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==Aftermath==
==Aftermath==
[[Forbes]] reported that the Battle of Mala Tokmachka was a [[military disaster]] for Ukraine with both the 33rd and 47th losing 15% of their soldiers killed or wounded and losing a fifth of Ukraine's M2 Bradleys, a fifth of its Leopard 2A6s and half its Leopard 2Rs.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2023/06/27/25-tanks-and-fighting-vehicles-gone-in-a-blink-the-ukrainian-defeat-near-mala-tokmachka-was-worst-than-we-thought/?sh=5ed271fd7918 | title=25 Tanks and Fighting Vehicles, Gone in a Blink: The Ukrainian Defeat Near Mala Tokmachka Was Worse Than We Thought | website=[[Forbes]] }}</ref> Chief master sergeant Valerii Markus of the 47th Mechanized Brigade told critics to "shut your mouths."<ref>https://twitter.com/Valerii_Markus/status/1667222503431782435</ref> Some of the damaged veiches were recoved and repaired by Ukrainian forces.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2023/07/29/ukrainian-tank-losses-diminish-as-polish-technicians-save-more-and-more-damaged-leopard-2s/?sh=121f6225e38e | title=Ukrainian Tank Losses Diminish as Polish Technicians Save More and More Damaged Leopard 2s | website=[[Forbes]] }}</ref> Russian forces would later publish a video showing 2 captured [[Leopard 2]] tanks and multiple [[M2 Bradleys]].<ref>https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-releases-video-captured-german-tanks-us-fighting-vehicles-ukraine-2023-06-13/</ref> The defeat at Mala Tokmachka would result in Ukrainian commanders switching to dismounted infantry attacks rather than mechanized assaults in order to not risk more armored vechles.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://euromaidanpress.com/2023/12/07/why-ukraines-counteroffensive-failed-wp-analysis-in-7-minutes/ | title=Why Ukraine's counteroffensive failed: WP analysis in 7 minutes | date=6 December 2023 }}</ref> This would result in lowered armor losses but higher infantry casualties.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/02/10/syrskyi-in-zaluzhnyi-out-what-to-expect-from-ukraines-army-reshuffle/ | title=Syrskyi in, Zaluzhnyi out: What to expect from Ukraine's army reshuffle | date=10 February 2024 }}</ref>
[[Forbes]] reported that the Battle of Mala Tokmachka was a [[military disaster]] for Ukraine with both the 33rd and 47th losing 15% of their soldiers killed or wounded and losing a fifth of Ukraine's M2 Bradleys, a fifth of its Leopard 2A6s and half its Leopard 2Rs.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2023/06/27/25-tanks-and-fighting-vehicles-gone-in-a-blink-the-ukrainian-defeat-near-mala-tokmachka-was-worst-than-we-thought/?sh=5ed271fd7918 | title=25 Tanks and Fighting Vehicles, Gone in a Blink: The Ukrainian Defeat Near Mala Tokmachka Was Worse Than We Thought | website=[[Forbes]] }}</ref> Chief master sergeant Valerii Markus of the 47th Mechanized Brigade told critics to "shut your mouths."<ref>https://twitter.com/Valerii_Markus/status/1667222503431782435</ref> Some of the damaged vehicles were later recovered and repaired by Ukrainian forces.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2023/07/29/ukrainian-tank-losses-diminish-as-polish-technicians-save-more-and-more-damaged-leopard-2s/?sh=121f6225e38e | title=Ukrainian Tank Losses Diminish as Polish Technicians Save More and More Damaged Leopard 2s | website=[[Forbes]] }}</ref><ref>https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2023/07/02/ukrainian-engineers-are-recovering-the-25-vehicles-ukraine-lost-in-a-russian-minefield-starting-with-an-american-made-m-2/?sh=4596c5165923</ref> Russian forces would later publish a video showing 2 captured [[Leopard 2]] tanks and multiple [[M2 Bradleys]].<ref>https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-releases-video-captured-german-tanks-us-fighting-vehicles-ukraine-2023-06-13/</ref> It was later reported that Russian forces quadrupled the depth of their defensive minefields, from 120 meters to 500 meters and also increased the density of mines within the expanded fields.<ref>https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2023/09/05/to-slow-the-ukrainian-counteroffensive-the-russian-army-quadrupled-the-size-of-its-minefields/?sh=4545280a69e8</ref> The defeat at Mala Tokmachka would result in Ukrainian commanders switching to dismounted infantry attacks rather than mechanized assaults in order to not risk more armored vechles.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://euromaidanpress.com/2023/12/07/why-ukraines-counteroffensive-failed-wp-analysis-in-7-minutes/ | title=Why Ukraine's counteroffensive failed: WP analysis in 7 minutes | date=6 December 2023 }}</ref><ref>https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2023/09/06/disastrous-armored-assaults-taught-the-ukrainian-army-to-flank-russian-defenses-instead/?sh=7844267e2fb1</ref> This would result in lowered armor losses but higher infantry casualties.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/02/10/syrskyi-in-zaluzhnyi-out-what-to-expect-from-ukraines-army-reshuffle/ | title=Syrskyi in, Zaluzhnyi out: What to expect from Ukraine's army reshuffle | date=10 February 2024 }}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 13:01, 15 May 2024

