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Waffentraeger

@waffentraeger

4 months

Thread of threads: 1) 60th Arsenal in Kaluga

Waffentraeger

@waffentraeger

5 months

I found something again, that might be interesting. The (corpse of the) 60th Arsenal in Kaluga to be exact. Short 🧵: 1/10

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Waffentraeger

@waffentraeger

4 months

As promised the next 🧵, about the (now exhausted) Rocket and Artillery Weapons Arsenal in Karabasch. 1/14 55°24'08"N 60°12'36"E

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@waffentraeger

4 months

Another 🧵. This time let's take a look at an Rocket and Artillery Warehouse near the town of Sazan'e. Big thanks to @HighMarsed , @Ath3neN0ctu4 and especially @Jonpy99 for helping me with identifying the vehicles there. 1/25 52°30'44"N 44°07'55"E

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@waffentraeger

4 months

Next short🧵, this time about another (mostly exhausted) weapons depot, close to the town of Kremnjowo, west of Kaliningrad. 1/11

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Waffentraeger

@waffentraeger

5 months

I found something again, that might be interesting. The (corpse of the) 60th Arsenal in Kaluga to be exact. Short 🧵: 1/10

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@waffentraeger

3 months

Next short🧵, this time about a Russian Arsenal, a storage site of rockets/missiles, ammunition and explosive materials, south of the small town of Patrikeevo. 1/9 53°37'59"N 46°52'21"E

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Waffentraeger

@waffentraeger

2 months

Next 🧵, this time about the Motovilikha plant in Perm, a large and important factory in Russia's military industrial complex and currently engaged in repair, modernisation and production of artillery systems, primarily MLRS. 1/39 58°01'58"N 56°17'16"E

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Waffentraeger

@waffentraeger

4 months

Next short 🧵, about the (now exhausted) 7015th Storage and Repair Base in Mulino. 1/10 56.306952 , 42.977638

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@waffentraeger

1 month

Next short 🧵, this time about the Kazan Gunpowder Plant, which has seen a lot of new construction work since the start of the war against Ukraine. 1/17 55°48'45"N 49°01'54"E

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@waffentraeger

2 months

Next short🧵, this time about a former storage depot of missiles and artillery ammunition next to the village Kamenka in Russia's Krasnoyarsk region. It had an accident in 2019 and was abandoned afterwards. 1/12 56°10'20"N 90°24'15"E

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@waffentraeger

3 months

Next short🧵, this time about 37th Separate Railway Brigade on the outskirts of Wolgograd which appears to be used to store a reserve of artillery systems. 1/8 48°45'55"N 44°26'35"E

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Waffentraeger

@waffentraeger

4 months

Next 🧵, this time about a staging area, turned collection and maybe repair point, close to the town of Novoozerne in Crimea. 1/42 45°23'55"N 33°09'14"E

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Waffentraeger

@waffentraeger

3 months

Wow. I knew Russia didn't have a lot of capacity for barrel production, but the point that they indeed have never made their own machines for barrel production is simply crazy. A max of 200 barrel/year (if that is even reached) will not be enough to cover 1 month of attrition.

CJ

@CasualArtyFan

3 months

This is crazy. Russia has only 2 factories that can make artillery barrels, and has never made its own rotary forges. This seems crazy considering how much Russia has relied on artillery for over a century. I knew the situation for them was deteriorating but not this quickly.

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Waffentraeger

@waffentraeger

2 months

Next short 🧵, this time about the storage base in Shuyskaya (Pervomayskiy in our spreadsheet), for once again a visibly almost exhausted storage base, thanks to new Google Earth Pro footage. 1/4 61°55'53"N 34°14'19"E

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Waffentraeger

@waffentraeger

2 months

To me, it looks like Lipetzk Airbase was probably pretty full before the strike. Optical (Sentinel-2) footage is from 05.08.2024. The SAR overlay (Sentinel-1) is from 08.08.2024. And Google Earth from 2021 for comparison. A juicy target to be sure. 52°38'15"N 39°27'55"E

