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Intro:
Captured equipment has been a feature of human conflict going back to the point where one human stole another human's bashing rock.

But normally there are limits on how much it can be used. Supplying, repairing, or training on captured hardware is usually a difficult thing - unless the enemy is using basically the same kit you are.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine involves a contest between two sides using compatible (largely) Soviet or Post-Soviet kit, coupled with a Russian force that seems predisposed towards abandoning equipment to the enemy.

The result is that Ukraine (supplied by its farmers in some cases) has made extensive use of captured kit (as have the Russian aligned proxies). This video looks at some of the data behind that captured kit, discusses some of the challenges involved in recovery and repair (thanks to a guest contribution by everyone's favourite US Officer, Nicholas Moran) and the strategic significance of all this stuff that's been recovered and reused.

Enjoy - and join me next week for a look at Russia's mobilisation announcement...

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Caveats:
Many caveats are gone over in the video but the regular ones around fog of war and data uncertainty apply. Specifically, I want to point out that while I have a good body of evidence on the 93rd Mechanised and their use of captured equipment, such things a liable to change as equipment is knocked out or rotated and I obviously can't go down and check myself.

Timestamps:
00:00:00 — Opening Words
00:02:51 — What We're Covering
00:04:08 — Sponsor: GROUND NEWS
00:05:42 — Kyiv Thrust
00:06:59 — Abandoned On Withdrawal
00:08:30 — Kharkiv Reprise
00:10:06 — Putting It In Numbers
00:11:08 — Understanding "Captures", & Challenges With Sources
00:14:54 — Categorisation
00:17:01 — BDAR With An Expert
00:19:00 — BDAR With An Expert: Self Recovery
00:20:57 — BDAR With An Expert: Like-Vehicle Recovery
00:24:06 — BDAR With An Expert: Dedicated Recovery
00:30:42 — BDAR With An Expert: How Russia Categorises Its Repairs
00:34:16 — BDAR With An Expert: Replacement Components
00:38:54 — Like-vehicle Recovery & Self Recovery
00:40:13 — Tractor Brigade
00:42:43 — Specialised Recovery Assets
00:44:18 — Informal Procedures
00:46:52 — Frontline & Informal Repair
00:48:02 — Rear Area Capital Repair - A Significant Challenge
00:49:50 — Primary Contributors
00:50:44 — Calling Out Bulgaria
00:53:10 — Quantities & Significance
00:55:06 — Captured, Abandoned, & Foreign Supplied Equipment (ORYX)
00:56:32 — Evidence Of Deployment
00:59:04 — Ammunition & Smaller Items
01:00:40 — Let's Talk AA
01:02:26 — The Sensitive & Secret
01:04:40 — You All Wanted To Hear About It
01:06:40 — Conclusions
01:08:08 — Channel Update

Extra Reading:
Oryx - Documenting Russian Equipment Losses During The 2022 Russian Invasion Of Ukraine
https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/02...

Jakub Janovsky - critical to supporting the Oryx work
  / rebel44cz  

Counteroffensive: Russian losses - @ragnarbjartur on Twitter
https://datastudio.google.com/u/0/rep...

A Frontline Shadow Economy: Ukrainian Units Swap Tanks and Artillery - NYT
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/30/wo...

Poland multinational repair hub discussion
https://mil.in.ua/en/news/in-eastern-...

Czech companies to repair Ukrainian tankshttps://www.reuters.com/world/europe/...

Fantastic OSINT complication of interesting vehicle captures/sightings
  / uaweapons  

Thank you to those sources who contributed to the preparation of this video.