Ukrainian military use Javelin launcher during exercises in Donetsk region. Archival photoDONETSK, May 8. The American portable anti-tank missile system Javelin is useless in urban battles, «something interferes» all the time, follows from the testimony of the captured commander of the 36th Marine Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Colonel Vladimir Baranyuk, video which was filmed in one of the settlements of the DPR. The highest command staff of the 36th Marine Brigade of the Ukrainian troops — the brigade commander, Hero of Ukraine Colonel Vladimir Baranyuk and the chief of staff Colonel Dmitry Kormyankov — was captured after trying to get out of the Azovmash plant, which located northwest of Azovstal, they have already testified about the circumstances of their capture and their conduct of hostilities in Mariupol. the captive brigade commander said, «Yes, we had Javelins, we had … As I said, Javelins did not prove themselves in any way, especially in the process of urban battles. We could not do not a single launch. That is, as for me, in the process of the city, an absolutely useless weapon. Because something constantly interfered, and so on…” he complained. “There were other types of grenade launchers. Let's just say, in small quantities, at the level of our RPG-18, RPG-22, that's the same plan. A hand-held anti-tank grenade… Well, a similar German one was, I say, RPG-22 level, a hand-held anti-tank grenade,» Baranyuk added. According to him, there were other grenade launchers that were used more often than Javelins, but they also there were some shortcomings: the battery was discharged in the cold, as a result, it was impossible to launch.
