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My comment: "Would it take the same amount of time to move the necessary equipment if our warfighters needed it to win?"
President Biden and his senior military advisers were rebuked Thursday by senators exasperated by what they claimed is the glacial pace at which his administration is moving to supply Abrams tanks to Ukraine, whose leaders say they need such weapons for a highly anticipated counteroffensive to retake Russian-occupied territory.
President Biden and his senior military advisers were rebuked Thursday by senators exasperated by what they claimed is the glacial pace at which his administration is moving to supply Abrams tanks to Ukraine, whose leaders say they need such weapons for a highly anticipated counteroffensive to retake Russian-occupied territory.
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Logistics
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Sourcing is definitely an issue. Which tanks do we send? Which US Division do we render combat ineffective in order to create new Ukrainian units? And who, exactly, has the authority to make that decision?
This is no longer "surplus ammo" that we are sending. This is making a conscious decision to render one or more Divisions combat ineffective. I am positive no MG in the Army is volunteering his tanks - and will actively fight (within the limits of their ability to do so) any attempts to take his tanks. And taking one or two here, two or three there, is RADICALLY inefficient.
If it were US troops in the fight, sourcing is no longer an issue. Hey unit X, get your gear and go!
So it sounds like slow rolling things - and to a small extent it is. But not without good reason.
This is no longer "surplus ammo" that we are sending. This is making a conscious decision to render one or more Divisions combat ineffective. I am positive no MG in the Army is volunteering his tanks - and will actively fight (within the limits of their ability to do so) any attempts to take his tanks. And taking one or two here, two or three there, is RADICALLY inefficient.
If it were US troops in the fight, sourcing is no longer an issue. Hey unit X, get your gear and go!
So it sounds like slow rolling things - and to a small extent it is. But not without good reason.
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The problem is getting a bunch of M1A1's ready to roll, test them out, load them up, train the crews to operate them, then train the maneuver group to use them correctly. That is going to take time. Some of it can be done simultaneously, some of it can't.
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Those inflatable tanks aren’t going to be much help if real forces don’t arrive soon
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