Modern Ukrainian weapons. The newest weapon of Ukraine. What weapons are in service with Ukraine. Acquisition of weapons in Ukraine
Back in 2006, the government recalled that everything needed to create missiles was located on the territory of Dnepropetrovsk. As you know, during the collapse of the USSR, Ukraine gave up its nuclear potential. But in connection with the unfolding events at the moment, there are more and more rumors that the country is again ready to start developing missiles and other land-based weapons. Thus, it is worth paying attention to the actions of the state in last years to determine what kind of modern missile weapons of Ukraine can be produced on the territory of this country.
History of the resumption of the creation of missiles
In 2009, a column appeared in the country's budget on the allocation of funds for the creation of a combat missile, which will be called "Sapsan". This case took just under $ 7 million. The project is the creation of a multifunctional operational-tactical complex to increase the country's ability to fend for itself. The bulk of the funds went to the Yuzhnoye design bureau, which is located in Dnepropetrovsk. In the same year, the bureau was able to protect and convey to the government about the benefits of its development.
At that time, the Ministry of Defense fully supported the project and considered it necessary to create it. Another reason for the resumption of missile production was the fact that by 2015-2016, that is, by the present moment, the weapons that were in Ukraine will become unusable and will be subject to decommissioning. Therefore, when Viktor Yanukovych took office, he supported in 2011 the continuation of the production of the Sapsan complex. And in 2012, the project was suspended due to funding. But despite such interruptions in funding, the designer bureau continues to create types of which are very diverse.
"Sapsan" now
The Director of the Bureau tried to support the development, but still he did not succeed. At first, the project lost its priority of importance, and then it was completely reduced to nothing. At the moment, the only prospect for Ukraine regarding this complex is 2018. This is exactly how much time the bureau needs to fully complete the project and provide the missile system for testing. At first, it was assumed that the missile range would be 280 kilometers with an accuracy of a couple of meters, but now Yuzhnoye is proposing to increase the range to 500 kilometers.
Rocket "Scud"
Back in 2010, it was announced that Scud liquid-propellant missiles had been completely destroyed as missile weapons in Ukraine. They were created during the Second World War. By the way, this model is considered one of the most widespread around the world. Recently it turned out that there are still some copies of these weapons on the territory of the country, and are actively used in the struggle between the east of Ukraine and the country's armed forces.
It is worth noting that despite the range of this weapon (the radius of destruction is up to 300 kilometers), it is very inaccurate, hitting the target can deviate to a rather indefinite distance of up to 500 meters. At the same time, the unit weighs almost a ton.
Rocket "Tochka"
Ukraine still claims it does not use these missiles. For the missile system to work, you need to know in advance the location of the enemy. Four warheads are produced with precisely specified coordinates. The blow is applied depending on the established coordinates and the range at which the fire is being fired.
The error can be from 10 to 200 meters. In this case, one warhead affects from 2 to about 6 hectares. The missile's speed exceeds 1000 meters per second. These weapons can play a decisive role in any battle. But officially, the Ukrainians refuse to use this type of weapon. Whether this warhead constitutes Ukraine's missile weapon remains to be seen.
Rocket "Thunder-2"
Back in the early nineties, the Dnepropetrovsk design bureau presented the idea of producing an operational-tactical missile "Thunder-2". Its flight range should be 500 meters. The original name of this project is Borisfen. At that time, through this missile system, a new protective shield of Ukraine was to be created to replace the outdated weapon. At that time, there were more than 200 missile launchers "Scud" and "Tochka-U" in the country. But given the social and economic state of the country, the creation of missiles was an irrelevant issue. In addition, the army was then constantly being reduced. Then the state bureau "Yuzhnoye" began to send sketches of their inventions to foreign exhibitions, where these missiles were named "Thunder".
Ukrainian-made military weapons and equipment often attract attention at such international exhibitions. These developments assumed the creation of high-precision weapons belonging to a new generation, which would be able to provide the country with a shield capable of withstanding a non-nuclear attack. The missile system was intended to destroy stationary group and single targets. The range of the missiles would be from 80 to 500 kilometers. In this case, the rockets would be quite light, less than half a tone. It was planned to create an onboard inertial system equipped with navigation and guidance. The launcher would have an automatic character, and the chassis with a complete set of automatic preparation for the launch of warheads would become the basis for it.
Rocket "Korshun-2"
One of the priority tasks of the Dnepropetrovsk Design Bureau is the development of the Korshun-2 rocket-reactive weapon system. This is a multifunctional missile system, the main task of which is to provide a country's shield capable of withstanding a non-nuclear attack. The project will use cruise missiles capable of hitting ground targets. In theory, he could fully represent Ukraine's missile weapons. The payload of the missiles does not exceed half a ton, and the warhead has a range of 300 kilometers. The estimated mass of combat equipment of the complex will be 480 kilograms. The new cruise missile will reach a flight altitude of 50 kilometers with the ability to bend around the terrain, taking into account its relief.
"Ukraine". Missile cruiser
The country's armament also has a missile cruiser, but, unfortunately, its use is impossible. Therefore, the head of the naval forces decided to sell it. With the money raised, the country will be able to replenish its resources to protect water areas. The main problem with the missile cruiser is that almost 80 percent of the ship operates with Russian equipment. This missile cruiser could well represent the precision weapons of Ukraine. At the moment, such products are not produced on the territory of Ukraine, so the ship is, as they say, idle and cannot serve for the good of the homeland.
