Ukraine's 24th Mechanized Brigade has released a video showing various military equipment of the russian army destroyed by its RAROG battalion. Among the vehicles taken down by small explosive FPV drones are some very interesting and rare models, such as the RBU-6000 Smerch-2 naval bomb launcher mounted on an MT-LB armored chassis and the KamAZ-43269 Vystrel armored personnel carrier.
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Since the outbreak of russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, only four systems armed with RBU-6000 bomb launchers were eliminated by Ukrainians. While two were mounted on MT-LBs, there were also samples placed on a tank and on an Ural truck. The recordings of these hybrid vehicles fitted with naval weapons were gathered by the Oryx OSINT website.
One such hybrid was struck down this November, by the troops from the 5th Assault Brigade. The unique self-propelled weapon was deployed by russians in the Kramatorsk operational axis, eastern Ukraine. Overall, first sightings of RBU-6000 bomb launchers mounted on MT-LB auxiliary vehicle date back to September 2023.
As for the KamAZ-43269 Vystrel armored vehicle, according to Oryx, the russian invasion army has lost five of them, including three captured by Ukrainians with none or minor damage.
The K-43269 Vystrel is a lightly armored mobility vehicle, in the latest modification equipped with the BM-30D Spitsa remotely-controlled weapon station; it made its first appearance in Ukraine around October 202. Defense Express took a closer look at this armored car, designed for the nuclear forces of russia, and its development history in a separate article.
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