| Druzhina | 12 Aug 2022 4:26 p.m. PST |
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 Editor in Chief Bill   | 12 Aug 2022 6:25 p.m. PST |
And seems to be firing line-of-sight. |
| nickinsomerset | 13 Aug 2022 4:26 a.m. PST |
And seems to be firing line-of-sight. It is an anti tank gun, Tally Ho! |
| Griefbringer | 13 Aug 2022 8:57 a.m. PST |
There seems to be plenty of space atop MT-LB for mounting all sorts of armaments. I recently saw video footage (presumably from Ukraine) showing twin-barreled 23 mm AA-guns mounted on top of those vehicles, with the gun crews bravely sitting on their seats while the vehicle sped along cross-country. Such open mountings tend to leave the crew rather exposed, though. |
| Druzhina | 13 Aug 2022 3:27 p.m. PST |
I'd call it direct fire rather than line-of-sight as no-one is looking through the sights, but pulling a lanyard.
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video "A very interesting vehicle is currently used by the 24th Mechanized Brigade of Ukraine – this is a captured Russian BTR-82A armored personnel carrier which received a ZU-23-2 23mm autocannon instead its original turret" Ukraine Weapons Tracker, Jul 29, 2022.
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 Legion 4   | 13 Aug 2022 5:16 p.m. PST |
As we see many improvisations out of necessity. Reminds me of what the Germans did in WWII. I'd call it direct fire rather than line-of-sight as no-one is looking through the sights, but pulling a lanyard. I'd think they are aiming at something. Or laying down suppressive fires on something. |
| Druzhina | 14 Aug 2022 4:53 a.m. PST |
"A further video of this neat combination, which was apparently put together from captured hardware- both are documented as being captured, although there is only visual evidence for 1 MT-12 recovered by Ukrainian forces." It also shows the deployment of hydraulic trails. --- Video of an interesting improvised vehicle in the service of 🇺🇦 army. It appears to be an observation post. It's called "SHIELD Bus T5"
Special Kherson Cat, Aug 13, 2022.
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| ROUWetPatchBehindTheSofa | 14 Aug 2022 8:38 a.m. PST |
I'd assume these kind of ersatz weapons are typically being used against Russian fixed positions – probably a far more efficient use of resource than firing ATGW etc and less risky than getting close enough for RPGs and the like. Old AT guns may not be a huge amount of use against modern tanks but I'm sure they are perfectly capable of still ruining the day for APCs and light AFVs as well. |
| Legion 4 | 14 Aug 2022 8:40 a.m. PST |
Yes, lighted AFVs, trucks, etc., are still viable targets. As well as enemy bunkers, fixed positions etc. |
| Druzhina | 24 Aug 2022 2:59 p.m. PST |
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