Battle of Mala Tokmachka
Part of the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Date7 June 2023 - 30 June 2023
Location
Mala Tokmachka, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine
Result Russian victory
Belligerents
 Russia  Ukraine
Commanders and leaders
Russia Roman Demurchiyev[1] Ukraine Oleksandr Sak
Units involved

 Russian Armed Forces

 Ukrainian Armed Forces

Casualties and losses
Light

Per Forbes
30% of Ukrainian soldiers killed or wounded
25 Tanks, IFVs and APCs destroyed
2 Leopard 2 captured[2]
Per Russia

20 Tanks
40 IFVs and APCs destroyed
2 Leopard 2 captured[3]

The Battle of Mala Tokmachka was a battle during the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive as part of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Background

At the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Mala Tokmachka quickly became a frontline settlement. The population would drop to only around 200 people by May 2023 due to the proximity of the fighting to the village and consistent Russian shelling which destroyed much of the local infrastructure and utilities.[4]

Battle

On 7 June 2023, Ukrainian forces would first attempt to push the fighting away from the settlement while the Ukrainian 47th Mechanized Brigade and 33rd Mechanized Brigade would launch a mechanized assault on the village.[5] Despite being armed with new western equipment, the initial attack went poorly. Russian scouts from the 70th and 291st motor rifle regiments spotted the Ukrainian armored column and called in Ka 52 attack helicopters.[6] The Ukrainian tank column came under anti-tank missile and small arms fire while attempting to cross a minefield outside of the village.[7] Trapped and under fire and taking losses, the column retreated. Crews bailed out of their disabled vehicles and dragged dead and wounded with them out of the battlefield.[8]

On 30 June 2023, the Institute for the Study of War reported that the lack of a major breakthrough by Ukrainian forces would lead to largely positional fighting.[9]

Aftermath

Forbes reported that the Battle of Mala Tokmachka was a military disaster for Ukraine with both the 33rd and 47th losing 15% of their soldiers killed or wounded and losing a fifth of Ukraine's M2 Bradleys, a fifth of its Leopard 2A6s and half its Leopard 2Rs.[10] Chief master sergeant Valerii Markus of the 47th Mechanized Brigade told critics to "shut your mouths."[11] Some of the damaged vehicles were later recovered and repaired by Ukrainian forces.[12][13] Russian forces would later publish a video showing 2 captured Leopard 2 tanks and multiple M2 Bradleys.[14] It was later reported that Russian forces quadrupled the depth of their defensive minefields, from 120 meters to 500 meters and also increased the density of mines within the expanded fields.[15] The defeat at Mala Tokmachka would result in Ukrainian commanders switching to dismounted infantry attacks rather than mechanized assaults in order to not risk more armored vechles.[16][17] This would result in lowered armor losses but higher infantry casualties.[18]

References

  1. ^ admin (2023-07-11). ""Наступали двумя волнами": командир рассказал об атаках на позиции 42-й дивизии на Ореховском направлении". МОО «Союз ветеранов спецназа ГРУ имени Героя Российской Федерации Шектаева Д.А.» (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  2. ^ "25 Tanks and Fighting Vehicles, Gone in a Blink: The Ukrainian Defeat Near Mala Tokmachka Was Worse Than We Thought". Forbes.
  3. ^ "June 14 — Day 476 — Mala Tokmachka, Velika Vasylkivka, POWs and Putin's numbers". 15 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Russian forces lash out indiscriminately as Ukraine increases military pressure on frontline towns". CNN. 8 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Institute for the Study of War".
  6. ^ https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-awards-medals-after-claiming-hits-leopard-tanks-us-bradleys-ukraine-2023-06-11/
  7. ^ Beaumont, Peter; Wintour, Patrick (14 June 2023). "Ukraine's failed Mala Tokmachka assault lays bare counteroffensive challenges". The Guardian.
  8. ^ "25 Tanks and Fighting Vehicles, Gone in a Blink: The Ukrainian Defeat Near Mala Tokmachka Was Worse Than We Thought". Forbes.
  9. ^ "Institute for the Study of War".
  10. ^ "25 Tanks and Fighting Vehicles, Gone in a Blink: The Ukrainian Defeat Near Mala Tokmachka Was Worse Than We Thought". Forbes.
  11. ^ https://twitter.com/Valerii_Markus/status/1667222503431782435
  12. ^ "Ukrainian Tank Losses Diminish as Polish Technicians Save More and More Damaged Leopard 2s". Forbes.
  13. ^ https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2023/07/02/ukrainian-engineers-are-recovering-the-25-vehicles-ukraine-lost-in-a-russian-minefield-starting-with-an-american-made-m-2/?sh=4596c5165923
  14. ^ https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-releases-video-captured-german-tanks-us-fighting-vehicles-ukraine-2023-06-13/
  15. ^ https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2023/09/05/to-slow-the-ukrainian-counteroffensive-the-russian-army-quadrupled-the-size-of-its-minefields/?sh=4545280a69e8
  16. ^ "Why Ukraine's counteroffensive failed: WP analysis in 7 minutes". 6 December 2023.
  17. ^ https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2023/09/06/disastrous-armored-assaults-taught-the-ukrainian-army-to-flank-russian-defenses-instead/?sh=7844267e2fb1
  18. ^ "Syrskyi in, Zaluzhnyi out: What to expect from Ukraine's army reshuffle". 10 February 2024.
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