Posted on Feb 10, 2023
The Ukrainian Army Just Blew Up One Of The Russian Army’s 10 Terminator Fighting Vehicles
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Ukrainian artillery scored a direct hit on a BMP-T sitting idle on a forest road. It’s unclear whether the BMP-T was operational at the time. It’s possible it got damaged, or broke down, before the Ukrainian gunners dialed in.
In any event, the Russian army just wrote off a tenth of its Terminators. And it’s about to get a lot worse for the surviving BMP-T crews. Ukraine’s Challenger 2 tanks are on their way.
In any event, the Russian army just wrote off a tenth of its Terminators. And it’s about to get a lot worse for the surviving BMP-T crews. Ukraine’s Challenger 2 tanks are on their way.
The Ukrainian Army Just Blew Up One Of The Russian Army’s 10 Terminator Fighting Vehicles
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My only concern is that there will not be enough maintenance teams or the maintenance teams will not know how to fix all these different kind of tracked vehicles. Just think if you have leopard ones and twos, American Abrams tanks, centauro armored cars, Canadian and Australian armored vehicles of various kinds, American Bradley's and many different kinds of main gun ammunition. I don't think the 105 gun from italy, England use the same round. Not sure if the 120 gun from The Leopard 2 and the Abrams use the same round? What about sprockets and strut rods and other things that break? I'm concerned that these vehicles will break down and the maintenance Crews won't have the parts or they'll have to be shipped back to Poland on Railroad assets and the Russians could destroy them on their way back. That doesn't even start to talk about the lack of training the ukrainians may have if they don't organize and shoot, move and communicate properly they will all die.
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MSG Thomas Currie
It seems likely the Ukrainians have enough sense to keep each kind of tank together -- a company of Challenger 2, a company of Leopard 2, two companies of Abrams tanks, and to have dedicated maintenance teams for each. Not ideal, but probably adequate.
And, while tracked armor vehicles are "maintenance intensive" the reality is that any modern tank can operate quite a while with only routine crew-level maintenance -- in fact most tanks need less maintenance while being operated than when they are left to sit in a motor pool.
So far as the ability of Ukrainian crews to use each of those tanks and the ability of commanders to employ the tanks, on that I'd say there is good news and bad news:
The good news is that these will be experienced tank crews and experienced commanders, so they understand the concepts
The bad news is that these will be experienced tank crews and experienced commanders, so they think they think they understand the concepts
And, while tracked armor vehicles are "maintenance intensive" the reality is that any modern tank can operate quite a while with only routine crew-level maintenance -- in fact most tanks need less maintenance while being operated than when they are left to sit in a motor pool.
So far as the ability of Ukrainian crews to use each of those tanks and the ability of commanders to employ the tanks, on that I'd say there is good news and bad news:
The good news is that these will be experienced tank crews and experienced commanders, so they understand the concepts
The bad news is that these will be experienced tank crews and experienced commanders, so they think they think they understand the concepts
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