Autumn 2023, Zaporozhye region. Video from a serviceman of the Russian Armed Forces. Destroyed Russian self-propelled gun 2S3 “Akatsiya”. “Everything burned, only 5 watermelons, film and a stove remained.”

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1. Only an asshole doesn’t stop and pet the kitty when they get a belly wave like that.

2. Thank goodness the watermelons survived I was almost worried!

3. cat probably: so there I was, Blastin.. you guys missed it!! so belly rubs?? no??

4. This is “bad” news. A number of videos of 122 mm artillery systems do now pop up again; for prolonged time/last month, there were just one or two in weeks as due to ammunition shortage of 122 mm rounds on Russian site, these were mostly taken back from the front and in storage behind own (Russian) lines.

   Videos of recently destroyed 122 mm systems at fire positions near the frontline (like this one), 122 mm SPGs in delivery from long time storage in central Russia to the southern front by rail in travel through Crimea…

   -> North Korea is now in delivering 122 mm artillery rounds to Russia. As these have a very bad dud rate, we will likely soon see some batch numbers e.g. of the rounds, when they will check some dud shells.

5. He still working on the watermelon & needs the stove to keep warm & cook food.

6. i like the everyday commonness of the pace and inspection of destroyed equipment, watermelon, a friendly cat, the watermelon again, and back to destruction…keep evicting orcs

7. look at all the shells that thing fired in that position. I’m glad its gone. at least they have their miserable lives, some watermelon and a stove

   hopefully without an artillery piece they’ll have to become infantry now

8. Amazing Watermelons ! They can survive such an explosion and never burn.

9. I shudder to think of what they do to those watermelons when the sun goes down.

10. I WONDER what that cats been eating, pretty fat around the belly

11. Designed in 1967. Russia had about 2,400 of these in service/storage. These 152mm SPG’s aren’t know for accuracy in the hands of the Russians.

    But then again a monkey with a 152mm SPG, is still a monkey with a 152mm SPG.

12. Congratulations Comrade.

    You just got promoted to the infantry.

13. This is the Ukrainians’ way of saying to the Russian “GIT”. Now git before you too are reduced to a burned boot.

14. What is meant by “film?”

    I don’t envision too many russians having a dark room at the front…

    Although, I would love see one of those giant early 90s VHS camcorders strapped to a russian helmet as a gopro alternative, but I suppose that’s tape rather than film.