Explaining the tactics behind Ukraine's rapid counter-offensive
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- Опубликовано: 16 май 2024
- A Ukrainian counter-offensive has forced Russia out of key eastern positions they had taken months to occupy.
Speaking to Forces News reporter Tom Sables, former US Army Major John Spencer, now Chair of Urban Warfare Studies at the Maddison Policy Forum, has explored the secrets to the success.
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Interview with Ukrainian soldier talking about taking their first village, being told by villagers that there were no Russians in the next village, getting there and finding no Russians, then telling their driver, jokingly, to take them to Izium. So he did.
@まこと 佐々木 what do you mean
@@ZEALOUS_MOTIVATION I had an Aunt who was Buddhist, and she would chant these words at her butsudan(alter/shrine) repetitiously. I think it is some kind of prayer, or mantra for peace or positive energy.
@まこと 佐々木 Nah mate, you convert to the satanic temple. It's the only way to be happy...
Oh where can I find this interview? That’s brilliant.
@@danielwhyatt3278 i had the link in my dream!
I am Ukraine . Thank you Great Britain . Respecr from Ukraine . Guys sorry my english ☺️
WE RESPECT THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE, AZOV/NAZIS & KIEV COUP OF '14 HAVE TO GO ... TRULY EVIL, & YOU KNOW IT!
Best wishes Tim : )
Слава Україні from the UK :)
In Britain our favourite sport is fighting European dictators in other countries.
Thank you for standing up for your nation and democracy in the face of aggression and tyranny!🇺🇦🇬🇧
Better intelligence, better equipped and better motivated. They're unstoppable now.
Yeah right.
The thing that has really surprised me is the ongoing success of the Ukrainian forces. For decades, the whole world has been in fear of the 'might' of the Russian military. Since its invasion of Ukraine we have seen that this so-called 'might' is simply a myth.
Mainy becasue of Western Intel and weopons , But your Soldiers have to have belifes and confidence, well done Ukrane
Many of the Ukrainian soldiers have had a crash course in infantry tactics in the UK. They have been taught to think for themselves and not wait for orders from above. Small, highly mobile sections headed by the equivalent of a corporal make for a smart fast moving and self confident army.
A heckuva lot of work has gone into that 'overnight success'. Finland keeps prepared for it all the time, Ukraine has had to do it from a standing start.
Leadership and morale is key. For the Ukrainians it is very good. For the Russians it is terrible.
@@newton18311 Oligarchs parasitically sucking away money meant the military probably didn't help.
I'd like to see at least two more mini-blitzes before winter.
When Winter comes, the ill dressed Russians will be FREEZING in their STEEL FREEZERS that they call tanks and APCs!
oh yeah?
@@CM-xr9oq most definitely. Purge the Orcs!
@まこと 佐々木 if that means “ purge the Orcs”, then, yes.
British training has helped them alot you can see the tactics are very much British
Western training, weaponry and intelligence has truly gave the Ukrainians clear advantage in the battlefield.
Combined with Ukrainian fighting spirit.
Not for long Nazi.
absolutely.
like a cheat movie bought with $ 500 billions and yet going to lose anyway !
@@yatarookayama8329 Are you sure about that? 😁
Thank you for explaining this.
Big thanks to all people who supports Ukraine! Together to victory!
give that post "victory" picture ... will you !
Together to the grave *
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This ingenious tactics will be studied in the war rooms of the world in the future
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It's was a special forces tactic with heli rescue and secret ops. But since it's their home land, they knew they just need to get in and kill the invader. They can dispere anywhere, the Russian only have two choices, to die following orders or to surrender right ?
No it won't lmfao, there were no tactics involved, Ukraine just had 6x the troops than Russia in that area, all they had to do is go forward and they would eventually collapse.
They're being coached by American military.
Ukrainian forces are getting trained by the British army which is helping to save lives.
