What modern weapons did not live up to expectations during the fighting in Ukraine

They were rightfully proud of this weapon, they were going to defeat NATO, but in the end, there was little sense from it? Discuss

TOS Solntsepek
Attack aircraft and attack helicopters
electronic warfare
Operational-tactical missiles

The events in Ukraine have already become a testing ground for many systems, and on both sides. Many of them have never been used in "big confrontations" before, which means that now they are a serious test.

After more than six months, we can already tryappreciate a lot. But, of course, first of all, we are interested in the fact that little justified its reputation: a weapon to which questions arose - is it needed at all?

TOS Solntsepek

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What it is

TOS-1A Solntsepek.According to the principle of operation, this is a MLRS, but the shells are thermobaric. The explosion of such ammunition creates a more powerful temperature and blast wave compared to a conventional land mine. The impact of such an explosion is also longer, and the "drawing" of air to the epicenter of the explosion creates both a vacuum effect and a "second shock wave" - a pressure surge leads to ruptures of light equipment and body tissues.

TOS-1A Soltsepek, well, here he is

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High temperature heat, pressure, double shockwave - practically no shelter protects against thermobaric ammunition. Hooray-patriots were written with boiling water from these systems - now, we will fry all the Pindos, we will burn all the Natu, and our names will be written on the ruins of Fashington. The United States was really afraid of the system - it is impossible to provide even potential protection from it, although the United States itself has thermobaric bombs even worse.

The former TOS-1 Buratino complexes are the mostfamous, but in fact they were more of a pre-production model for the development of new weapons. But TOS-1A Solntsepek is already a version aimed at serial production, and most of all in the troops. Since last year, they have been supplemented with a wheeled version of the TOS-2 Tosochka - on a wheeled chassis (Solntsepek on the T-72 chassis), based on experience in the Middle East.

Attack aircraft and attack helicopters

Based on the experience of recent conflicts, it was createdthe impression that without aviation a modern soldier on earth will not even go anywhere. Well, probably, it was aviation to solve a huge range of tasks ... if the enemy has no or almost no air defense. But in this case, both sides have sufficient air defense both in terms of quality and quantity of complexes.

Yes, they are sorely lacking for such a stretchedfront, but this is a problem when the enemy uses missiles - but the number of lost aircraft and helicopters on both sides is impressive. Already in the summer operations, the activity of aviation fell so much that even the video with the use of aviation in the same Telegram could be counted on the fingers.

Su-25

Well, hand on heart, stormtroopers alreadybeen buried for a long time. Their main task is to iron the front line of defense or work at a shallow tactical depth. Primary weapons are unguided missiles, anti-tank missiles and autocannons. At the same time, the attack aircraft itself is not a difficult target for air defense - the aircraft is clearly visible, and no matter how armored it is, nevertheless, it goes astray like any other.

For the last forty years, they fought well inlocal conflicts, but there were modern hostilities of approximately equal opponents - and now they justified the worst expectations. Yes, the armor of these aircraft often withstands a hit from a MANPADS or a burst from a ZUshka, but this means that you need to tinker with them a little more, that's all.

Attack drones, although they drag on themselves once a5 is less combat load, however, it is more difficult to shoot down - small-sized and made of composite materials, very few radars are able to detect them in time. Compared to attack aircraft, their survival rate is higher.

Su-25 after being hit by MANPADS is able to “survive”… but not always

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And this is not to mention the fact that UAVs are much cheaper.(even modern and sophisticated compared to even the not-new Su-25). And most importantly, they do not need a pilot: a well-trained pilot can work out ground targets with high quality (and this is + about a third / a quarter of the cost of the aircraft itself).

The loss of an UAV is less painful in every sense, and a small combat load is covered by the ability to work non-stop (a person should rest).

The UAV is not afraid to work in the most adverseconditions (the pilot may lose his nerves), in assessing the situation and searching for targets - the computer and the operator sitting in safety are also more effective than relying on the pilot's eye, especially under enemy fire.

With helicopters, the situation is similar - yes, for largeAir defense, slower turntables, the target is more difficult, but here MANPADS operators and cannon weapons come to the fore. Everyone saw the footage of Russian helicopter pilots launching missiles from a pitch-up to increase their flight range - no one wants to enter the area of operation of the Stingers or the Ukrainian Igla MANPADS. So the situation is no better here.

Heavy Turkish Akinci can even be equipped with SOM cruise missiles

It must be assumed that attack aircraft and helicopters inIn the future, they can occupy the niche of "colonial weapons" for local wars, anti-terrorist operations and showdowns in third world countries. If UAVs are not completely replaced in the niche of tactical aviation at all.

electronic warfare

Means of electronic warfare.I remember how the commentators prayed to them - they say that these Bayraktars are for us: they will put electronic warfare there, they will put them out of action ... that's business. Practice has shown that this was a very naive way of thinking.

EW is a whole range of tools and activities, andnot any specific weapon - these are stations, and on-board equipment for aviation and ground equipment, and even hand-held "EW guns". EW actions are mainly reduced to:

Electronic warfare station EW 1RL257 "Krasukha-4"

An electromagnetic pulse that can disable communications and information exchange
Interference that disrupts the operation of electronic systems (communications, navigation, on-board computers), the enemy cannot use all this normally, so his combat capabilities drop sharply

Operational-tactical missiles

Many experts agree that the Russian Federation has used up various missiles (ballistic and cruise missiles) worth about 8 billion dollars. What is the bottom line?

We have touched this weapon periodically in the past.articles, so I don’t want to write about it again and again. But let us denote that operational-tactical missiles are the most powerful weapon after nuclear, they were created as an alternative to nuclear weapons in non-nuclear wars, or as an addition to nuclear weapons.

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TOS Solntsepek

Attack aircraft and attack helicopters

electronic warfare

Operational-tactical missiles