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Waffentraeger

@waffentraeger

5 months

I found another point of interest. This time it's the 15th Navy Arsenal near St. Petersburg. Most of it seems to be dedicated to ammo storage, but there is a small part of the base that stores equipment, a large part of which is gone by 2023. Short 🧵: 1/4

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Waffentraeger

@waffentraeger

3 months

Next short🧵, this time about the 16th Special Purpose Communications Center next to Newinnomyssk. Another unusual base that was used to stash towed artillery, very similar to the previous thread. 1/5 44°38'03"N 41°59'05"E

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Waffentraeger

@waffentraeger

3 months

Very interesting 🧵. Russia has moved approximately 105 S300/400 TELs from deployments at 11 of 17 AD bases around Russia.

AS-22

@AS_22im

3 months

🧵スレッド 1/ ノヴォシビルスク以東の対空ミサイル基地にあるS-300/400のTELの数をGoogleEarth、Planetを使って数えました。ウクライナ侵攻以降、１７個中１１個の基地で配備されていた約105台のTELが移動が移動している事が分かりました。基地の場所は @Archer83Able さんのKMLより。

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Waffentraeger

@waffentraeger

2 months

So, this is how Vietnam stores its WW2 vintage M101 howitzers.

Lee Ann Quann

@AnnQuann

2 months

"Someday..." Ordnance personnel of Vietnam People Army inspecting batteries of M101 howitzers in long-term reserve. To ease reactivation, Vietnamese technicians strive to keep American pieces in top shape (wheels elevated above ground, components wrapped in wax paper, ...).

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Waffentraeger

@waffentraeger

4 months

3/14 The largest cluster in the middle of the forest held exclusively D-30s in their characteristic collapsed transport and stowage configuration.

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@waffentraeger

3 months

Next 🧵, this time about a number of vehicle workshops in and around the city of Alexejewka that have sprung up after the beginning of the invasion. 1/17 50°36'11"N 38°42'43"E

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@waffentraeger

4 months

4/14 The second cluster consists also exclusively of D-30s.

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Waffentraeger

@waffentraeger

1 month

The day has finally come, the primary Soviet divisional 122mm howitzer of WW2 is back in action for the Russians. They probably sourced the ammo either from NK or by new manufacture.

Resurrected in death

@jvekseel

1 month

More evidence of using M-30 in Russian forces @bentanmy @waffentraeger @Jonpy99

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@waffentraeger

4 months

@Jonpy99 Outlook: I will probably soon make another 🧵 about another Russian storage depot, of which we have recently gotten new high resolution footage. The 7015th Storage and Repair Base in Mulino. And yes, it's also empty by now.

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Waffentraeger

@waffentraeger

4 months

2/14 Before the invasion, there were 3 clusters of stored towed howitzers. Aside from that, there were only some buildings and complexes (probably for maintenance and testing) in and around the actual storage base, a train station and a few logistics vehicles.

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Waffentraeger

@waffentraeger

4 months

10/14 Now what happened to these guns? In short, all D-30s are gone and a single other gun remains, which is most likely non-usable or it would have already been removed as well. @HighMarsed had already confirmed that the D-30s were all removed by 5.10.23.

Highmarsed

@HighMarsed

5 months

2/ As usual here is an overview of the D-30s stored at the storage bases counted from satelite images. As you can see the images used to count the number of remaining units are often quite old so the real number is likely much lower.

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Waffentraeger

@waffentraeger

2 months

That went fast. Not even two week after seeing M-46 on trains and towed by trucks to fthe front.

Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦

@bayraktar_1love

2 months

First documented loss of the Russian M-46 130mm towed field gun. Kherson region.

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@waffentraeger

4 months

13/14 It's possible that some guns were still lingering around but nothing really obvious. So most of the base, which was Russia's 4th largest storage for D-30s, was probably already more or less exhausted in June 2023.

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Waffentraeger

@waffentraeger

4 months

5/14 The third cluster is a bit of a mystery. These are clearly not D-30s but a different model of towed gun. We have only 4 sets of "high" resolution footage of these (two of which later after having been moved inside the base) but none are good enough for a definitive ID.