Bravo Ukraine! Well done, very well done
The Ukrainians on the Kherson Front, on the most promising route near Andrejevka and Lozova, were today forced to retreat completely to Ingulec. They lost dozens of pieces of equipment, and on the entire Kherson front, surely over a hundred and who knows how many soldiers. So, considering the efforts invested, we can safely say that the Ukrainians experienced a difficult and complete debacle in that direction. Miraculously, Liman is holding, and if the weather forecast is correct, precipitation will begin in the south of Ukraine in 3 days, and around Oskol in 7 days, which will make offensive operations difficult. What is strange to me is that nothing seems to come of the announced Ukro attack below Zaporozhye, except for a couple of test attempts that went badly. It is possible that the Ukrainians really threw everything at Liman, or that the Russians interfered with their plans by calibrating that part, and it is probably a combination of both (provided that that direction remains calm). ....it is expected that due to the mobilization of the first unit, they will appear at the front in about twenty days, and that this is a realistic period in which the Ukrainians can still do something with this number of people at the front. So, the German stock market Dax is falling apart, and what is even more indicative of the state of the real German economy is that the two stock market indices MDAX and SDAX, which trade in the shares of medium-sized and smaller German companies, have lost almost 40% since the beginning of the year, which is the same decline as during the economic crisis of 2008 The real fall is yet to come. A note about the media's spin on the number of liberal pussies fleeing Russia. Up to 50,000 people pass through the Horgoš border crossing in the busiest period (weekends in July and August) and when all 6 terminals are working. 170 cars are enough for a kilometer of the column, and if there are 4 people in the car, that means 680 people per kilometer of the column. I'm watching that CNN they say 12 kilometers of columns towards Georgia. ..how many vehicles are there and how many people fit in those vehicles. If a million people leave Russia, and they get those 5.5 million from Novorussia (and they manage to keep those territories militarily), I see it as a mutual gain. Those liberal moronoids would certainly be eager to bring in a new Yeltsin, and this way they will get many times more true patriots instead!
….The situation in the Liman direction until the end of September 29, 2022 Ukrainian formations continue to surround Liman, developing an offensive towards the territorial borders of the Luhansk People's Republic. The Liman garrison is fighting in an operational environment with superior enemy forces. ▪On the outskirts of Liman ➖The enemy tried to attack the city from three directions: from the Dibro side, from the Brusino railway station and from the Old Caravan. The garrison is holding, all attacks are repulsed. ➖The Armed Forces of Ukraine are intensively shelling Liman with all available means of destruction, including HIMARS MLRS. ▪North of Liman ➖Units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine occupied Kolodezi, Zelena Dolina and cut the road Svatovo - Makeyevka - Terni - Liman. ➖On the side of Kolodezi village, a platoon of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, with the support of armored vehicles, carried out combat reconnaissance in the direction of Zarechny (Kirovsk). After a fiery defeat by the LNR People's Militia artillery, the Ukrainian formations were forced to retreat. ➖Through Zarečnoe - Torskoe passes the last road that connects the Liman garrison with the territory controlled by the allied forces. Armed forces of Ukraine are attacking villages from the north from the side of Kolodezi village and from the south - from the bridgehead on the bank of the Seversky Donts. ▪West of Liman ➖UAF occupied Šandrigolovo and Novoselka. The western flank of Liman's defense in Drobishev is held by fighters of BARS-13 and 20 combined armies of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. At this stage, without the transfer of significant reinforcements and concentration of attention of the command of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the direction of Liman, there is a serious danger of the fall of Liman and the further collapse of the defensive order of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Forces on the western borders of the Luhansk People's Republic.
Thanks for you explanations. From Brazil!
Brilliant video
Great video, spot on!
To say whoever designed this offensive deserves a medal would be an understatement of monumental proportions.
The offensive is certainly going to go down in history as one of the all time greats. Not from numbers involved, but deception, use of material and effectiveness.
Pubg vibes
👍👍👍💯 When this is all said and done, this will be taught in military college's and training for many, many years!!!
He deserves a place on history books, maybe Is too soon to tell, my humble and uniformed couch potato opinion however is that the guy is better than Patton, as good as Rommel and probably on par with the Israel conmandors who won the Yom Kippur war....to absolute war masters like Napoleon or Genghis Khan is hard to compare but I wont be surprised if he ranks within a few places from them.
@@asterixdogmatix1073 Ukraine lost thousands while Russia retreated and lost few. Consume different media.
Ukraine has pulled a pro gamer move.
Get your head out of the video games. Go touch grass.
more like a cheat movie bought with $ 500 billions and yet going to lose anyway !
@@CM-xr9oq bruh you Don't even know what Grass is 🗿
@@CM-xr9oq lmao every comment you make is dumber than the last. Just stop at this point for your own sake.
Your channel is consistently producing top grade content that is factual and engaging! Hello and respect from Canada.
