Russia and Ukraine flashpoint

[crissindahouse]

Ryuu96 said:

EpicRandy said:

Also, Russia does not seem to have an effective response to protect its artillery systems since Ukraine started upping its game in targeting them.

Russia has an ample supply of artillery though, some estimates put them in the 20k, My guess is Ukraine is testing how effectively Russia can replace destroyed artillery and the impacts that targeting the Russian logistic choke point (e.g. kerch bridge) can have on this, especially in the south.

Quite a few Russian soldiers are saying that Ukraine's counter battery is far superior hence a ton of Russian artillery is being picked off.

It's basically a battle now between the West's superior technology vs Russian's endless supply...Although losing operators is a consideration to take as well, not anyone can just fire artillery effectively, plus like you said, replacing the destroyed artillery, Ukraine needs to destroy logistical routes and they won't have to destroy all of Russia's artillery.

I think losing too many artillery systems won't be Russia's problem. They have just so much of it and obviously also didn't stop producing new military equipment since the war started. Russia will also throw billions in the production of new ones. But hitting the operators will be a problem sometime. You have to train them and you can't learn battle experience, that also takes a lot of time and many will be already dead again before they gained that experience. 

Last edited by crissindahouse - on 21 July 2023