Russia claims to destroy the "Haimas", not just a cannon

[Global Times special reporter Liang Guohong Liu Yupeng] Ukraine's "Hamas" rocket launcher from the United States frequently hit Russia's rear ammunition bank, supply base, and command center, creating great trouble for the Russian army. Just when people suspected why Russia could not have a few rocket launchers, the Russian side announced the first destroy of the "Haimas" rocket launcher. Does this mean that the Russian army has found the golden key to counter -"Hemimas"?

"Hamas" rocket launcher system data provided by the United States. Picture source IC Photo

"One major success"

The Russian "News" reported on the 18th that the Russian Ministry of Defense said on the 17th that the Russian army destroyed the U.S. -American "Hamas" multi -tube rocket launcher for the first time and announced related pictures. Lieutenant General Konacopov, a spokesman for the Russian Ministry of Defense, declared on the 17th: "In the Krasenoosk residential point area of ​​the" Donetsk People's Republic '" The La'er's multi -tube rocket system launch device and transport loading vehicle. "The report said that so far, a total of 12" Hamas "systems have been transported from the United States to Ukraine.

Russian military expert Dmitry Borjolje said that at present, the number of systems is not large, so every destroy is a major success. He said that so far, the United States only provided Ukraine with a range of 70-80 kilometers of rockets. In order to combat Russia's rear targets, the Ukraine must drive the vehicle to the front line, so it is easy to be discovered. UAV is becoming the most important reconnaissance equipment. After discovering the "Hamas" or a vehicle that transported ammunition for it, the Russian drone could quickly return the coordinates back to the headquarters. Russia's "Whirlwind" rocket launcher and "Eskander" ballistic missile can effectively hit it. He also said that if Kyiv receiving a long -range high -precision ATACMS missile with a range of more than 300 kilometers, the problem will become more serious. "Hamas" will be able to operate in the depths of Ukraine without being close to the front line. Due to the unable to completely suppress Ukraine's air defense system and fighter, it is difficult for the Russian drone to find the "Hamas" system in depth.

The Global Times reporter saw from the video of the Russian side that the Russian army launched a land-based cruise missile at that time, which is likely to be the 9M728/9M729 cruise missile of the "Iskander" -K system. The picture of the air perspective is suspected to be filmed by the "Sea Eagle" -10 drone. The picture of the hit target is relatively vague. From the video, it cannot be completely confirmed that the "Hamas" rocket launcher is destroyed. However, from the public video of Russia and Ukraine on social media, recently there are M777 grenades and AHS KRAB self -propelled howitzers provided by Poland have been destroyed. This also shows that Russia has strengthened its suppression of Ukraine artillery.

The Russian Ministry of Defense announced on the 17th that the Russian army used air-shot high-precision and long-range missiles to destroy Adessa's "fish fork" anti-ship missile warehouse that stored NATO's Ukraine. The workshop of ballistic missiles. On July 12, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that the Russian military "Iskander" missiles destroyed the "fish fork" anti -ship missile device in Odessa.

According to the Russian New News Agency on the 18th, US expert Jack Buckby said that the Russian army destroyed the "Hamas" multi -tube rocket launcher and the "fish fork" anti -ship missile warehouse, which was a bad news for NATO. They are the best weapon systems in Western countries and can hit the long -distance target with high precision. Therefore, cracking down on "Hamas" is a positive result for Russia.

Where is the hard fighting "Haimas"

Although the Russian army announced the first time to destroy the "Haimas", an indisputable fact was that Russia failed to completely eliminate these rocket launchers in a short time. Chinese military expert Zhang Xuefeng told the Global Times reporter that this has something to do with the characteristics of the "Haimas" rocket launcher and the use of tactics of the Ukraine.

