Re:Does the Tank Have a Future?
by mattnewton on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @12:55PM
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How many years will it take to replace the 700 or so tanks lost in Ukraine? Russia is estimated to have 3,000 or so tanks currently operating, they are closing in on losing 1/4th their number. It’s unclear how many of their roughly 10k in storage are still working and whether making new tanks or repairing those will have the same chip shortage problems.
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The ones in storage are like t-62s so no chips required =)
There is absolutely no chance Russia lost 700 tanks. Ukrainian sources are pure garbage.
Re:Does the Tank Have a Future?
by mattnewton on Thursday June 16, 2022 @09:29AM
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Ukrainian sources put the number lost at nearly double that last time I checked. I am using a number from oryx, who claims to have counted tanks out of commission or being towed from photographs taken in front lines or publicly released arial photography and de-duping them, as they have done for other conflicts like the war in Afghanistan. They actually have the count now at
Tanks 774 (of which destroyed: 438, damaged: 21, abandoned: 53, captured: 262), and host all the images used to make their count. I’m sure there are problems with this approach but it seems like the closest thing to an unbiased estimate available to the public right now.
https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/02/attack-on-europe-docum...