Rob Lee
@RALee85 • 701,479 subscribers
Senior Fellow @FPRI. Previously @USMC, @ColumbiaSIPA, @CentreAST. Focused on Russian defense policy.
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At the end of August, I interviewed Colonel Serhii Shatalov, commander of Ukraine's 37th Marine Brigade. (0:39) Shatalov's military background and experience in the war (3:28) The Krynky operation (7:55) Current situation and Russian tactics (9:10) Planting flags and social media (10:50) Infiltration tactics (14:00) Defensive tactics (17:00) Percentage of Russian casualties from UAVs (18:30) Use of fortifications and defensive tactics (20:40) When was the last time you saw a mechanized assault? (21:15) 10:1 Russian manpower advantage (22:25) Russian assault units (22:50) Russia's use of fire support (24:00) How far is Russian artillery from the FLOT? (24:40) Performance of DPICM (26:10) Main threat to Ukrainian artillery (28:00) Countermeasures against UAVs (29:40) Fiber optic cable FPVs and countermeasures (31:50) Electronic warfare (32:15) Effectiveness of HIMARS (33:25) Accuracy of FPVs (34:30) Is Russia closing the gap with UAVs? (36:00) Russia's Sudoplatov and Rubicon units (40:00) UAV vs UAV fight (41:00) How many Russian units are you facing? (42:00) How does Russia employ glide bombs? (42:40) Role of infantry and casualty evacuation (44:20) Leading mobilized servicemen (47:00) Performance of AMX-10 and NATO equipment (49:40) What lessons should NATO learn? (50:25) How would you structure a Marine battalion? (51:20) Effectiveness of mortars and MK-19 (51:45) Have UAVs made artillery or tanks obsolete?
Rob Lee727,583 次观看 • 7 个月前
Video of a Russian assault group from the 123rd Motorized Rifle Brigade's Zarya battalion that uses motorcycles in their assaults on the Siversk front. The bikes allow them to reach trenches faster and they are harder to spot. Their assaults are done in coordination with artillery and FPVs.
Rob Lee2,307,878 次观看 • 2 年前
![Russian telegram channels posted videos of fiber optic cable FPV strikes on a Ukrainian Abrams tank in Kursk oblast last week. Aside from a concussion, the crew survived without injury and made it back to friendly lines. Michael Kofman and I spoke to the commander of the tank from Ukraine's 47th Mechanized Brigade about what happened, and here is what he told us: (tweeted with his permission) "That's our tank. But they only posted two of the strikes. Yesterday [from last week] was the first time that the crew survived multiple hits while inside a disabled Abrams. Actually, there were 4-6 direct hits. The crew survived, and even without injuries. God bless America. Fiber-optic FPVs. Between four and six hits within like 2 minutes. I believe that at least one more got stuck in the net. Two more missed several minutes before. They apparently hit the engine. They were unable to penetrate either the turret or the hull elsewhere while we were inside. Although they tried and had a lot of time. As I said, this tank had a unique 'cope cage' (actually, 'cope netting') and a lot more ERA than an average Abrams. We – the crew – designed the arrangement of the ERA completely on our own based on an analysis of the previous hits on all the other Abrams tanks and our own knowledge of the weak spots, and that's why we still live after so many simultaneous strikes. And that's why the Abrams rocks. Would be impossible on a [Russian/Soviet] T series tank." Russian FPV crews hit the tank with several more FPVs after it was abandoned, but the tank was not destroyed and might still be salvageable. Because of recent advances, Russian forces may capture it. When I asked how they made it back to friendly lines, "On foot. It was close to the Russian positions. We finished the combat mission and drove back just 1 km from the Russians or even less. We could not evacuate because the FPVs were coming one after another. When I finally could hear no sound, we just jumped out of the tank and ran to a treeline. They were tracking us, so a mortar started working with some more drones, but we crawled away through the treeline. In the end, in a spot still under FPV control, our company commander rushed in and took us away."](https://image.24vids.com/tw-1869871334857085282/ext_tw_video_thumb/1869848736936923136/pu/img/HUGaf0HoaYDeFI1M.jpg)
Russian telegram channels posted videos of fiber optic cable FPV strikes on a Ukrainian Abrams tank in Kursk oblast last week. Aside from a concussion, the crew survived without injury and made it back to friendly lines. Michael Kofman and I spoke to the commander of the tank from Ukraine's 47th Mechanized Brigade about what happened, and here is what he told us: (tweeted with his permission) "That's our tank. But they only posted two of the strikes. Yesterday [from last week] was the first time that the crew survived multiple hits while inside a disabled Abrams. Actually, there were 4-6 direct hits. The crew survived, and even without injuries. God bless America. Fiber-optic FPVs. Between four and six hits within like 2 minutes. I believe that at least one more got stuck in the net. Two more missed several minutes before. They apparently hit the engine. They were unable to penetrate either the turret or the hull elsewhere while we were inside. Although they tried and had a lot of time. As I said, this tank had a unique 'cope cage' (actually, 'cope netting') and a lot more ERA than an average Abrams. We – the crew – designed the arrangement of the ERA completely on our own based on an analysis of the previous hits on all the other Abrams tanks and our own knowledge of the weak spots, and that's why we still live after so many simultaneous strikes. And that's why the Abrams rocks. Would be impossible on a [Russian/Soviet] T series tank." Russian FPV crews hit the tank with several more FPVs after it was abandoned, but the tank was not destroyed and might still be salvageable. Because of recent advances, Russian forces may capture it. When I asked how they made it back to friendly lines, "On foot. It was close to the Russian positions. We finished the combat mission and drove back just 1 km from the Russians or even less. We could not evacuate because the FPVs were coming one after another. When I finally could hear no sound, we just jumped out of the tank and ran to a treeline. They were tracking us, so a mortar started working with some more drones, but we crawled away through the treeline. In the end, in a spot still under FPV control, our company commander rushed in and took us away."
Rob Lee1,357,206 次观看 • 1 年前
