Ukrainian army has been replenished with light armoured vehicles and significantly improved counter-battery combat

During theautumn period, due to wet weather and softened soil, the Defence Force needs tofocus on the use of artillery. At the same time, the army is saturated withlight armoured vehicles, which will make it more manoeuvrable compared to theprevious winter.

Militaryexpert Petro Chernik told about it in an interview with YouTube channel Ми – Україна

Accordingto him, in the autumn period due to wet and rainy weather, the Armed Forces canexclusively conduct counter-battery combat and improve aiming of artillerysystems. The reason is too much mass of armoured vehicles, both Soviet andWestern.

"SovietAPCs and BMPs weigh in the range of 13 tonnes, while the weight of an AmericanBradley BMP starts at 20 tonnes. It is the same with tanks - Soviet ones weighbetween 36 and 43 tonnes, the weight of NATO tanks starts at 57, and theChallenger tank weighs 75 tonnes. It is obvious that this equipment will not beable to move on the ground in wet weather," the expert said.

At the sametime, the analyst said, compared to the winter of 2022-2023, the Armed Forcesare well saturated with light armoured vehicles, in particular, Roshel Senatorarmoured cars, VAP armoured personnel carriers, BMC Kirpi, InternationalMaxxPro, etc., weighing from 3 to 5 tonnes. According to him, these areall-wheel drive vehicles with 4x4, 6x6 formula, so the overall manoeuvrabilityof the Ukrainian army will be better than last winter.

In addition,Pyotr Chernik noted, the counter-battery combat of the Armed Forces of Ukrainehas entered a completely new philosophy.

"We have learntsignificantly better how to destroy the Russians' artillery, especially sinceMay - from that time until today, more than 3,600 artillery installations havebeen destroyed. If you divide that figure by 72 - the size of a typicalfull-time brigade - that's more than 50 brigades. This is a very colossal stepforward," the expert noted.