Posted on 07/03/2023 6:39:30 AM PDT by C19fan
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked French leader Emmanuel Macron for sending light combat tanks to Kyiv, and Defence Minister Oleksiy Reznikov was filmed riding in one.
But a Ukrainian commander says the highly mobile AMX-10 RC infantry fighting vehicles -- sometimes described as light tanks -- are "impractical" for front-line attacks, claiming one four-man crew has already died because of the vehicle's thin armour.
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23mm is less than an inch by my calculations.
Can’t see how that would stop AP rounds above 50 cal.
Send them back to France. Word has it they can use them locally right now.
Not a tanker, or military, either but it looks like going up against a real Russian tank in that thing isn't a good idea.
Russian T-14 Armata
Mass: 55 tonnes
Main armament: smoothbore cannon with 45 rounds (of which, 32 in the autoloader).
Secondary armament: 12.7mm (1⁄2 in) Kord machine gun (6P49), 7.62mm (0.30 in) PKTM machine gun (6P7К)
LOL!
Also, probably comes with an auto deployed white flag with optional rainbow colored lighting.
Exactly, who would ever think of using a light tank as a front line breach tank, that’s what MBTs are for.
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APCs are good against light infantry and for protecting passengers against artillery fragments.
They are death traps against real tanks or troops with anti-tank weapons.
Beggars and choosers and all that.
AAMX-10 wasn’t designed to protect Europe from a Soviet attack. It was designed to protect French interests in Africa from insurgencies.
T-14: named for the number of them produced
I've seen a couple articles that say all that has been seen to date are a few dozen prototypes totaling 40. That count was around 2021. Apperantly there have been a lot problems with it.
This is Russian propaganda.
There is simply no way that this is possible. These tanks are shifting the momentum and driving back Russians who are running away screaming like little girls.
These tanks are on their way to Moscow as I type.
I read that Zelensky is atop the lead one, doing his best to look a conquering hero, medals and all, with his head cocked and chest out.
I thought the first rule when employing french armor in battle was to retreat—then surrender……..Ha ha ha ha ha
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The French need these tanks at home right now to fight the insurrection by the muslim migrants.
Where did you get that idea? From World War I? Or from World War II where they inflicted nearly 50,000 German casualties in the six week or before the British fled the battlefield?
It's a running joke about French military prowess--deserved or not--sorry if you were offended.
They are death traps against real tanks or troops with anti-tank weapons.
Great for subjugating the unarmed and/or outgunned, though. Probably of more use in metropolitan France than Ukraine this Summer, but it's the thought that counts.
A full field test would have required the requisite large white flag to be flown on the vehicle...
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