Yes of course. But main concern now is to stop the Russian advances and their bombardment.
Different manner for sure. I am just over "feel good' posts and videos while the reality in the battlefield is saying something else in the present. Just wanted to see from a different perspective, not from the Kremlin btw, more of how the UA forces are actually doing/reacting the situations in the field.
I've asked the similar questions previously here of how tactically smart is to hold on in Bakhmut and lose men in the long run and how much losses there are affecting their manpower on the whole. As I understand they tactically retreated in Bakhmut as well as in Soledad.
The M1's are really just there to give Scholz and the German government political cover to release the Leopards. The Abrams tank is too different a beast to be used sustainably in a theater like Ukraine. Having a friggin turbine engine powering your MTB is a great solution if you're 'Murica and have a massive logistical apparatus to support it, but a diesel engined vehicle like the Leopard just makes more sense in Ukraine.
Neither are the Russians.
If you’re referring to the examples given, like 73 Easting, then yeah, those were legit tank vs tank battles like what was seen in WWII. One is actually called “the last great tank battle of the 20th Century”
What actually is the big problem about the turbine engine? It can burn a lot of propellants, just like the Leopard engine. Yes, the US Army uses jet propellant, but that's simple for them because they have both tanks and helicopters at their bases and essentially it's the same engine.
Good question. This is what the Institute for the Study of War said about it…
Good read. I remember now there was a talk about Bakhmut potentially being their Stalingrad. Of course on a much smaller scale but in the sense of them spending themselves for marginal gains thus preventing them of going on a big offensive in the spring or that possible offensive being less effective. They're spending their force from town to town and Ukrainians are retreating tactically.
They also got a huge amount of T-72 from Poland, as well as some M-55 (upgraded T-55) from Slovakia. The Polish tanks are modernised to a certain degree to be integrated in NATO command&control, the M-55 even use a NATO standard 105mm cannon (the same as used by the Leopard 1 tank, significantly weaker as the 120mm used by Leopard 2 or Abrams).
Like @11101 says above, they are more thirsty (lower range on a tank of fuel) and have a more maintenance heavy engine than a diesel engine. Easier to repair for Ukrainian mechanics
I’m aware, but consider that the US was using the now outdated 1991 version of the Abrams in those battles as well. The current T-72 is still outdated compared to the Abrams, or the Leopard and Challenger, for that matter.
Yes, the T-90 vs Abrams/Leopard/Challenger will be interesting, but I go back to the fact that the T-90 is just a T-72 with an updated engine and the updated turret from the T-80. If they’re already being knocked out by Ukrainian forces in T-64s and T-72s, then I feel good about all of the NATO tanks chances.
For the most part, it’s been T-64 and T-72. The NATO tanks will be considerably better.
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Oh, without a doubt. It will be a live fire testing ground like Spain was in the 1930s.
This is true, but the good thing is that they were originally designed for fighting the Soviets in Europe. Hopefully the original design still holds.
The Israelis had better tanks but not having enough meant they were doomed until the Syrians decided to give up and retreat... The Syrians didn’t know they were facing a much weaker unit (less manpower and far less operational tanks left). The time was on their side. The Syrians wrongly assumed the power hitting them could only come from a much superior -in numbers- force... Kahalani‘s brilliance won him and his crew the battle not the tanks…
I guess eveyone has that breaking point. Guys like Zhirinovsky used to call for nuking European countries a good 30 years. I think he actually died during the angry rant.
Belarus sounds perfect. At one point, somebody earlier pointed out he looks like Steven Seagal in dark clothes.
- The outfit is so late stage SeagalThey will arrive in about three months on the battlefield - when training of Ukrainian soldiers has been finished, which will begin immediately.
