The stocks of equipment and weapons at russian army's storage bases continue to be gradually depleted. Current data indicate that russian occupiers still have sufficient supply of weapons to maintain the current pace of hostilities in 2024. However, conducting offensive operations will become problematic for russians in 2025.
This shows that Western allies should continue and scale up military support for Ukraine. This is stated in the publication of an expert of the American analytical institution Jamestown Foundation, Pavel Luzin.
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The author of this publication presents figures for tanks as well as other weapons that may remain in storage bases, which he cites from available sources:
Armored vehicles
- Main battle tanks – 4000 units;
- BRDM-2 amphibious armoured scout car -100 units;
- BMP-1 and BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicle – 2800 units;
- BTR-60 armoured personnel carrier – 1300 units;
Self-propelled artillery
- 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer – 1800 units;
- 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled gun – 750 units;
- The 2S5 Giatsint-S self-propelled gun – 750 units;
- 2S19 Msta-S self-propelled howitzer – 150 units;
- 2S7 Pion self-propelled cannon – 160 units;
- 2S4 Tyulpan self-propelled heavy mortar – 160 units;
- 2S9 NONA self-propelled mortar – 350 units;
Towed howitzers
- D-30 howitzer – 2400 units;
- M-46 towed field gun – 350 units;
- 2A36 Giatsint-B towed field gun – 550 units;
- 2A65 Msta-B towed howitzer – 250 units;
- D-20 gun-howitzer – 700 units;
MLRS
- BM-21 Grad self-propelled multiple rocket launcher – 1500 units;
- 9P138 Grad-1 self-propelled multiple rocket launcher – 200 units;
- BM-27 self-propelled multiple rocket launcher – 550 units.
At the same time, the author indicates figures of availabile equipment and weapons at storage bases of russian army. However, equipment that could have already been moved at a particular time to restore russian defense industry is not mentioned here.
However, this still illustrates the general trend of depletion of stockpiles of existing weapons inherited from Soviet era.
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