Posted on 04/19/2023 9:53:59 AM PDT by Mariner
Due to heavy losses of military equipment since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia starts to deploy WWII-era equipment; in addition, the occupiers also have a shortage of manpower.
Source: Western officials reported this on a briefing on Tuesday, 18 April, on the condition of anonymity, reports European Pravda, with a reference to CNN
According to Western officials, there was no "large uptick in increasing equipment" on the battlefield from the Russian side. "If anything, the equipment they (the Russians – ed.) are using is the older generation."
"They started with the T-80 and T-90 [tanks], went down to T-72, and indeed, we saw the first T-55s rolled out of the refurbishment to be put into battle and the same picture across artillery pieces as well," the journalist’s sources said.
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Each carries 48 100mm tank rounds of various flavors.
They will be deployed in trenches and behind berms.
Only air superiority can dislodge them en masse.
Not a bad defensive tactic given they are just sitting in warehouses.
Also not a bad strategy to make your adversary use up their high-tech missiles on low-tech static targets.
The Ukraine counter offensive is supposed to use mechanized units to exploit weak points and drive around static defenses.
We will see.
Pullback equipment and manpower to unleash the nukes.
what’s next Monday?
oh yeah, the start of the 15th month of Putin’s simple little “3-day conquest” ...
it was gonna be Czechoslovakia 1968 all over again! they already had their parade uniforms packed!
LOL
“They will be deployed in trenches and behind berms.
Only air superiority can dislodge them en masse.”
Perhaps “en masse”, but some cheap drones carrying anti-tank grenades can take care of them individually, and no trenches or berms will be likely to stop that.
“A T-55 can absorb a $200,000 Javelin missile just as well as a T-90”
So, not very well at all then.
They also use different caliber shells than the modern 120mm smoothbore of the modern tanks.
Russia has millions of the old caliber shells for the old tanks, sitting in warehouses doing nothing. T-55s use 100mm, T-62s use 115mm.
This means they can be deployed as mobile artillery behind the battle front, without being an additional draw on the newly minted from the factory 120mm shells going to the new tanks.
A few years ago Russia bought 30 fully functional T-34 tanks from Laos. I wonder if they’ll put them to use somewhere?
I mean I can understand using them somewhere so they can free up something more modern for use in combat. But I won’t be surprised if they get deployed to the war zone. Ukraine would use them if they had them so please understand this is not a slight on Russia if they do.
You use what you got.
“Russia has millions of the old caliber shells for the old tanks”
Perhaps. But in what condition?
LOL, nope. The T-55 will be in a less-than-usable state after the encounter.
Anonymous source = I can’t believe it.
Yep! Deploying thousands of units of previously mothballed WWII-era matériel is a sure sign of winning!
And just wait until they start handing out muskets to the most-recent conscripts!
Regards,
They could have been slated by Russia for another country as military aid after refurbishment.
Every third one will fire. Every 50th will explode in the barrel. //sarc
Perhaps. But in what condition?
One in three shells will be defective.
For comparison: Just imagine being sent into battle with a rifle and ammunition, one-third of which consists of duds.
Not exactly morale-building!
Regards,
The crew manning it will probably also be a little worse for the wear!
Regards,
Russia knows this is a war against NATO, not merely against Ukraine.
They do everything with the knowledge that they will likely face US/NATO forces in the near future.
Yeah: After all, the Russians are fighting for their very existence, ri-ight?
Regards,
Tanks for the memories.
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