• Beaver @lemmy.ca
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    7 days ago

    Ukraine needs to be supplied greatly in tanks from the west in response.

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    7 days ago

    700 useable tanks with an expected loss rate that in at least a year and a half the Russians will have tank problems. It seems far in the future but it’s less than half of how long it’s been.

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      5 days ago

      So how much would this impact their combat effectiveness? You mostly hear about cruise missiles and guys being marched into drones in the one-the-ground reporting, although obviously armoured stuff happens.

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      Why would russia be deploying so many T-64, T-62 and even T-55 tanks if they had “cold war era bunkers full” of better tanks?

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          Even with Chinese chips, I don’t expect they’ll get much better at fixing modern tanks, though, so that’s somewhat mitigated unless they get direct help from a less incompetent party. (I haven’t watched the video yet)