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Waffentraeger

@waffentraeger

4 months

Final thoughts: First of all, respect to @Jonpy99 . More info in the tweet below. This kind of selflessness isn't easy to find these days, so if you value that or are interested in counting of Russian AFVs, he's a good address.

Waffentraeger

@waffentraeger

4 months

You might have noticed that @Jonpy99 had posted about the artillery storage in Karabasch and deleted it again. The reason is that when I told him about the new footage I also told him that I wanted to make a 🧵about the base, which got lost in the conversation.

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@waffentraeger

4 months

6/14 From the general size and form factor we can rule all the guns that are too big (like e.g. 2A36), to small (like e.g. D-44), have a shorter barrel than this (like M-30 or all the pre WW2 howitzers) or a longer one (like (M)T-12).

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@waffentraeger

4 months

11/14 But we only recently got an update from 30.04.2024 from Google Earth. For some reason only in the Pro version and only with the timeline deactivated, sometimes free sat footage sites are tricky. No matter, we can now show the pictures of the (almost) completely empty base.

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Waffentraeger

@waffentraeger

4 months

14/14 Additionally, the activity around the base has decreased, almost all trucks have left. But at the moment of the sat picture a train was at the base's train station, so something is still going on there. There are a few garages that could still house e.g. equipment or ammo.

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Waffentraeger

@waffentraeger

4 months

8/14 We are fairly certain that these guns are either D-20, D-1, or ML-20. I tend towards D-20, @HighMarsed more towards D-1. Russia supposedly has some ML-20 in storage but not many, so that one is unlikely. But without better footage or pictures it's a guess either way.

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@waffentraeger

4 months

7/14 It also looks like the guns have a muzzle brake, sometimes with what I believe to be white bags over the muzzle to protect against moisture. This rules out all guns without muzzle devices.

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Waffentraeger

@waffentraeger

2 months

There's a collection and repair point in Novostepove (45°40'15"N 34°23'19"E; s. of Dschankoj) in Crimea. It was hit with missiles a few days ago and I don't think we have it on our list yet. Forbes has actually done an article about it, so I won't for now.

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@waffentraeger

4 months

9/14 So how many artillery pieces were in Karabasch? There were: 363 D-30 60 other guns (D-20/D-1/ML-20) @HighMarsed counted these D-30s and the number in his 🧵is still valid. The number of the additional guns has AFAIK not been posted until now.

Highmarsed

@HighMarsed

5 months

2/ As usual here is an overview of the D-30s stored at the storage bases counted from satelite images. As you can see the images used to count the number of remaining units are often quite old so the real number is likely much lower.

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Waffentraeger

@waffentraeger

8 months

@Tatarigami_UA 🇷🇺suffered many defeats in 🇺🇦, but also had a number of successes. 🇷🇺 is far from defeated. It will need to suffer many, many more defeats and must be deprieved of any successes, before it is ready to admit defeat. Until that happens a peace deal will always be out of reach.

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Waffentraeger

@waffentraeger

4 months

3/11 The vehicles stayed there (mostly untouched, most wrapped into white protective coverings) until 2023 when they disappeared in short order. All heavy weapons (tanks and IFVs) diasappeared, trucks and support vehicles remain.

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@waffentraeger

4 months

2/11 Before 2021, it seems this base was only used as a storage site for ammo and other smaller equipment, but no heavy weapons were stored there. In 2021 an empty part of the base was cleared of vegetation, parking slots were paved and a number of vehicles put there.

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@waffentraeger

4 months

12/14 By looking at the Sentinel footage we can also try to figure out a bit more exact when the base was empty. Unfortunatelly no Sentinel-1 (SAR) footage was available, but I'm pretty confident, that the Sentinel-2 footage shows that the large cluster was removed by 13.06.2023.

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@waffentraeger

5 months

3/10 A cluster of what I believe to be AD equipment, including launchers, can be seen in the open, almost untouched from at least 2013 to 2021 (left is from 20.07.21). But by 2023 the cluster has then been mostly cleared (right from 14.06.1023).