Unfortunately, the cost of a cruiser on the market is much lower than the country spent on its creation and maintenance, but now it is more profitable for the state to sell it than to continue to maintain and maintain the state. It could represent a new weapon of war for Ukraine, because the ship is equipped with a medium range, there are installations for anti-ship missiles, and there are also 3 batteries of thirty-millimeter six-barreled cannons. The cruiser is equipped with a torpedo tube, an artillery system, and this is not all that is installed on it.
Weapon
It is known that Ukraine will start using modern small arms of the world only from 2016. Today, every Ukrainian soldier has in his equipment a kind of Kalashnikov assault rifle, one of the models of TT, PM or PS pistols, as well as a wide variety. In some cases, there are light machine guns and grenade launchers. For fighters of some units, sniper rifles are issued.
There are models of weapons of Ukrainian production and units purchased abroad. Almost all of these weapons have remained from the Soviet era. But the command is not going to stop at outdated models, there are already non-standard models representing the new small arms of Ukraine. They were created both within the state and abroad. Basically, among the new weapons there are sniper rifles, pistols and other units for single weapons.
Nuclear weapons of Ukraine
According to experts, to create atomic bomb Ukraine only lacks money. After all, everything else is present in the state in large quantities. Resources are mined in local mines, and scientists have remained and are ready to resume their labor activity. In addition, Ukraine has carriers capable of delivering a ready-made bomb to enemy territory. In addition, there is also the equipment required to create the warhead. As we can see, the Ukrainian still exists, at least in the opinion of experts and analysts.
Everyone understands perfectly well that the country has no money for this business, but the option of using old stocks is quite possible. During the disarmament of the country, part of the stockpile of weapons disappeared. For example, one nuclear warhead and two strategic bombers are missing. In the late nineties, it was officially announced the elimination of all nuclear missiles on the territory, but over time, more than thirty combat units were found in warehouses. Therefore, according to foreign experts, if a weapon is found, it will be enough to deliver warning strikes and more.
A whole line military equipment presented the other day in Ukraine: tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, small arms, mortars, protective equipment. Upon closer examination, experts saw in the new military equipment something well-forgotten old - developments of the Soviet era, modernized to modern standards.
After 1991 Ukraine inherited after the collapse Soviet Union got all the military equipment of the three military districts deployed on its territory - Kiev, Odessa and Carpathian. And this was a real force that allowed the army of the newly formed state to enter the three most powerful in Europe. Ukraine subsequently lost its combat potential, and simply sold off equipment and weapons, but some reserves remained. And now Kiev is trying to demonstrate its "combat capabilities" by modernizing existing weapons. "In fact, Ukraine was able to maintain a very combat-ready army, including thanks to the production capacity of its defense complex, which was formed here back in Soviet times," believes Ruslan Pukhov, director of the Center for Technology Analysis. - And if Kalashnikov assault rifles were produced in Izhevsk, T-72 tanks - in the Urals, then T-80 tanks were made in Kharkov, in this Ukrainian city they handed over "turnkey" and all An aircraft from Antonov's company. One can recall a number of defense enterprises on the territory of Ukraine that were capable of preparing high-quality weapons.
Now, I do not exclude, they are actively trying to establish, rather restore, this production. Here the question is different: there is simply not enough component materials to complete the full production cycle. Therefore, they mold from what is at hand. Something might work out, but talk about full development defense complex in Ukraine is almost impossible. Here you at least crack, if there is no barrel of a machine gun, then no butt will make it a combat unit. ”Nevertheless, Ukraine presented more than 20 models of weapons created over the past three years, taking as a starting point the start time of the so-called ATO (anti-terrorist operation) in Donbass and, in fact, the coming to power as a result of the coup d'etat of the current president of this country, Petro Poroshenko. Let's take a closer look at a number of them. The Phantom unmanned armored personnel carrier was presented last year. This is a remotely controlled mini-armored personnel carrier capable of firing from the weapons installed on it (machine guns) and evacuating the wounded from the battlefield. The power reserve is 20 km. Apart from the Ukroboronprom exhibition, it has not been seen anywhere else. There were no supplies to the troops either.
The Ukrainian An-132D transport aircraft (a modification of the Soviet An-32 transport aircraft) is also presented as a novelty, in which, according to the developers, there is not a single Russian part. The plane has already been ordered in Saudi Arabia, and, as expected, such aircraft will be produced almost two dozen a year. However, so far not a single prototype has taken off.
Rate of fire combat module Viy for light armored vehicles (probably for the Dozor-B armored car) impresses with its characteristics - 50 rounds per second. This weapon is designed to engage ground targets at a distance of up to two kilometers and air targets at altitudes of up to a thousand meters. A high rate of fire is achieved thanks to the use of the 23 mm GSh-23 cannon. On closer inspection, it turns out that the gun comes from Tula, was developed back in 1965 and was used on many Soviet aircraft, including the MiG-21. A good thing, but clearly without the Ukrainian brand. The BMP-1, the legendary infantry fighting vehicle that has become an anachronism in the Russian army and adorns only monuments of military glory, has found a second life in Ukraine. The Zhytomyr Armored Plant upgraded this combat vehicle to the level of the BMP-1UMD, including by painting the hull, which makes it invisible, including in infrared ranges. Such an infantry fighting vehicle with a German diesel engine is driving along the road, but the villagers do not see it - some kind of miracle of technology! At the same time, it is equipped with a laser rangefinder, probably intended to determine the distance to the nearest well.
