Finland and NATO: When Push Came to Shove

Samuel 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”.

Dr Karin von Hippel takes part in the panel on 'Russia: What Next?' at the World Economic Forum at Davos.

Having 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.”

Samuel 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”.

Dr Karin von Hippel takes part in the panel on 'Russia: What Next?' at the World Economic Forum at Davos.

Having 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.”