The russian tank economy is tanking…
What do the Russians think they can accomplish with the last T72’s when they accomplished fuck all with everything else?
They are just hoping that they can prolong the war by a week or two.
Maybe, just maaaaybe they will be lucky and something happens that makes the west force Ukraine to cede all of the currently occupied territory to the Orc-Roaches. The only thing the Russia can do is to try to prolong the war and hope for an act of gods.
They need more than the currently occupied territories because they want to continue the invasion at a later time and they can’t overcome the heavily fortified positions behind current lines. That’s why Russia includes them in their demands
"New Rule, your base is our team’s new safe zone! Also we are going to hang out and make noises at you next to the nuclear reactor that could irradiate us all!
On the bright side, the donation of scrap steel will contribute to Ukraine’s reconstruction. That its soaked in Russian military blood is just bonus.
Eugh, they don’t want that low quality steel. They want their own Ukrainian steel mills (and the land they are on) back
They don’t think, because they’ll be sending these to be destroyed by drones too.
Not to mention that MASSIVE anti-tank stretch Ukrainians have been building behind the lines.
So as per usual Russian military heads are making another stupid move.
They built about 25k T72s, but those were built a while ago and not maintained. The last estimate I saw that seemed credible was that there were about 6000 T72s left. Let’s say 1/3 are unusable, 1/3 are good for parts, and 1/3 can be repaired. That’s still 2000 tanks - 20 more months of war, during which anything can happen.
Russian economy will be deep into hyperinflation before that.
Not what I heard, I thought these turtle tanks were unstoppable! Did the media totally overhype them in coverage and lean into a panic about it? Doubt it, no, that can’t have been what happened, tanks must be obsolete and russia is smarter than us!
Honestly, I’m surprised they have anyone left that can be trained to drive them.
Training? They’re just grabbing any warm bodies at this point.
even some of the cold ones too.
Under a thousand left?
