Posted on 04/10/2022 5:40:56 AM PDT by whyilovetexas111
For further study check out this historian published 2017:
Zamulin also takes a look at how the myth of 1,500 tanks colliding on a narrow strip of farm fields became perpetuated in Soviet and foreign history books, when in fact it was impossible for the 5th Guards Tank Army’s tanks to attack in massive wave after wave due to the constrictions of the terrain. Zamulin also reveals incidents of the battle that were long kept “behind the curtain” by Soviet censorship.
“I was talking about the number of tanks involved. Not the battle.”
Ah. I misunderstood you. Sorry about that.
Don’t tell me, it was “DownInFlames” that was implying it.
They sure did leave "Cleanup on Aisle 9" in Kiev.
Bogus number. Not even 1/10th of those are operational. You can't keep tanks sitting in warehouses for years with no maintenance. Seals will rot, batteries will leak, parts will rust, etc.. Additionally, the Russian military has been cannibalizing them for spare parts for decades, and kleptocrats have been stealing other parts and selling them on the black market.
The Russian military is far more "thin" than the perception of the great bear.
That will be very bloody, and very difficult. I don't think the Russians have enough left to do it, but we shall see.
Those numbers are wildly bogus. Just as one example, the idea that Russia began this war with nearly 10k operational tanks is laughable.
I was referring to Kursk during WWII, not the present day Ukraine.
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