Russia Might Be Running Out Of Tanks

Forbes ^ | Jan 10, 2024, 03:00pm EST | David Axe

[UMCRevMom@aol.com]

Russia could run out of infantry fighting vehicles in two or three years, if a recent assessment is accurate. It might run out of tanks around the same time.

According to one count, the Russian armed forces went to war in Ukraine in February 2022 with 2,987 tanks. After 23 months of hard fighting, the Russians have lost at least 2,619 tanks that independent analysts can confirm.

That’s 1,725 destroyed, 145 damaged, 205 abandoned and 544 captured T-55s, T-62s, T-72s, T-80s and T-90s.

If the Kremlin didn’t have options for replacing war losses, the Russian military would be down to just 368 tanks: far too few to defend against Ukraine’s own armor corps, which between pre-war tanks, restored tanks and donated tanks—minus losses—might number around a thousand vehicles.

But the Kremlin does have sources of replacement tanks: the Uralvagonzavod factory in southern Russia, which manufactures new T-90Ms, plus four other facilities that repair and modernize old tanks that have been moldering in storage. Some for decades.

The big question—one that no outside analyst definitively has answered—is how many tanks Uralvagonzavod can build, and how tanks the other plants can repair.

The Kremlin claims it received 1,500 new and modernized tanks following an intensive industrial effort that roughly tripled vehicle-generation in 2023. If that’s true—a big if—it would be reasonable to assume the Russian armed forces received around 500 new and modernized tanks in 2022.

Three thousand pre-war tanks minus 2,600 wartime losses plus 2,000 replacement tanks equals 2,400 tanks. As the Russian military added new formations in the 23 months since widening the war, so each field army, division, brigade and regiment would have fewer tanks than it would have had before 2022.

[bimboeruption]

>For instance: “I just saw a post I didn’t agree with. I kept scrolling. Try it sometime, U may like it.”<

Yeah mommy, that’s what libs, RINOs and wimps do.

Instead of defending their position, the insert their heads up their rear ends and move on.

Conservatives aren’t like that. We see something we disagree with and we make it known.

How else would the world change for the better?

[UMCRevMom@aol.com]

Actually, Free Republic is a discussion forum. However some rather make personal attack comments.. sometimes with images

[UMCRevMom@aol.com]

COMMENT #160 ADDENDUM

During the week from January 7 to 14, the Defense Forces of Ukraine destroyed about 5,270 occupiers and 534 units of enemy weapons and military equipment.

Weapons / military equipment of the Russian troops suffered significant losses:

• 53 tanks;
• 122 combat armored vehicles;
• 94 artillery systems;
• 6 MLRS;
• 11 air defense installations;
• 144 units of auto equipment;
• 26 units of special equipment.
• In addition, our defenders destroyed 28 missiles and
50 unmanned aerial vehicles.

[kiryandil]

https://freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/4210008/posts?page=14#14

[Gaffer]

Seems like mom’s ‘rules of grey rock’ mirror leftist victimology strategy quite well.

• deliberately make a person feel worthless or unsafe
• attempt to control another person’s behavior

Maybe we can take up a collection and offer some grief and abuse councilors like they do in colleges for students who feel ‘worthless and unsafe’ because someone didn’t use the ‘they/them’ personal pronouns for them and ‘control the offender’s behavior.’

[Widget Jr]

Putin says...

Or Putin is lying.

[bimboeruption]

>Actually, Free Republic is a discussion forum. However some rather make personal attack comments.. sometimes with images<

Oh, stop whining already. You sound like a pathetic lib.

If personal attacks weren’t thrown around like Frisbees, this wouldn’t be FR.

[bimboeruption]

>Seems like mom’s ‘rules of grey rock’ mirror leftist victimology strategy quite well.

• deliberately make a person feel worthless or unsafe
• attempt to control another person’s behavior

Maybe we can take up a collection and offer some grief and abuse councilors like they do in colleges for students who feel ‘worthless and unsafe’ because someone didn’t use the ‘they/them’ personal pronouns for them and ‘control the offender’s behavior.’>

Mommy is a perpetual victim. Disagree with her and she’ll get snarky and mean or don’t follow HER rules and she’ll start wagging her fat finger at you. She doesn’t like being contradicted.

Mommy claims to be a UMC REVEREND.

I pity the unsuspecting person who seeks counseling from someone so calculating, cold and mean spirited.

