The Bohdana self-propelled artillery system is one of the flagships of Ukraine's defence industry. It is a large 155mm gun mounted on a lorry, enabling its operators to strike the enemy precisely and quickly change position.

Say what you will about drones being terrifying, they are, but the idea of being ordered to assault a defensive line with 52 caliber 155mm howitizers terrifies me way more.

There is no defense against a 155mm shell that comes screaming out of the sky with no warning, all you can do is to stay very hidden until you are spotted and then NEVER stop moving once your location has been revealed to the enemy. The problem with this of course is that moving quickly near the enemy is a process of constantly rolling the dice about whether things are going to go south for you before you can react or not.

For example, in the process of trying to avoid an artillery barrage by moving quickly, one could easily run their entire formation straight into a machine gun nest with no cover around. Even if a catastrophe like that doesn’t happen you become far more vulnerable to drones when moving quickly than when hidden, entrenched or in a group of situationally aware troops.

Think about it as a russian, imagine sneaking through bushes and then cowering in a shallow trench with the knowledge in the back of your head that if a Bohdana anywhere within 30km gets the bead on you quick enough, you are toast if you don’t run and if you do run in a panic you are breakfast for Ukrainian FPVs.