The portable rocket launcher PK-4 "Ingul", demonstrated by Ukraine at the arms exhibition in Turkey in 2017, is distinguished by its good abilities to destroy light armored vehicles, cars, launchers, radars, aircraft in the parking lot and others. However, its analogue was withdrawn from the armament of the USSR Armed Forces in 1989, when more modern systems of rocket-propelled grenade launchers came to replace it. Ukraine issued this type of weapon as its own know-how. Even the uninitiated know about the Grad multiple launch rocket systems. The legendary heiress of "Katyusha" during the Great Patriotic War in Ukraine was named "Verba" and is positioned as a new generation of weapons. The characteristics are the same, but the status is new. But the Ukrainian “Verba” clearly does not fit into the well-known song “Katyusha”.
Let's be objective: "Ukroboronprom" has also achieved some production of its own weapons systems - the potential has been preserved. For example, the Kiev Armored Plant has developed a machine-gun and grenade launcher module for military equipment, equipped with the Kashtan computer fire control system. It is designed for remote control weapons with sighting cameras, which are capable of 15 seconds. detect armored vehicles (BMP) at a distance of up to four kilometers.
Or here's another: they invented an augmented reality helmet for tankers. A super-necessary device for the military, especially for the participants in the so-called ATO in Donbass. The thing is cool - it increases the visibility, which is so lacking during the battle. You can play tanks right after the levers. Well, the money has already been invested! The highlight of the season is a hybrid of a tank and an infantry fighting vehicle. Back in 2015, it was reported that the Kharkov Armored Plant created an armored vehicle for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which combines the characteristics of the T-64 tank and the BMP. The declared speed is up to 65 km / h, the armor is capable of withstanding a shot from a grenade launcher and a blast wave from an anti-tank mine. The tank was equipped with night vision devices, and a Kombat missile was installed. The result was the same modified T-72, which in the end never made it to the combat zone: it didn’t come to mass production. “Ukraine is trying to rattle its weapons in its complete impotence, including in military terms,” says military expert Vladislav Shurygin. - Their potential, and it was very impressive, they managed to lose: they sold a lot, they “lost” a lot, as they say in the army. The current attempts to portray some kind of greatness are simply laughable. This is despite the fact that Ukraine still has some potential that can revive the activities of the defense complex. But no one is going to invest in it. And all these "newest" developments will remain toys for the current Ukrainian government. We looked - yes, it's funny. And then they forgot. It would be better if they began to produce combines - there is more use from them than from tanks. "
We often publish materials, often critical, in which we consider the health and benefits of the Ukrainian military-industrial complex. But we do it on our own, on the Russian side.
Today I propose to discuss the material "from that", from the Ukrainian side. Kirill Danilchenko (Ronin), a patriot of that Ukraine (without a gram of malice, in a country where a different outlook, different from ours, won, there may be his patriots), from time to time publishes the armies and military-industrial complex of his country.
Naturally, in the light in which a patriot is obliged to do it.
However, fully understanding Cyril, I will note that in his last material () there are several points that I would like to comment on.
Without any jumps and grimaces, just an opinion from the "other side".
Actually, Kirill writes very soberly. Sometimes. Sometimes he does, but, nevertheless, his opinion is very valuable, because the truth in such issues as the military-industrial complex of Ukraine always dangles somewhere in the middle of opinions.
What is the whole article about? A description of the positive and negative aspects of military life in Ukraine. As well as the quantitative and qualitative prospects of the Armed Forces.
Translate? Easy. The question is considered, how good is the army of Ukraine "if something happens." It is clear that "the case of something" is the Russian army, which will either plow and roll the Armed Forces of Ukraine into black soil in three days, or not.
Go.
“Naturally, not all the news we have is good - tanks lost on the site flashed, from which two departments at once disowned, people died during exercises, there were unpleasant flights at the front. But, in principle, we are all already accustomed to the fact that there is reality, but there is a point of view on it. "
Perfectly. A very good approach, the same thing happens with us. And people die during exercises, and equipment is lost. Here, the point is not how much, but how quickly the technique was found and conclusions were drawn on people.
Mortars
An analysis of mortar issues began. Yes, mortar today in Ukraine - on a par with self-propelled guns and barrel artillery.
“For example, the reality is that there were 4 incidents with 2B11 Sani mortars in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and 8 with Hammers ...
But "Hammers" is a deadly "handicraft" product, while "Sleigh" is a classic proven over the years, whoever you ask. And no one is interested in the fact that, for example, "Sanei" already in 2016, according to The Military Balance, had only 200 pieces, and since that time they have also been actively developing a resource and were scrapped, while a series of 280 pieces M -120-15 "Hammer" was completed in full, and, most likely, there were more orders. It is quite logical that from 2016 to 2018 there are twice as many emergencies (it's just that there are twice as many of them in the troops).