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@waffentraeger

4 months

4/11 So, what heavy equipment exactly was in the base and what remains (Pre War / 16.05.2024): Red: 20/0 tanks (probably T-72) Yellow: 76/0 BMP-2 Blue: 2/2 BREM-Ch alias BREM-4

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@waffentraeger

5 months

2/10 Amongst a few other things the 60th Arsenal used to repair and maintain Buk AD systems. But has apparently filed bankruptcy in 2022.

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Athene Noctua

@Ath3neN0ctu4

6 months

List of present and past private storage facilities repairing/storing air defence equipment. Most of them found while exploring Almaz-Anteysubsidiaries: - 60th Arsenal JSC ( filed bankruptcy in 2022) 54.50668539523411, 36.32269309144486

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Waffentraeger

@waffentraeger

5 months

4/10 Another cluster of equipment, same story.

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@waffentraeger

4 months

11/11 My guess is, that these were prepared in case of some kind of contingency in Kaliningrad itself. Even more surprising is that it took until later 2023 for Russia to decide to remove these vehicles and, presumably send them to the meatgrinder in Ukraine.

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Waffentraeger

@waffentraeger

4 months

5/11 Additionally there were ~160 trucks and support vehicles, of which only ~40 arrived with AFVs, the rest was around before. Of these only ~80 remain, ~40 still next to the empty AFV storage. Most of these seem to be actively used and move around a lot.

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Waffentraeger

@waffentraeger

5 months

10/10 Whatever remains of the equipment by now will most likely rust and rot with the rest of the facility.

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@waffentraeger

5 months

6/10 Also, at a place where nothing was in 2021, by 24.08.2022 there appeared a large pile of parts and some hulls which was then mostly gone again by 16.06.2023.

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Waffentraeger

@waffentraeger

5 months

5/10 And another one, partially obstructed by trees.

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@waffentraeger

5 months

8/10 The systems that were sitting outside for about a decade would likely only be good for spare parts. By now it looks like basically all the externally stored equipment in this base has been taken apart for spare parts and/or scrapped.

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@waffentraeger

2 months

@FRHoffmann1 We can see how many holes are in Russia's AD these days, getting worse with every ATACMS or drone strike. We see Russia having thinned out it's border guards to Ukraine, let alone every other border. No mobile AD teams, no checkpoints in the hinterland even close to Ukraine.

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@waffentraeger

1 month

Next evolution of the turtle tank. Finally got rid of the (in this configuration) useless turret. We have seen this before with a T-62 but now also a T-80. The Russian army really is turning into an infantry and artillery force without much mechanized support.

Andrew Perpetua

@AndrewPerpetua

1 month

A T-80 APC.

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@waffentraeger

2 months

@OSINTua Unfortunately SK doesn't really care about what NK delivers to Russia, what they care about is what NK receives in return.

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@waffentraeger

3 months

Also special thanks to @Archer83Able for posting the file with allmost all the Russian military locations for Google Earth Pro. Without this, finding and analyzing storage sites would be much, much harder.

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@Archer83Able

6 months

⚡️🇷🇺🇧🇾 | Russian (and Belarusian) Military Installations 1.5.0 - Belarus Update I've completed another update of my years-long project in Google Earth to map all possible-to-find Russian (and Belarusian) military and security-related facilities across the globe (integrated into

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Waffentraeger

@waffentraeger

4 months

Very useful 🧵 about Russia's largest Air Defence storage and repair site. Including a complete count of all the visible stored equipment in 14.07.2023.

Athene Noctua

@Ath3neN0ctu4

4 months

75th Arsenal JSC A Thread about what this facility hold has equipment. Imagery is from June, 14th 2023. 1/11

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Waffentraeger

@waffentraeger

3 months

Final thoughts: I have started to enlarge my list of locations with all storage sites that we have ignored so far. Sites that do not hold any heavy weapons, just trucks/trailers etc.. This will take a while, but it will result in a more comprehensive count of all the bases.

