![]() Ukrainian estimated available deployment has been 3,309 infantry fighting vehicles and 128 aircraft. Their estimated losses, up to the end of December 2022, according to Oryx, are 794 infantry fighting vehicles, 71 aircraft and 91 artillery pieces. Weapons lost, destroyed or used up need to be compared with the total numbers estimated to have been deployed.Įstimates of the numbers of Russian equipment deployed since February 2022 are 15,857 infantry fighting vehicles and 1,391 aircraft. ![]() But when looking at these figures it is important not to look at just the raw numbers. While losses of equipment in the Russo-Ukrainian are difficult to verify, various bodies including Oryx and Army Technology, an open-source intelligence site, have provided estimates on equipment losses. HIMARS: sophisticated and accurate over a long range but expensive to run. And the relative cheapness of the weapons allowed extensive numbers to be produced during the conflict. For example, a lack of shells for British artillery in the first world war resulted in a crisis that led to the downfall of the government of Herbert Asquith.īut the protagonists of the two world wars were typically able to sustain their efforts despite huge levels of destruction comes down to the fact that weapons of that era were relatively simple to produce compared to today’s sophisticated military hardware. Time and again, this has affected military planning. ![]() ![]() In warfare throughout history, armies have often underestimated the level of force and destruction of equipment that will be encountered and the amount of ammunition that will be consumed. This is starting to put pressure on the production and supply chains involved in the manufacture of ammunition for artillery guns among other weapons systems. The amount of ammunition being consumed in the Russo-Ukrainian conflict has surpassed all estimates. ![]()
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