There, in theory, there is simply nothing to break, it is just a copy of the same "Sanya". There are no sophisticated technologies, new sights, rifling, shutter. Peeling paint or a crooked seam cannot start a mine in the barrel, and a hitch or expelling charge will not be fatal if the fuse does not start, but public opinion already formed. And often not only among people who saw the "Hammer" in the picture, but also those who actually fought or served in the army. "
Well, just like in the joke: "You can't ruin a castle!" - "It depends on what kind of castle ..."
If you believe the Ukrainian Anatoly Tapolsky, who seemed to be firing from these "Molotov", everything is not so luxurious. More precisely, on the couch it’s the very thing, this "Hammer". But in the trench ... And even assembled by "skillful hands" ... Yes, at non-core enterprises such as the Starokramatorsk Machine Repair Plant ...
Well, I'll just leave it here:
Do you know where I saw such a sight? Yes, in the museum in Padikovo. On a 1945 Soviet mortar.
Who is interested in the sequel, welcome to Tapolsky: (). Make sure, along the way, that I didn't lie in the least.
The "Hammer" is indeed a handicraft forgery of the "Sanya", dangerous for settlements. And the press service of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is blatantly lying, hiding the true number of cases. As always, however. As well as colleagues from other countries. Lies performed by the PS of any Ministry of Defense of any country is normal.
We will not talk about crooked hands and excessive alcohol consumption by the AFU officers on the front line. The author did not raise this issue, and I will not. I don't see the point, the Internet and YouTube are filled with relevant photos and videos. With the motto "we drank, we drink and we will drink, otherwise we will not live" in the Ukrainian army they are fighting, but so far the green serpent is winning.
Anti-tank weapon
“He is always in short supply, always in short supply, and always for a month of conflict if it starts. Almost everyone who was interested in the topic heard this. In the Armed Forces of Ukraine, from 2014 to 2017, 66 ATGMs were handed over. In 2018, the number of ATGMs was classified (it is quite logical in connection with the transfer of "Darts", a large-scale order for emerging units and SRW). Let's not fantasize about increasing production, not yet specific facts- let two dozen more launch units be transferred in 6 months. Plus at least 35 3rd generation launchers, which came to us as part of military-technical cooperation from the United States. 121 launcher units. Before the war, there were also purchases, but let's imagine that it was them that we lost in the LAP, and they went out of order as a result of the hostilities. But do not forget about the transfer of weapons to the State Border Guard Service and the NSU (for example, only in the NSU - about 40 ATGMs, starting from 2014). Total for all departments - up to 180-200 new ATGMs. "
Well, not bad, I guess. What about the BC for the "launching units"?
“More than 2,000 ATGMs have been produced for them, which is much more than the transportable ammunition load for ATGMs, and this is quite a decent figure. In addition, more than 600 TUR-guided missiles were delivered.
Let me remind you that Poland, which is actively transferring from its BOVUPS to KTO Rosomak, has purchased only 570 units since 2003, spending three times more money on defense over 15 years. "
New and old ATGMs ... Well, they've done everything. Plus, the US planted Javelins. There are charges. Poland was overtaken, surpassed. Peremoga?
You know, maybe yes. It depends on what to overcome.
As I understand it, this is an old song. That Ukraine is a European shield against Russian aggression. And that ukrosoldaty will be the first to stand in the way of the armada and the hordes of the Russian army. And, accordingly, they will be the first to fall.
Europe, as I understand it, does not mind at all. It is clear that the devil only knows whether these hordes will go or not, and it will not be completely deprived of an extra shield on their way.
Logical, right? As in the good old days, the Department of Internal Affairs was, remember? With the same general purpose - to provide an opportunity Soviet army turn around and save manpower and equipment.
Now Europe is happy to use Ukraine in this form, if that.
The most remarkable thing is that nobody asked Ukraine about it. They themselves volunteered to die under the tracks of Russian tanks, taking with them as much as they could.
A question to Kirill: how much will they be able to do?
A little. And that's why. Pan Danilchenko is very good at considering the numbers and opportunities. Very logical and sensible. But he forgets about one such "little thing." If Russia does come to a hypothetical war, then it is unlikely that this war will go on according to Ukrainian laws. This is not Donbass ...
Ask, what have I come up with for the Ukrainian laws of war? Yes, I didn’t come up with them. Time invented them. The laws of wickedness, if that's the case.
200 ATGMs of Ukrainians will not be able to do anything Russian tanks... They will simply die, and most likely very ugly and useless. The Russian army today has too many crowbars, against which the Armed Forces of Ukraine have no and never will.
I feel sorry in advance not only for the ATGM calculations, but further in the text of everyone who will have to die aimlessly under bombs and rockets of the Russian Aerospace Forces, under the blows of "Tornado", "Hurricanes" and other MLRS, under artillery shells and tactical missiles.
No offense - zero chances.
Indeed, if Ukraine does not have an air force, do we also have planes and helicopters for fun? Kirill, are you serious? Quite the opposite, to plow everything that is possible, then plow with artillery, and then, to be sure, Buratino and Solntsepeki.
And, by the way, in conditions of complete impotence of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, since they hardly have any idea how many wonderful surprises these unhurried guys from the electronic warfare are preparing.
Further, Kirill argues that it is enough a large number of anti-tank weapons placed on mobile chassis. About the fact that KB "Luch" makes both "Stugna", and "Corsairs", and "Barriers", and "Barriers-V" for helicopters, and issues an export order to Algeria and Azerbaijan, and completes the "desert" modification of the Ukrainian ATGM "Skif" that the design bureau is working almost on the brink of its capabilities.
