Comparative Analysis of the Losses of Artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to the Occupation Forces of Moscovia in the Summer-Autumn Period

*Moscovia is the historical and correct name of the Russian Federation

Lately, the media has been full of complaints about the effectiveness of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' use of artillery provided by Western allies. But let's take a look at the reality. Let's take as a basis only the confirmed data on the losses of both sides from the Oryx and Yakub groups.

We will cover the period from June 1 to November 17 (170 days) and will take into account artillery with a caliber of 120 mm and bigger.

Calculations:

1. The Armed Forces of Ukraine have irretrievably lost 84 units of cannon artillery. Out of 84 units, 16 units are towed artillery. 

2. Ukrainian Armed Forces' cannon artillery was damaged by 25 units, including 15 towed artillery units. 

3. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost 3 units of rocket artillery (BM-21 “Grad” and RM-70).

4. Captured artillery from the Moscovy occupation forces 6 units: 1 unit of BM “Grad”, 2 units of Msta-C, 3 units of Msta-B.

Total losses of cannon and rocket artillery (destroyed + damaged) = 112 units. 

Average artillery loss of 0.65 units per day based on visually confirmed data.

1. The irrecoverable losses of cannon artillery in the Muscovy army amounted to 245 units. Out of 245 units, 68 units are towed artillery.

2. The occupation army's cannon artillery was damaged by a total of 29 units, including 18 cannon artillery units.

3. The occupying army irrevocably lost 77 units of rocket artillery + 7 units of TOS-1A “Solntsepyok”. Damage to rocket artillery of the occupying army —10 units.

4. Captured artillery from the Ukrainian Armed Forces — 0 units.

Total losses of cannon and rocket artillery (destroyed + damaged) = 368 + 6 units (6 units - the amount captured by the Ukrainian Armed Forces)

The average loss of artillery in the Moscow army is 2.2 units per day.

Detailed losses by type of artillery of the Ukrainian Armed Forces

Details by type: number of destroyed artillery / number of damaged/captured by the enemy.

• 120 mm artillery: Nona-S 4/0/0;

• 122-mm artillery: “Gvozdika” 27/2/0; howitzer D-30 (trailed) 2/1/0

• 152 mm artillery: Hyacinth-B (towed) 2/1/0; howitzer D-20 (towed) 3/0/0, Acacia 6/1/0; Msta-B (towed) 1/0/0

• 155 mm artillery: M109 13/4/0; AS-90 2/2/0; Dana 1/0/0; Krab 8/0/0; M777 (trailed) 6/9/0; CAESAR 2/0/0; FH-70 (trailed) 1/0/0

Losses of MLRS 122 mm:

• BM-21 “Grad” 2/0/0;

• RM-70 1/0/0.

Additionally, 1 unit of 203 mm “Pion”, 3 units of unidentified towed howitzers, 3 unidentified self-propelled artillery systems were lost. 4 unidentified towed howitzers were damaged.

Detailed losses by type of muscovite artillery

• 120 mm artillery: Nona-S 14/1/0

• 122-mm artillery: D-30 (towed) 32/7/0; Gvozdika 27/2/0

• 152-mm artillery: Acacia 37/2/0; Hyacinth-C 27/2/0; Hyacinth-B (towed) 6/1/0; MSTA-C 39/3/2, MSTA-B (towed) 18/6/3, howitzer D-20 (towed) 7/4/0

• 203 mm artillery: Peon/Malka 13/0/0

• 240 mm artillery: Tulip 18/1/0

Losses of MLRS

• 122-mm BM-21 “Grad” + Grad-1 58/8/1; Tornado-G 3/2/0

• 220-mm BM-27 “Uragan” 16/0/0. Separately TOS-1A “Solntsepyok” 7/0/0

Unknown. Towed artillery was destroyed by 5 units, self-propelled artillery 2 units.

Over 170 days of the Ukrainian counteroffensive, it was visually confirmed that the Armed Forces of Ukraine caused damage to the occupation forces of Muscovy in the ratio of: 1 to 3.1 in favor of Ukraine.

Regarding rocket artillery, Ukraine lost only 3 systems in 170 days, while 87 rocket systems and 7 TOS-1A "Solntsepyok" systems were destroyed in the occupation army of Muscovy. The ratio of losses in rocket artillery is 1 to 31.

The visually confirmed data confirms the high skill of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the use of Western weapons and emphasizes the importance of providing Ukraine with additional artillery systems to exhaust the Moscow occupation army.