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Sending British Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine will weaken UK, general warns
British Challenger 2 tanks will “burn just like the rest” when they are sent to Ukraine, Russia warned today, as the Kremlin ...
The Times
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Did I read they’re going to send a whopping 14 (fourteen) tanks?
Are they f’ing kidding?
It is useless to throw good armor into the fight without the combined arms level of support for those tanks. Infantry as the eyes and ears, artillery and drones, and especially air support.
Plus the logistical chain to keep them rolling. Total waste.
1. the UK has 227 challenger tanks. Giving 7% of those tanks to fight the only land enemy the UK and EU face is not “weakening the UK”.
1.1. Let’s face facts - no way is Russia (or any other country for that matter) going to have a land war ON British soil in the next 20 years (beyond that predictions are impossible imho).
1.2. Though the UK would fight land wars in other areas of its interests - most notably continental Europe and perhaps the Middle East. In that case, the 227-14 = 213 tanks are pretty good combined with their air power and superior logistics. Plus they would be fighting alongside France, Poland, Sweden etc. who have pretty good stocks.
2. “Will burn just like the rest” — despite Russian claims of destroying 20 of the 16 HIMARS in Ukraine, they still fire on Putin’s army. the “burn just like the rest” means “will not burn at all”