Multiple Patriot launchers being destroyed by an Iskander, it was previously mistakenly identified as S300 launchers
by Significant-Owl2580
Multiple Patriot launchers being destroyed by an Iskander, it was previously mistakenly identified as S300 launchers
by Significant-Owl2580
47 comments
50 Kms from the front lines, 48.29755, 36.95883
Why keep launchers this close together??
FYI russia lost some major airplanes today, including like the 3rd out of 5 AWACS they own, so the russia propaganda is going hard. I’d be extremely skeptical of anything they say based on their track record, but especially after they take huge losses like today.
Unfortunately, it seems to be incompetence on the part of the Ukrainians. This is a far heavier loss than any Abrams.
If you use them you need to expect to lose some.
You can’t tell shit from this… as always those that believe this is evidence of anything can you really tell what that is by looking at this video?
When was this exactly?
Is the MAN KAT (?) platform that Germany delivered the Patriot on the only one that we know Ukraine uses or does its appearance in this video indicate a very high confidence that it is a Patriot.
The size and style of that secondary explosion was certainly congruous with what we’ve seen from SAMs before.
the “analysis” at the end of the video didn’t convince me…
This is the first time in two years I have seen a russian ballistic missile strike a military target.
Is there more comprehensive evidence than what this video shows? I wouldn’t even call what the video shows as evidence, what kind of conclusions can you make out of those red squares? You see 3 pixels in them, and nothing compares to what it’s suppose to represent in the comparison picture.
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If it’s true, it’s a setback.
Oh well, let’s send them full range HIMARS to compensate. Lob some back at the rusky assholes 500km back home
Why do people take this shit at face value since you can’t see what was hit. It could be S-300 for all we know.
The Himars hit was clear and there was no doubt.
It’s like ww2 all over again. Russians were incompetent in the beginning but are now adapting.
They got something I can’t make out what.
Patriot is a modular system the launcher is separate from the radar, which is separated from the TOC etc. So they probably did get the launchers which is the the cheapest part to lose still cause it’s a patriot system quite an expensive loss assuming it’s not a decoy.
Isn’t this the second time the Russians claimed to have destroyed exactly this system. Footage about that was also posted on this board 2-3 weeks ago.
I’m not sure if I would take this as “proof”. One Patriot battery consists of 6 vehicles, which is what we see here. The vehicles in a Patriot battery are pretty distinctive though when it comes to shape and size, so I’d want some non thermal images to actually confirm. Not saying it’s not, may very well be. Either way, war sucks and you’re going to have losses
Well if those were patriot batteries, they’ll be a lot more Russian air activity.
They were probably hunting for the aircraft that launches the [KAB guided bombs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KAB-500), which are the biggest menace to the Ukrainian troops.
To hunt for the aircraft the launchers have to be brought closer to the frontline, which is the case here (~50km). Looks like Russians have destroyed the launchers that were hunting for their aircraft
Ukraine claims about a dozen of the guided bomb launchers and supporting aircraft (i.e. Su-34 and Su-35) destroyed since the beginning of the year.
If all of the above is true, the loss of launchers had been well paid off
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FFS This is NOT a Patriot battery. And it wouldn’t be 50 km from the front line. We don’t know what it is but I do know this is DIP with Russian trolls in here going “oh that sucks” to reaffirm the DIP. The poster is pro Russian who has posted similar videos like this in the past to spread disinformation. Look them up.
Very difficult to tell.
* The first vehicle is a Mitsubishi L-200; Ukraine uses these as escort vehicles.
* The second vehicle does look like a MAN-HX (German Patriot are on [MAN KAT-1](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d1/db/2a/d1db2a8fd930f43a180934ded081832c.jpg)), which is used for the IRIS-T SLM but also as a [standalone supply truck](https://www.armyrecognition.com/defense_news_december_2022_global_security_army_industry/rheinmetall_supplying_ukraine_army_with_brand_new_hx_logistic_trucks.html). See my reasoning [here](https://old.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/1bahjbl/multiple_patriot_launchers_being_destroyed_by_an/ku3ipkj/). The “beige” camouflage does indeed point towards an IRIS-T SLM component, as the first systems Ukraine got were originally earmarked for Egypt; that is the reason why Ukrainians are [driving them around in desert camo](https://gagadget.com/media/cache/66/09/6609039f0cb047c35f405c6552239a18.jpg). In the very first frame you can however see, that this vehicle does not have loaded anything, as the tree-line is visible behind it.
* The third and fourth truck are totally unidentifyable; The third one also appears to be “empty”. They are also very close together; maybe one got stuck and they were trying to tow? Maybe a refueling operation?