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@waffentraeger

5 months

9/10 I would assume that the better inventory would have been stored in the garages. How much equipment was stored there and how much remains is anyone's guess, but I wouldn't be surprised if all inventory of worth has been transported to different repair units by now.

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@waffentraeger

3 months

This goes to show that we can't discount anything in Russia's storage. If, or rather when, Russia finds or produces ammo for their remaining museum pieces (like M-30), they will send them to the front. That those won't be nearly as useful as more modern pieces won't stop them.

D'Mithridates

@Rhaescuporis

3 months

M-46 130mm field guns on train, the video is recent, but exact location unknown. Earlier Russia avoided re-activation of M-46 despite around 600 pieces in stock as showed by @HighMarsed Depletion of 122 and 152mm guns stockpiles might changed the situation

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@waffentraeger

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Just some hypthetical math based on Andrew's estimates. Let's say Russia looses about 125 drones/week of their inventory of about 9x300=2700 with a replacement rate of ~125/month. In 6 months 2 weeks Russia would loose 3500 and gain ~810, for a net sum almost 0.

Andrew Perpetua

@AndrewPerpetua

16 days

@perwagner somewhere between 50 and 200 per month, probably. im not sure, ive never seen good numbers I only go based on the estimated loss rates and the estimated growth rate of drones. in the past russia was net gaining drones per month and now I think they are net losing.

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Waffentraeger

@waffentraeger

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8/11 To be more exact, when looking at Sentinel footage it becomes clear that the base was emtied out of tanks and IFVs by 16.08.2023.

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@waffentraeger

4 months

6/11 The AFVs only seem to be uncovered from time to time, maybe for maintenance, but always remain at (or return to) their spots.

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@waffentraeger

3 months

This almost feels like a video game mechanic, you lose your BMP-1 and spawn an immobile turret. I understand wanting to make use of available equipment, but this is almost an excuse to waste ammo. I didn't mind the version on the 2B9 carriage, but this is too ghetto even for me.

Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦

@bayraktar_1love

3 months

Improvised Russian modification of the BMP-1 turret with a 73-mm 2A28 "Grom" gun into a artillery piece.

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Waffentraeger

@waffentraeger

13 days

Interesting thread. It looks like Toropets' bunkers were inadequately crafted. And it seems it wasn't the only newly built or upgraded large ammo depot in Russia which suffers from this. There's a good chance we will see many more such fireballs very soon.

Daniele 🇺🇦🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@HartreeFock

13 days

🧵Reading under Toropets’ hashes 1/7 The Ukrainian strike on Toropets may have been one of the most successful attacks on an ammunition depot since the start of the war. The reasons behind this success are still under scrutiny. Many are discussing the potential use of the Storm

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@waffentraeger

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9/11 As an interesting note, the white covers actually seem to reduce the radar signature and thus the visibility in the SAR footage from Sentinel-1.

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@waffentraeger

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7/10 There could be more equipment under the foliage, for example there is something visible in the 2023 footage that was covered by trees before and looks like vehicles.

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@waffentraeger

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7/11 The vehicles stayed there (mostly untouched, most of the time wrapped into white protective coverings) until 2023 when they disappeared in short order. All AFVs (tanks and IFVs) diasappeared, trucks and support vehicles remain.

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@waffentraeger

4 months

2/25 The base consists mostly of dispersed garages that should store artillery ammunition and equipment. But there are three small clusters of vehicles that are being stored there since 2020.

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@waffentraeger

1 month

That's an effective way to deny conceilment and even destroy some positions. But this is also going to light up on FIRMS. If this is becoming regular it will be more difficult to dicern between fires started by shelling and like this.

🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦

@front_ukrainian

1 month

⚡️🇺🇦Ukrainian FPV drone burns 🇷🇺Russian positions with thermite.

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@waffentraeger

3 months

2/9 As far as I can tell, the site not depleted or anything like that in 30.04.2024. But it's a rare case of a missile storage site where some large missiles are stored in the open, without any cover or storage boxes. Which makes it worth to look at what is stored here.

