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What kind of battlefield is the meat grinder battlefield?
During the more than 5 months of the Bachmut meat grinder, it was the Russian army that suffered more casualties, or the Ukrainian army that suffered more casualties. Whether Bachmut is a Russian army meat grinder or a Ukrainian army meat grinder can actually be seen from the map.
What is a battlefield meat grinder? The first is that one side occupies favorable terrain and powerful firepower, attracting the enemy to continuously attack and consume the enemy's battlefield. In this kind of battlefield, the attackers use human lives to advance the front, and battlefield progress is often measured in meters, not kilometers.
In the battle, the attackers are paying a very heavy price in exchange for the smallest benefit. For example, during the Syrian war, the Russian army deployed a meat grinder in Latakia Province, and the Syrian rebels continued to launch counterattacks on Latakia. The Russian reconnaissance planes have long known the dynamics of the Syrian rebels. Russian air force fighters, bombers and artillery have eliminated the Syrian rebels who launched counterattacks one after another, turning Latakia into a huge tomb of the Syrian rebels.
For example, during the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, the volunteers held defensive positions in mountain tunnels with Shangganling as the core. Attracting the U.S. and South Korean troops to launch continuous attacks, in the tunnel mountain area, the Volunteer Army's deep artillery and tunnel defenders continued to kill and injure the U.S. and South Korean troops, turning Shangganling into a meat grinder for the U.S. and South Korean troops.
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Is Bachmut a meat grinder for the Russian army or a meat grinder for the Ukrainian army?
On the Bachmut battlefield, the commanding heights controlled by the Russian army is Zaitsev, which has a terrain advantage of more than 100 meters high. But the disadvantage is that it is too far away from the main battlefield, as long as 16 kilometers.
Therefore, the Russian 122mm howitzer is completely useless and can only use the 152mm heavy howitzer for long-range attacks. The Russian army also has a commanding height, which is the village of Kurzumifka, which they captured after a series of bloody battles at the end of November. Here they also have a height advantage of hundreds of meters. This location is 10 kilometers away from the main position of the Ukrainian army, which is very close.
The Russian army also has the absolute commanding heights of the entire battlefield in Popasna, with an altitude of at least 250 meters above sea level. However, it is more than 25 kilometers away from the Bachmut battlefield. The distance is too far, and 152 extended-range ammunition must be used to effectively kill it. Otherwise, the spread area of the artillery bombardment at the maximum range is too large, and basically nothing can be hit.
The advantage of the Ukrainian army is that it has a commanding height to the west of Bahmut and is closer to the battlefield. For example, Korsunskogo in the southwest of Bakhmus has an altitude advantage of 188 meters and is less than 5 kilometers away from the battlefield. There is no need for 122mm or 155mm howitzers at this distance. The Ukrainian army's various 82mm mortars and 120mm mortars can carry out condescending bombardment.
To the north of Bachmut, there is an Ivanivsk village with an altitude of 160 meters, about 10 kilometers away from the battlefield. There is a mountainous area with a maximum altitude of more than 240 meters more than ten kilometers away from Bachmut.
Therefore, Ukrainian artillery on the Bachmut battlefield can obtain three commanding height artillery positions within 5 kilometers, 10 kilometers and 15 kilometers from the battlefield.
The advantage of the Ukrainian army is that it controls almost all the commanding heights behind Bahmut, and it has both long, medium and short ranges. It can take advantage of various artillery fire from howitzers and mortars.
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What is the biggest difficulty faced by the Russian army in Bahmut?
On the Bachmut battlefield, Whether the Russian army set off from Zaitsev or Vesela Dolina, it was 3 kilometers away from the Ukrainian army's position, and this 3-kilometer area was all large and unobstructed open land.
The Russian army and the Wagner Group have been unable to defeat Bachmut for several months. A very critical difficulty is how to allow the Russian army to safely pass through this 3-kilometer huge open space.
Because the Ukrainian army's nearest commanding heights are less than 5 kilometers away from the battlefield, all the mortar units of the Ukrainian army can be engaged in condescending bombardment at this distance.The Russian army's commanding heights are more than 10 kilometers away from the battlefield, so howitzers can only be used for position bombardment.
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How can the Russian army capture Bahmut?
How can the Russian army capture Bachmut? With the current fighting style of the Russian army, it is almost difficult to capture Bakhmut . After all, the Ukrainian army occupies most of the commanding heights and various underground bunkers and fortresses. The Russian army charges in an open area of 3 kilometers every day, and it is difficult to break through the Ukrainian army's multiple positions in one fell swoop.
For the Russian army to achieve complete victory, the Russian Aerospace Forces must play their role. can completely suppress all the artillery power on the three commanding heights of the Ukrainian army behind Bahmut. At the same time, cut off the logistics supply line of the Bakhmut Uzbek Army.
Because the Russian army and the Wagner Group have been attacking the front with powerful artillery fire and troops for several months, and hundreds of times have failed. It has been proven that Russian tactics are not effective. Our army will change the direction of the attack after two unsuccessful attacks. I don’t know why the Russian army just wants to attack the front.
