Operation Grozny

DATE: 02/12/2023

TIME (GMT): 19:00

ERA: Modern

MAP(S): Pecher

TYPE: COOP

GAME: Arma 3

EVENT: Un-official

AUTHOR(S): Feather for Brothers in Arms

SLOTS: 6 / 29

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RATING: (1)

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The battle of Grozny was the siege and assault of the Chechen capital Grozny by Russian forces,
lasting from late 1999 to early 2000. This siege and assault of the Chechen capital resulted in the
widespread devastation of Grozny.

The Russian tactic in 1999 was to hold back tanks and armored personnel carriers and subject the entrenched Chechens to an intensive heavy artillery barrage and aerial bombardment before engaging them with relatively small groups of infantry, many with prior training in urban warfare. The Russian forces relied heavily on rocket artillery such as BM-21 Grad, BM-27 Uragan, BM-30 Smerch, ballistic missiles (SCUD, OTR-21 Tochka), cluster bombs and fuel air explosives. These weapons wore down the Chechens, both physically and psychologically, and air strikes were also used to attack fighters hiding in basements; such attacks were designed for maximum psychological pressure. They would also demonstrate the hopelessness of further resistance against a foe that could strike with impunity and that was invulnerable to countermeasures.

In November, the Kremlin appointed Beslan Gantamirov, former mayor of Grozny, as head of the pro-Moscow Chechen State Council.