(09-03-2023, 02:41 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: Flying out with a fresh battery, Rem gets the word that the Pions are ready. To his frustration though, the howitzers have taken aim at different target, warehouse about a w/m where Russian soldiers were spotted earlier. "Fire,” comes the word over the radio, followed immediately by “I’mwatching” Rem. The lurching boom of the huge weapon comes with a delay, Having placed two shells wide on side of the target, the Pion crew splits the difference, landing the third right by the door where seven Russian soldiers were earlier seen entering. A fourth also hits nearby, raising the likelihood of casualties inside.
A cloud of smoke rises from a warehouse building after a strike by a Ukrainian 2S-7 Pion howitzer, as seen on the remote of a Skala Battalion drone in Bakhmut.
In ideal conditions, artillery ready, it take as little as 5-minutes between drone spotting a target and Ukrainian artillery engaging.
Finally new artillery crew is free to engage the Russian grenade launcher position Rem wanted to hit earlier. This time, it’s a Polish-built Krab, firing 155mm NATO shells.
The 155mm artillery pieces are praised by Ukrainian army, with a reputation for superior accuracy over Soviet-era weapons. This time, something goes wrong, as the shell overshoots its target by over 100 meters. “Not bad, not bad,” says Rem sarcastically to the Krab crew, “but nowhere near where we wanted to hit.” The second shell is a great improvement, but the third is once again way off.
“I guess they probably won't hit,” he says quietly. The crew tell Rem they’re firing one last shell. The ground explodes right in the middle of Rem’s crosshairs. A direct hit.
“This one was beautiful,” he says. “That's what I wanted, straight in the ravine. I'm happy.” Reportedly filmed near Bakhmut sometime late in December, a video emerged on social media.
https://kyivindependent.com/national/hel...of-bakhmut