Putin Won’t Like This Video: Ukraine Used Excalibur Strikes To Hit Russian Military

Welcome to the TDTV channel. Like and subscribe to support us. Ukraine video shows Russian city killer guns destroyed by artillery attack. On Tuesday, a video shared by Ukraine weapons tracker at UA Weapons highlighted the destruction of a Russian 2S4 Tyalpin 240mm self-propelled heavy mortar near Donetsk in eastern Ukraine. The Russian vehicle was targeted in an artillery strike by a unit of the Ukrainian 55th Brigade. In the two-minute long video, the Russian vehicle could be seen in a position outside the city when it was spotted by a Ukrainian drone which proceeded to film the artillery strike. At the end of the short clip, the 2S4 Tyalpin appeared to be burning and it is unlikely any of its crew survived the strike. The 2S4 Tyalpin 240mm is currently the largest mortar system in use in the world today. Some experts have described them as city killer artillery weapons. It has a range of 9,650 meters using standard high explosive rounds and a range of 20,000 meters using extended-range munition. In addition to the high explosive rounds, the Tyalpin can also fire armor piercing, laser-guided and cluster munitions as well as chemical, neutron and tactical nuclear rounds. The 240mm mortar system is mounted on a modified track chassis that was first employed with the SA-4 Ganov 2K1 Krug air defense missile system. The vehicle is operated by a crew of five including a driver and commander along with three support troops to operate the mortar. However, those additional troops are typically carried in a separate armored personnel carrier, APC. In the video posted on Tuesday, no such APC was present but the platform appeared to be in its deployed position when it came under fire. It is unclear whether how many Russian soldiers may have near the vehicle during the strike. The 2S4 Tyalpin, known by NATO as the M1975, was first deployed in combat in the Soviet-Afghan War. It has since seen service in more than a half dozen other conflicts including the Chechen Wars while a number of the vehicles have been deployed to aid the Syrian government. While fewer than a dozen have been in active service since the start of the war in Ukraine a year ago, some 400 have remained in storage. To date, at least six have been destroyed in the fighting and it is unclear if the Kremlin will press more of the Cold War era platforms into service. Excalibur bullet destroying Russian artillery. A short video posted to social media on Tuesday morning ended with a literal bang showing the destruction of a Russian 2S3 Akatsiya 152mm self-propelled howitzer NATO designation M1973 that was targeted via a drone. The unmanned aerial system UAS served as an airborne spotter and allowed the Ukrainian army to then strike the vehicle with an M982 Excalibur precision ordnance round. The incident occurred near Donetsk City and it appeared that the Russian howitzer had attempted to take cover in the woods along a dirt road. However, drones paired with such smart ordnance have enabled Ukrainian forces to strike with deadly precision. Since being posted by Ukraine weapons tracker at UAUPAPONS in the early hours of Tuesday, the clip has been shared some 150,000 times. The 2S3 Akatsiya, Russian for the acacia flower, 152mm self-propelled howitzer was developed in the late 1960s as a response to the American 155mm M109 howitzer. The tracked vehicle entered service in the early 1970s and was first used in the Soviet-Afghan war. Though not amphibious, the 2S3 offers good cross-country mobility due to its track chassis even if its speed is limited. That latter part could explain the efforts for the vehicle to remain concealed along the tree lean. The Russian army had more than a thousand of the vehicles in service when it launched its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine last year, while the Russian navy had some 400 in active operation with an additional 600 in storage. Both branches of the Russian military have deployed their respective 2S3s to Ukraine, while Kiev's forces are also reported to have approximately 500 in its arsenals. The issue for Ukraine's military has been the supply of 152.4mm ordnance. Ukraine weapons tracker also published footage of a Russian Ka-52 attack helicopter that hit electricity wires and crashed, presumably southeast of Donetsk, on March 16th. Both of the crew were killed. French Krotal SAM system takes down Russian cruise missile. Ukraine's general staff shared footage from inside the Krotal-NG missile system protecting Ukrainian skies. This is the first video of this French-provided air defense system in Ukraine. Two Krotal-NG systems were delivered to Ukraine in November 2022, as announced by French officials, and the total amount of them expected is up to 12. But since then, the media kept quiet in that regard. Several months later, Ukrainian Air Force Command encouraged