A long read about the video recently posted by Ukrainians showing destruction of the Russian column. The vide o is being challenged from many sides, as it is simply, strange to see multiple craters after shelling, loads of missed rounds, column driving down the road, and then bam, bam, bam some tanks are hit directly, when Ukrainians allegedly have no precision munition left for their artillery. Well a bit longer read but some might find it interesting
I stitched the thread together for easier read.
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An interesting video with the shelling of a column of Russian armored vehicles. Let's take a closer look at it and figure out what is happening. Here is the first part (too long for twitter). Here we see a column from BMP and a tank that fall under inaccurate shelling of artillery.
The second part. Here we see that the column reaches the place where the destroyed equipment is already standing and then returns. Still under fire.
The column includes infantry on the infantry farm, quite a lot, people 7-9 on each. They ride on armor and do not rush even during shelling. Where are they going?
Apparently they were driving here to this stronghold. Then the column stopped and we see it almost entirely. 4 T-72 or T-80 tanks, as well as 2 BMPs. Another infantry fighting vehicle follows the closing. From here only tanks go further. The shelling continues
Another shot. Here we see the fifth tank and just that very closing infantry fighting vehicle. This is probably part of BTGR or some kind of assault company composed of two tank platoons and one motorized infantry platoon. I suspect that this is the rest of the larger column - at the end of the video it becomes clear why
The movement of the column at the crossroads slows down. Tanks begin to interfere with the infantry fighting vehicle, part of the column moves on, part remains in place. The shelling continues
Then we see how one of the tanks turned into bushes and took a position. Perhaps already prepared earlier. Now, after him, another tank will take a slightly lower position. The infantry is in no hurry, the shelling continues
Meanwhile, head tanks reach the place where the three destroyed cars are. Apparently 2 tanks and 1 infantry fighting vehicle. They reach the dead equipment, stay there for a while and return back
At the crossroads, the tank remains in its position, BPMs are trying to turn around in order to apparently also call into bushes under the guise of trees.
And here we already see the infantry separately. The soldiers rushed and left the infantry fighting vehicle, moving in the bushes. In addition, you can see something like defensive structures, possibly trenches for equipment. Although it may be funnels from previous artillery strikes
Here we see one of the head tanks unfolding on the spot to leave back. The shelling continues
And here is an interesting moment at the end. We see a crowd of infantry - about two platoons of numbers, which quickly runs away along the trees into the string from where the column came. After they also fall under fire
So what happened? I think it was like this :
1. A large column was moving along the road. That column in the video is her rearguard. Perhaps the column was smaller, but in any case, only part of it was on the video.
2. The column came under fire from artillery, lost at least three cars.
3. The rearguard column moved without a plan in case of problems ahead, perhaps they did not yet know about the rout.
4. Having reached the place of shelling, this part of the column was lost, not knowing whether to continue moving, to gain or return. Therefore, the infantry was in no hurry.
5. Forward sent the most combat-ready cars - tanks. When they understood about the rout - they began to move back.
6. Meanwhile, the infantry tried to hide in the forest belt, but fell under fire too.
7. The team followed to retreat and everyone draped back. Without waiting for technology
In general, the video shows an anti-example of movement in the column. The main mistakes: too tight movement, poor intelligence and disgusting coordination, the wrong composition of the column (possibly forced), the lack of a clear combat mission and adequate leadership of one commander
P.S. They write that destroyed cars have been there for quite some time. Ok, then we adjust 1 and 2 points.
This is a truly separate column on the video (strange composition), which falls under fire and rather disrupts randomly
