A GUR operation damaged the Russian Alexandrit-class minesweeper "Aleksandr Obukhov" flooding the engine and putting it out of service until repairs are made. Sanath Link www.gofundme.c...
"3 October 2024, Alexander Obukhov. The main engine is being disassembled due to water getting inside the engine. The turbine was disassembled, the compensator was removed, and a search is underway for the hole through which water was getting inside."
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That was terrible translation. The wire(screwdriver) was showing the hole in the water separator. it is just poor construction of the engine or faulty equipment
I'm inclined to believe some Russian sailor didn't want to go to sea (whether to chase girls in port or simply avoid Ukrainian sea drones) and used a two dollar tool to disable a multimillion dollar warship.
@@suchomimus9921 there's a full correct transcript from fennoman in the comments a few minutes ago Doesn't make much difference what made the hole though 🤣
Soo, at the start of the war Ukraine had a decent army, good air defenses, an air-force and basically no navy. Going by proportional losses, the part of the Russian military that has suffered the most, is somehow the Navy? Couldn't make this shit up.
Greetings Suchomimus, yes that engine seems surely out of commission no doubt. Interesting that the Ukrainians found the perfect collaborators for tinkering with it. Strike on all fronts. Never turn your back, and always move forward. Nice work by the Ukrainians here. Thanks again for your report Suchomimus. 🇺🇲🇺🇦 Glory to God, Victory for Ukraine, Rise Free Nations!
Looks more like a rustbucket got a hole in it than sabotage, to be honest. Or some incompteksi got to it. Easier to blame the Ukrainian gremlins than own up to it.
I agree. Based on the level of rust on the exterior, I'd guess the interior is worse. It wouldn't shock me to find out that they used seawater in their coolant. I also have a hard time believing someone took apart the turbo charger and punched a hole in it. There's way easier things you could do to sabotage it.
Given the state of russian maintenance in general and the poor quality of their manufacturing I's say that's more likely than sabotage . There are bound to be easier and longer lasting ways to damage the ship . If that is the case though and it was someone on the crew then it does tell us something about russian morale even on a ship that's not really in much danger.
That looks like sabotage through neglect. I've seen pinholes like that in water pipes as a result of corrosion. Also, it looks like it is in a location which is not easy to get to unless you are a squirrel.
The guy sounds as drunk as a skunk. Russian sailors are starting to realise it's better to avoid going to see at all costs.They never trained for deep sea diving.
I'm not sure who did the translation, but *"A train is coming, a screwdriver through which the water of the internal September engine has entered"* doesn't make much sense. Maybe it's just me.
Screwdriver is presumably a mistranslation of a vaguely similar sounding word meaning "hole". Can't for the life of me work out what train is coming. Will need to have a drink.
He was a scientist, and the real deal. His name still comes up in discussions of boundary layer effect and turbulence. Not that anyone but nerds cares, of course.
Makes me think of my sweeping machine. Dropped a wrench in it but the mechanics said it could never get into the moving parts from where it's stuck now behind the water tank. Maybe some Russian guy dropped a screwdriver and was less lucky, or like some comments suggets, it just had a hole somewhere due to it being a rustbucket
So I am going to go out on a limb and say this failure is due to a lack of routine maintenance, but I am sure in Russia today, anything that breaks is being blamed on the GUR, because it is easier than taking accountability.
I doubt it was sabotage. More probable is simply the normal lack of maintenance of Russian equipment usually due to corruption. Sabotage is probably a cover story by whichever officer is responsible for pocketing the maintenance money.
That grey (mud pie) mass he pokes threw is more likely salt water corrosion or electrolysis. I've seen lots of that around boats. When you get stray electrical currents passing through saltwater and unprotected metal to ground then metal dissolves. More likely they either neglected replacing the boats zinc sacrificial blocks, lost their bonding or have electrical issues that is passing current through the running gear to ground.
I think he's saying that someone dropped a screwdriver in the water intake, and it poked a hole that allowed water to get into the turbine. As usual, a Russian gives part of the story.
Having witnessed first hand (oil/gas) what lazy, indifferent, inebriated, catastrophic f-up’s they are, this feels more like typical Russian attention to detail.
Washing soda into the oil is a lot more effective, as it will absolutely destroy the bearings all through the engine. Also an item common on a naval base, sold as an additive to make the clothes brighter and wash clean.
Too complicated and easy to trace. Just mix the synthetic oil 5W-40 with the common mineral oil. Ouch, call the engine rebuild shop in advance. They are incompatible and turn into gelatin, with ZERO lubrication. Commander: "Well this is original high quality, very expensive oil. Lets get the cheapest used filtered oil and pocket the difference. The lads will appreciate that prolonged stay in port". So EVERYBODY HAPPY HAPPY. They did this to my friends car, to his great 'joy".
How was security so lax, that an enemy agent was aloud to get in the vessel enter the engine room, and have enough time too sabotage the engine without being seen?
There is nothing in that video that says it was a sabotage and nothing about screwdriver. He said, he is looking for the hole through which water is coming in engine, then he shows that he found it.
The image is of a diesel engine clearly too small for a craft of that size. I would assume that is a turbocharger diesel unit. Something in this analysis is clearly wrong😂 the pin hole appers to be from detination burning a hole on the piston dome...
I've only rebuilt one VW engine, but, that looked like scaling and improper combustion - this is a casualty of poor maintenance and/or poor fuel quality, might be timing of combustion such that a hole was blown through the cylinder head because it sparked on an upstroke - a drilled hole is preposterous.
I think the idea is that someone dropped a screwdriver in the water intake and it poked a hole in that part. That looks like part of a valve of some sort, not a moving part or internal engine part. Think of the thermostat on a car. Rebuilding bug engines was a hobby for some of us back in the 70's. There were tons of performance parts available, and the faster you built one, the shorter it would last. The water-cooled engines aren't nearly as easy or fun.
Seems an odd explanation to me .... You'd have to dissassemble a part of the turbine to make the hole shown and the whole metal disc shown is cracked around the perimeter?..... could be a perfectly normal Russian malfunction incident???
Лучшее, что может сделать сейчас русский, - это спрятаться в русской глуши или бежать через зеленую границу. Война уже была проиграна, когда он двинулся на Киев. Методов и материалов 20-го века недостаточно против украинцев и их сторонников. Китай потирает руки, но ему не нужно устаревшее российское оружие или российские углеводороды. Для России в качестве предметов торговли с очень немногими торговыми партнерами остаются только пшеница и полезные ископаемые, и поэтому цена, которую можно получить, низкая. Для России начинается варварский век гражданских войн, не сегодня и не завтра, а в этом десятилетии. Углеводороды и военные технологии из России продаются медленно!
A train is coming a screwdriver = we're looking for the hole Идёт поиск отверстия was misheard as идёт поезд отвертка September engine = hole through which water entered the engine, then the guy stating the date in September
Ah it's the same Alexander Obukhov from the first clip. So in October 2024 he was looking for the hole and then he found it in September. So still making FA sense to me.
Uh the engine looks like crap. Poor maintence for sure. Russias only vintage aircraft carrier will probably never sail again. Poor design and maintence. Probably the same here. A matter of simple logical deduction.
something seems fishy here, if that was the hole left from a supposed screw driver that is way to small and not fresh but old as there is no disturbances of rust, this looks very fake and more Russian Propaganda
