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.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months 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.

[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Love covert cobal, great first hand research and analysis!

[–] rammer@sopuli.xyz 4 points 4 months ago

Don't forget high marsed. This has been a collab between the two.

[–] NateDoge@lemmy.ml -5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

You assume they don't have cold war era bunkers full of tanks

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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?

[–] then_three_more@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Even if they did you're assuming they're not all just buckets of rust.