Well done
Outstanding job on the counter offensive 👏👍 To the Objective ✊🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
@まこと 佐々木 you convert
So, Rommel-type of tactics with LAVs and technicals instead of tanks, HIMARS instead Stukas, no 8.8cm Flak in AT-role but plenty of Stinger&Javelins... This cocktail also included the very good intel provided by NATO satellites and the local, Ukrainian resistance networks, and the high morale of the Ukrainian troops!
Good work, neighbors, very good work! Keep it up!
Congrats from your friends in Romania! Slava Ukraini!
It worked even better out of the sand. There is a reason a Panzer division had so many motorcycles, in particular the motorcycles with the sidecar with a machine gun. When a breakthrough was created, the motorcycles had a mission. The tanks are still there for the breakthrough. It is just Hummers, "Dingos," those dune buggies, and modern 4 wheel vehicles instead of BMW motorcycles with a side car.
The Wehrmacht took the Ukraine in six weeks in 1941 against a force that was outnumbering them. Impressive.
All are German WW2 tactics
@@john48132 Correct. Rommel was. probably, the greatest tactician of Wehrmacht.
Light strike has all the hallmarks of the SAS using jeeps in the desert fast and can cause havoc on large groups of armoured units.
Britain has always been advanced in tactics especially with shorter numbers
There is also a thing called going too slow. When consolidation takes too long and you lose the initiative.
Thanks Much !
My unit experimented with 'light strike' decades ago, long before ATVs and Technicals were on the scene. The off-road training - crossing disused railway cutting and embankments, riding through deeply rutted mud, and trying to leap ditches was hilarious.
The exercise enemy heard our ancient BSA motorcycles coming from miles away, but we realised that didn't matter - we decided that if the tactic was ever used in anger, a real 'enemy' would have died laughing at us before we ever got in range.
So - it turns out that somebody at a higher level had their eyes on a bigger picture.
interesting.. would you say based on your experience that the tactic overall is useless? and what if we're talking about the ukraine war where the country is the size of texas, and small units in theory could drive many miles out of enemy sight and hearing, and still get around them and to their back? ..
@@mortenovergaard7397 It is not useless, especially if the enemy's front is etiolated. It was experimental in my time, so the equipment had not been developed at all. For example, light drones for unmanned recce did not exist, nor Technicals, and night vision equipment was very poor.
However, something like it had been done by the SAS in Italy in WWII, where it was effective. The SAS were also able to penetrate the FEBA at many points during Desert Storm for sustained ops behind enemy lines, but that was more for LRRP and target attack than as part of a combined arms operation.
Nothing upsets C2 as much as an attack from an unexpected direction. Imagine that you have all-round defence, with carefully set arcs of fire - and then you are attacked from within your perimeter. Do you - can you - fire outside your arcs, towards the middle of your own formation? Commanders become confused and indecisive, demand constant reports from soldiers in contact, and nobody knows who is enemy or friendly. It is worse for Officers i/c than Shock of Capture.
IMO, the biggest problem in using these tactics would be to overcome the "big push" mindset of the General Staff, which could easily fall into disastrous misuse of these small units as infantry. The units need a very high degree of autonomy to act on initiative - and that requires a lot of training and very careful selection of individuals. A standing ("professional") army is unlikely to have enough people of the calibre needed, and would need a lot of trained reservists, which can also go against the grain within an army.
Hats off to Ukraine, eh?
@@lindsayheyes925 My (hardware/software education) says that with a mobile force concealed amongst enemy positions ( the Ukranians obviously know the terrain) - means with modern very accurate rocket weapons, they can pinpoint targets very effectively. A "defensive" ie fixed position quickly becomes unviable, if it is perfectly targeted...I saw a video of drones dropping grenades directly into a trench as well... these tactics must unnerve the Russian troops....especially when they cannot even spot the enemy...
@@lindsayheyes925 Tactics in Chess are recommended when the opponent is under time pressure. During other phases they form a part of some overall strategy, but not an end in themselves☺
The Falklands war was what cemented the concept.
God bless Ukraine...May peace be upon ur borders.
Love from India
Yikes , India is with Russia !
@@yatarookayama8329 God is with Russia
@@yatarookayama8329 Maybe goverment but every normal people that has acces to internet knows what s realy going
@@albinvega1863 I think you mean, Satan.
@@albinvega1863 God damns the Russians to Hell. Fire and brimstone forever!
