Ukraine OOB New and Old Toys

[blazejos]

Some improvised Ukrainian vehicles but they looks better than total improvisation and build in series so near serial production

Pickub MRLS with S-5 from aircrafts/helicopter
https://mil.in.ua/en/news/sumy-regio...-s-5-missiles/

Pickup MRLS (miniature Grad but with rotational launcher)
https://en.defence-ua.com/industries...ssis-5433.html

Ukrainian 2S9 Nona guns on BMP-1
https://en.defence-ua.com/weapon_and...980s-5252.html

Here Russian also Nona but on MT-LB
https://en.defence-ua.com/weapon_and...hoto-3645.html

BRM-1K with turret from BMD-2 Ukrainian
https://en.defence-ua.com/weapon_and...icle-4917.html

MT-LB with DshK turret
Build in 2015 for war in Donbas in 2018 went into storages and now again in usage
https://en.defence-ua.com/weapon_and...rson-4915.html

Bożena-5 (Slovak remote demining vehicle)
https://mil.in.ua/en/news/bozena-5-h...harkiv-region/

Ukrainians also now build static defence fortifications along border with Belorussia

They start with improvised bunkers
https://mil.in.ua/en/news/fortificat...-rivne-region/
but now they are fully professionally build from concentrate even some of them have anti RPG cages
https://mil.in.ua/en/news/reinforced...e-kyiv-region/

[MarkSheppard]

https://www.dvidshub.net/news/437455...hicles-ukraine

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. (Jan. 30, 2022)– U.S. Transportation Command is delivering the first shipment of Bradley Fighting Vehicles to Ukraine as part of the United States’ $2.85 billion military aid agreement announced earlier this year.

The shipment — containing more than 60 Bradleys — left the shores of North Charleston, South Carolina, last week, and will provide the Ukrainian forces with additional offensive and defensive capabilities to protect their borders against Russia’s illegal invasion.

Lots of pictures in there to figure out which Bradley model we're sending.

[FASTBOAT TOUGH]

That's easy it's the BRADLEY M2A2 ODAS and Don will love this, the only one I could find was "ODAS E" which doesn't look correct. Was going to modify one of the M2A2 ones from around 1996. This was and is the most prolific one of the M2A2 series and it had MAJOR revisions done to it. Currently makes up about 50% of the current Bradley in service. Was the last M2A2 type before the transition to the M2A3.

It was the last BRADLEY (M2A2) type "JAKE" severed with in in both Iraq Wars and finally in South Korea. He was very helpful on some issues I had in past submissions concerning BRADLEY and ABRAMS as he was assigned to them as well for a time early in his career.

RIP my friend!

Sometimes referred to as the "Digital BRADLEY" a lot of ANALOG equipment was removed, so much so to allow CARRY 7.

Already have my sources ready, thought I'd have "a little time" to pull it together YOUR CALL.

Right now, after dealing with a retired pay issue all day so far, I'm going back out to replant shrubs!!

Let me know PM or otherwise also had some notes on how to deal with ODAS CAPIBILITIES.


Regards,
Pat