Armor: Unsustainable Russian Tank Losses
28th January 2024
Two years of fighting in Ukraine have destroyed the Russian tank force. This was unexpected, as was the Russian inability to replace their tank losses. Ukraine’s success against Russian tanks and armored vehicles revived predictions that tanks were obsolete. Tanks are still relevant, and the Russian losses were the result of poor employment of armored units as well as design features of Russian tanks that make them much more vulnerable than Western tanks like the American M1, German Leopard or Israeli Merkava.
Most Russian armored vehicles were lost while they were on the move, or stationery without adequate infantry support. The first Russian armored units going into Ukraine were told the population would be friendly or neutral. The reality was that the Ukrainians were well armed, hostile, and using tactics the Russians were unaware of and unprepared to deal with. As a result, thousands of Russian vehicles were destroyed in the first month, most of them armored, including some of the most modern Russian tanks plus some ancient models taken from storage facilities for obsolete tanks that might be useful in an emergency. The Ukraine War proved to be that emergency.
January 28th, 2024 at 07:26
Yeah those pesky ROOSHINS losing all those tanks to WIN a war.
January 28th, 2024 at 07:40
Most retarded thing I will probably read all week.
January 29th, 2024 at 15:00
I cannot say for certain but in my opinion this is probably one of most blatant propaganda lies of the NATO side. Don’t you think that if we had destroyed thousands of Tanks or other machinery, we would have better documentation of it and they would be trumpeting it everywhere? Remember when the Russians were cannibalizing washing machines for spare parts? How about taking tanks out of museums?