The Russian army on the front line fired 50,000 to 60,000 shells a day, destroying all targets of the Ukrainian army. 24 hours a day, an average of 41 Russian artillery shells were released from the barrel at high speed to bombard Ukrainian targets every minute.
More than 30 kilometers behind the Bachmut battlefield is Popasna, an important railway hub. The railway here can directly connect to Russia. Therefore, the Russian army can use the hammer tactic of artillery firewall to destroy everything in Bachmut. The Russian army stores 1 million shells in the Russian-controlled area of Donbas that can fight continuously for at least 20 days, and the rumbling trains every day continue to replenish the Russian army's ammunition database .
So, how much time can Russian shells last? According to Russia's " News ", the Russian military reform mainly aims to expand the power of the artillery troops. To each artillery regiment, 1 220mm hurricane multi-barrel rocket artillery battalion or 1 self-propelled artillery battalion was added. During the war, the Russian army's initial digital artillery units showed impressive combat capabilities.
During the fierce battle on the Russian-Ukrainian battlefield for more than nine months, the Russian army's huge artillery group continued to bombard and destroy the Ukrainian army's solid defensive positions and blocked the Russian army's traffic lines. The Russian hail, hurricane and tornado rocket launcher , Russian 2S1, 2S3 and 2S19 self-propelled artillery blocked most of the Ukrainian counterattack with fierce artillery fire.
Russian army's self-propelled artillery gun barrel has a total life of 1,000 to 2,500 rounds. The Russian army fires 50,000 to 60,000 shells a day, which means that the Russian army has to scrap dozens of gun barrels. The Russian army needs at least 1,000 new artillery barrels to be replaced in a month to maintain high-intensity artillery operation.
In terms of ammunition, in 1990, the Soviet Army had a reserve of 6 million tons of suppressed artillery ammunition. Even now, Russia only has half of its storage capacity, and now Russia has 3 million tons of shells. The Russian army fires an average of 2,500 tons of shells a day and consumes 75,000 tons of shells a month.
Russian military artillery shell reserves can maintain high-intensity shelling consumption for at least 40 months. Moreover, Russia is still producing new ammunition, and Russia's artillery shell production is around hundreds of thousands to 1 million rounds each year.
Military observer Vladyslav Shurekin believes that Russian artillery now masters unique skills. It takes almost one fire to destroy the target. The Russian artillery command center can discover targets and destroy any battlefield targets in real time. The Russian army's most advanced zoo-1M type active phased array anti-artillery radar can be deployed in 5 minutes, tracking 12 targets at the same time, and detecting 70 targets in one minute.
Russian anti-artillery radar can detect shells fired by Ukrainian M109A4 self-propelled artillery within 23 kilometers, or rocket fired within 45 kilometers.
In the Bachmut battlefield, the Russian artillery group wanted to use the powerful artillery force to completely blow up more than 10,000 Ukrainian defenders. The essence of Russian artillery is to concentrate as much firepower as possible on the offensive area. In short, throw more explosives onto the enemy's heads to destroy all enemies.
More than 90% of the Ukrainian army's casualties were caused by artillery attacks, and only a very small number of Ukrainian army suffered casualties from machine gun bullets. General Shoigu announced that after statistics, the Russian army killed 8,300 Ukrainian troops throughout November. If calculated based on the 1:3 casualties ratio, in November, the number of casualties of the Ukrainian army was 36,000. The Russian army fired an average of 1.5 million artillery shells in a month, with an average of 41 artillery shells killing and injuring a Ukrainian soldier.
On the Donbas frontline, the Russian artillery strength remains intact, which can put huge pressure on the frontier positions of the Ukrainian army. Recently, the Russian army has made limited tactical progress on the Donbas front and seized several villages and towns, mainly relying on absolute artillery fire advantages.
Therefore, the Russian artillery on the front line has an absolute crushing advantage, and the Russian army has the advantage of front line air superiority . The Ukrainian artillery dare not approach the front line too much, and mainly operates in a depth area 10 kilometers behind the front line. Activities are carried out under the protection of Ukrainian air defense missiles. This further highlights the Russian army's artillery advantages.
With the Russian army's absolute continuous bombardment ability of the Donbas front, it is difficult for the Ukrainian army to continue to hold on with the mobile artillery squad and Tianlinggu. Basically, it is only a matter of time when Bachmut will fall. It mainly depends on the efficiency of Russian artillery to kill and injure the Ukrainian army. When will the Russian artillery blow up all the 10,000 Ukrainian defenders?
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