We now have an answer to our previous blog as to what caused the obliteration of the Russian reenforcement convoy in Oktyabrskoye, Kursk: GMLRS precision guided rockets fired from HIMARS or M270 launcher vehicles.

The Russian convoy had been staged along a roadside when at least four of the accurate and powerful munitions directly impacted the motorcade. Russian military vehicles staged just outside of the impact area can be seen hastily relocating as the rockets begin to fall.

From the previously published aftermath footage it appears that over a dozen vehicles were destroyed in the strikes, most of them troop transport trucks, which means dozens of Russian soldiers were likely killed as well.

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