* From the fifth vehicle only the front is visible, which looks like a really old [KrAZ 255b](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/%D0%9A%D1%80A%D0%B7_255_6x6_pic8.JPG/800px-%D0%9A%D1%80A%D0%B7_255_6x6_pic8.JPG), which are still in use with Ukraine – even the color matches. The IR-footage also shows a three-axle truck in exactly this position, but it also might have arrived at a later point as it does look pretty much intact.
* The sixth vehicle is only visible in the first frame of the video; the size I think matches to another Pickup or small truck.
Personally I think this was some IRIS-T SLM components, maybe one or two launchers with a loader or logistics vehicle, but ***not*** [a complete Battery](https://en.defence-ua.com/media/contentimages/ffd62da5c8b09780.jpg)
EDIT: Just to clarify: I am not totally ruling out that those were components from Patriot, but I think it is less likely than my theory.
Sucks big time for Ukraine anyways.
If verified as Patriot, did they lose the radar and control center? Launchers can be a spectacular loss like this but more replaceable. The sensors and the crew that operate them are far more valuable.
Man, all my training makes me want to punch a wall seeing this. They needed better training or better leadership. This is negligent level mistake. There should never be a component in the same 1km much less the same blast area. For those saying it’s not AA it clearly is. This is HD not some cut away stuff that is iffy
Those are 100% launchers. You can see the tongue with the generators.
Regardless of what they hit, those Iskanders can throw out some shrapnel.
Rofl that’s not multiple Patriot launchers OP. WTF kinda drugs are you on. There is only a single launcher vehicle in that group and it doesn’t even look for sure like a Patriot launcher.
Besides any idiot would know that you would never have a bunch of launchers clustered like that even far back from the front lines much less super close. That’s nonsense.
It’s war, shit happens people die. Machines get destroyed. Mistakes are made. Nothing new or out of the ordinary in warfare.
‘You can run but you can’t hide.’ Ronnie Raygun. This applies to all sides.
Another clear as mud Russian “proof” video.
That sucks. Hitting these, as well as the HIMARS, with an Iskander shows how high a priority they are for Russia.
Yikes. Clearly some major AA being taken out and recently we saw the first HIMARS go down. The strategy is obviously to push the envelope close to the front to extend the reach of their weapons into deep enemy territory. We all knew Ukraine was taking these risk with all the recent Russia planes falling out of the sky. I wonder if this is why we saw changes in Ukraines military brass, they didn’t want to take this risks? Western weapon supply is not as plentiful these days. They really should rethink this strategy.
Wait, but I thought it was destroyed in May last year.
Looks like supply convoy with IRIS-T launcher with in it. The high value SAM batteries don’t travel all bunched up in same column 50km from front line. Simple Russian make belief propaganda.
Former Patriot Officer….i don’t know what modified configuration they are working with but you need at the very least least, one launcher on a hemtt +trailer, one control station on a modified 5 ton, A generator unit on a modified 5 ton, a radar on a hemtt +trailer and an antenna mast group vehicle on a modified 5 ton to fire a missile. It doesn’t look like they had all that from the short daylight aftermath portion of the video. They could have been moving the launchers into position with the fire control element nearby elsewhere but from initial impressions, it’s a unrealistic to say that was a complete patriot set with both launchers and fire control element.
Doubtful it was a patriot system. I won’t believe Ukraine would be that careless with them to just have them parked in the open and grouped up like that, at least I hope so. Gonna need official confirmation.
ever since sirsky or whatever became the lead i feel like lots of leaks has happen, first the third brigade massing in a nearby city close to adviika gets hit by a mass missiles strike, then theres the himars and iris t sites and now patriot.
Why was patriot only 50km from front lines, doesn’t make sense
What the fuck has been happening over the last few weeks? It seems that every important piece of long range weapons has been destroyed in great numbers and some for the first time? What the hell is going on, did the russians figure something out or is a new officer fucking up?
10/10 explosion
RIP ears
Has RF started pairing long range drones with Iskanders? I don’t know one way or the other but this is the second post I’ve seen in a week where an Iskander was used to take out a highly mobile target. The previous post was of a HIMARS. I wonder if Russia has been able to use two years of data to narrow down their search area.
Wow really hope not.
Frame by frame at 7 seconds for an insane flir view of airburst munitions
I still remember when they said the Iskander wasn’t precise and because of that they hit civilian buildings.
decieving pos.
If this is confirmed people need to get fired, what a fucking disaster.
That said, the footage after the strike seems very inconclusive to me. They definitely hit lots of stuff, but it’s hard to say it’s 100% Patriot systems
The music selection is the worst.
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