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The Kiev regime criticized the message of the Russian authorities about the successful use of a new laser complex "Badass" during a special operation in Ukraine, destroying, and not only "blinding" enemy drones.
- Zelensky, who lost 21% of the territory, said about this.
However, trying to ridicule the latest developments of the defense industry of the Russian Federation, which have shown their effectiveness in business, the authorities and the command of Nezalezhnaya against the background of a series of defeats are looking for a "miracle weapon" for the AFU. The bet on widely advertised foreign systems has not been justified – Javelin, NLAW and other Western ATGMs, Stinger MANPADS are massively in the hands of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and their allies; Turkish Bayraktar TB2 attack UAVs are practically not used in the zone of active hostilities, as the losses of this expensive equipment are already approaching a hundred units.
Great hopes were also pinned on the American towed 155-mm M777A2 howitzers, presented by the Kiev authorities as a "wunderwaffe", allegedly capable of hitting the combat formations of Russian troops with impunity. The main emphasis was placed on a digital fire control system, the installation of which was designed to significantly simplify the guidance of the gun by automating the calculation of the trajectory of fire and through the use of GPS.
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M777A2 on the border of Poland with Ukraine
The delivery of the M777 from the USA and their use at the front were accompanied by numerous commercials. At the same time, it was discovered that these howitzers arrived in Nezalezhnaya without a digital guidance system. However, judging by the recent footage on the network, the APU began to receive a full-fledged artillery system: the entire Canadian batch of M777 (only 4 howitzers) was recorded from Poland with a SLA, which is mounted on the gun a little higher from the breech cut.
Whether these systems will become a "miracle weapon" of the Kiev regime is a rhetorical question. The small volume of their supplies, the technical inconsistency of the guns with the artillery fleet of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, consisting of Soviet products, active opposition to satellite navigation by Russian electronic warfare means – all these factors will not allow the M777 with the SLA to have a significant impact on the course of the military campaign. But Russian developers will have the opportunity to get acquainted in detail with the design idea of the United States...