Based on pictures showing debris of the booster section of the MGM-140 ATACMS, Ukraine received the M39 Block 1 version. 〘more information in the comments about this〙
Based on pictures showing debris of the booster section of the MGM-140 ATACMS, Ukraine received the M39 Block 1 version. There are at least two different missiles involved, one made in 1996 and the other one in 1997. Those are the oldest models of that missile family, yet very… pic.twitter.com/CvpCZfm2vU
— (((Tendar))) (@Tendar) October 17, 2023
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>Based on pictures showing debris of the booster section of the MGM-140 ATACMS, Ukraine received the M39 Block 1 version. There are at least two different missiles involved, one made in 1996 and the other one in 1997. Those are the oldest models of that missile family, yet very potent and apparently still too much for the Russian air defence. Their maximum range is 165 km (103 miles).
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>However, it is not the range which should worry Russians (Ukraine has missiles exceeding this range), but the fact that within that range – orange area on the map – but the 950 APAM bomblets of M74 cluster munitions in each missile and which can be used against certain and critical targets of the Russian army. This is big problem for the following target types:
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>- Ammunition and fuel storages
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>- Lightly armored and aerial vehicles (as happened in Berdyansk)
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>- Logistics hubs
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>This will be important for the counteroffensive and will further complicate Russia’s already troubling logistics’ concern, especially along the Dzhankoy-Melitopol supply line, exactly the targets which Ukraine continuously and methodically degrade at this stage of the counteroffensive.
well, that’s no surprise, since US was spending money to decommission those anyway. I dont’ remember of they were going to the scrapper or being upgraded to some other munition
Now it’s all about having good intelligence.