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The Russian armed forces have burned through much of the materiel inherited from the Soviet era; thousands of Russian tanks, armored vehicles, artillery pieces, and other military equipment have been destroyed in Ukraine.
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Andrew Kosenko, Foreign Affairs, 5 Feb. 2025
Russian artillery pieces were rarely unattended or alone.
—C.j. Chivers Robert Fass Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Their compilations show the destruction of numerous artillery pieces, in one case knocking out 22 Russian howitzers in a week.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
The Kurdish forces started the war with little more than vintage Soviet-era T-55 tanks captured from Saddam Hussein’s crumbling army in 2003 and some old artillery pieces from the same period, museum pieces for a modern war.
—Paul Iddon, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
The Indian arsenal already includes some 155mm artillery pieces procured from Sweden and the United Kingdom.
—Vikram Mittal, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Altogether, the marine brigades and supporting army units also wrote off around a thousand tanks, fighting vehicles, trucks and artillery pieces, according to a tally by WarSpotting, a collective that scours social media for evidence of wrecked vehicles in Ukraine.
—David Axe, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
The Defense Ministry reported that BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket systems and artillery pieces had been sent to support forces fighting in the Sudzhansky district of the Kursk region.
—Catherine Belton and Francesca Ebel The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 10 Aug. 2024
Ukraine has about 100 105mm artillery pieces, the report said.
—Yoonjung Seo, CNN, 20 June 2024
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Andrew Kosenko, Foreign Affairs, 5 Feb. 2025
Russian artillery pieces were rarely unattended or alone.
—C.j. Chivers Robert Fass Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Their compilations show the destruction of numerous artillery pieces, in one case knocking out 22 Russian howitzers in a week.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
The Kurdish forces started the war with little more than vintage Soviet-era T-55 tanks captured from Saddam Hussein’s crumbling army in 2003 and some old artillery pieces from the same period, museum pieces for a modern war.
—Paul Iddon, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
The Indian arsenal already includes some 155mm artillery pieces procured from Sweden and the United Kingdom.
—Vikram Mittal, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Altogether, the marine brigades and supporting army units also wrote off around a thousand tanks, fighting vehicles, trucks and artillery pieces, according to a tally by WarSpotting, a collective that scours social media for evidence of wrecked vehicles in Ukraine.
—David Axe, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
The Defense Ministry reported that BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket systems and artillery pieces had been sent to support forces fighting in the Sudzhansky district of the Kursk region.
—Catherine Belton and Francesca Ebel The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 10 Aug. 2024
Ukraine has about 100 105mm artillery pieces, the report said.
—Yoonjung Seo, CNN, 20 June 2024
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“Artillery pieces.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/artillery%20pieces. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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