MTLB was replaced by the MLBSh, also a light armored tractor, in 2017. MLBSh has a .50 cal. (NSVT), a little more powerful diesel engine, slightly thicker armor but otherwise pretty similar to the MTLB. They seem to guard numbers of these pretty seriously.
@rick74242 ай бұрын
Probably because that number is not nearly as high as they want it to be. Otherwise they would brag about it
@esbenm65442 ай бұрын
Not replaced. It's just a modernized MT-LB.
@LegaliseFinland2 ай бұрын
I just realised how good of an investment old soviet armoured vehicles would be
@tottorookokkoroo53182 ай бұрын
These were sold for like 20k each before the war.
@charlieyes49462 ай бұрын
BDRM is one of my dream vehicles…
@murphy78012 ай бұрын
USSR centralised economy and mass production is interesting
@TheShadowOfZama2 ай бұрын
@@murphy7801 Not really it was basically just the following; sell oil and gas for most of your profits, use those profits to subsidize jobs in unprofitable sectors because the rest of your system was very inefficient and corrupt. Then try and use those ineffeciently produced products to increase your international sway be it through trade or by trying to destabilize 'unfriendly' regimes. The basic idea was not particularly complex and most of the system was extremely bad, because it had neither the need nor the will to be good. The only reason it's looked upon favourably by mostly older Russians is because the current situation in Russia is on the verge of getting worse than the 90's in Russia.
@puenoune9316Ай бұрын
Yeah you could buy a running T-72 in Poland for about 50 K USD$ Imagine now LOL
2 ай бұрын
Thanks for the work you guys are doning
@rowanyuh63262 ай бұрын
Stelas-10 are based on MT-LB
@davidty20062 ай бұрын
Theres also an ATGM carrier one.
@martinsmith90542 ай бұрын
In a high intensity industrial war both high and low tech vehicles are needed. A simple tracked metal box has many uses. If they run out of them they will probably need to make something similar. Or try and use armored all wheel drive trucks instead.
@keithgraham95472 ай бұрын
I've been watching the numbers since the start of this war, and best I can tell, Western estimates of Russian losses are mostly low. Official estimates WAY low. My guess is, if things continue at what has become pretty consistent rates, Russia is going to be out of about everything by the Feb 2025 anniversary. You can't send 100% of everything to the theater. I think they are already way into the normal "safety stock" levels. I think Putin went to North Korea to make a deal for equipment AND soldiers.
@bluedistortions2 ай бұрын
Well, it's been confirmed Putin is going to Africa to recruit mercs, and forcing all African nationals in Russia to join the military or be deported. To turn to Africa for help means he's desperate and definitely pleading with anyone who will listen.
@MikhailTeplensky2 ай бұрын
why would russia need north koreas low quality troops?Russia brings in 30,000 troops a month
@ivanrivera7772 ай бұрын
When poland started moving troops to the border, Russia gave Bielorrusia 800 MT-LBs and they are modernizing more than 1k to the 6MA variant that uses the same 30mm turret that the BTR-80A.
@claw6192 ай бұрын
Always appreciate a new video from you!
@jimpollard93922 ай бұрын
If I'm not mistaken, the MT-LB chassis was the basis for the PT-76 amphibious light reconnaissance tank. A mainstay in the cold war, I don't think they've been used much at all in this go-round in Ukraine.
@obsidianjane44132 ай бұрын
Russia no longer operates the PT-76. They have a few derivative types with modern weapons. Its role is supposed to be filled by the 2S25 "Sprut". But its usually just BMPs.
@esbenm65442 ай бұрын
You are mistaken. It uses a BTR-50 chassis. But technically it is the other way around.
@jimpollard93922 ай бұрын
@@esbenm6544 Well, thanks for the correction. MT-LB derives more from the PT-76.
@sjonnieplayfull58592 ай бұрын
@@obsidianjane4413Russia no longer operates the T-55 either but that did not keep them from the frontlines either..
@setildes2 ай бұрын
Great report, Thank you, I really enjoy your updates.
@frasersgrove48382 ай бұрын
I want an MT-LB for ice fishing on Lake Winnipeg, once the ice is thick enough you can go anywhere…
@Namdor20122 ай бұрын
The Human biscuit tin, pretty much an Ivan accumulation coffin on tracks.....
