the conflict between Ukraine and Russia has turned into the conflict with the heaviest casualties since the second world war tanks armored vehicles and soldiers which are indispensable for an army are rotting on Ukrainian soil according to the Ukrainian defense Ministry the Russian army has lost more than 20,000 artillery systems this is a crazy number artillery is often used in conjunction with infantry or mechanized attacks here soldiers need to have a variet of armored vehicles to move around the battlefield Russian forces are facing huge military losses against Ukrainian artillery because they don't have all the armor equipment this has also resulted in a record number of artillery losses for Russia one of the main reasons for the Russians losing their artillery systems is the incredible development of the ukrainians in uavs so how many systems of this type has Russia actually lost in artillery combat where the ukrainians have created all this deadly combination the Ukrainian defense Ministry keeps its losses secret while constantly updating Russian losses the Russian defense Ministry is making similar moves this is understandable for both sides on the other hand in a war that has seen continuous active fighting for 2. 5 years it is almost impossible to clearly measure the losses however the initial figures of the Waring parties their subsequent Productions and the verified data of independent research groups help us to make a judgment the longer the attack on another country's territory the heavier the losses suffered by the attacking side this is one of the harsh rules of War so it is fair to say that Russian forces suffered more casualties than the Ukrainian Army Western intelligence reports independent sources and Ukrainian Ministry of Defense data show this according to the Ukrainian general staff the Russian army lost 67. 7% of its tank stock 63% of its armored vehicles 26.
7% of its aircraft 34. 3% of its helicopters 5. 4% of its Navy and almost half of its military personnel in Ukraine although Russian naval losses are low here when we make a proportion over the Black Sea alone we see that Russia has lost 35% of its Black Sea Fleet of approximately 80 ships if we consider the losses suffered by by the Russian ground forces the Ukrainian defense Ministry claims to have destroyed 9,276 tanks 18,8 47 armored vehicles and 20352 artillery systems artillery losses are very striking here according to Global Firepower before the war started the Russian army had around 14,500 artillery pieces according to this data Russian losses May seem unreasonable however the Russian arms industry is one of the largest in the world and has reached very high production capacities during wartime even if it cannot cover monthly losses it can compensate for them to a large extent considering Russia's annual production capacity according to Ukrainian claims nearly 90% of Russian Artillery systems have been destroyed on the other hand Russia claims that Ukraine has lost more than 177,000 artillery pieces independent statistical sources have been able to confirm only onethird of the losses of armored vehicles and artillery claimed by Ukrainian forces even if this is the case independent sources confirm that the Russian army has lost around 7,000 artillery pieces and more than 3,200 tanks this is a truly appalling figure and it would not be wrong to say that the Ukrainian Army has also suffered serious losses although not as much as the Russian army all these claims show how tough the war between Russia and Ukraine is and how important artillery is artillery fire can be used to Target enemy positions and breach defenses while protecting advancing forces from those defenses but will Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin be able to cope with the Russian Army's artillery losses why are the Ukrainian Armed Forces important missile systems such as high Mars drones known as killers of Russian Artillery Kiev and Moscow rely heavily on artillery in the largest ground war in Europe since the second world war the Ukrainian Army uses a variety of artillery systems donated by the United States including High Mobility artillery rocket systems or himars and different types of howitzers haar's batteries are deployed in a significant footprint with 6 m142 himars launchers 12 ammunition Supply systems and trailers a fire Direction Center for command control technical fire management and about 100 Marines and sailors himars is one of the US Army's most expensive weapon systems in 2014 a single unit including the carrier and launcher was priced at $3.
5 million in 2022 launchers were valued at around $170,000 bringing the total price to $4.