Excuse me, but what's the point? The sense of your 600-odd platforms, if they are nothing more than targets in a shooting range for videoconferencing and (worst of all) army aviation tailored specifically for such entertainment?
"And, of course, this is not a" coffin, coffin, cemetery ", it is time for many to thoroughly treat their brains."
Well, no, this is "coffin, coffin, cemetery." Unless Vanuatu attacks Ukraine. Or someone from the Baltic states.
Helicopters
“We wrote a lot about helicopters, even separate article- whoever wanted to, he received the Holy Communion. So, there are two directions for growth points. To put storage on the wing, modernize and remotorize vehicles from transport vehicles to surrogate Mi-8MSB-V, from naked Mi-24, "chemists" and commander's modifications to PU-1, and later to all-weather and night-time. Plus, to buy new models abroad, as Georgians do, for example, in the field of air defense, without expecting secret developments of the domestic military-industrial complex, which do not know analogues, two teaspoons a year. Which, by the way, is being done safely. For example, in 2017 alone, 12 cars were delivered. Among them are both the Mi-24 PU-1 and the Mi-8MSB-V. Plus the sensational contract with the French for 55 multipurpose vehicles - naturally, they will be used in the east of Ukraine, as in the summer battles they used the equipment of the DSNS and the State Border Guard Service.
Okay, it will. The Mi-24 is still a good car. In 2016, Ukraine seems to have had more than a hundred cars. On the paper. In fact, according to Kirill (I believe), today the Ukrainian Air Force has only 60 working machines. That's all, Mi-24, Mi-8 and Mi-2.
With which, in fact, congratulations.
Of course, fighting the militia in Donbass is a figure. To die under the first (the second is not needed) blow of the RF Aerospace Forces is also enough. For a serious conflict ... 60 cars ... Well, yes, for a couple of days, I guess.
“In the same Poland, for example, attack helicopters even with the possible purchase of "Apaches" in the United States is less than half, not to mention Romania and other countries of Eastern Europe(albeit with a large GDP). When 55 multipurpose turntables arrive in time from France, there will be more than 120 flying helicopters in Ukraine - an impressive figure for Eastern Europe, no matter how you twist and try to pull zrada here. "
We can easily stretch it. Not when, but if. If there is money, the French will sell. And the question is - in what form. And then, maybe, the Mi-24 of the Soviet heritage will turn out to be more abruptly. In addition, it will take a lot of time to master the new technique. Considering that it is new, not in time, but in essence ...
And Poland, oddly enough, is not going to fight with Russia in one helmet. For this there is NATO, in which the Poles are members, so they do not need to tear up the GDP and so buy. NATO has everything. They will bring it if necessary and if they have time.
Artillery
“Against the backdrop of hysterics about the procurement of 'Polish scrap metal', we should also closely look reality in the eye. Britain, whose military experts love to write about how we can counter the Russian threat, has 86 SPGs. There are 101 of them in Germany. Yes, these are modern vehicles with LMS, with automatic loading and excellent rate of fire. But they are with a gulkin nose even on the borders of Germany and Britain, and if you take away the flow repairs and training units, it is still more than bad, despite their space budgets. 40 pieces of Polish "Crabs" were ordered (14 and 8 received), the contract deadline is in 2019, but it is not a fact that they will be in time. In Ukraine, in service as of 2018, 606 units of self-propelled guns, not counting the "Non" at the DShV. When the whole batch of Gvozdik 2S1 from Poland arrives, there will be almost 700,700 self-propelled guns. "
Interesting counting system. And a comparison with Germany and Britain. It seems that these two countries live according to the motive "If tomorrow is war ...". No, this is how Ukraine lives. And Danilchenko measures everything with just such a measure, but in vain.
Britain, if Cyril has forgotten, then I will remind, is not in Europe. This, excuse me, is an island empire, which is separated by a rather wide strait from the mainland. And who should, according to Danilchenko, be shot from the ACS by the British, I do not understand. And for expeditionary trips to Afghanistan or Iraq, this is more than enough.
And the British also have a fleet ... With guns, missiles and torpedoes. And the Air Force. That is, what is not in Ukraine, and the absence of which they are trying to compensate for the ACS.
It's the same with Germany. They are not going to fight, but even if the Russian hordes rush across the border, they will have to go through Poland and ... Ukraine!
I don’t know how real the figure of 700 SPGs in the Ukrainian Armed Forces is, in my opinion - a fantasy. Or fiction. For why then buy Soviet junk all over Europe and get it out of storerooms barrel artillery?
"Nones" is generally funny. Well, let's also write a few "Cornflowers" into the barrel artillery. And in general, then beauty will be on paper.