potential students to start learning how to operate modern Western air defense systems, including the Krotal-NG, NASEMS, IRIS-T, and so on. The original Krotal system was designed during Cold War to keep Finnish borders safe from the Soviet Union, and it consisted of several launch vehicles and an acquisition radar on a separate vehicle. Since then, the Krotal New Generation version was developed and entered production in 1990. The main advantage of the new Krotal-NG is mobility. It is an all-in-one multi-sensor system with own radar that can detect and engage an air threat on its own, which is crucial in the conditions of warfare in Ukraine, with the Ukrainian army lacking air defense systems to cover the entire territory of the country and the front line stretching over 1,500 kilometers. The upgraded system also features a thermal camera that provides real-time image in daylight or at night. It allows to not just detect a target, but visually recognize it, thus adding the friend or foe capacity. The purpose of Krotal-NG is to intercept air targets in the medium range 500 to 10,000 m at low and extremely low altitudes up to 6,000 m. The VT-1 carries a payload of 13 kilograms of explosive and travels at Mach 3.5 speed. There are two variants of the Krotal, ground and naval. Main operators are France, Finland, Greece, and the Netherlands. Putin will be angry, U.S. intends to deliver 31 M1 Abrams tanks by fall. Speaking on the condition of anonymity, a U.S. Department of Defense official admitted that the Pentagon is fast tracking the delivery of both M1 Abrams tanks and Patriot missile systems to Ukraine. The Pentagon is also reportedly preparing to accelerate training programs designed to ensure that Ukrainian soldiers are capable of operating the American military equipment. According to the unnamed official, the Pentagon is speeding up the process of refurbishing M1A1 Abrams tanks already in storage, with a view to ensure that 31 of the vehicles arrive in Ukraine by the fall. The news suggests that the United States believes Ukraine is in dire needs of the tanks, especially during the summer when the warmer weather makes ground assaults easier. It also suggests that U.S. intelligence doesn't suggest that Russia will come back to the negotiating table anytime soon. Speaking to MSNBC on Tuesday, U.S. National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby praised the plans to send 31 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, which was decided in January. Kirby said that the vehicles are very sophisticated, also adding that the U.S. doesn't have a whole heck of them just sitting on the shelf. Kirby explained how American soldiers typically spend 16 weeks training to use the Abrams tanks, adding that those four months still only covered basic training and how to operate the vehicle. The U.S. official said that soldiers also need to know how to properly maintain the tanks and how to manage supply chains in a way that ensures that tank operators have access to the parts and supplies they need during combat. It is unclear how the Pentagon intends to speed up the training of Ukrainian soldiers, which has already begun at Fort Steele, Oklahoma. Kirby confirmed that the Pentagon is working as quickly as possible and will soon have more to say on adjustments they're making. U.S. officials believe that Russia is already slowly winding down its long-anticipated spring offensive as a result of shortages of artillery shells, ammunition, and other supplies. Ukrainian military officials were warned by U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin last week that Ukraine doesn't have any time to waste, and unnamed U.S. officials have expressed their concern to U.S. media outlets about Ukraine's supplies of ammunition and trained soldiers. Speaking to the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, Austin said that the U.S. and other allies must deliver swiftly and fully on promised commitments. That includes delivering our armored capabilities to the battlefield and ensuring that Ukrainian soldiers get the training, spare parts, and maintenance support that they need to use these new systems as soon as possible. With American tanks expected to arrive in Ukraine sooner than originally planned and promises from Poland to deliver MiG fighter jets to Ukraine, it looks as though Kyiv could reasonably expect to launch new major offensives against Russia. The time frame in which that could happen, however, remains unclear. Ukraine may wish to launch an offensive sooner rather than later, but the Abrams tanks could arrive any time between September and November. In the meantime, however, the arrival of Polish MiGs could help Ukraine dramatically improve its air defenses. Thank you for tuning in to our video. You can click the like to support our TDTV global team and hit that subscribe button now for more great content. We'll catch you at the next one!