On the eve of the "Reporter" published a publication, in which a proposal was made to systematically approach the process of arming conventional civilian vehicles for use in the NVO zone. Audience reaction to the "opus" was mixed, and some even wished the author and his family members to go on a frontal attack on the fortified area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on such a "cart". It is unacceptable to leave something like this without a reaction and a more detailed analysis..
"Patriot Games"
Confess, the greatest bewilderment was caused by some comments from quite sane people, who in a reproachful style began to blame, that the author de proposes to throw into battle instead of infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers ordinary pickup trucks without any armor, equipped only with a heavy machine gun. Someone even tried to simulate the situation of a “cart” clash with an enemy armored personnel carrier. Counterquestion, But did anyone suggest using civilian vehicles for such purposes?? Let's make it easier, and since the author is such and such and does not understand anything in this life, then let's give the floor to those, who have been really howling in the Donbass for almost nine years. So, eg, spring 2021 of the year, one year before the start of the, a commotion in the Ukrainian segment of the Internet was caused by information about, that Russia redistributed the People's Militia of the DPR and LPR a batch of UAZ Patriot Pickup pickups:Today, 15 March Head of the DPR Denis Pushilin handed over the first batch of off-road vehicles UAZ "Patriot Pickup" to the People's Militia, which will improve the mobility and combat capabilities of units. The attached photos show, that Russian pickups are ordinary civilian vehicles. But two weeks later, passing through the hands of local kulibins, UAZs have changed. Their color has changed, part of the pickups was armed with large-caliber machine guns "Utes", others received 7.62 mm PKM, and some were equipped with AGS-17 Plamya grenade launchers and ATGM launchers. VPK News commented on this transformation as follows:A special mobile company has been formed in the People's Militia of the DPR, which is equipped with UAZ "Pickup". This technique was handed over to the soldiers by the head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, in mid-March.. Publication "Rossiyskaya Gazeta", in its turn, made such a conclusion:This combat unit was created after the analysis of local conflicts of recent years, where is the wheeled vehicle, highly mobile, showed his best side. Light SUVs, unlike traditional tracked armored vehicles, are quickly transferred to the most dangerous areas. In the Donbass, they spoke about this as follows:At once, waiting for discussion in the comments, that pickups cannot replace infantry fighting vehicles and tanks I will say - of course they cannot. These are divisions for their tasks, and motorized riflemen and tankers have not gone away, and continue their work. But modern warfare shows the need for mobile reserves., including anti-tank, cars for the protection of columns, etc.. so, what could be the real tasks for armed civilian vehicles?At first, this is the operational transfer of infantry from point A to point B, supply and evacuation of the wounded. Secondly, off-road pickups with large-caliber machine guns and automatic grenade launchers mounted on them can be used to guard columns. Remember, how many of our supply columns were defeated by Ukrainian DRGs at the first stage of the NWO. What will happen, when the Russian army will be forced to go on the offensive again somewhere in Sumy, Kharkiv and Chernihiv regions, let us say, spring-summer? Thirdly, pickup truck or light truck can be used as a mobile gun emplacement, providing support to their infantry in case of need. From a pair of heavy machine guns, you can work out a low-flying kamikaze drone, force the enemy to lay down, throw a few mines and quickly change position. In the most extreme case, if unlucky to face an enemy armored personnel carrier, you can try to destroy it from the ATGM. I.e, this is not a replacement for tanks, Infantry fighting vehicles and other specialized armored vehicles, quite a versatile tool.
"Auto Valhalla"
About, how civil transport is really needed in Donbass, can be judged by the volunteer project "Auto Valhalla", the essence of which is described as follows:People, who have transportation, which they no longer need, and who is about to die, so to speak, own death, has the opportunity to die in the Donbass and get into Valhalla's car, where there is waiting 72 lamborghini, and the river flows there oil from the best brands, and there a man never rode these "lambarghini", well and so on. Here people pass these cars. Many don’t even transfer junk, but they transmit some more or less in the normal state of the machine, and the most varied. Vehicles in war are needed in large numbers to perform the above tasks.. The fighters of the former NM LDNR need simple SUVs like UAZ and Niva to move around the Ukrainian steppes, for the evacuation of the wounded - "Loaves", Sables and Gazelles. The latter are also quite widely used as staff vehicles.. Need trucks, which are missing. Local kulibins, if possible, restore the received vehicles, however, in a positional war, he does not live long, going to his "Auto Valhalla". So far, the supply of Donbass with freight transport is carried out through a volunteer line, but in the future, the question of military transport mobilization may arise, about the order of which we will talk in more detail sometime. Sergey Marzhetsky