Proffesional soldiers
Russia has lost respect from nearly the entire world. The only way to get that respect back is for those in Russian army to go back to Russia and overthrow Putin. Russians have a better chance of surviving doing that, than fighting in Ukraine (share this comment)
What a load of garbage!
In your dreams.
@@liongordel9088 cope more Comrade
You just too du.mb lol
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The amazing books we will see in future years
You can tell these Ukraine Recon units was trained by western special forces units. I suspect US special forces or British SAS or the like. While serving in the US Marines we was trained to do this sort of thing supporting Navy SEALS or MARSOC marine units.
True, we've been training them since about 2014 and the Ukraine changed their system of leadership from the Russian Officer Leaders to the West's high reliance on NCOs and Staff NCOs! Actually saw an interview with an Ukrainian Sergeant Major who was a retired 2 Star Ukrainian General!
I won't be the least surprised if operatives from the CIA's Special Activities Center are also deployed to Ukraine to provide intelligence gathering and training to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
@@khiem1939 Yeah I figured by the tactics being used. The Russians would have a big problem with a NATO country by what I am seeing. They have no LP OPs out and no connecting defenses. Looks to be too widely spread out. A Marine expedition unit would roll right over the Russians in this sector.
Very SAS type tactics. I think the British training is showing. :) Good for them. Now we need to give them multiples more HIMARs, 155mm howitzers (of all types) with much more ammo, and somehow tanks. Lots of tanks to create that initial opening to exploit. Plus, tens of thousands of Hummers, dune buggies, and other light attack vehicles.
@@External2737 Bulgaria gave over 20 mig 29s today to Ukraine.They just put them in surplus this year. They replaced them with American F16s. I think the pentagon is replacing the Mig 29 with more F16s.
Thank you, comrades.
good luck, to counter a Western army you need the mindset and rule of law of the Western society, the spirit that rewards initiative and trustful cooperation, as opposed to centralised decision making....
You are so genius sir...
Nobody mentions that so I will. Ukrainian Armed Forces are backed first and foremost by every one and each citizen of Ukraine. There are numerous funds, volunteers, and just mere citizens who donate money and assist nonstop.
One of the funds even bought a satellite for collecting the intel! Money on 3 Bayraktars(!) were crowdfunded by Ukrainians in 3 days, karl.
That's why we are going to win.
That's true Alexander,, but we should also add that the Ukrainians are better technicians in using the most modern of weapons , obtained from other Countries - Ukrainians are smart & multi-skilled.! It takes more than support at home & bravery to be this successful ; yes , Ukraine will win.!
David Sterling. Founder of the Brittish SAS would be proud with these dagger and bolt tactics.
Get the light stuff behind the enemy, Cause immense mischief, make sure you are fast enough to outrun annything thats a actual threat and heavily armed enough to cripple annything that can find or chase you.
Then pass of all intel of heavy enemy units to HQ so the artillery and your heavy assets can deal with them.
Yes , but don't forget the Drones ; they provide most of the "behind the lines" threats & targets in real time. The way Ukraine uses & combines "every military asset" is a lesson for all future wars.
During the early days of war some of them were saying a comedian president can't put much resistance before Putin's military strength.But zelensky proved that it's not about strength it's courage and brilliance you need during a war.
And millions of pounds of free weapons.
@@derf9465 yeah ofcourse that too and think about how Russia got more nuclear war heads
Putin being too soft on Ukraine is ONLY reason Ukraine is not ashes by now.
@@derf9465 some day ..if an army like the russian enters your country killing your people...familly...raping... wouldn t you want help...Heavy equipment...planes... i know if it was in my country... i would too be greatfull to receive all weapons and help possible!!!
@@derf9465 Those millions of pounds of free weapons help keep your sons and grandsons from fighting and possibly DYING while fighting the Russians!
I’m so happy they’ve done well recently. But also so sad at the pointless loss of life mainly due to one awful man.
Pish 😂
jwm0z
the elites consist of more than one man, world isn't black and white where one country alone is the source of all evil and all other are the good guys even you wanna pretend it is this way. If everything was just by one man you wouldn't keep getting crises, is not like if this one man is taken off everything will magically be fixed and we live in a utopia
yeah that man Zelenski !
@@yatarookayama8329 pure evil
@@yatarookayama8329 then tell us of his evil instead of just spewing it
Mad max style bro!
Good post.
Maybe it shouldn’t all be revealed? Taking account that ‘secrecy’/discretion helped them to g surprise the enemy. Be careful!
