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Early Access: Is Russia low on Ammo? (Patreon)

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2022-03-24 11:20:17
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Is Russia low on Ammo?

There are various claims and indicators that the Russian Armed Forces particularly the the Russian Air Force is having issues with ammunition supply, especially precision-guided munitions (PGMs). Generally, an ammunition problem is nothing new in terms of modern conflicts they happened in various conflicts, particularly in the First World War with artillery shells and when it comes to PGMs the NATO intervention in Libya in 2011 had similar issues as well. There were also problems in the Second World War. Cover is a modified version of this image from Anna Zvereva: Russian Air Force, RF-95848, Sukhoi Su-34, original: https://flickr.com/photos/130961247@N06/49581741657, license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ »» GET OUR BOOKS «« » The Assault Platoon of the Grenadier-Company November 1944 (StG 44) - http://sturmzug.com » Army Regulation Medium Panzer Company 1941 - http://www.hdv470-7.com »» SUPPORT MHV «« » patreon, see videos early (adfree) - https://www.patreon.com/join/mhv » subscribe star - https://www.subscribestar.com/mhv » paypal donation - https://paypal.me/mhvis »» MERCHANDISE «« » teespring - https://teespring.com/stores/military-history-visualized » SOURCES « Tucker, Spencer (ed.); Wood, Laura Matysek (ed.);Murphy, Justin D.(ed.): The European Powers in the First World War: An Encyclopedia. Garland Publishing: New York, NY, USA, 1996. Winter, Jay M. (ed.): The Cambridge History of the First World War. Volume II: The State. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 2016. Bronk, Justin: The Mysterious Case of the Missing Russian Air Force, RUSI, 28th February 2022, https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/mysterious-case-missing-russian-air-force, last accessed: 21th March 2022. DeYoung, Karen; Jaffe, Greg: NATO runs short on some munitions in Libya, in: Washington Post (online), 15th April 2011, https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/nato-runs-short-on-some-munitions-in-libya/2011/04/15/AF3O7ElD_story.html, last accessed: 21st March 2022. Copp, Tara: Russia Speeds Up Air War Over Ukraine, As Some Munitions Run Low or Malfunction, March 21st 2022, https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2022/03/russia-speeds-air-war-over-ukraine-some-munitions-run-low-or-malfunction/363412/ https://twitter.com/jagdfliegen/status/1505253784204754944 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf1uQF38ZeA https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1505944281621618698 https://twitter.com/markito0171/status/1506036178394488835 https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1506113379118764033 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annexation_of_Crimea_by_the_Russian_Federation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_Crisis_of_1915 https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2022/03/16/russian-pilots-have-no-choice-but-to-fly-straight-through-ukraines-man-portable-missiles/ https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/dumb-bombs-make-russian-aircraft-vulnerable-to-attack-r3llsc3wj https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/03/09/pentagon-russia-dumb-bombs/ #RussiaLowOnAmmo,#PrecisionGuidedMunition,#AmmunitionCrisis

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Rob Brown

I'd wager Russia is not low on ammo, they are probably holding on to the bulk of the high tech stuff in case they have to deal with NATO. I read somewhere that one of their battle doctrines is to send in the low grade stuff and personnel to start, to wear down the enemy, then bring in the higher quality items to finish up (or, that's how it is supposed to work...). _ It looked like they were preparing to roll over Moldova also, perhaps they are gambling that the U.S. "leadership" will do nothing. They have to have some kind of contingency plan besides threatening to nuke everyone if they don't get their way. I cannot imagine them needing resources for ammo, as they own almost 1/8 of the Earth's land mass.

Peter

Just one thought, couldn't logistic issues lead to ammo shortage, too? I mean maybe the Russian logistic group has decided not to transport expensive ammunition through contested areas. Based on a video that the Östereichiche Heer posted on logistic(in nice Austrian German 😉) , I think this could be an alternative explanation.

Military History Visualized
>>80495388

hard to tell really, the issue is they are risking high-tech aircraft right now that drop "dumb bombs", if they would only use old ones that would fit the low-grade explanation better. Also plenty of good equipment was lost as well, e.g., the Msta self-propelled howitzers etc. I looked specifically for this, because I also thought the "low grade stuff" thesis could make sense, but from my limited knowledge I have seen a bit too much "good stuff" destroyed as well, which means there is likely more out there that is actually deployed.

Military History Visualized
>>80508456

That would be a different ammo problem, namely a tactical/operational one, in the video I talk about a "strategic" or general shortage. That would make sense for regular ground troops, but not for precision-guided munitions, since those are used from Russian air fields not occupied ones.