I don’t think any amount counseling would help her. She’s nearly 75 so she’s firmly set in her ways.

[UMCRevMom@aol.com]

“Seems like mom’s ‘rules of grey rock’ mirror leftist victimology strategy quite well.”

No, you have it exactly backwards though :)

Maybe, this link will explain more thoroughly for you:
https://www.verywellmind.com/the-grey-rock-method-7483417
Only problem with the image of the rock was assuming the individual would recognize her behavior... THAT didn’t happen! LOL

[UMCRevMom@aol.com]

“Oh, stop whining already. You sound like a pathetic lib.
If personal attacks weren’t thrown around like Frisbees, this wouldn’t be FR.”

Mr. Robinson is not a pathetic lib, neither am I.
Compliance is not that hard:

JUST STOP:
• ABUSIVE POSTS,
• NAME-CALLING,
• TAUNTING,
• TROLLING,
• STALKING,
• FLAME-BAITING,
• INSULTS,
• RELIGIOUS INSULTS,
• FLAMES,[i.e.Flame-bait is a message or post intended to arouse controversy into any type of digital forum such as a social media platform, a comment thread or anywhere else that people interact online]
• THREATS,
• ILL-WISHES,
• HARASSING & ANNOYING POSTS,
• UNWANTED POSTS & FREEPMAIL, etc, etc, etc

[Allegra]

• attempt to control another person’s behavior

That nails it right there. I have noticed many attempts to manipulate another poster’s behavior.

And when there is failure to control another person’s comments, actions or reactions, the finger starts wagging.

[UMCRevMom@aol.com]

ABSOLUTELY NAILS IT:

The gray rock strategy offers a direct way for dealing with abusive, “Distractors, detractors and repeaters.”

The image of a gray rock apparently cannot ‘awaken’ recognition of unkind, inappropriate behavior.

[UMCRevMom@aol.com]

My Comment:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4210144/posts?page=152#152

https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4210144/posts?page=162#162

Bimboeruption response:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4210144/posts?page=167#167

[bimboeruption]

>“Oh, stop whining already. You sound like a pathetic lib. If personal attacks weren’t thrown around like Frisbees, this wouldn’t be FR.”

Mr. Robinson is not a pathetic lib, neither am I. Compliance is not that hard:

JUST STOP:
• ABUSIVE POSTS,
• NAME-CALLING,
• TAUNTING,
• TROLLING,
• STALKING,
• FLAME-BAITING,
• INSULTS,
• RELIGIOUS INSULTS,
• FLAMES,[i.e.Flame-bait is a message or post intended to arouse controversy into any type of digital forum such as a social media platform, a comment thread or anywhere else that people interact online]
• THREATS,
• ILL-WISHES,
• HARASSING & ANNOYING POSTS,
• UNWANTED POSTS & FREEPMAIL, etc, etc, etc<

Show me in my post to you where I even mentioned Jim Robinson's name.

But that's what you and your nest of zeepers do: Put your words in other people's mouths, twist what others post to fit your agenda, lie and get nasty and vindictive when someone disagrees with you, and run to the mods when someone strikes a nerve.

And you're supposed to be a REVEREND?

[bimboeruption]

>ABSOLUTELY NAILS IT:

The gray rock strategy offers a direct way for dealing with abusive, “Distractors, detractors and repeaters.”

The image of a gray rock apparently cannot ‘awaken’ recognition of unkind, inappropriate behavior.<

What in tarnation are you talking about mommy?

Do us all a favor: Stay off the Communion wine.

[Allegra]

[bimboeruption]

>My Comment:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4210144/posts?page=152#152

https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4210144/posts?page=162#162

Bimboeruption response:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4210144/posts?page=167#167<

And your point is?

[cabojoe]

“Pull my finger”?

[UMCRevMom@aol.com]

“Show me in my post to you where I even mentioned Jim Robinson’s name.”

Yet, you don’t understand?
Jim Robinson established the guidelines. Everyone’s compliance is expected!

Not at all as you proclaim:

“Oh, stop whining already. You sound like a pathetic lib.

If personal attacks weren’t thrown around like Frisbees, this wouldn’t be FR.”
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4210144/posts?page=167#167

I am done with the discussion your declarations & images.
Hope you have a good night. I have a full schedule so being in EST I must sleep now :D

[Allegra]

LOL - noooooo! 💨