Russia is fighting WWII in the era of satellites, drones and the ability to source communications. If you don’t roll over your enemy quickly and you don’t have communication security you are screwed. A Russian tank costs between $1/2 million to 4 million. Tank busting drones and missiles cost $100k to 200K. Bad cost ratio when the west fronts the cost of the tank busters. Russia isn’t using any combined arms tactics in an effective fashion. I have never heard Russia would collapse on Free Republic.
I agree on all points. The vaunted Russian Army is being exposed as a bloated, ineffective, undisciplined mass of sub-humanity. This conflict hasn’t even settled into an insurgency, but when it does, that will wear those Russian orcs down more than anything else. Anyone who thinks the Ukrainians haven’t studied the tactics of successful guerrilla campaigns is fooling himself.
A Russian tank costs between $1/2 million to 4 million. Tank busting drones and missiles cost $100k to 200K. I have never heard Russia would collapse on Free Republic.
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Which is more good news: Russia has not produced a single production tank in 10 years; the Russia’s Uralvogonzavod major tank factory shuts down production. It will no longer be able to assemble any of T-72 tank (https://twitter.com/MargoGontar/status/1515373221855608834) chip shortages claimed by factory, Putin blames DJT.
Russian tanks numbers on paper are huge, however, all but about 2,500 are non-working rusted hulks, many of which are without vital parts to include engines: cost to repair - astronomical. What happened to their maintenance budgets and the missing parts? Siphoned off by commanding officers or sold on the black market. Consequence of living in a kleptocracy, run by criminal thugs.
Upshot the RGF is not getting any new tanks, unless cannibalized from other units in South and Far East. In fact, it is not getting anything new for the same reason.: no chips.
If Putin’s War continues through the full mobilization and declaration of war (with Duma approval) stage and continues to suffer huge losses and no real victories, the vultures will begin to circle, looking for the soft bits.