Tanks
“Everything is quite transparent here. Despite the jambs with a stabilization system and an MSA at competitions in Germany at the T-84, these BTTs (which for years were either in storage or in line for modernization and in-line repairs) for combat effectiveness tank troops not particularly influenced. All fantasies about 100 tanks "Oplot" until 2018, tables from "Ukroboronprom" over the years how many BM "Oplot" should leave the shops, and how many - T-84 and so on remained on paper, and thank God. Why? We have written the same more than once, we will not repeat ourselves. The "Oplotov" company per year is, of course, good, but the T-64 battalion is tactically more flexible in our conditions, and it is corny to use it to close more tasks; money will appear later - new tanks will appear. As of 2017, about 180 modernized vehicles were commissioned - with the replacement of the engine, remote control, installation of the sight and night vision device. The rest were raised from the grass, from the vaults, holding a medium or overhaul... It is difficult to give an exact figure so as not to catch repeated repairs. "
Honestly. Well done. Indeed, these T-84s and Oplots, and with them the Bogdany self-propelled guns, go into the furnace, since Ukraine is not able to release them. Give cheap and cheerful: T-64! Upgraded as much as the strength is enough (that is, a little).
Moreover, if you have enough strength (money), then even such junk as the T-64 can make a candy. Well, like in Russia with the T-72. Stretched to the T-72B3? Fine? What prevents the same with the T-64 to crank? Only money and hands.
It is worth noting, of course, that Russia still has the T-90MS, but let's not talk about sad things. As well as about 3,000 potential T-80Us in storage and 450 in service. Yes, Ukraine also seems to have T-80s, but in more modest quantities (146 and 22, respectively), and even then, if not sold.
“Today, Ukraine has up to 17 tank battalions and 12-13 separate mouth in all departments, and together with tanks for battalions of the reserve corps - this is about 800 T-64, T-72 and T-80 vehicles of various modifications. We are experiencing problems with spare parts, mobilization supplies of spare parts and the ability to carry out field repairs, but this number is higher than that of Germany, Britain and a couple of other Eastern European countries in the appendix. At the very least, we can pin down the enemy in the red zone on the LBS and be able to operate with reserves to the north and on the isthmus, if the Russian Federation wants to raise rates. "
Uh ... Shivering. 800 cars are serious. It is no less serious that there are no spare parts for them, there is no way to organize the production of these spare parts, there are no hands to carry out repairs, there are no heads to establish proper maintenance of the T-72 uncharacteristic for Ukraine. There’s nothing.
Where these tanks will shackle the Russian army and on what isthmus there (this, apparently, if they trample the Crimea), I do not know. I only know that, most likely, they will be burned on the first day of the war (Staver and I wrote that the tank was, is and will be a test target for everyone who can credit it) by Russian Mi-24, Ka-52, Mi-28N, Su-25 and Su-34.
It would be better if Kirill wrote his views than the Ukrainian Armed Forces are going to cover their tanks and so on. Because I understand that they will hold back the Russian troops for as long as it takes to destroy them from the air. That is, a little.
"Due to the fact that the S-125, S-300V1," Torah "and" Kuba "were removed from storage, the number of complexes on alert will be increased by a third."
I read it and thought. S-125 and Cuba - is it serious? Interestingly, there is no S-75 left in the stash? Then, probably, the air will be safe in Ukraine. There is something to be afraid of.
“Let's sum up. Up to 700 self-propelled guns in the foreseeable future in service and the gradual deployment of production for 155-mm caliber, 120 helicopters in the next 3 years, dozens of modernized MLRS, hundreds of artillery barrels, 400 new armored personnel carriers, 200 new anti-tank systems, launches of "Barriers-V" from helicopters and pre-production models of PTO-complexes.
800 tanks, more than 1500 vehicles, not counting 300 armored vehicles; if we take the cars of the NSU and the State Border Guard Service, this number will double.
Imperceptibly, a serious modernization of the machine park at Vizar, Artyom, KB Luch, Pavlograd, where the plant was raised from its knees from the state of half-dead workshops to 1.5 thousand personnel and solar panels on the roof, BTR-4 in Kharkov. The transfer of 4 electronic warfare helicopters to the MTR part was not too publicized, and the fact that electronic warfare systems are already working on the front end, and are working effectively with respect to the fight against UAVs. In the meantime, an entire industry revives - the production of gunpowder, primers, casings. Equipment for the production of 155 mm caliber shells is being purchased, the production of 30-mm and 40-mm grenades, mines of all calibers has begun, missiles are being restored and modernized for three types of air defense systems at once.
And many simply too quickly forgot the Ukrainian fighters of the 2014 format, in sneakers, with the German flag, not worn on their uniform, with beds on the "chaos" and how our security forces look today.
Summer 2018. The military-industrial complex of Ukraine still needs more efforts and funding, but there is solid and confident progress, which is hard to miss. "
But this is clever. You can even applaud this way of posing the question. Good presentation of the material. Clever. Not just "Not yet dead, not yet extinct", but quite a normal story that there are a lot of problems, but they will be solved sooner or later.
That is, the reader is given what he wants. Half-truth or almost not a lie. Indeed, one cannot but agree that the Armed Forces of Ukraine-2018 and the Armed Forces of Ukraine-2014 are fundamentally different things. And the APU-2018 is already an army.
Yes, an army suitable for war of the model of the beginning of the last century or with countries of the third or fourth world, but an army. And this must be admitted.
But for the war with Russian army- more than doubtful.
But if you so want to believe in it - why not? Can? Can. It’s not harmful until it comes to a real collision.