I’m pretty sure the Russians now have first hand experience of how Ukrainian tactics are working 😉
If it's being shown here, you can bet it's OK to do so.
They already know how those tactics work... If you know history in ww2, Germans did this to Russia, encircling them with lightning speed(Blitzkrieg) or today known as combined arms.
I think the cat is well and truly out if the bag on this one.
Now Russia has to ask itself, is it feeling lucky. Is western military planning a one trick pony or is there more to come?
This is old school technique, its like Blitzkrieg but this time they used buggy and sneak attack.
1:07 we have entered a Mad Max film.....
Love Ukraine 🇺🇦 🙏 you get your country back 🇬🇧
Yikes , imagine been pro Nazis !
Yeah?
Such a great concept, only yours took others centuries to realise. Against expansionism and imperialism. For UA🇺🇦
Pressure your new king to Repatriate stolen arts then.
@@t0n0k0 It's not up to him, it's up to the government
Yeah and the Irish tooooo
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Prayers for ukraine 🙏🇺🇦💙🌻💛🙏🇺🇦💙🌻💛
Same
Did I see a gulf war era VW powered tactical sandrail?
Storming far in and succeeding is called brilliant. Storming far in and not succeeding is called overreaching.
Well done to the very brave Ukrainian army, Glory to Ukraine 💙💛💪
"Dear Russia, allow me the pleasure of introducing you to the men and machines of the Ukrainian calvary."
Ukraine literally did the thing in StarCraft where you attack with a decent army at the enemies base, then swing some drop ships around behind and land them on their SCVs haha
To me its more like C&C Generals wherein smaller forces comes from the rear and wreak havoc while a larger force batter the front with standoff weapons so that tanks and infantry finish it off with minimal casualties.
That’s a favorite tactic in StarCraft.
It's absolutely absurd that you kids equate real war with video games. Go touch grass.
@@kristoffermangila *GLA Tunnels Intesify*
@@CM-xr9oq It is just as childish to think games are completely disconnected from reality
We had fast attack vehicles or (FAVS) in the 80's They where pretty quiet and well armed. They worked well.
The Russians left this resourceless of no strategic importance territory months ago cretin
In the past 10 years or so it has been shown that the ultimate fighting vehicle is the Toyota Pickup Truck. (Fords are OK too) They can carry AA, ATGM, Direct Fire, people, ammo, rockets. Don’t need special permissions to import or export, field adaptable, parts available on the Internet. Next day delivery available in most countries.
Have heard about light strike being employed but not much visual evidence (I may just not have seen it)
Fair about of light infantry alright…. So are they just being dropped off?
So badass!
The high command back in the chateau do not neccessarily know what is best. Sometimes if you have unit comanders of the quality of Heinz Guderian and Erwin Rommel then they have a better understanding of fact on the ground (including the morale of enemy forces) so they can ingnore high command and press on to the coast.
confuse and frustrate the enemy by using small self sufficient groups using hit and go tactics
AKA guerilla warfare.
@@kokiruchi AKA hopeless losers 😂😂😂😂😂
Ukranian Especial Forces,are Real Special Forces,Who Dares Wins....
Mad max.
What's with the map at the start?
that was great
Keep going Ukraine. You have stunned the world with your resolve. You have gained the admiration and respect of every NATO country and I for one would support you joining NATO anyday, especially after the tenacity and bravery you have displayed against Russia. The world is watching, keep going.
Speed kills . It’s the fight in the dog . Can you imagine the fire 🔥 in the heart of the Ukrainian solders
Speed
Aggression
Surprise
Everyone likes to bash the USA. But i have never been so proud of my country, in the way we have worked hand in hand with the Ukrainians to train and coordinate together. I think the US and Ukraine will be great friends for years to come. And Im so proud to be American. And the Brits and the Poles, and the Germans. Even little countries like Moldova and Slovenia who give what they can. The French and Italians are MIA as usual.
Respect from the U.K. The U.S. weapons and equipment contribution to Ukraine is many more $Billions than the rest of us, but as you say, we give what we can in these difficult times. Victory to Ukraine 🇺🇦🇺🇸🇬🇧
@@cycleSCUBA over $57 BILLION from USA. And yet, we have more homeless people on the streets than ever before. We have families who can't afford food and water. And we have a heroine/opiate epidemic in nearly every city. It would be nice if we would give half the effort to save our own people.
@@CM-xr9oq Look up how much money is siphoned from the US by billionaires and their tax havens. It makes this expenditure look like chickenfeed.
