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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 8 months ago

Ukraine Has A Problem: 20 out of 31 M1 Abrams Tanks Have Been Destroyed

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Ukraine Has A Problem: 20 out of 31 M1 Abrams Tanks Have Been Destroyed

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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 8 months ago
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Since February 2022, Ukraine has relied heavily on Western aid to resist the Russian invasion, including the use of U.S.-supplied M1 Abrams tanks. Despite its reputation as a reliable main battle tank, the Abrams has suffered heavy losses on Ukrainian soil, with up to 20 out of 31 tanks reportedly destroyed due to advanced Russian weaponry like the Kornet anti-tank missile.
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    The tanks can be as realiable as can be, but ain’t nobody can do smth about the air being full of drones…

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      They suck anywhere that doesn’t have infrastructure to support their 65+ ton heavy asses

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        I was like, “no fucking way”, so I looked it up:

        it is one of the heaviest tanks in service at nearly 73.6 short tons (66.8 metric tons).

        capitaldcolon This motherfucker weighs more than a Ferdinand tank destroyer… that is one thicc main battle tank…

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          American weight creep. Like the newest Bradleys weight like 30 tons, slightly heavier than a WW2 medium tank and twice as heavy as a BMP (which the Bradley was suppose to be a copy of).

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            Just like the cars, joke country.

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            Does this mean the US will actually try to create Bolo tanks due to sheer hubris?

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            Big Gulp Tank

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          now look at the weight of the NAMER IFV

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            Heavier than a T-34 desolate

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              Namer is basically a main battle tank with people instead of a gun

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                Genius tactical design…

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              heavier than a T90 if I remember correctly

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              The American on, presumably

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          i wonder what the carbon footprint of running one of them for a day is

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        They should have sat on them all and used them in the Kursk offensive primarily on roads instead of having them sink in soft soil across Ukrainian fields where they get wrecked by artillery and drones.

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          Honestly would’ve been light-years ahead of the strategy they used

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      electronic warfare is absolutely a thing

      • https://defencesecurityasia.com/en/increasing-number-of-us-smart-weapons-fail-due-to-russian-ew-systems-in-ukraine/
      • https://www.forsige.com/news/russia-electronic-warfare-and-air-defense-that-are-making-ukraines-drone-ineffective/

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