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@waffentraeger

3 months

As a result, I will likely only post shorter threads (like this one) for now. There's still plenty to discover in the depth of Russia's storage sites, so I will try to keep posting a thread about once per week.

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@waffentraeger

4 months

10/11 This base is kind of strange because it received these vehicles only in the buildup for the invasion. If this wasn't in the Kaliningrad enclave I would have thought this to be a staging point or a prepared reserve like part of Novoozerne from last🧵.

Waffentraeger

@waffentraeger

4 months

Next 🧵, this time about a staging area, turned collection and maybe repair point, close to the town of Novoozerne in Crimea. 1/42 45°23'55"N 33°09'14"E

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@waffentraeger

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3/25 The western and eastern clusters store exclusively trucks and trailers, but the middle one consists of armored artillery support vehicles. The trucks have not been touched since they were put there (nobody cares about stored trucks).

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@waffentraeger

1 month

4/17 But with the start of the war and the obvious increase in demand for things that go boom the situation was now visibly different. New buildings were under construction and more places were cleared of foliage by mid 2023.

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@waffentraeger

3 months

An interesting 🧵that tries to calculate the current composition of Russia's tank fleet according to both Oryx losses and @HighMarsed storage removals. I would add that Oryx numbers are likely undercounts due to unobserved losses and not all removed tanks were likely reactivated.

Ben

@bentanmy

3 months

Related to this thread: I have compared the visually confirmed losses by group to the amount of tanks visually removed from storage.

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Waffentraeger

@waffentraeger

4 months

2/10 Before the invasion The base was holding 191 2A36 Giatsint-B, one of Russia’s most capable towed howitzer models. Counted by @HighMarsed . These can easily be identified by their large size and their 4 wheels. By 28.07.2023 all of them are gone.

Highmarsed

@HighMarsed

6 months

2/ First of all here is an overview of the numbers. This system seems to have one of the highest removal rates of all towed artillery, considering that by now likely more than 80% of their pre-war stocks have been removed.

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Waffentraeger

@waffentraeger

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@bayraktar_1love Seems like getting peppered with 25mm rounds makes it really hard to shoot back. Even if the tank makes it back, optics and other fragile parts will be in bad shape. At least a mission kill then, good job.

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@waffentraeger

4 months

4/25 Some armored vehicles on the other hand have been removed since the war started. Left picture is from 19.07.2021, right from 13.10.2022 (newest footage on google earth).

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@waffentraeger

3 months

20) Very interesting thread about Ukraine's interceptor drone programme.

Joni Askola

@joni_askola

3 months

1/11 Low-cost drone killer: Ukraine now utilizes FPV drones as interceptors, representing a groundbreaking approach against slow targets.

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@waffentraeger

3 months

3/9 Most of what is stored here, is still either in the usual piles of boxes or (probably) in the buildings. There were some changes since the start of the war, but nothing easily quantifiable. Some piles got bigger, some smaller. It's possible material was moved out from inside.

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@waffentraeger

3 months

4/9 The area that is most interesting, is in the eastern part of the base which holds the largest boxes/missiles/rockets. Luckily that part of the base has both pre war (9.7.2021) and recent (30.4.2024) high resolution footage.

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Waffentraeger

@waffentraeger

4 months

Final thoughts: I have recently achieved 1000 followers, in fact within less than 24h afterwards I have surpassed 2000! So, let me thank you all for showing interest or helping share our documentation work!

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@waffentraeger

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5/17 There's only recent (09.07.2024) high res footage from Google Earth for half the factory but that also shows that in the last year even more construction was started.

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@waffentraeger

3 months

2/8 The 37th Separate Railway Brigade is not a place, where I would have expected to find artillery per se, but it makes some sense. It has the infrastructure to quickly send any kind of reserve equipment further. So, in probably early 2021 Russia started to stage systems there.

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@waffentraeger

4 months

6/25 Let's take a detailed look at what vehicles were stored pre war and what was removed in the available high resolution footage by 13.10.2022. First, I marked all objects that looked similar enough to be the same kind with a different colour. Quite the collection.