@@cycleSCUBA i wish we gave more. I worry our next president is the one being blackmailled by putin over a "golden shower" video and if he wins, no more
GLORY TO THE BRAVE HEROES OF UKRAINE!!✊✊✊
2:24 what is this vehicle name?
Wow, and here I was thinking "combined arms" was.. a bunch of dudes with their arms linked together like when you play Red Rover.. and Ukraine was just way better at that game than Russia.. Thanks for the info!
This is great.....
Keep showing such a thing.....
Very smart of Okranians......
High moral and determination......
Strong faith in Allah - the greatest -
Shall lead to big victory......
Slava Okrania...... Slava Okrania
they should all get a medal of honor 🤜🏽🔥🤛🏽
Advance and take positions to exploit the enemies weakness and strategically withdraw to bolster your defenses to support your next advance
Just one critique about this report. I highly doubt Ukraine is purposely opting to use civilian vehicles as this report implies. Mainly because they cannot protect against small arms or more importantly shrapnel. They want MRAPS and other armored vehicles and even credited several countries who gave them MRAPS for helping make the offensive work well.
They don't use cars but quads and dirtbikes which are used by drone scout teams. They are smaller and less detectable.
Yet they do. Yes they are also using light armor BMP, I heard use M2 but I doubt at least yet, various NATO and Australian vehicles and hum-vies. But they actually using civilian trucks African technical style. Plus bikes. Trade speed for protection. The unarmored stuff I'm sure tries to avoid combat as much as possible but probably do swamp small rear area Russian forces. But I assume the unarmored behind with supplies or in front as eyes and ears running from any contact.
@@RedRocket4000 Of course they use unarmored vehicles in non combat roles, thats not what I meant.
@@RedRocket4000 Yes, there are Australian Bushmaster's in this video & they are sending more plus the USA is sending large numbers of similar fast armored vehicles to Ukraine.
The best is yet to come in the south with thousands of professional Russian troops and all their Tanks and Armour deliberately trapped on the north side of the Dnipro river, with all bridges, pontoons and ferries destroyed behind them.
Those troops are going to be forced to swim south and donate or destroy all their vehicles ; )
Doesn't the river freeze over in winter ?
Let the Orcs freeze and starve to death north of the Dnipro river, slowly but surely. Night time artillery, a round every 15 to 20 minutes to leave them sleepless all night, night after night. Destroy their moral and fiber, to the core.
@@jeff7649 quick Google search says yes, maybe, for about a month, but will only support a light car at most.
The rail bridge at the dam is fixed.
@@dougaltolan3017 for now.
Ukraine need more armoured cars. If they achieved this by riding civilian pickups, imagine what they will achieve on Hummers.
They were sent Humvees starting back in March and other light vehicles. I don't know how many in total up until now. I'm sure they can use more.
Humvees are actual trash. They were never intended for frontline combat roles, despite being used in such a role. They are really not good at it. Even the most heavily armored Humvee can and will be trashed by the 12.7mm machine guns that are commonly available to the Russians (not to mention the 30mm auto cannons on BMPs). They are also very vulnerable to mines, rpgs etc.
The armored spearhead of the Ukrainian attack relied on a small force of T72's (mostly seemed to have been modernized Polish T72M1 variants) and Australian Bushmasters. The Bushmasters are the types of vehicles Ukraine needs. They are fast, wheeled, more heavily armored and more heavily gunned infantry fighting vehicles. Depending on the variant the Bushmasters can be about as cheap as a couple of Humvees, but they are actually built to do the things the Humvee can't.
There are similar vehicles from other NATO countries they could be supplied with, tho probably Bushmasters, Iveco LMVs and American Oshkosh variants are the easiest to supply as they are in continuous production.
@@MikeBenko For sure Humvees are pretty much obsolete. First produced in 1985 and so would be considered 1970s technology/design. The JLTV that replaces them is 3x the weight which gives a good indication of how much more protection the modern vehicle provides.
@@DanTube2010 When NEW they weren't worth a damn!
Humvees are out of date, gas guzzling and uncomfortable.
These tactics date back to World War 2 when US forces had hit and run assaults both in Europe and especially the Pacific theatre, British did the same thing too with the SAS in North Africa and Italy.
in layman term using technicals for a recon by force assualt.Atleast we learn something from Insurgent wars. Good for them.
Things can change dramatically in seconds.
