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The addition of MK19s will provide [the Ukrainians] with some mobile firepower, and the ability to engage Russian infantry at range”.Sam Cranny-EvansResearch Analyst24 May 2022long-arrowRUSSIA | UKRAINEquotequoteDr Karin von Hippel takes part in the panel on 'Russia: What Next?' at the World Economic Forum at Davos. Dr Karin von HippelDirector-General23 May 2022long-arrowDRONESquotequoteHaving drones spotting the fall of the first [shell] means you can adjust the fall in real time. This allows the artillery units to launch large salvoes and that’s what’s been doing a lot of damage to both Russian and Ukrainian forces,” said Justin Bronk, senior research fellow for airpower at the Royal United Services Institute, the UK defence and security think tank. “While the anti-tank guided missiles, Nlaws [next-generation light anti-tank weapons] and Javelins have been rightly celebrated for . . . stopping the advance of Russian columns, it is the artillery brought down on the vehicles behind that did most of the damage.”Justin BronkSenior Research Fellow, Airpower & Technology23 May 2022long-arrowbecome a memberJoin our networkA busy programme of members' only eventsAccess to a suite of RUSI publicationsAccess to experts, networks and research teamsJoin RUSI today190Years of defence and security thought leadership50New agenda-setting research projects and initiatives248Events, conferences and workshops ran in 2020-21150Partnerships and joint projects around the worldUpcoming eventsView all eventsBusiness Leader Series25 MayallPoppy Gustafsson on the Evolution of the Cyber Threat LandscapeWednesday, 25 May 202217:00-18:00(BST)Conferences26 MayInternational Day of UN Peacekeepers Conference 2022Thursday, 26 May 202211:00-15:30(BST)Open-to-all events6 JuneallThe Royal Navy’s Roles during the ‘Crimean’ WarMonday, 6 June 202218:00-19:00(BST)Latest publicationsView all publicationsLoad more publicationsSubscribe to our newsletterReceive updates on RUSI's publications and eventsSign upIn the NewsView all In the NewsWar In UkrainequotequoteSamuel Cranny-Evans, a military analyst at the Royal United Services Institute (Rusi) think tank, said that light tactical vehicles such as pickups had been “important for both sides” in the present conflict. “They enable fairly rapid mobility and a low training and support burden,” he said. “Ukrainians report regularly changing vehicles once damaged or out of fuel, enabling them to maintain mobility. The addition of MK19s will provide [the Ukrainians] with some mobile firepower, and the ability to engage Russian infantry at range”.Sam Cranny-EvansResearch Analyst24 May 2022long-arrowRUSSIA | UKRAINEquotequoteDr Karin von Hippel takes part in the panel on 'Russia: What Next?' at the World Economic Forum at Davos. Dr Karin von HippelDirector-General23 May 2022long-arrowDRONESquotequoteHaving drones spotting the fall of the first [shell] means you can adjust the fall in real time. This allows the artillery units to launch large salvoes and that’s what’s been doing a lot of damage to both Russian and Ukrainian forces,” said Justin Bronk, senior research fellow for airpower at the Royal United Services Institute, the UK defence and security think tank. “While the anti-tank guided missiles, Nlaws [next-generation light anti-tank weapons] and Javelins have been rightly celebrated for . . . stopping the advance of Russian columns, it is the artillery brought down on the vehicles behind that did most of the damage.”Justin BronkSenior Research Fellow, Airpower & Technology23 May 2022long-arrowMore from RUSITopicschevron-rightRegionschevron-rightProjectschevron-rightMembershipchevron-rightRUSI Job Vacancieschevron-rightAbout RUSIchevron-right