{"id":7689,"date":"2016-02-16T13:56:06","date_gmt":"2016-02-16T13:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/?p=7689"},"modified":"2016-02-16T13:56:06","modified_gmt":"2016-02-16T13:56:06","slug":"feb14-donbas-weapon-secrets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/feb14-donbas-weapon-secrets\/","title":{"rendered":"Terrorist Tupitsyn & Co. Reveals Secrets of the Russian ‘Military Trade’ in Luhansk"},"content":{"rendered":"

The special forces brigade of the\u00a02nd army corps of the so-called ‘LPR’ became the subject of our new investigation. The deep\u00a0study of the open sources (social profiles, etc.) resulted in finding interesting information. Analysis of this data solved\u00a0the weapon supply puzzle. Also we identified the detachment, its home base and equipment\/weaponry with clear signs of involvement of the Russian ‘military stores’ logistics. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Our story starts with terrorist Sergey Tupitsyn (profile<\/a>, albums<\/a>), a gunner of a howitzer division of the separate special forces brigade of the 2nd army corps of ‘LPR’<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Sergey does not give much information on his VK social account, but the pictures from his album and the list of his friends is of great value for the InformNapalm’s volunteers.<\/p>\n

Detachment’s disposition<\/h2>\n

Identification of the Sergey’s unit location became possible thanks to the photo he made, and the photo taken by his comrade-in-arms Vitaliy Demchuk (profile<\/a>, album<\/a>).
\n\"Selection_092\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This picture shows Tupitsyn at a building (to be identified later):<\/p>\n

\"Selection_094\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Demchuk stands on the balcony:\"Selection_095\"<\/a><\/p>\n

As it can be seen in the picture, the building where the terrorist live has 4 storeys, brown colored glass envelopes, the territory around it has a lot of firs and the balcony parapet is made of green facias. This description fits the building of\u00a0a health resort in the Zelenyi Hai<\/strong>\u00a0village to the North of Krasnyi Luch town along the N21 road (Luhansk Oblast).\u00a0These are the coordinates<\/a> and the pictures<\/a> of the resort for comparison:
\n\"Selection_097\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This satellite photo by Yandex.maps proves that the resort building is used as the barracks for the terrorists of the illegal armed formations in Luhansk Oblast. The parked military equipment can be clearly seen here.<\/p>\n

\"Selection_089\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Below are several photos from a little barbeque party held at the lake shore near Zelenyi Hai. Please pay attention to the gob pile which lets us identify the coordinates<\/a>. This place is 2.5 km from the resort – and this also justifies our assumptions.
\n\"Selection_100\"<\/a>\"Selection_099\"<\/a>\"Selection_098\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Shooting site on the Google.maps.\"Selection_101\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Identification of the unit<\/h1>\n

Photos taken\u00a0by Stas Priymak (profile<\/a>, album<\/a>) and Aleksandr Zubkovich (profile<\/a>, album<\/a>), Tupitsyn’s brothers-in-arms, helped us to identify the detachment where they served in.\"Selection_103\"<\/a>\"Selection_104\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The photos from the militants’ albums show equipment with tactical signs of the separate special forces brigade of the 2nd army corps of ‘LPR’\u00a0<\/strong>– ’10 in a square’. Here<\/a> you can find detailed information about the tactical signs of ‘DLPR’.<\/p>\n

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Weaponry and equipment of the unit<\/h1>\n

If we take a closer look at the photos made in the period between the summer of 2015 and the winter of 2016, then we can see that the detachment is split into several\u00a0parts – towed artillery (‘Msta-B’ 152mm howitzers<\/strong>), self-propelled artillery (2S1 ‘Gvozdika’ 122mm guns<\/strong>) and rocket artillery (BM-21 ‘Grad’ units<\/strong>). Deployment of the ammunition is done using ‘Ural’ army trucks. Let’s add one more militant here – Roman Merinkov (profile<\/a>, album<\/a>), he likes making selfies in front of the military equipment:<\/p>\n

\"Selection_108\"<\/a>These are pictures from his albums with\u00a0the mentioned above equipment:<\/p>\n

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Subtleties of the howitzer division’s weaponry<\/h1>\n

