Interesting TERRA unit vid that shows them observing Pions firing HE-Frag clusters on Russian position. Also Ukrainian BMP-1s attacking same position at beginning and taking fire from RPGs and artillery:
I am fine with “rules-based order” being applied to Russian illegal war in instances when it can and Russia is powerless to stop it even if it hasn’t fully solved problem of past US illegal warfare.
I don’t think anything in the Russian Navy still uses this ammo. Possibly China still produces ammo for their Type 61 clone, but doubtful as this is a completely obsolete weapon.
Uncontained shaped charge explosion (projectile came from right side and detonated on one of the soldiers). Impossible to tell if ATGM or gun-launched HEAT because of low quality.
Different view of that same BMP-2, showing it take direct hits from gun / ATGMs. (Don’t know why this keeps getting claimed as mine strikes. You can even see the projectile incoming on the second hit in this one.)
Now here is a Russian demining operation:
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Lt. Col. Igor Shcherbak, 7th Military Base. He was one of 17 survivors to escape the encirclement of his "brigade" of 140 soldiers in September, only to later be blown up in a car while returning to base.
Ground-launched 70mm Hydra rockets with laser guidance (APKWS). I guess they might also possibly be used on helicopters, although that would seem to require complex coordination with a ground-based designator and a lofted trajectory for the rocket.
https://en.defence-ua.com/weapon_and_tech/germany_finally_sends_twenty_very_interesting_apkws_weapons_to_ukraine-5350.html
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Lt. Col. of Artillery Aleksey Serenko killed in Grad strike on his camp on Feb. 23, 2023. However, it seems he was dismissed from service in 2017, so not clear if he was again a serving officer, or a volunteer: