The stress levels of crews manning Russian tanks in Ukraine must be at an all time high. Their vulnerability from modern anti-tank weaponry is frightening
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The stress levels of crews manning Russian tanks in Ukraine must be at an all time high. Their vulnerability from modern anti-tank weaponry is frightening
Sadly you are correct , and What always strikes me about the Ukrainian Soldiers is that they are not young boys as in most Wars. They are mostly older Men - 30's or 40s. Family Men?
Russia has a lot of weapons in storage, in fact it's many times the number of weapons in service.
Even if 50% of weapons in storage is lost to rust, and rot, the remaining half is still enormous.
In fact, Soviets killed more of their own than the invading Germans...
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And each piece of equipment they lose, the weaker Russia becomes. The reality is that the US can keep supplying Ukraine for years if need be.
It is odd, but I feel they are trying to preserve the youth. Remember, Ukrainian's young population were the breadwinners for their family software engineers, etc. they lose that it'll be difficult to rebuilt.
They don't engage in open tank battles for more than a month.
Usually they just park tanks 2-3 km away, and send DPR/LPR cannonfodder forward these days.
Only fire support, or static defence.
The issue is not the Russian techology or military kit. Its not knowing how to use it on a Combined Arms battlefield. This is down to poor generalship, soldiering, command and control, and supply and logistics
It can, will it?
MLRS are delayed by 2+ months, despite them being packed, and ready in early march.
Not a single lend lease weapon has arrived yet, despite much of it being ready, and pretty much waiting on the tarmac all this time.
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The issue is Russia having 7 armies worth of soldiers, and hardware there, and them having no problems sending 2 battalions worth of reinforcements per week — enough to completely cover their losses.
Ukraine desperately needs a supply surge to exceed Russian reinforcement rate by long enough to destroy at least 2 armies to shift the force ratio to favourable.
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All you need to read are Pres Biden’s and Gen Milleys comments. It’s obvious they will continue to supply Ukraine for quite some time.
Ukraine also has another $8B in drawdown authority. That’s enough supply for the rest of the year.
Their getting another 1,000 Javelins and 6,000 AT4s in the latest package. A lot more Russian armor will be destroyed. And their supply lines will be in trouble once HIMARS and M270 come online.
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If they would, why they didn't do it before?
For the entirety of march they were busy shifting their men around Europe trying to think how to prevent Europeans from resupplying Ukrainians, not the other way around.
The scene of shaking Stoltenberg in Warsaw was right around that time
2 battalions of what exactly? I think the russians are using patchwork units of whatever is available now, as do the ukrainians in their brigades. Watching some of the many clips of russian IFV being ambushed, they seem rather empty, not holding any units to dismount. Im wondering if they are simply used as substitutes for tanks with a 3 man crew.
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