But I knew that anyway. I used the M16 in my past and I hated it…

Shoigu very diplomatically expressed the truth…

Foreign arms supplied to Kiev have proven to be far from perfect amid the fighting in Ukraine, Sergey Shoigu said

“In real conditions, our weapons show their reliability and effectiveness,” the minister said. “At the same time, the widely advertised Western equipment turned out to be far from flawless in reality,” he added. Shoigu suggested that guests of the forum could see this for themselves by checking out the collection of captured Western weapons on display at the expo.

Shoigu is not trying to fluff Russian weaponry, but he is simply telling the truth and the truth is much more powerful. That is why you should always tell truth…

All I can personally say, “It is about time that Russia starts to talk about the western weapons being slaughtered in Ukraine!”

I have been waiting for this to start appearing. You know China, Iran, North Korea have lots of western weapons now to reverse engineer and make better and to make easier to destroy. What a hole the USA has dug. It is easy to see that Russia knows the weak spots of all the western equipment that is being sent…

Looks like Western weapons are all show no go…

WtR

Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation (14 August 2023)

Last night, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation launched a group strike with long-range sea-based precision weapons against the production and storage sites of unmanned boats used by the AFU for terrorist attacks.

The goal of the attack has been reached. All the assigned targets have been neutralised.

In Kupyansk direction, as a result of strikes by Army Aviation and artillery, as well as courageous actions by units of the Zapad Group of Forces, six enemy attacks and counterattacks have been successfully repelled close to Novosyolovskoye (Lugansk People’s Republic), Pershotravnyovoye, Sinkovka and Mankovka tracts (Kharkov region).

The enemy losses were up to 65 servicemen, three armoured fighting vehicles, two pickup trucks, one German-manufactured Panzerhaubitze-2000 self-propelled artillery system, two Polish-manufactured Krab self-propelled artillery systems, one Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer, as well as Msta-B and D-30 howitzers.

In Donetsk direction, as a result of active and well-coordinated actions by the units of the Yug Group of Forces, with the support of Ground-Attack and Army aviation, six AFU attacks have been successfully repelled near Belogorovka (Lugansk People’s Republic), Vodyanoye, Krasnogorovka and Nevelskoye (Donetsk People’s Republic).

The enemy losses were up to 150 Ukrainian servicemen, two tanks, three armoured fighting vehicles, five motor vehicles, as well as UK-manufactured FH-70 and Msta-B howitzers.

One ammunition depot of the AFU 53rd Mechanised Brigade has been destroyed near Avdeevka (Donetsk People’s Republic).

In Krasny Liman direction, as a result of active actions by units of the Tsentr Group of Forces, Army Aviation and artillery, two enemy attacks have been successfully repelled near Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People’s Republic).

The enemy losses were up to 90 servicemen, three armoured fighting vehicles, and two pickup trucks.

In South Donetsk direction, as a result of actions by units the Vostok Group of Forces, Operational-Tactical Aviation, artillery, and heavy flamethrower systems, enemy units have been hit close to Staromayorskoye and Urozhaynoye (Donetsk People’s Republic.)

The enemy losses were up to 240 Ukrainian servicemen, three armoured fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, two U.S.-manufactured M777 artillery systems, and one French-manufactured CAESAR self-propelled artillery system.

In Zaporozhye direction, units of the Russian grouping of troops, supported by artillery, repelled two enemy attacks close to Rabotino (Zaporozhye region) and also foiled the actions of one Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group.

The enemy losses were up to 50 Ukrainian servicemen, one tank, two infantry fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, one U.S.-manufactured M777 artillery system, one French-manufactured CAESAR self-propelled artillery system, and one Polish-manufactured Krab self-propelled artillery system.

In Kherson direction, the enemy losses were up to 30 Ukrainian servicemen, three motor vehicles, and one Spanish-manufactured Alacran self-propelled mortar.

Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have neutralised manpower and military hardware in 152 areas.

In addition, one S-300 surface-to-air missile system battery has been hit near Zelyonyi Gai (Nikolayev region).

Air defence facilities have shot down 2 projectiles launched by HIMARS MLRS.

In addition, 28 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have been shot down close to Verkhnekamenka (Lugansk People’s Republic), Donetsk, Gorlovka, Yegorovka, Komsomolsky, Volodino (Donetsk People’s Republic), Tavolzhanka (Kharkov region), Peremozhnoye, Pologi, Kopani and Ocherevatoye (Zaporozhye region).

In total, 458 airplanes, 246 helicopters, 5,736 unmanned aerial vehicles, 430 air defence missile systems, 11,291 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,144 fighting vehicles equipped with MLRS, 5,877 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 12,225 special military motor vehicles have been destroyed during the special military operation.