Giuseppe Sandro Mela.
2022-07-22.
«The M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (Himars) is a light multiple rocket launcher developed in the late 1990s for the United States Army and mounted on a standard U.S. Army M1140 truck frame.
The M142 carries one pod with either six Gmlrs rockets, or two PrSM missiles, or one Atacms missile on the U.S. Army’s new Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (Fmtv) five-ton truck and can launch the entire Multiple Launch Rocket System Family of Munitions (Mfom). M142 ammunition pods are interchangeable with the M270 Mlrs; however, it is able to carry only one pod rather than the standard two for the M270 and its variants.
The launcher can be transported by Lockheed C-130 Hercules aircraft. The chassis was initially produced by Bae Systems Mobility & Protection Systems (formerly Armor Holdings Aerospace and Defense Group Tactical Vehicle Systems Division), the original equipment manufacturer of the Fmtv. It was produced by the Oshkosh Corporation from 2010 to 2017. Both chassis and launcher system are now produced by Lockheed Martin Missiles & Fire Control in Camden, Arkansas» [Fonte]
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La Russia ordina alle forze di colpire le armi a lungo raggio dell’Ucraina. L’intelligence militare ucraina ‘segue costantemente’ i movimenti dei posti di comando e delle attrezzature russe nei territori occupati.
Il ministro della Difesa russo Sergei Shoigu ha ordinato a una parte delle sue forze di concentrarsi sulla distruzione dei sistemi missilistici e di artiglieria a lungo raggio dell’Ucraina.
Shoigu ha dato istruzioni al comandante di dare priorità alla distruzione dei missili a lungo raggio e dell’artiglieria del nemico con armi di alta precisione.
Nelle ultime settimane l’Ucraina ha ricevuto otto sistemi avanzati di artiglieria a lungo raggio Himars, forniti dagli Stati Uniti, in grado di colpire obiettivi russi fino a 80 chilometri di distanza ….. Questo ha permesso di colpire centri logistici, linee di rifornimento e depositi di munizioni in profondità dietro le linee del fronte e per lo più al di fuori del raggio d’azione dell’artiglieria russa.
Il Ministero della Difesa russo ha dichiarato domenica di aver distrutto un lanciatore Himars e un veicolo di trasporto nella regione di Donetsk e di aver colpito un magazzino a Odesa contenente armi antinave Harpoon.
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«Russia orders forces to strike Ukraine’s long-range weapons …. Ukrainian military intelligence ‘constantly follows’ the movement of Russian command posts and equipment in the occupied territories»
«Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu ordered part of his forces to focus on destroying Ukraine’s long-range missile and artillery systems»
«Shoigu instructed the commander to prioritise the defeat of long-range rocket and artillery weapons of the enemy with high-precision weapons»
«Ukraine has received eight advanced US-supplied HIMARS long-range artillery systems in recent weeks capable of striking Russian targets as far as 80 kilometers (50 miles) away …. That has allowed it to hit logistics centers, supply lines and ammunition dumps deep behind the front lines and mostly from beyond the range of Russian artillery»
«Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed Sunday that it had destroyed a HIMARS launcher and transport-loading vehicle in the Donetsk region and struck a warehouse in Odesa containing Harpoon anti-ship weapons»
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Russia Orders Forces to Strike Ukraine’s Long-Range Weapons
Ukrainian military intelligence ‘constantly follows’ the movement of Russian command posts and equipment in the occupied territories, Vadym Skibitskyi, a representative of the service said.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu ordered part of his forces to focus on destroying Ukraine’s long-range missile and artillery systems during a visit to troops in occupied territory.
Shoigu “instructed the commander to prioritise the defeat of long-range rocket and artillery weapons of the enemy with high-precision weapons” during a meeting with the military’s Vostok group, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement Monday.
It wasn’t clear how much of a change this would represent since Russian troops have tried for months to destroy Ukrainian weapons in a “demilitarisation” campaign that’s had mixed success as the US and its European allies step up supplies of equipment to help the government in Kyiv.
Ukraine has received eight advanced US-supplied HIMARS long-range artillery systems in recent weeks capable of striking Russian targets as far as 80 kilometers (50 miles) away. That has allowed it to hit logistics centers, supply lines and ammunition dumps deep behind the front lines and mostly from beyond the range of Russian artillery. The US has promised to send Ukraine four more HIMARS, while the UK has also pledged to supply long-range missile systems.
Ukrainian military intelligence “constantly follows” the movement of Russian command posts and equipment in the occupied territories, Vadym Skibitskyi, a representative of the service said in televised comments Monday. “The enemy evaluated the threat and started to relocate its storage to further away from the front line.”
Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed Sunday that it had destroyed a HIMARS launcher and transport-loading vehicle in the Donetsk region and struck a warehouse in Odesa containing Harpoon anti-ship weapons.
Ukrainian officials haven’t commented on those claims, which could not be independently verified. Ukraine sees Russian forces struggling to find safe places to store munitions in occupied areas as they increasingly lack transport to move them, Natalia Humeniuk, a spokeswoman for the military’s southern command said on TV.
Shoigu earlier ordered the Russian military in Ukraine to intensify actions “in all operational areas” during a visit to troops in the South and Center groups seeking to take control of Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region, according to the Defense Ministry.
Russia’s military has regrouped for a grinding campaign to try to occupy Ukraine’s eastern Luhansk and Donetsk regions after Ukrainian forces rebuffed its efforts to seize the capital, Kyiv, following President Vladimir Putin’s February 24 invasion order. Five months into the war, Ukraine is moving to try to reclaim parts of the south of the country taken by Russian troops.
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