A report to the Russian “Two Majors” Telegram channel from an artilleryman on the very poor quality of new ammunition.
“About ammunition. The information was verified through an active artillery officer who had been through more than one war and was currently at the front.
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“About ammunition. The information was verified through an active artillery officer who had been through more than one war and was currently at the front.
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https://twitter.com/grandparoy2/status/1778454629065658530
“They write to us:
"Good health, comrade Majors! A cry from the heart, I ask for publicity, if necessary I can go through deanon with you.
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"Good health, comrade Majors! A cry from the heart, I ask for publicity, if necessary I can go through deanon with you.
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“I am a combat officer, an artilleryman in an infantry regiment in the ****** direction. We have been working closely for almost 3 years. Everyone in my unit knows their business: any calculation number can easily replace both the gunner and the gun commander.
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“When we first arrived at the SVO, we were working with SOVIET BC [combat load]. The same one that had a GOST [State Standard], which was certified and fired before entering the troops. Old, rusty in places - but it was possible to work, the work was going great.
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“Then the IRANIAN and KOREAN BC appeared. There are no complaints about Iran - ideal sets of shots, they fly where they should. With Korea it was worse - carpet bombing over areas. Somehow we zeroed them in with the entire front (but for pinpoint work we try not to use it - …
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“…there is little trust).
And then the moment came when they started importing RUSSIAN BC, a modern one. To say that it is a fucking mess is to say nothing. You make a shot from one batch, adjust it, and the second one from the same batch gets a 1-2 km overshoot.
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And then the moment came when they started importing RUSSIAN BC, a modern one. To say that it is a fucking mess is to say nothing. You make a shot from one batch, adjust it, and the second one from the same batch gets a 1-2 km overshoot.
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“There are no checklists with individual adjustments to each shot set, which indicates that there is no quality control of the manufactured products. It even happens that the charges (cartridges) come without primers - what kind of quality control are we even talking about!
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“To the following problem. Who are the poorly shooting artillerymen for the infantry? F...s. To all the explanations about the zero quality of the BC - f...s. We are not even talking about the age of the guns and their shooting - we will also be f...s.
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“The consequences - transfers to assault units.
If you do not start working - the crews will go to assault.
And no one gives a damn that these people have been doing their job for years, destroying hundreds of units of weapons and military equipment…
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If you do not start working - the crews will go to assault.
And no one gives a damn that these people have been doing their job for years, destroying hundreds of units of weapons and military equipment…
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“…of the enemy together with their personnel. In assaults - period. The majority of the artillerymen transferred to assaults are two hundred in the first days. There are no training grounds where they are retrained. They took the machine gun and went ahead.
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“How the f@ck are we going to start working if we have nothing to use it with? If our military-industrial complex is negligent in its work, we CAN'T DO ANYTHING.
Let's bring this issue to the masses.
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Let's bring this issue to the masses.
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“Let dozens of controllers go to these factories stamping out ammunition and monitor the quality of the products. Because what is happening now is SABOTAGE.
We came to defend our Motherland, our people. We are doing everything in our power.”
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We came to defend our Motherland, our people. We are doing everything in our power.”
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