It's been a while, but I promised, when new footage becomes available I would make a new🧵, so here is the update for the Motovilikha plant in Perm.
1/25
58°01'58"N 56°17'16"E
livingatlas.arcgis.com/wayback/#activ…
2/25
My first 🧵 on Motovilikha also has some history and analysis I won't repeat here:

https://x.com/waffentraeger/status/1815089138057850915

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
earth.google.com/web/search/44.…


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.
ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0…

Next 🧵, this time something different. Because I was asked about it, here a short guide: How to use the site to find and analyse Sentinel-1/2 footage.

1/22apps.sentinel-hub.com/eo-browser

https://x.com/BAAService/status/1820778680353759675

2/22
Once you opened the the site with the link above, you have quite a few choices of what to do.

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
earth.google.com/web/@56.170978…


2/12
This used to be a fairly standard, if on the larger side, ammunition storage site in Siberia. It featured pretty typical storage of ammunition partially in boxes in the open and some buildings, spaced out ~50-100m from each other and earthworks (and trees) around each site.

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
earth.google.com/web/@58.032995…


2/39
First some history:
The plant used to be one of Russia's most important producers of (tube) artillery for centuries. Even before becoming a unified factory the scattered gunsmiths in Perm were producing big guns for the Tsar since the 18th century.
rbth.com/science_and_te…

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

earth.google.com/web/search/50.…
livingatlas.arcgis.com/wayback/#activ…


2/17
First off, thanks to @BAAService for finding and sharing about the previously unknown Russian military activity in this city (as well as in others).

https://x.com/BAAService/status/1811106347624411616

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

earth.google.com/web/@44.634571…
livingatlas.arcgis.com/wayback/#activ…


2/5
Once again, similar to my last thread about the 37th Separate Railway Brigade, not the place for artillery to be, but by early 2021 a number of towed guns (12xD-30, 12x2A65) were stashed here before the invasion and were only removed somewhere in early 2023.

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

earth.google.com/web/@48.765653…
livingatlas.arcgis.com/wayback/#activ…


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.

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

earth.google.com/web/@53.632675…
livingatlas.arcgis.com/wayback/#activ…


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.

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

earth.google.com/web/search/54%…
livingatlas.arcgis.com/wayback/#activ…


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.

Thread of threads:
1) 60th Arsenal in Kaluga

https://x.com/waffentraeger/status/1791978381367500979

2) 15th Navy Arsenal near St. Petersburg

https://x.com/waffentraeger/status/1792546925683638774

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


satellites.pro/Ukraine_map#45…
earth.google.com/web/@45.401008…
livingatlas.arcgis.com/wayback/#activ…


2/42
Before 2019 this base was a small abandoned military site with a few ruined buildings, surrounded by a wind farm of all things. In 2019 work started to turn the facility into a staging point for military equipment.

Next short 🧵, about the (now exhausted) 7015th Storage and Repair Base in Mulino.
1/10
56.306952 , 42.977638
earth.google.com/web/search/56.…
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.

https://x.com/HighMarsed/status/1777382674304213324

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
earth.google.com/web/@55.423449…
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.

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
earth.google.com/web/@52.512229…
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.
earth.google.com/web/@52.512681…

I found something again, that might be interesting. The (corpse of the) 60th Arsenal in Kaluga to be exact. Short 🧵:
1/10
earth.google.com/web/@54.507097…
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.
tadviser.com/index.php/Comp…

https://x.com/Ath3neN0ctu4/status/1776599605439803502

1/30🧵:
Hier mal meine eigene Ausführung zur Strategie im Krieg der🇺🇦 gegen 🇷🇺 und der Bedeutung von Taurus (und ähnlicher Systeme) für den weiteren Kriegsverlauf:

https://twitter.com/Leopard24theWin/status/1756043920155255149

2/30:
Letzlich stellt sich die Frage zur Theorie eines Sieges in der 🇺🇦. Wie kann ich 🇷🇺vertreiben. Krieg ist die Fortsetzung der Diplomatie mit anderen Mitteln. Clausewitz mag aus der Zeit gefallen wirken, aber Putin folgt gerade der Logik dieser Zeit,