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@waffentraeger

2 months

3/12 These precautions are meant to protect each site in case of accidents in neighboring sites. However, in August 2019 these proved entirely inadequate.

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@waffentraeger

2 months

12/12 Building infrastructure is both expensive and time consuming, which is why Russia always hesitates here (just like with shelters for its combat aircraft). But the longer Russia has time to construct or modernize its facilities, the harder it will be to cause damage.

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@waffentraeger

3 months

5/9 In the lower half, I'm not certain about the actual ID of the contents but the lengths of the larger objects are ~6m (violet) and ~10m (red) long. Additionally in between the recordings another size of boxes was added ~6,5m (yellow) in length. Maybe from one of the buildings.

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@waffentraeger

4 months

3/10 Himarsed already confirmed that these were removed by November 2023 from his available footage. But now we have free high res footage anyone can access.

Highmarsed

@HighMarsed

6 months

6/ At the 7015th all 191 2A36 were removed until November 2023 and only four of the 35 pre-war units remained at the 120th in April of 2023. The four remaining 2A36 seem to be missing their barrel, which could be due to cannibalization or just bad image quality.

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@waffentraeger

3 months

6/9 The upper half contains mostly openly stored Kh-22 missiles (gold). There were ~95 in 2021 and 103 in 2024). The additional missiles are likely from the ~65 very large storage boxes (blue) that were removed entirely. That means ~57 Kh-22 missiles were removed from this base.

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@waffentraeger

3 months

7/9 The smaller objects here (white, ~5m long) have not been touched. There is also another type of missile, identifiable in the clearer 2024 footage. There seem to be two KSR-2 (AS-5 "Kelt") missiles (pink). The last missile looks like another Kh-22 without wings to me (green).

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@waffentraeger

2 months

And this is how Russia stores its cold war era D-30s.

Highmarsed

@HighMarsed

5 months

9/ Looking closer a the spot you can see the shadow of a gun pointing upwards, while the D-30 is usually stored in the position you can see in the second image.

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@waffentraeger

3 months

3/8 Before the start of the war following equipment was clearly stored there: 72 D-30 12 2A65 Msta-B 24 BM-21 Grad 48 large trucks

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@waffentraeger

3 months

8/9 Usually one would want to store expensive and somewhat sensitive munitions in a controlled environment or at the very least not completely exposed to the elements.

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@waffentraeger

4 months

@wartranslated Combat pause? If those are the daily losses during a pause I would be interested to see what the losses look during an offensive.

Andrew Perpetua

@AndrewPerpetua

4 months

Here are the losses I could identify for yesterday.

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@waffentraeger

2 months

9/12 As a comparison, here is the McAlester Army Ammunition Plant (34°48'25"N 95°57'04"W). The facility with it's bunkers in ginormous (~182 km²) but spaces out every facility, every bunker, every building. Storage in hardened shelters goes without saying.

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@waffentraeger

1 month

3/17 On satellite little changed between the early 2000s and 2022. Hardly any new buildings on site.

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@waffentraeger

4 months

Isn't that quite something. Didn't expect that capability to be given to Ukraine (at this point). If the data feeds of these can be sent to the F-16s that might make them quite a bit more useful.

OSINTtechnical

@Osinttechnical

4 months

In a surprise statement moments ago, the Swedish government confirmed that it will supply Ukraine with a pair of Saab 340 early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft (ASC 890). The delivery timeline is unknown, but will be a massive capability boost for the Ukrainian Air Force.

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@waffentraeger

2 months

Somehow I feel like the Vietnamese guns might be in better shape, despite potentially being a lot older and having gone through a major war, than what Russia has inherited from the Soviet Union during its heydays.

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@waffentraeger

1 month

2/17 The Kazan Gunpowder Plant is one of the most important factories that produce propellants and explosives for the Russian military industrial complex. Like many defense companies it saw a decline after the fall of the SU but it managed to stay afloat.

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