The Israeli development of TAR-21 is produced under license at the Vinnitsa enterprise "Fort". The rifle is designed according to the Bullup system, when the magazine and the trigger are located behind the trigger (as opposed to the traditional design of the machine - with a horn sticking out in front). This allows you to increase the length of the barrel without increasing the dimensions of the weapon, which has a positive effect on the accuracy of shooting and ease of use. The body is made of impact-resistant plastic, reinforced with metal, thanks to which it was possible to significantly reduce the weight.
Formally, the production of "Fort-221" under an Israeli license began in Ukraine back in 2009, but until recently assault rifle and its shortened version "Fort-224" were purchased in small quantities for special forces of the SBU. It is known that after the outbreak of the conflict in Donbass, "Fort-221" appeared in service with the battalion of the Ministry of Internal Affairs "Tornado", and the Ministry of Defense announced its intention to buy about 500 units of such weapons.
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Sighting range 550 m, caliber 5.56 mm, rate of fire 750-900 rounds per minute, weight with a magazine of 4.3 kg.
Modification of the Ukrainian sporting rifle "Zbroyar" Z-008 is produced at the Kiev plant "Mayak". Shoots both single rounds and using a 5- or 10-round magazine. The Ukrainian rifle is heavier than the traditional SVD, inherited by our army since Soviet times (5-7 kg, depending on additional equipment versus 4.5 kg), but has a large effective firing range (900 m versus 800 m).
The first samples were presented in 2012, and the serial launch was established only in the spring of 2014. The first batch entered service National Guard in July.
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Sighting range 900 m, caliber 7.62x51 mm, rate of fire 15 rounds per minute, weight with magazine 5-7 kg.
Grenade launchers and anti-tank weapons
Kiev development; the first prototypes were produced at the Leninska Kuznya plant in 2010. The first Ukrainian belt-fed grenade launcher. It fully complies with NATO standards, but, unlike Western models, it is much lighter. It is supplied with a mounting structure that allows you to quickly set up the weapon and prepare the place for shooting even from an unprepared position.
The Ministry of Defense was interested in domestic development, the grenade launcher was tested, but there is no information on the supply of this model of the Armed Forces of Ukraine yet.
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Weight: 17 kg - body, 15 kg - tripod machine, sighting range 40-1500 m, rate of fire 400 rounds per minute.
The product of the Kiev design bureau "Luch". In "Stugna", as in its lightweight counterpart "Corsair", a laser guidance system is used. In this regard, Ukrainian developments are inferior to American ones. missile complex Shoot and forget Javelin. But they are much cheaper and can be produced in Ukraine.
Tests of "Stugna" began in 2010, and the first samples entered service in 2011, but they have not yet been supplied to the army en masse. Basically, the Armed Forces use the Soviet ATGM "Fagot", created in the middle of the last century.
Maximum firing range 5000 m, weight 47 kg, caliber 130 mm.
Armored cars
Created in the design bureau of the Cherkasy Automobile Plant, since 2014 it has been produced by the Bogdan Corporation. Able to carry 4-6 people in full uniform and two crew members. The body is made up of angled welded steel sheets. The armor protects against bullets of 5.45 and 7.62 mm caliber. Manufactured on an all-wheel drive chassis Japanese firm Isuzu.
The National Guard of Ukraine announced its desire to purchase 90 "Leopards", in addition, the car will take part in the tender of the Ministry of Defense for the supply of light armored vehicles.
Road speed 100 km / h, cruising range 600 km.
Development of the Canadian firm Streit Group based on the Toyota Land Crusier chassis has been carried out under license in Kremenchug since 2014. Can carry up to 6 fully manned paratroopers. The reinforced bottom is able to protect against grenade explosions.
"Cougars" have been in service with the National Guard since August and are used in the ATO zone. The military, using armored vehicles, reported how the Cougar withstood the explosion of the Fugas, thereby saving the life of the crew.
Road speed 105 km / h, weight 4220 kg, cruising range 800 km.
Heavy armored vehicles
The brainchild of Kharkov designers. An improved modification of the BTR-4M was first demonstrated at the IDEX-2013 arms exhibition in the UAE. Protected by solid steel armor, equipped with a 30 mm automatic rifled cannon. Unlike its predecessor, the BTR-3 is not a continuation of the Soviet model BTR-80, but a new development. The new model has improved indicators of protection against mines and shrapnel, and it is also possible to install additional weapon modules.
BMPT "Azovets"
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The heavy infantry fighting vehicle (BMPT), presented in November 2015, looks, according to the publication, rather strange.
The vehicle received two combat modules, each of which has a 180-degree field of view. There are GSh-23 rapid-fire air cannons and large-caliber machine guns.
Two BMPs can be installed at once anti-tank missiles: "Stugna" and "Corsair". A vehicle based on the T-64 tank was created. Along the perimeter of the case, the "Knife" dynamic protection units are installed.
In addition to its unusual appearance, the car is amazing for two more reasons.
- this is one of the few infantry fighting vehicles created by the efforts of volunteers.
- "Azovets" looks much more secure than serial samples of military equipment purchased for the needs of the Ukrainian army.
We are talking, in particular, about the modernized Soviet armored personnel carriers, which do not meet the requirements modern warfare and are stitched with 12.7 mm bullets.
Units armed with such equipment suffer heavy losses in the ATO zone, and the creation of a new heavy infantry fighting vehicle has become an urgent need. It's just difficult to talk about the prospects of the car in the current circumstances, the magazine concludes.
