Ukrainian soldiers eliminate rare Smerch-2 ship-based bombardment system on Lyman front
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On the Lyman front, Ukrainian Defense Forces have successfully destroyed the Smerch-2 ship-based bombardment system, which Russian forces had mounted on a Ural truck.
The Telegram channel of the operational-strategic group of troops "Khortytsia" reports this.
"The occupiers installed the Smerch-2 ship-based bombardment system on the Ural truck base. However, the invaders did not consider one single point, that you cannot hide from the pilots of the unmanned systems battalion and their large night drones," the "Khortytsia" military unit writes.
In total, over the past day, the aviation, missile forces, and artillery of the Defense Forces struck:
- six areas of concentration of personnel,
- six artillery systems,
- four other essential objects of the Russian invaders.
In total, the losses of the Russian invaders on the last day amounted to 1,390 people.
Ukrainian soldiers also neutralized:
- 13 tanks,
- 31 armored combat vehicles,
- 44 artillery systems,
- two MLRS,
- an air defense system,
- 132 operational-tactical UAVs,
- two missiles,
- 169 cars and a unit of special equipment.
For reference:
The Smerch-2 is a Soviet-era anti-submarine warfare rocket launcher that targets submarines at medium to short ranges. An upgraded version of the Smerch-1 system, it deploys unguided depth charges in rapid volleys to effectively neutralize underwater threats.
In the fall of 2023, the media reported that the occupiers had installed a ship-based rocket launcher system on an MT-LB armored multi-purpose tractor. At the beginning of 2024, a video recording was published that recorded the launch of shells from the Smerch-2, which was installed on the chassis of a T-80U tank.
It should be noted that using a strike drone, operators of the 413th Raid Battalion destroyed the Russian Osa anti-aircraft missile system.
Ukraine's intelligence has reported a historic event: the successful deployment of R-73 missiles by an unmanned boat from Ukraine's Defense and Security Forces. On December 31, during a battle in the Black Sea near Cape Tarkhankut, located in temporarily occupied Crimea, soldiers from Ukraine's intelligence Group 13 special unit utilized a Magura V5 naval drone equipped with missile weaponry to achieve this milestone.
At the end of January, the Ukrainian Defense Forces achieved a significant milestone by shooting down a Russian missile using APKWS precision weapons for the first time. Until now, these precision-guided systems have only been used to target and down Shahed drones.
