Invasion russian Armed Watch Device TNPO-115 BMP 2 AT-3A Sagger Ukraine War

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Invasion russian Armed Watch Device TNPO-115 BMP 2  AT-3A Sagger Ukraine War
This thing went to the Ukrainian military as a war trophy when they
liberated the Ukrainian city of
Izium
from russo invaders
2022 Ukrainian Kharkiv counteroffensive
Part of the
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
, the
Northeastern Ukraine offensive
and the
Eastern Ukraine offensive
Map of the counteroffensive
Date
6 September 2022 – 11 September 2022
(5 days)
Location
Kharkiv Oblast
,
Ukraine
Result
Decisive Ukrainian victory
[1]
[2]
[3]
Collapse of the
Russian military–civilian administration in Kharkiv Oblast
[4]
Ukraine recaptures
Izium
,
Balakliia
,
[5]
Shevchenkove
,
Kupiansk
[6]
and 20+ other settlements in Kharkiv Oblast
[7]
Russian military forces announce withdrawal from Kharkiv Oblast to the eastern bank of the
Oskil
river
Ukraine recaptures
Sviatohirsk
in
Donetsk Oblast
[8]
Resumed battles for
Lyman
(Donetsk Oblast) and
Lysychansk
(
Luhansk Oblast
)
Belligerents
Ukraine
Russia
Donetsk PR
Luhansk PR
Commanders and leaders
Oleksandr Syrskyi
[9]
Roman Berdnikov
[10]
Aleksandr Lapin
(from
c.
11 September)
[11]
High-ranking officer (
POW
) (possibly
Andrei Sychevoi
)
[12]
[13]
Units involved
Ukrainian Armed Forces
Ukrainian Ground Forces
3rd Tank Brigade
[14]
92nd Mechanized Brigade
[14]
Ukrainian Air Assault Forces
25th Airborne Brigade
[14]
[15]
80th Air Assault Brigade
[14]
95th Air Assault Brigade
[16]
Ukrainian partisans
[17]
Russian Armed Forces
Western Military District
[12]
1st Guards Tank Army
[18]
20th Guards Combined Arms Army
[14]
Central Military District
2nd Guards Tank Army
[14]
[
better source needed
]
DPR People's Militia
LPR People's Militia
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2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
The
2022 Ukrainian Kharkiv counteroffensive
was an offensive by the
Armed Forces of Ukraine
on r
ussian-occupied territory
of the
Kharkiv Oblast
, which was launched on 6 September 2022. Following the launch of the
Ukrainian southern counteroffensive
in Kherson in late August, Ukrainian forces began a simultaneous counteroffensive in early September in Kharkiv Oblast, in the northeast of the country. Following an unexpected thrust deep into Russian lines, Ukraine recovered many hundreds of square kilometers of territory by 9 September. By 10 September, the
Institute for the Study of War
said that Ukrainian forces had captured approximately 2,500 square kilometres (970 sq mi) in the Kharkiv region by effectively exploiting the breakthrough, and
Reuters
reported that russian forces had been forced to withdraw from their base at
Izium
after being cut off by the capture of the key railway hub
Kupiansk
.
A rocket-propelled grenade (left) and
RPG-7
launcher. For use, the thinner cylinder part of the rocket-propelled grenade is inserted into the muzzle of the launcher.
The
BMP-2
(
Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty
, r
ussian
:
Боевая Машина Пехоты
, literally "infantry combat vehicle")
is an amphibious
infantry fighting vehicle
introduced in the 1980s in the
Soviet Union
, following on from the
BMP-1
of the 1960s.
The
BMP-1
, the predecessor to the BMP-2
Although the
BMP-1
was a revolutionary design, its main armament, the
2A28 Grom
and the 9S428 ATGM launcher capable of firing
9M14 Malyutka
(NATO: AT-3A Sagger A) and 9M14M Malyutka-M (NATO: AT-3B Sagger B) ATGMs, quickly became obsolete. Therefore, the Soviet Union decided to produce an updated and improved version of the BMP-1. The main emphasis was put on improving the main armament. In 1972, work got under-way to develop an improved version of the BMP-1.
During its combat debut in the
Yom Kippur War
, Egyptian and Syrian BMPs proved vulnerable to .50 calibre machine-gun fire in the sides and rear, and to 106 mm
M40 recoilless rifles
. The
73 mm gun
proved inaccurate beyond 500 metres, and the
9M14 Malyutka
missile could not be guided effectively from the confines of the turret.
Several Soviet technical teams were sent to Syria in the wake of the war to gather information. These lessons, combined with observations of western AFV developments, resulted in a replacement program for the original BMP in 1974. The first product of this program was the BMP-1P upgrade, which was intended as a stopgap to address the most serious problems with the existing design.
Smoke grenade launchers were added to the rear of the turret and the
manually guided
9M14 Malyutka missile system was replaced with the
semi-automatically
guided
9K111 Fagot
/
9M113 Konkurs
system. The BMP-1P was in production by the late 1970s. Existing BMP-1s were gradually upgraded to the standard during the 1980s.
In the centre of the vehicle is the welded steel turret, which seats the commander and gunner, both of whom have hatches. The commander sits to the right and has three day-vision periscopes, a 1PZ-3 day-sight designed for anti-aircraft use with 1×, 2× and 4× magnification, an OU-3GA2 infra-red searchlight, a TNP-165A designator and a TKN-3B binocular sight with 4.75× day magnification and 4× night-sight magnification.
The gunner sits to the commander's left and has a smaller rectangular hatch with a rearward-facing day periscope. There are three other day periscopes facing forward and left. The gunner has a BPK-1-42 binocular sight with a moon/starlight vision range of 650 metres, or 350 metres using the infra-red searchlight, and a TNPT-1 designator. An FG-126 infra-red searchlight is mounted coaxially to the 30 mm cannon.
The driver sits in the front left of the vehicle, with the engine in a separate compartment to his right. The driver has his own entry hatch above him, with three-day-periscopes. The centre TNPO-170A periscope can be replaced with either a TNPO-350B extended periscope for amphibious operation or a TVNE-1PA
night vision
scope. An infantryman sits immediately behind the driver, and has a
firing port
and vision block. TNPO-170A periscopes are used throughout the vehicle and are electrically heated.
In the BMP-1 and BMP-2, ammunition is stored near or even inside the compartment, which can lead to a catastrophic failure in case of a hull breach.
A BMP-2 from 1983, Bundeswehr Military History Museum, Dresden
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