Tank of the new generation
Futurized main battle tank - this is the name given to the concept of the Ukrainian "tank of the future", which was first presented by Ukroboronprom and Spetstechnoexport at the DEFEXPO India 2014 exhibition.
According to the newspaper, this is an attempt to create an analogue of the Russian T-14, developed on the basis of the Armata platform. In the Ukrainian army, a new tank could replace the T-64 and T-72. On MBT, it is possible to install 6TD-4 engines with a capacity of 1500 hp. and 6TD-5 with a capacity of 1800 hp.
The motor will be located in the front of the hull, and immediately behind it, the engineers have placed the habitable module. As in the case of the Russian T-14, the new tank should receive an uninhabited remote-controlled turret.
The main caliber of the MBT can be the 125-mm Vityaz cannon or the 140-mm advanced Bagheera.
In addition to them, it is planned to install an anti-aircraft machine gun, and the machine itself should receive reliable protection from most anti-tank weapons. Some decisions of the Soviet school of tank building are guessed in the design, but, obviously, the new tank is supposed to be created from scratch.
The concept of the Futurized main battle tank is interesting, but under current conditions it looks almost fantastic, the newspaper believes and notes that the Ukrainian army has not received a single new tank during the entire war, and all the main battle tanks transferred to the Ministry of Defense are partially modernized old Soviet MBTs.
In conditions where even it is impossible to establish serial production new tanks BM "Oplot", there is no need to talk about the development of a new machine. The Ukrainian authorities admit that the country's military budget is about 40 times less than the Russian one. So the rival of "Armata" can exist only on paper.
Mi-2MSB-V
In the fall of 2015, the Motor Sich enterprise presented a helicopter, which was dubbed the "new attack helicopter".
However, the editors of the magazine are convinced that in reality this is a modification of the Soviet multipurpose Mi-2, which took to the skies in the 60s. The Mi-2MSB-V was equipped with a new AI-450B engine, B-8MSB unguided rockets and machine guns.
According to the publication, the helicopter can perform strike missions, but with great difficulty. Mi-2MSB-V did not receive modern sighting devices, and in its arsenal there are no guided anti-tank missiles.
In addition, booking a helicopter is completely inadequate (as for impact machine). The reason for the jokes was the "Spartan" look of the Mi-2MSB-V: the left exhaust pipe with a home-made screen, for example, Runet users compared to a "kitchen hood" magazine.
The publication believes that by the standards of the 21st century, a combat vehicle is an anachronism. But it can carry out reconnaissance missions relatively successfully.
This is if we assume that someone will produce a new helicopter, the newspaper notes, adding that Ukraine does not have a complete assembly cycle for rotary-wing aircraft, so we can talk about the modernization of already built models of equipment.
According to the publication, the purchase of foreign attack and multipurpose helicopters would be a more reasonable decision. However, this requires a lot of financial resources.
Rifle "Hopak"
One of the novelties of 2015 in the world of domestic small arms became represented by "Ukroboronprom".
The abbreviation GOPAK stands for "Operative portable rifle based on AK" ("Gvint_vka is operatively portable on the basis of AK").
According to the publication, this is an attempt to make a sniper weapon based on the Kalashnikov assault rifle.
There is nothing unusual in the concept itself, the magazine notes. On the basis of the AK, there are many different types of weapons. And the practice of creating sniper rifles based on machine guns is not so rare.
Another thing is the very approach to solving the issue, the newspaper writes and adds that the rifle looks as if it was developed not in the 21st century, but in the 70s and 80s of the 20th century. Almost everything in her appearance issued by AK, and other elements are directly borrowed from other samples of Soviet weapons.
The rifle is chambered for 7.62 × 39 mm, and the rate of fire can reach 30 rounds per minute. The creators dismantled the AK gas pipe, forend and barrel pad. A muffler was installed on the barrel, and a mount for installing an optical sight was placed on the receiver.
The weapon also received a folding bipod from the RPK machine gun, and the standard stock was replaced with a stock from a Kalashnikov machine gun.
Now "Hopak" is being tested, and in the future it can be supplied to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. True, the prospects for large-scale production are dubious.
Rifle based on DShK
According to the publication, this is the most unusual example of Ukrainian small arms - a large-caliber sniper rifle, created by volunteers on the basis of the DShK and transferred to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The DShK heavy machine gun has been in operation since 1938, and the conversion of this weapon into a sniper rifle took the volunteers several months.
In general, the new product most of all resembles a weapon from the popular fantasy universe Warhammer, the publication believes.
"Our army has enough sniper rifles of high power. This is the third generation of the rifle, the trigger has been moved, for example, a rear monopod has appeared, which improves accuracy, settings. The design of the muzzle brake-compensator has also changed, which reduces recoil and increases the accuracy of fire," they said volunteers about their brainchild.
The weapon is designed for a cartridge of 12.7 mm. The creators themselves talk about "good prospects for the new complex."
Its analogue with some reservations can be called the Russian large-caliber sniper rifle ASVK, the newspaper notes.
The most advanced samples of such weapons are manufactured in the United States - we are talking about sniper rifles by Barrett, including the famous Barrett M82.
Such complexes can be very useful when it comes to clearing unexploded ordnance or disabling enemy light armored vehicles, the magazine concludes.