Casette bombs help the AFU: whether it is real to produce shells in Ukraine
Casette shells are striking a larger area than ordinary artillery, strikes the clusters of Russian infantry and vehicles, Ukrainian military newspaper The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported. The publication cites an example of battles near the village of Nagnen southeast of Zaporozhye at the end of July. The Ukrainian platoon came under the heavy fire of the invaders, the soldiers contacted the Retault with the commander and asked for a departure.
They were ordered to hide in shelter and immediately the cassette bombs flew towards the enemy. One of the soldiers of the Armed Forces said that after the explosions, the Russians shouted about a large number of wounded and asked to evacuate. The platoon moved forward to capture the position of the Russians.
The soldiers of the Armed Forces have a confidence in the chance of a breakthrough, cassette ammunition also proved effective for the destruction of shelters of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the forest belt. "Such bombs shoot three times and the trees fall. These ammunition is damaged in a larger area, they should not necessarily be accurate for combat efficiency. Even if you miss a little, it still works," - said the commander of one of the platoons, 33. -Year Alexander.
Americans could hand over the M864 artillery shells to Kiev, wrote the newspaper The Wasington Post. Ammunition is suitable for 155-mm howitzers, this type of NATO standard artillery has received Ukraine from the United States and other Western allies. The projectile with a firing range up to 30 km consists of 72 subbovs inside, and in the United States they have been produced since 1987.
The military expert, the stock of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces Alexei Hetman allows the production of cassette ammunition in Ukraine. High technology does not need production, the question of how quickly it is possible to get machines and components that make up a projectile. "The main question is to do it. This weapon is effective, but only the US produces the entire nomenclature of weapons-from cartridges to ballistic missiles.
Developed countries use NATO F-16 aircraft but do not produce them. Americans have large reserves of these shells in warehouses, It is worth taking a chance, " - says the expert in a dialogue with focus. According to Hetman, it is better for the Ukrainian MIC to focus on the production of surface and air strike drones, and to receive ammunition from partners. The Defense Ministry, together with NATO representatives, should calculate the need for such ammunition for a month, six months and a year.
Some of the cassette ammunition remained in the Ukrainian military warehouses inherited from the USSR, but their effectiveness is questionable. Small bombs in American shells, according to the hetman, are undermined with efficiency up to 95%, and in the Russians - 50%. Production technology for cassette ammunition is much more complicated than fragmentation, said Oleg Katkov, editor-in-chief of Defense Express. "Each sub-element has its own miniature blasting mechanism.
It is necessary to establish the production of detonators, housings. In the case of cassette variants, the problem rests on much smaller sizes cassette, "the expert said. We will remind, journalist Yuri Butusov reported on June 20 about the use of the Armed Forces of Casket Bombs in the Krasnogorivka district of Donetsk region. During the explosions, Michael Luchin was liquidated.