Re:Does the Tank Have a Future?
by MrRiddle on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @05:34PM
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There is absolutely no chance Russia lost 700 tanks. Ukrainian sources are pure garbage.
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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. Iām 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...