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10 Jun, 4 tweets, 3 min read
Deputy Defense Minister Alexei Krivoruchko and Ground Forces CO Oleg Salyukov were on hand in Nizhny Novgorod to inspect some new weapon systems, including the Nabarasok program's 2S43 Malva 152mm howitzer, Drok 82mm mortar, and 2S4 Floks 120mm artillery.
tvzvezda.ru/news/202161071…
The first video I've seen of the Magnolia 120mm (same cannon as the 2S31 Vena) artillery system on a DT-30 twin-linked chassis. Also the VDV's 125mm Sprut-SDM1 light tanks. The emphasis is adapting systems/arty for the arctic and on wheeled chassis. 2/
tvzvezda.ru/news/202161071…
*Nabrosok program. Video showing the Drok 82mm mortar (on a Typhoon-VDV chassis), 2S42 Lotos 120-mm self-propelled artillery system, and the Ka-52M helicopter. 3/
tvzvezda.ru/news/202161075…
Photos of the Nabrosok program's self-propelled artillery/mortar systems: the Magnolia (DT-30 chassis) and Floks (Ural-VV chassis) 120mm systems, 152mm Malva (8x8 BAZ-6010-027 chassis), and Drok 82mm mortar (Typhoon-VDV chassis. 4/
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8 Jun
Russia's success in Chechnya was largely due to one of the rebel commanders breaking with the other rebels, who Russia then supported and helped kill his opponents (not just Russian kinetic ops). That wasn't an option in Afghanistan, not to mention the support from Pakistan.
And uh, lets wait to see how this works out for Russia long-term. Kadyrov has only shown deference to Putin, and has his own security services that are loyal to him, which Moscow allowed (and his assassinations in Moscow). Not sure what will happen with Putin's successor.
Not to mention, Russia faced a number of awful terrorist attacks from terrorists from the North Caucasus after the kinetic portion of the 2nd war, including Nord Ost, Beslan, the 2004 and 2010 Moscow Metro bombings, and the 2011 Domodedovo Airport bombing.
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Nice size comparison of the BTR-D and BTR-MDM Rakushka airborne armored vehicles used by the VDV.
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Photos of BTR-D, BMD-4M, and BTR-MDM vehicles from the VDV's 76th Air Assault Division conducting amphibious training. 2/
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Photos of BTR-D, BMD-4M, and BTR-MDM vehicles from the VDV's 76th Air Assault Division conducting amphibious training. 3/
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2 Jun
Video of a 2017 GOPLAT exercise in Crimea with FSB Special Purpose Center officers, presumably from Vympel.
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Second video from that 2017 FSB Special Purpose Center GOPLAT exercise. 2/
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Video of the Northern Fleet's Kazan Project 885M Yasen-M nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine.
tvzvezda.ru/news/202161215…
Another video of the Northern Fleet's Kazan Project 885M Yasen-M nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine arriving at its permanent base. 2/
Photos of the Kazan arriving at the Northern Fleet's naval base in Zapadnaya Litsa. 3/
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Disturbing report on Uralvagonzavod, where at least five employees have been killed over the past 3 years and 26 were injured last year. Workers say that managers threaten them to not report negligence and workplace injuries.
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Workers say that there are poor working conditions and equipment issues, such as the ventilation pipes that collapsed in this video, which apparently has gotten worse over the past decade. They also complain of low wages, only 25-30k rubles per month on average. 2/
They say that you have to work overtime to actually receive a decent wage based on bonuses and that salaries are only growing by 3% per year. Most workers are too afraid to talk to reporters because they fear they will be fired. 3/
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Video of Russian MoD SOF, presumably SSO, at the shooting competition in honor of Vympel officer Captain Roman Stashchenko.
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Photos of FSB Special Purpose Center officers at the shooting tournament. 2/
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