The Ukrainian Armed Forces were liquidated at the front by the Ukrainian-made BMP-1U Shkval, which the Russian Armed Forces took from the Georgians during the invasion in 2008.
The Russian army lost a rare Shkval infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) in Ukraine. This is one of those infantry fighting vehicles that the Russians captured during the invasion of Georgia and took home as exhibits.
A broken BMP-1U “Shkval” was captured on video by a Ukrainian drone during the battle in the Avdiivka direction. The footage is available on Telegram channel “Ukraine 365”.
The video of Shkval was published by soldiers of the 47th brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. This is a Ukrainian-made infantry fighting vehicle, which has never been in service with the Russian army. Vehicles of this model ended up in the hands of the Russian Armed Forces in 2008 during the invasion of Georgia. At the time of the aggression, the Georgians had 15 BMP-1U Shkval units, by the end of the war 14 of which were either destroyed or captured by the Russians.
The occupiers took several Shkvals to the Russian Federation as exhibits. However, already in the war against Ukraine, faced with a shortage of weapons, the Russians threw these vehicles into battle.
BMP-1U were first seen at the front of the Russian Armed Forces in September 2023. The Ukrainian Armed Forces leaked footage of the Russians crushing their own infantry with this armored car. Now a Ukrainian UAV has spotted the charred wreckage of a Shkval missile with a torn off combat module on the battlefield near Avdeevka.
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BMP-1U “Shkval” is a deep Ukrainian modernization of infantry fighting vehicles. Production began in 2001, but it was not possible to scale it up. A total of 45 vehicles of this model were created.
This is a 13-ton vehicle designed for 3 crew members and 6 paratroopers. Equipped with rolled steel armor, a KBA-1 cannon of 30 mm caliber, as well as the Barrier or Konkurs PTUV complex.
Earlier, the occupier showed what the Ukrainian Armed Forces did to the Msta-S near Avdiivka.
We also wrote that Zaluzhny voiced the Russian Federation’s losses in manpower and equipment during the month of assault on Avdeevka.
2023-11-15 15:14:51
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