@adileturaimov59522 ай бұрын
Exactly like M113, lol
@ArKritz842 ай бұрын
@@adileturaimov5952 if you like, but the M113 isn't being used as a weapons platform in this -war- Velcro sneakers military operation.
@Сталкер-ь2х2 ай бұрын
@@adileturaimov5952 with different doctrine though originally mtlb wasnt meant to face any direct engagements and is bulletproof just for the sake of withstanding any stray bullets/shrapnel
@ashamahee2 ай бұрын
@@adileturaimov5952 yeah they are both outdated and shouldnt be put on the front, but on the other side its better than walking.
@quinnard97502 ай бұрын
Western children treating war like its some sort of game will never get old
@gween_val25512 ай бұрын
about the oryx page dont they only post visually confirmed losses (ones in videos and pictures) cuz u can look at each one the post with an attached image
@danielmlinar48922 ай бұрын
And if you look at them it confirmes that Oryx is a pile of bs with 3 pixels for the 95% of tgeir so called evidence😂😂😂
@gween_val25512 ай бұрын
@@danielmlinar4892 cope harder 95% of them are high quality and clearly what they say it is just click on more then 5 but I know u want to stay in your deluded world so you will most likely not
@ivanlagrossemoule2 ай бұрын
@@danielmlinar4892 That's some juicy cope.
@hedgehog31802 ай бұрын
@@danielmlinar4892 can you show us these images? Because whenever I've looked at Oryx images they've usually been quite clear.
@waynesworldofsci-tech2 ай бұрын
That’s really interesting.
@jackshiels62822 ай бұрын
Great videos keep it up ! Question: do you have rough estimates or numbers on whatever vehicles are being used domestically in Russia? for instance during the Wagner incident Both sides had alot of mobility and fire support. Thanks
@adcaptandumvulgus42522 ай бұрын
Glad tank museums have them on display then.
@ausaskar2 ай бұрын
Parola has one you're allowed to crawl around inside, it's awesome lol.
@adrianlang65502 ай бұрын
An excellent update. Thank you for your important work,
@Mestari1Gaming2 ай бұрын
We got plenty of MT-LBs here in Finland and we ain't giving them back to Putin's Soyviet Disunion. 😎
@wesleyy25022 ай бұрын
Cant wait for the arty count video
@saumyacow44352 ай бұрын
Agreed. Given Russia is losing an average 1,500 artillery per month I think is important to keep a close eye on this. 18,000 lost by September. 20,000 lost by November. Russia may run out before winter so this needs a frequent follow up.
@wesleyy25022 ай бұрын
@@saumyacow4435 they ain't making enough barrels to keep up either.
@hereisaname85672 ай бұрын
@@saumyacow4435 1500? Sounds abit high to me
@andresmartinezramos75132 ай бұрын
@@hereisaname8567Perhaps if you count all mortars regardless of size? It does spund too high
@oogie4932 ай бұрын
@@hereisaname8567 Because it's BS lol
@user-gs6bc4kz2x2 ай бұрын
They can still run in golf carts if they run out of MTLBs. The interesting question is what happens if they run out of artillery?
@sjonnieplayfull58592 ай бұрын
Golf carts can't pull damaged tanks back for repairs or tow artillery
@puenoune9316Ай бұрын
If Russia runs out of artillery, its over lol. Their whole situation only sticks because of that at the moment. Its their sole advantage on the battlefield.
@imwatchingthisvideo70232 ай бұрын
If this keeps up, maybe Russia will bring back horse cavalry.
@roo722 ай бұрын
They can't. They don't have any horses
@James--Parker2 ай бұрын
They're using motorcycles and civilian cars for many of their new units instead of armored viechles.
@silvestrenet2 ай бұрын
Covel Cabalt a CIA propaganda KZbin Channel
@turningpoint42382 ай бұрын
Eat well today or ride a horse to your death tomorrow? Don't think they'd make it near the front line.
@fredthefish5812 ай бұрын
@@silvestrenet The best propaganda is when you just tell the straight up truth
@HolyReality2 ай бұрын
These shorter videos are bittersweet! I want longer videos from you, but the mounting russian losses simply don't allow for it! Oh well, I guess I'll have to settle 😂
@joakimcarlberg58262 ай бұрын
Man, the bots are fast!