It is noteworthy that one of the photos<\/a>\u00a0by Stas Primak shows a routine remark about a technical inspection of the 2A65 ‘Msta-B’ howitzer<\/strong>. The same kind of notes are made at the equipment storage and\u00a0maintenance\u00a0bases\u00a0in the Russian army. <\/strong>Presumably it indicates the gun’s serial No. ‘\u04129536<\/strong>‘, category\u00a0II, <\/strong>‘PTK’ (presumably, planned technical checkup)\u00a010 h,\u00a0<\/strong>muzzle velocity deviation – 1%<\/strong>.
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As they say, “for the first time – an accident, the second – a match, the third – a pattern”. It appeared that an\u00a0accident becomes the match thanks to terrorist Vladimir Kluchak (profile<\/a>, album<\/a>), who uploaded a selfie<\/a> with an alike inscription on other ‘Msta-B’ gun:
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Presumably it indicates the gun’s serial No. ‘\u04128495<\/strong>‘, category\u00a0II, <\/strong>‘PTK’ (presumably, planned technical checkup)\u00a010 h.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In their turn, terrorists from the same howitzer division proved that the ‘technical checkup markings’ make\u00a0the pattern.\u00a0Aleksandr Prishliak (profile<\/a>, album<\/a>) and Artem Nuriev (profile<\/a>, album<\/a>) have uploaded the following photos to their profiles – 1<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a02<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"Selection_129\"<\/a>\"Selection_128\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Let’s make sure that all four guns have different inscriprions:\"Selection_126\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Probing questions:<\/h1>\n
    \n
  1. Where did the ‘former coal miners’ get 4 ‘Msta-B’ howitzers?<\/li>\n
  2. Who and why did make those routine notes?<\/li>\n
  3. Who and using what kind of equipment has carried out those ‘technical checkups’?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Bonus from the team<\/h1>\n

    As it turned out, one of the figurants, Aleksandr Zubkovich, took part in the siege of the SBU\u00a0regional directorate in Luhansk Oblast in 2014. He boasted with it in his album<\/a>. And this is a photo<\/a> of Zubkovich from 2013 for comparison.
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    (CC BY)<\/em><\/p>\n

