A year of Putin's arm traffic
Oleksandr Argat
(Kyiv, Ukraine)
We are observing a
second year of hybrid war waged by Russia in Ukraine. Gradualness is one of the
key features of this type of war. Rates are rising gradually. Some time is
given to the other side to get used to that previous shocking reality. And all
this is accompanied by total lies and denials. The Internet bots from Olgino (a
district in St Petersburg where the offices where such bots work are located)
are trapping people into believing (with
any kind of evidence) there is no Russian army in Eastern Ukraine. But
sufficient data has been already collected, which tells us that the Russian
Federation is involved in war against Ukraine. And the puppet states like the
Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) are
absolutely useless and have zero ability in the military sphere without the
direct coordination and regular support of the Russian Federation.By the way
Russians who specialize in internet forums fully recognize and discuss some
practical aspects "of the Northern Wind" - this is another name for
Putin's military trade or supply of weapons systems for «miners and tractor
drivers". Then they can cheat more and more western politicians because
the western world cheats itself regarding questioning the Russian Federation
over the Pro-Russian separatists' "basic stockpile" consisting of salvage.
But Russians could not resist the temptation to provide its own "Sauron's
army of orcs" from examples which are produced or taken into service after
the Soviet collapse and even theoretically could not be used by the Armed
Forces of Ukraine.
The AS
"Val" or "Shaft" is a
Soviet-designed assault rifle featuring an integrated suppressor
"Val" came into service as arms of special
units of the USSR in the late 80's. However, in Ukraine this kind of weapon
never arrived. So frankly speaking this is not a Soviet but Russian weapon
only. You don't find it anywhere in the territory of Ukraine. Ukrainian
soldiers from the zone of conflict are not equipped with this silent machine
that shoots the special ammunition. And it is not produced in Ukraine
generally.
VSS Vintorez
The VSS (Russian "Special Sniper Rifle"),
also called the Vintorez ("thread cutter")
Here we have the same situation as the abovementioned
weapon. Although a small number of the rifles is in Kyiv's special unit of the
Security Service of Ukraine. There are also some photo proofs of such kind of
weapons in Eastern Ukraine. However, Ukraine has very few examples of this
weapon.
Dragunov sniper
rifle
Despite the fact that in this photo behind the young
man is the already mentioned VSS, most importantly, in his hands is a
modernized SVD, as indicated by a fire extinguisher and complex butt of the rifle.
Most likely the Russian army was equipped with SVDSM in 2015.
The Russian Large Caliber
Sniper Rifle
This is a 12.7 mm sniper rifle, which was produced
only in 2004 and adopted by the army only in 2013. In addition to this picture,
there is plenty of other photographic evidence of deliveries of Russian weapons
to terrorist troops in Donbass. The main function of this weapon is shooting an
armored vehicles.
Pecheneg machine
gun
Is a 7.62 mm machine gun, which Russians began to
mass-produce in 1999. It was made on the basis of the PKM, but the picture
clearly shows a typical butt and trunk. In this picture you can see the newly
acquired Pecheneg being carried by rebel leader Motorola. Photo dated April
2015.
Kord machine gun
This is a 12.7 mm machine gun on light-weight machine,
which was a trend in equipment in recent years. This machine gun was adopted by
the Russians armed forces in 1997, but mass production started in 2001. There
is a lot of photo evidence of the presence of militants with guns of this type
on infantry machines. Pro-Russian separatists commented on the availability of the
new guns somewhere in social networks "Before the upcoming battles we
spend every day training and re-training. We acquired some new types of
weapons. They fire a heap, and the impact is weaker. Our boys love them. Thank
you good people for this piece of iron".
GP-34 grenade
launcher
A 40 mm grenade launcher, which was produced in Russia
in 2009. It is visually different from the earlier Soviet model GP-25 due to
the presence of a backsight to the right. This example Ak-74M with GP-34 was
taken from the Russian sabotage-reconnaissance group as a trophy in May 2015 in
the area of Novotroitsk.
Shot to TBG-7v
"Tannin
Thermobaric shot for the shoulder-launcher was constructed
by Russian army designers in 1997.
RPG-7 OG-7V
Fragmentation shot for shoulder-launcher was
constructed by Russian army designers in 1999. You can view the video which
shows Russian warriors using this weapon. Soldiers of Ukrainian 8th
regiment won such charges as trophies.
Grenade RShG-1
Reactive assault grenade that Russians put into
service in 2000.
There is no
information source
GAZ-3937 Vodnik
AAV
Armored vehicle, which Russians put into service in
2005.
BPM-97 Vistrel
Light-armored vehicle KAMAZ 43269. The first batch of them Russian army purchased
in 2008.
KAMAZ-4350
«Mustang»
4x4 truck that was adopted in Russia in 2002.
This video has
been removed from Youtube channel
BTR-82A
Modernization of BTR-80, which the Russians put into
service only two years ago - in 2013. Russian journalists showed a burned
armored personnel carrier near Novosvitlivka.
T-72BA Tank
Modernization of the Soviet T-72 developed in 1998 and
put into service in 2000.
Т72B3 Tank
The newest upgrade of the T-72 tank, which the
Russians put into service only in 2013. Gained as a trophy of the Ukrainian
army forces near Ilovaisk.
BM-21 Grad
Modification of the Grad MLRS on KAMAZ chassis. First
demonstrated in 2011.
SA-22 Greyhound
Anti-aircraft gun missile system, which was adopted
only in 2012
SAM «Tor-M2»
Anti-aircraft missile system adopted in Russia in
2008.
UAV «Zastava»
Russian localization of the Israeli drone. Production
started in 2013 in Izhevsk.
There is no any information source
UAV «Forpost»
Similarly, an Israeli drone localization from Izhevsk.
The irony is that the shown trophy features in the presentation of the company.
CBR «Aistenok»
Counter battery radar, which was first demonstrated in
Russia in 2008.
There is no any
Information source
Reserves of Russia's arsenals were enough to ensure its
satellites by Soviet era arms and equipment only. But they keep on supplying
newest arms developments. Possible explanation – Russians used Donbass as a
testing ground. Collected photographic evidence is only the tip of the iceberg.
Occupants in Ukraine test the latest equipment in radio intelligence,
electronic warfare, communications and troop control systems.
The original of this article is available here
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