Losses and Battlefield Conditions: HIMARS

Russian artillery system with a failed barrel

We know Ukrainian claims regarding the losses of logistics and Russian command and control. They have told us that HIMARS is effective. This Russian channel tells us the story from a Russian point of view.

I think it’s important to understand that both sides don’t agree, for example, the number of storage facilities hit. In fact, Russians are working with fewer supply depots hit; for example, it could be a measure of how they count the strikes. If multiple strikes one a single facility mean just one facility, and we know multiple strikes have happened, then it also makes sense.

However, this has already affected front-line operations. Especially in the Donbas, where the operational pause was broken by a reconnaissance in force. These two paragraphs are clear as to where Russians are regarding these US systems.

>The fighting would have been conducted with even greater intensity, but the Armed Forces of Ukraine received and began to actively use American and European heavy weapons — self-propelled howitzers and HIMARS missile systems. The HIMARS or began to be used by American troops during Operation Desert Storm in 1991, but Russian military analysts and generals for some reason saw no danger to themselves in this equipment.

>It was necessary to pay for short-sightedness in full. More than 25…