    Original article<\/a> by Mikhail Kuznetsov<\/a>, translated by Stepan Grishin<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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The deep\u00a0study of the open sources (social profiles, etc.) resulted in finding interesting information. Analysis of this data solved\u00a0the weapon supply puzzle. Also we identified the detachment, its home base and equipment\/weaponry with clear signs of involvement of the Russian 'military stores' logistics. \u00a0<\/strong>\r\n\r\nOur story starts with terrorist Sergey Tupitsyn (<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/usAKJ\">profile<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/zFTOc\">albums<\/a>), a gunner of a howitzer division of <strong>the separate special forces brigade of the 2nd army corps of 'LPR'<\/strong>.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_091.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20039\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20039\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_091.png\" alt=\"Selection_091\" width=\"453\" height=\"560\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nSergey does not give much information on his VK social account, but the pictures from his album and the list of his friends is of great value for the InformNapalm's volunteers.\r\n<h2>Detachment's disposition<\/h2>\r\nIdentification of the Sergey's unit location became possible thanks to the photo he made, and the photo taken by his comrade-in-arms Vitaliy Demchuk (<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/JDxz3\">profile<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/JDxz3\">album<\/a>).\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_092.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20040\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20040\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_092.png\" alt=\"Selection_092\" width=\"459\" height=\"507\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nThis picture shows Tupitsyn at a building (to be identified later):\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_094.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20041\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20041\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_094.png\" alt=\"Selection_094\" width=\"487\" height=\"581\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nDemchuk stands on the balcony:<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_095.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20042\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20042\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_095.png\" alt=\"Selection_095\" width=\"437\" height=\"591\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nAs it can be seen in the picture, the building where the terrorist live has 4 storeys, brown colored glass envelopes, the territory around it has a lot of firs and the balcony parapet is made of green facias. This description fits the building of\u00a0a health resort in the <strong>Zelenyi Hai<\/strong>\u00a0village to the North of Krasnyi Luch town along the N21 road (Luhansk Oblast).\u00a0These are the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/48%C2%B011'46.7%22N+38%C2%B056'00.7%22E\/@48.196302,38.9313413,522m\/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0\">coordinates<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/48%C2%B011'46.7%22N+38%C2%B056'00.7%22E\/@48.19616,38.933136,3a,75y,90t\/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1s70972564!2e1!3e10!6s%2F%2Flh4.googleusercontent.com%2Fproxy%2F72VZgAJpeX9VlcUjggGKROZwDEeAPEv3frYjEZLGFh27j3fxggTm11qeBQs5jgyju-i2OIVXTkmr52eagQIStBzqIk3-yg%3Dw203-h134!7i1800!8i1195!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0\">pictures<\/a> of the resort for comparison:\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_097.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20043\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20043\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_097.png\" alt=\"Selection_097\" width=\"790\" height=\"534\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nThis satellite photo by Yandex.maps proves that the resort building is used as the barracks for the terrorists of the illegal armed formations in Luhansk Oblast. The parked military equipment can be clearly seen here.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_089.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20044\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20044\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_089.png\" alt=\"Selection_089\" width=\"595\" height=\"395\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nBelow are several photos from a little barbeque party held at the lake shore near Zelenyi Hai. Please pay attention to the gob pile which lets us identify the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.de\/maps\/place\/48%C2%B011'20.1%22N+38%C2%B057'58.5%22E\/@48.188914,38.9640483,522m\/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0\">coordinates<\/a>. This place is 2.5 km from the resort - and this also justifies our assumptions.\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_100.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20046\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20046\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_100.png\" alt=\"Selection_100\" width=\"603\" height=\"449\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_099.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20047\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20047\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_099.png\" alt=\"Selection_099\" width=\"602\" height=\"446\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_098.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20048\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20048\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_098.png\" alt=\"Selection_098\" width=\"605\" height=\"454\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nShooting site on the Google.maps.<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_101.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20049\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20049\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_101.png\" alt=\"Selection_101\" width=\"696\" height=\"519\" \/><\/a>\r\n<h1>Identification of the unit<\/h1>\r\nPhotos taken\u00a0by Stas Priymak (<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/jqwu5\">profile<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/K9aVP\">album<\/a>) and Aleksandr Zubkovich (<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/fomfW\">profile<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/6Kk52\">album<\/a>), Tupitsyn's brothers-in-arms, helped us to identify the detachment where they served in.<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_103.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20051\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20051\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_103.png\" alt=\"Selection_103\" width=\"622\" height=\"461\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_104.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20052\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20052\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_104.png\" alt=\"Selection_104\" width=\"377\" height=\"502\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nThe photos from the militants' albums show equipment with tactical signs of <strong>the separate special forces brigade of the 2nd army corps of 'LPR'\u00a0<\/strong>- '10 in a square'. <a href=\"http:\/\/ce48.livejournal.com\/4014.html\">Here<\/a> you can find detailed information about the tactical signs of 'DLPR'.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_107.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20053\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20053\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_107.png\" alt=\"Selection_107\" width=\"682\" height=\"452\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_106.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20054\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20054\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_106.png\" alt=\"Selection_106\" width=\"670\" height=\"478\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_105.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20055\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20055\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_105.png\" alt=\"Selection_105\" width=\"679\" height=\"492\" \/><\/a>\r\n<h1>Weaponry and equipment of the unit<\/h1>\r\nIf we take a closer look at the photos made in the period between the summer of 2015 and the winter of 2016, then we can see that the detachment is split into several\u00a0parts - towed artillery (<strong>'Msta-B' 152mm howitzers<\/strong>), self-propelled artillery (<strong>2S1 'Gvozdika' 122mm guns<\/strong>) and rocket artillery (<strong>BM-21 'Grad' units<\/strong>). Deployment of the ammunition is done using 'Ural' army trucks. Let's add one more militant here - Roman Merinkov (<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/dBLiU\">profile<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/4XJ80\">album<\/a>), he likes making selfies in front of the military equipment:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_108.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20057\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20057\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_108.png\" alt=\"Selection_108\" width=\"387\" height=\"514\" \/><\/a>These are pictures from his albums with\u00a0the mentioned above equipment:\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_124.