Agree. Also go ahead and preplan artillery target reference points every single point where invaders will stockpile ammunition and cannon fodder (code name mobilized folk) Unleash artillery hell onto the ammunition and cannon fire
Biggest surprise of this conflict is the lack of close air support on both sides.
... much like the Eastern Front in WW2 ... no airpower
The first real modern war
Great ingenuity by Ukrainian Forces. Victory to Ukraine 🇺🇦🇬🇧
Yikes , imagine been pro Nazis !
🇺🇦 move, move, move and quickly take as much ground as you can before Russia reforms !
I'm sure your enthusiasm is driving them to make these smart tactical decisions. Keep up the good work.
Live alone nord ireland!
Good Report and for non Military like me, good to understand. Greets from Germany and of course SLAVA UKRAINE 😉
Float like a butterfly, Sting like a bee.
the amount of time they put the focus on Kherson and did a bait and switch in the North East, whilst still making some gains in the Kherson region, i hope they at least take the city before winter, it will make Russian offensives less plausible
if they dont take it before winter i imagine a lightning attack after the winter will get them kherson. We have to remember that winter requires resources, currently kherson is cut off logistically. Can Russia hold off in kherson over the winter. Kherson is going to be an interesting AO over winter.
I think it depends on where Russia gets pushed back 1st from the 3 Ukraine pushes.
Kherson - without the city, Russian local commanders and troops ignore high command and retreat on their own accord, other areas follow.
Middle - Russian forces to the north retreat to Kherson on their own accord to avoid being cut off.
North - Continuation of the current slow progress.
I don't think there is a date that can be set.
@@ashleygoggs5679 Well it might end up like Bucha, where the Russians, poorly supplied, ATE all the stray dogs and cats!
@@khiem1939 Gives new meaning to "day in, day out, the only meat we get are hot dogs"
Brillant ! The ukranians are brillant !
Exactly.
Not 100% true, but it helps that Russians, especially those NOT living in Moscow or Saint Petersburg aren't too overly intelligent!
"Russia, overnight has become the biggest provider of military aid to the Ukraine to date" Wow...
Please give tanks and aircraft for Ukraine 🇺🇦 ❤️
I hope US trained Ukrainian pilots will soon be flying US supplied F15s, F16s, F18s and Swedish supplied Gripens.
Ukraine forces should hold longer the releasing of information about their tactics because their enemies could be talking notice and eventually anticipated your movements.
Hear hear !
I think David Stirling would be proud of how Ukraine has reused some of his doctrine to such advantage..
✌Victory to Ukraine from 🇬🇧
I went through war myself; this is so hard to watch.
It’s amazing to see Ukrainians advancing to battle in light vehicles, on main roads, without being smashed up from the air. The Russians are in a bad way.
Haha I know that guy filming himself on that BTR at 0:24, he's an absolute madman, eats shrapnel for breakfast.
Bravo to ucrani warriors.
The old SAS Rapid raider vehicles on here
Let us see what happens next month!
All the love in the world to our Ukrainian heroes.
War is a terrible thing but at the same time the legit almost gamer style adaptation of tactics is fascinating
Reminds me of what the Germans did to Russia in the Summer of 1942. They kept broadcasting that they would seize Moscow that Summer and attacked in Eastern Ukraine towards the Caucasus and the Volga River instead.
Yeah just like the Germans the Russians are gonna get kicked just like what happened
Its similar tactics the germans used as well. What makes it even worse, given that russia is drafting anyone, Imagine being on the front-line as an 80-85 year old man and seeing German tanks coming towards you lmaoooooooooooooo
@@welshe222 somehow I would think an 80-85 year old Ukrainian and Russian would be in better shape than today plus under the life and death circumstances of that era would be willing to fight
Again, I see Toyota's out there in the war. This time I saw a 2nd gen Tundra!!!!
Something tells me there are USA special forces advisers in with the Ukraine troops, who even move in the field like U.S.A. army.
Yes , it is no secret that the US & UK have been training Ukraine troops - modern tactics... They wanted to ditch old Soviet ways & adopt NATO methods - It appears they learnt very well..
Germany 🇩🇪 has let the Ukrainian people down voting not to send tanks today.
Let's hope we can train them more and supply them more.
Tanks are vulnerable and not really of much use tactically, as we have seen. They take a lot of maintenance, fuel and its supply, they are an easy target and the are limited to where they can go.
Did they send those 5000 helmets yet?