Five lessons of the war in Ukraine for Lithuania: from facebook to tanks and artillery
While everyone agrees that far-reaching liberation from the first hundred days should not be done, as the true colors only became apparent after the fog of war dissipated, some of the lessons are obvious. If the war were to end tomorrow or after years of bloody struggle, these lessons would continue to be important.
If you don’t have a tank, have at least something to destroy it
With videos spreading on the Internet with the towering towers of the upright tanks of the Russian army rising up, everyone rushed to bury this battlefield battlefield. The age of the tanks is over, they said, but no alternatives were offered.
The two warring countries do not see any alternatives to the tank either – Russia is sending old T-62s to the front, and Ukraine is asking and demanding heavy weapons from the West – not SUVs, but tanks and other armored vehicles.
So far, nothing has emerged on the battlefield that could completely replace the tanks. A stand-alone technique can offer similar characteristics — maneuverability, mobility, armor, and firepower — but there is no other that can offer them all together. The counterattack can be carried out without a tank, but it is even more difficult.
Although the tank is not the death of Nietzsche’s god, the image of war is being changed by ever-improving anti-tank measures.
The steel armor monsters, which weigh several tens of tons, can’t withstand a dozen kilograms of Javelin or NLAW projectiles, and everyone knows the name of the Turkish drone Bayraktar TB2 from toddler to grandmother. All of these weapons made dense life difficult, but they were far from being pushed out and turned into antiquity.
It is not necessary to expect to see a tank in the Lithuanian army for the time being, and the gap is currently being filled by the Allies – the US heavy battalion deployed in Pabradė and the soldiers of the joint NATO Front Forces battalion in Rukla.
“Lithuania still has to think about armaments – the most important thing, I would say, is anti-tank armaments. Although NATO may come to Lithuania’s air force very quickly, Lithuania also needs anti-aircraft missiles. But anti-tankers like Javelin are paramount, ”he said. 15min said Jonas Kronkaitis, the former commander of the Lithuanian Armed Forces.
Such thoughts are in line with what is on the minds of Lithuanian defense planners – Javelin launchers and missiles continue to be added. “Fighting head.
Although the use of Bayraktar in Lithuanian conditions has been viewed with skepticism in the past, there is now talk of developing such or similar tactical drone capabilities.
Combining all these anti-tank measures with the armored equipment of the allies, perfecting their use, target selection, ambush tactics, interaction with other types of forces, it can be expected that Russian tanks will get stuck in Lithuanian sand dunes no worse than in Ukrainian black soil.
Lessons from the war in Ukraine
- If you don’t have a tank, have at least something to destroy it
- Drones are the present and future of war
- The knights of the keyboard are also soldiers
- Expect the best, but prepare for the worst
- Artillery is still a god of war
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