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20061\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-20061 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_124-150x150.png\" alt=\"Selection_124\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_125.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20060\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-20060 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_125-150x150.png\" alt=\"Selection_125\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_109.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20076\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-20076 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_109-150x150.png\" alt=\"Selection_109\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_110.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20075\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-20075 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_110-150x150.png\" alt=\"Selection_110\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_111.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20074\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-20074 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_111-150x150.png\" alt=\"Selection_111\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_112.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20073\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-20073 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_112-150x150.png\" alt=\"Selection_112\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_113.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20072\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-20072 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_113-150x150.png\" alt=\"Selection_113\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_114.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20071\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-20071 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_114-150x150.png\" alt=\"Selection_114\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_115.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20070\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-20070 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_115-150x150.png\" alt=\"Selection_115\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_116.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20069\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-20069 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_116-150x150.png\" alt=\"Selection_116\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_117.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20068\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-20068 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_117-150x150.png\" alt=\"Selection_117\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_118.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20067\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-20067 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_118-150x150.png\" alt=\"Selection_118\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_119.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20066\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-20066 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_119-150x150.png\" alt=\"Selection_119\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_120.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20065\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-20065 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_120-150x150.png\" alt=\"Selection_120\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_121.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20064\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-20064 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_121-150x150.png\" alt=\"Selection_121\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_123.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20062\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-20062\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_123-150x150.png\" alt=\"Selection_123\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-20063 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_122-150x150.png\" alt=\"Selection_122\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n<h1>Subtleties of the howitzer division's weaponry<\/h1>\r\nIt is noteworthy that one of the <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/j5UBu\">photos<\/a>\u00a0by Stas Primak shows <strong>a routine remark about a technical inspection of the 2A65 'Msta-B' howitzer<\/strong>. <strong>The same kind of notes are made at the equipment storage and\u00a0maintenance\u00a0bases\u00a0in the Russian army. <\/strong>Presumably it indicates the gun's serial No. '<strong>\u04129536<\/strong>', category\u00a0<strong>II, <\/strong>'PTK' (presumably, planned technical checkup)\u00a0<strong>10 h,\u00a0<\/strong>muzzle velocity deviation - <strong>1%<\/strong>.\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_126.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20079\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20079 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_126.png\" alt=\"Selection_126\" width=\"750\" height=\"545\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nAs they say, \"for the first time - an accident, the second - a match, the third - a pattern\". It appeared that an\u00a0accident becomes the match thanks to terrorist Vladimir Kluchak (<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/nqVg8\">profile<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/eMT7e\">album<\/a>), who uploaded a <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/s7f9k\">selfie<\/a> with an alike inscription on other 'Msta-B' gun:\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_127.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20085\"><img class=\"wp-image-20085 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_127.png\" alt=\"Selection_127\" width=\"983\" height=\"603\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nPresumably it indicates the gun's serial No. '<strong>\u04128495<\/strong>', category\u00a0<strong>II, <\/strong>'PTK' (presumably, planned technical checkup)\u00a0<strong>10 h.<\/strong>\r\n\r\nIn their turn, terrorists from the same howitzer division proved that the 'technical checkup markings' make\u00a0the pattern.\u00a0Aleksandr Prishliak (<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/MkjJ9\">profile<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/jghem\">album<\/a>) and Artem Nuriev (<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/hUS9j\">profile<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/7bxX1\">album<\/a>) have uploaded the following photos to their profiles - <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/0kbeN\">1<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/FT9SU\">2<\/a>:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_129.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20086\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-20086 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_129.png\" alt=\"Selection_129\" width=\"740\" height=\"469\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_128.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20087\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20087 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_128.png\" alt=\"Selection_128\" width=\"800\" height=\"464\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nLet's make sure that all four guns have different inscriprions:<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_126-1.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20088\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-20088 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_126-1.png\" alt=\"Selection_126\" width=\"628\" height=\"469\" \/><\/a>\r\n<h1>Probing questions:<\/h1>\r\n<ol>\r\n\t<li>Where did the 'former coal miners' get 4 'Msta-B' howitzers?<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Who and why did make those routine notes?<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Who and using what kind of equipment has carried out those 'technical checkups'?<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<h1>Bonus from the team<\/h1>\r\nAs it turned out, one of the figurants, Aleksandr Zubkovich, took part in the siege of the SBU\u00a0regional directorate in Luhansk Oblast in 2014. He boasted with it in his <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/r4fAM\">album<\/a>. And this is a <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/RoQVM\">photo<\/a> of Zubkovich from 2013 for comparison.\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_130.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20097\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-20097 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Selection_130.png\" alt=\"Selection_130\" width=\"653\" height=\"579\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<em>(CC BY)<\/em>\r\n\r\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/19802-tupitsyn\/\">Original article<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100010235495201\">Mikhail Kuznetsov<\/a>, translated by Stepan Grishin<\/em>","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7689"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7697,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7689\/revisions\/7697"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}