@Greycat20172 ай бұрын
wdym
@RCx442 ай бұрын
@@Greycat2017 everyone who isnt a nafo r word is a "bot"
@HMG21192 ай бұрын
@@RCx44 too many 🤡 on both sides
@peterpanini962 ай бұрын
44 % of ykranians wants peace with Russia no matter the costs... america has spooken...
@BenHere-qs6wj2 ай бұрын
@@RCx44 proving his point right away
@avus-kw2f2132 ай бұрын
6:11 interesting . amphibious capability isn’t just for crossing rivers
@robertcesar97522 ай бұрын
hey, can you do Ukrainian T-64 reserves and remaining tanks?
@hedgehog31802 ай бұрын
Perun did take a look at that in his latest video.
@drfill92102 ай бұрын
That satellite imagery you purchase. Is it multi? Spectral, or do you just get rgb.
@AscotTradingGroup2 ай бұрын
A few things about the Russian economy that are largely ignored: 1. Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia have stopped buying Russian electricity. 2. Gazprom (the Russian state energy supplier) went bankrupt 3 months ago and needed to be bailed out by the Russian government. 3. Ukraine has continually been targeting Russian oil infrastructure since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022. Russia has described some oil refineries as "total losses" with "irreparable damage." 4. Russia has made its oil output a state secret, so that economists can't work out its true GDP with any accuracy. 5. 45 European nations have agreed to tackle Russia's "shadow fleet" (used to skirt around sanctions) of old uninsured, unregistered and questionably seaworthy oil tankers, with a proposal currently sitting on the desk of the White House. 6. Russian civilians in the Krasnodar region are currently protesting at electricity rationing, electricity blackouts and a lack of clean water, with many arrests taking place. The atmosphere on the streets is described by locals, as "like an unstable artillery shell, ready to explode at any moment." 7. The Russian Ruble exchange rate to USD has tripled since 2014 (meaning the value of the Ruble has plunged ~66% in that time). Russia is slowly being starved of its oil production capacity, oil refining capacity, and the ability to export oil to foreign countries. Over 30% of Russian GDP is currently used to fund its military. 30% of GDP to fund the military is untenable for any economy to sustain, especially considering Russia's economic losses and sanctions since its invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Ukraine just needs to continue destroying Russia's military-industrial complex, while Europe and the US slowly strangle the Russian economy. 8. Russia has lost over 3 million people, mostly young and educated, who have fled Russia, since it invaded Ukraine in February 2022. 9. The Russian army has suffered over half a million dead, or severely wounded men (lost limbs, permanently paralyzed, or hospitalized long-term). These severely wounded soldiers will be a long-term burden to the Russian state, as they will never be able to work again, and will instead drain the economy through drawing disability pensions. These injured men will also depend on long-term medication and care. Family dependents such as young children may also have to be looked after by the Russian state, as they no longer have anyone to provide for them. 10. Stocks of Soviet military equipment, such as tanks, personnel carriers, howitzers and other artillery pieces, are being burnt through at an alarming and unsustainable rate. Calculated on recent losses, military experts have forecast that these old Soviet pieces will all be gone by the end of 2025. Russia will then have to rely on its present military-industrial capacity, which at todays production rates will not be anywhere near enough to sustain current Russian levels of aggression. Ukraine Forever!
@chechennel48172 ай бұрын
How is it that you can easily post huge texts yet I can't even say muuuuch less. I can't even copy-paste fragments of what you said without immediately being shdwbnd (can't say this word and thousands of other for the same reason). Special account privileges?
@Uturn9992 ай бұрын
Putin said: Golf Carts for all .. the rest can use bikes :D
@geofflepper32072 ай бұрын
There must be some Russian generals thinking, "If Chinese forces invade Russia next summer what the heck are we going to have left to fight them off with?".
@ausaskar2 ай бұрын
Nooks, Russia has mobilized assets everywhere, Kaliningrad, Karelia, the Far East to shovel into Ukraine because they know no one will ever touch them. It just a sad reality that if you have nukes, your territory is sacrosanct. If you don't, a country with nukes can invade you at will. NPT is a scam.
@danielmlinar48922 ай бұрын
Nonsense, none is thinking this crapxd
@piotrd.48502 ай бұрын
They alredy migrate into Syberia, and any conflict with China will go nuclear.
@hedgehog31802 ай бұрын
They can always sell their oil at below production prices.