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The new year has begun, and it's time to
summarize. In December, the Ukrainian defense

forces still managed to set several records
for destroying the potential of Russian troops.

In December 2023, the enemy
lost almost 30000 people,

which is an absolute record of losses
for 22 months of full-scale war.

In addition to losses of personnel,

the occupants suffered record losses in motor
transport - 931 units. In the combat zone,

Russian troops are increasingly using
civilian vehicles to carry out specific

tasks, which are more typical for the Armoured
fighting vehicles, which leads to such losses.

Also indicative of the record of
special vehicles - 140 pieces.

In December, the second record for the
entire time of the full-scale invasion

in terms of tank losses was recorded - 419.
In many respects, this was possible due to

the tank terrrour that the AFU arranged
for the Russians from December 16 to 17,

when the enemy forces tried to make a
breakthrough in several parts of the front.

The year 2023 was a record year in artillery
destruction, more than 8,100 pieces of

artillery were destroyed. Never before,
in the last 30 years of modern history,

had so many artillery systems been destroyed
in a month in a single war or conflict!

At the time of the full-scale invasion of
Ukraine, the Russian forces had a total of

no less than 3,100 guns of 100 millimeters
and above. The predominant part of these

were the most modern for the Russian army
30-year-old Msta-S Self-propelled howitzer.

Now the enemy has no less than 4,500 artillery
systems in the combat zone. At first glance,

Russia's artillery potential is inexhaustible and

it is constantly being restored.
But this is only at first glance.

The Russian military-industrial
complex has the ability to send an

average of 350 units of towed barrel
artillery to the war zone per month,

and today there is no full-fledged serial
production of artillery barrels in Russia.

Still, what is Russia's estimated
artillery capability today? Pause

the video if you're interested in the numbers.

The "in storage" category
indicates the amount that

is tentatively repairable and can
be brought to a combat-ready state.

That is, roughly the same number of barrels remain
in stock at the enemy's disposal as have been

destroyed since 2022. But there is a nuance:
there is quantity, but there is no quality.

The share of towed artillery in the Russian
forces is growing as the most straightforward

to restore and quickly compensate for losses.
But at the same time it is destroyed faster,

because it has a disadvantage
in mobility, firing range and

accuracy, which negatively affects the
indicator of counter-battery warfare.

The absence of a unified 152mm projectile
also becomes a problem. That is,

the recovery of artillery also depends
on the availability of one or another

type of ammunition with which it
can be proportionally provided.

All of the above factors suggest that Russia
will still be able to systematically compensate

for artillery losses using Soviet stocks for
at least the whole of 2024, but even they are

not infinite. In addition, not all stockpiles are
recoverable and can be provided with ammunition.