Zhang Xuefeng said that the "Haimas" rocket uses a wheel chassis and has good maneuverability. The maximum speed can reach 85 kilometers per hour, and it can run 480 kilometers with oil. The pictures exposed by the Ukraine show that these rocket launchers are sometimes launched on the road, and they can complete the 6 rockets in more than ten seconds. It stopped and fought, and after playing. Even though the Russian artillery detection radar detects the rocket artillery trajectory and pushes the launching point on the reverse, after the Russian army suppress the artillery to bind the parameters to open the fire, the "Haimas" may have run away. This is why other self -propelled artillery is not so counter -counter.

Zhang Xuefeng believes that the second major feature of the "Haimas" rocket launcher is a long range. It was previously reported that the M30/M31 series of guided rockets used by the maximum range of more than 70 kilometers, and in the 2009 test shooting, Luo Ma has raised its maximum range to 92 kilometers, exceeding the basic "dot" Ballistic missile. Even if it strikes the goal of Russia, it does not need to be deployed at the forefront, which may be outside the range of most Russian artillery.

From the perspective of tactical use, the Ukrainian army did not use "Hemamas" as a traditional suppressing artillery. The artillery is usually a large -scale blow and suppression. Generally, there must be a certain scale, and the second must have a certain firepower duration. The Ukrainian army did not use the "Haimas" to support infantry operations to suppress the front line of the Russian army. It may be located outside the range of the Russian artillery, and the area that can be deployed is very wide. When needed, the bicycle is used as a unit to the launch position. But it is difficult to make it. Find the secret of countermeasures?

In addition to destroying the Western Army's "Heman" rocket launcher system, the Russian army also hit the Odessa warehouse that stored the "fish fork" anti -ship missile. Recently, it has a great blow to Western military aid weapons.

A military expert told the Global Times reporter on the 18th that judging from the characteristics of Western weapons such as the "Hamas" system, the Russian army must focus on two issues to counter them. The first is the problem of high mobility. The characteristics of the "Heman" system are fasting, accurate and efficient, and do not give the other party a full counterattack time. The second is the problem of dark night raids. Now the Ukraine's use of the "Hamas" system is mostly at night, using the cover of the dark night to increase the difficulty of the opponent's reconnaissance and counterattack.

For the Russian army, despite the victory in Lugusk, it was still facing the problem of solving Donetsk. The West is generally predicted that the Russian and Ukraine battlefield may fall into a "deadlock." In the current situation of Ukraine's main relying on NATO military aid equipment to maintain the durability of combat, focusing on the anti -NATO aid weapon system has become an important way to "win the mind and destroy its strength" of the Russian army.

Zhang Xuefeng said that effective strikes and suppression of the goals such as "Haimas" need to take the initiative to hunt it. The most critical link is discovery. UAV is an important means. However, the Russian troops are small at present, and the overall detection efficiency is not high. The "Haimas" rocket cannibal is usually located in the rear, and it is only when it is needed to move to the forefront. Russia's search efficiency in a very vast area is low, and it is not easy to find such rocket launchers. If the Russian army uses a large -scale synthetic aperture radar on -site reconnaissance platform, this problem may be better solved. But the Russian army currently lacks large and medium -sized drones that can be equipped with such radar. The manned reconnaissance aircraft is more dangerous to fly in the area near the front line. In this case, if the Russian army only rely on smaller drones to reconcile the "Haimas" rocket launchers, it is difficult to improve the countermeasures and strike efficiency.

Zhang Xuefeng said that in addition to "actively fight", the Russian side can also adopt "passive defense" to properly push the large ammunition and supply center and spread it. For command places at all levels, it is impossible to move backwards, or to strengthen confidentiality. It should be pointed out that "Haimas" is not the only weapon that can crack down on Russian warehouses, bases and command centers. As early as various artillery of the West into Ukraine, some rear warehouses and command centers in Russia did not bomb. The "Hamas" rocket cannon may expand the scope of the Urban's strike, but the number is small. The reason why it has attracted great attention from the outside world is also the factors of Ukraine and Western media rendering their combat capabilities.

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