We shake the old days! About parade innovations
The President of Ukraine announced on August 24 an unprecedented in size and power military parade in honor of this very independence. Apparently, I really want to catch up and overtake Moscow in this regard, because the parade in Kiev will be about 250 units of military equipment.
And then the question immediately arises: what will pass? As always, tinted old Soviet times, or the latest "Hunters" Ukroboronproma?
Of course, new products to be! Otherwise, what is the parade? This is so ... Pokatushki. After all, all talking heads, starting from the very top, amicably squeal that August 24 is more important for Ukraine than May 9.
And yes, it is from this day that the official greeting of the servicemen of the Ukrainian armed forces will be “Glory to Ukraine!”
This is an example. Very important, by the way.
But let's go through the "novyny", which managed to dig up on the website of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. There, in general, the video was bungled, which (in theory) should personify complete peremog with a capital letter. In fact - thoughtfulness, for everything is shown in such a way that you think through yourself, looking.
By the way, what I did not like was just the vast majority of Belarusian cars in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Seriously, if you look thoughtfully, there is at least three or four MAZ trucks for one KrAZ vehicle.
But we will talk about MAZs in the APU separately, immediately after the release of this article.
The parade, apparently, will be opened precisely by the MAZ-5430, more precisely, the Varta armored vehicles made on the roofs of the Minsk plant with Javelins on the roofs.
American gifts really just have to be at the forefront. And nothing, that so far only 11 of such machines has been filed, is still ahead, as the Ukrainian military say.
More massive gifts will follow. "Hummers". Which with machine guns and drones, have fun. According to the logic of things, one thing is clearly superfluous. In the rear, a machine gun is not particularly needed, but at the forefront of an UAV.
It is a pity that the Americans did not present any mini-locator. Organically would have looked more and a small cup antenna. Although, perhaps, this is such an incentive: probabahal drone - come on with a machine gun to the front.
By the way, a wonderful miracle: drones Ukrainian production! Suddenly it turned out that they were as good as the British planned for the purchase (do not ask when Britain managed to become a leader in the development of the UAV), and - really strange - cheaper !!!
And, of course, nowhere without the terrible Ukrainian missiles! No, the fact that in the Square by all means try to revive the national rocket science, this is commendable. We here at one time pouted plenty of PTRK "Thunder-2", which is made in the Yuzhnoye design bureau. Yes, the KB are able to work with rocket technology. I'll get better: they knew how. And really made a lot of cool rockets.
But today the reality is that there is a chassis, but there are no rockets yet. Therefore, the missiles will not show, they are still top secret. And at the parade will be held only tractors. Patriobred, say? Well yes. But why are we going to be put in someone else’s monastery, right?
They will show, of course, the self-propelled gun "Bogdan" of the NATO standard, which the Ukrainian media have long been "frightening" DNR and LC. We have already discussed this miracle of the German-French-Korean-Turkish-Polish military industry.
That's just put this miracle not on the tracked chassis for some reason, but on the KrAZ-6322 truck with the formula 6х6. There are guesses why.
The main thing is not to lose such an expensive combat unit! Therefore, the patency is not much needed. There is nothing to climb into such jungle, from which only on tracks can you crawl out. 6x6 - this is also normal in terms of patency, but you can slip away in order not to catch the "response" more quickly. Is it logical
It seems to show and "scimitar". This is which T-84-120.
Why not show it? In Russia, they show “Armaty”, of which there are only 10 pieces? So, it is quite possible and the only "Yatagan" to show. The main thing is not to stall at the start.
Supernova show: BTR-60MK. This is a modernized version of the Soviet BTR-60PB, which miraculously still remained in the APU. The modernization is very significant: the gas engines of GAZ are being replaced by diesel engines, the brakes seem to be improved and the main thing! - Enlarged hatches in accordance with modern requirements. Peremoga, however ...
In general, to recognize that at this parade Ukraine will show something really new, just silly. Everything “new” is well forgotten old, whatever one may say.
Perhaps, if shown, it is possible to recognize the OPSK “Sapsan”. This is if they show. Work seems to be underway, the complex seems to be there, but ...
But for the most part, the power and strength of the Ukrainian Armed Forces is based on the old Soviet systems. And this is a fact that can not be dismissed even with a crowbar.
MLRS "Alder" is "Smerch", "Verba" is "Grad". Yes, the “new” Ukrainian systems are more accurate than the progenitors, but Russia has long tested “Tornado” with different letters, until which “Alder” and “Verba” bloom and blossom.
“Buk”, “Top-1M” C-300 - this is also past. And however much you improve, it is still an air defense system from there, from the 80s of the last century.
It should be noted that the Ukrainians have achieved some success in the development of the ATGM together with the Belarusians. "Corsair", "Stugna-P", "Skiff" - they seem to even go to the troops. But if all these products are so good, then why do the Javelina Ukrainian armed forces?
And on the other hand, really, why do we climb into a strange monastery with its charter? Well, I want Mr. Poroshenko to shake old, but well-painted toys - well, let him shake. We are neither hot nor cold. We laugh that in itself is not bad, looking at the parade.
We need to think about his. And may the APU let them continue to repel the attacks of the Russian troops on land, in the skies and at sea. In general, everywhere, where the aggravated themselves will tell you what the psyche of the Ukrainian military and politicians are about.
If the doze Square virus has penetrated so deeply, it cannot be knocked out by anything. No parade, no boiler.
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