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Putin's junkyard war machines: Russia 'deploys 1,500 rusting mothballed tanks from Siberian dump' after suffering huge losses in Ukraine
2023-08-10
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Among the old tanks are T-62s, produced up to 1975, and T-55 and T-54 models

  • Decision to take tanks out of storage comes amid Russia's significant losses to its military hardware, with low estimates suggesting Putin has lost over 2,200 tanks
Posted by:Skidmark

#9  Infantry who has access to armor tanks, no matter the age, is a stronger unit than infantry without tanks.

With a basic combat loadout, yes. But most infantry has a lot of anti-armor assets and an AT-4 can easily punch through T-62/4 frontal armor. While the AT-4 only has a real range of 400-450 meters and the tanks can launch shots from 1km and beyond a bit, that is why there are a lot of guided missile assets that reach out to 1.5km and beyond sprinkled everywhere in the world.
Posted by: DarthVader   2023-08-10 14:22  

#8  I would think that:

Infantry who has access to armor tanks, no matter the age, is a stronger unit than infantry without tanks.
Posted by: mossomo   2023-08-10 12:46  

#7  Why let it rust in Siberia when they can use Ukraine as a dump?
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2023-08-10 12:38  

#6  There was an interesting video of 53 T-80Ms being railroaded to the front. These were the older ones with the old Soviet sight that is very obsolete nowdays.
Posted by: DarthVader   2023-08-10 11:04  

#5  magpie = actual analysis

Dale, DDM = Putin parrots
Posted by: Nero   2023-08-10 10:54  

#4  The Soviets Russians wants some of that direct fire HE and the older tanks can supply it just fine for their infantry.

The more, the merrier!
Plus if you have an observation drone spotting for you, you can use them for indirect fire out to the limit of their range. Like the man said, sometimes quantity has a quality all its own.
Posted by: SteveS   2023-08-10 10:51  

#3  The Past is new again. In WW2 the Germans and Russians were users of 'Assault Guns' for different reasons. The Germans believed in giving lower units access to 'direct fire support' at the lowest levels because it was more efficient than trying to coordinate with higher and higher levels before doing anything, yes? The Soviets had such a lousy communication system (telephone wires don't lay themselves very quickly on the attack) that giving their assault troops timely artillery support necessitated these turretless AFV with large bore cannon to follow the spearheads forward. The US spent a lot of effort on their radio communications net and junked the whole idea of assault guns.

The Soviets Russians wants some of that direct fire HE and the older tanks can supply it just fine for their infantry. Another reason is that when you have declining quality in your infantry every bit of *Boom!* you can add helps cover that lack.
Posted by: magpie   2023-08-10 09:55  

#2  Maybe it shows that they don't need their best equipment to defeat the fascist Ukrainians, lol.
Posted by: DooDahMan   2023-08-10 05:41  

#1  Daily mail missed hundreds of thousands of Russian troop standees.
Posted by: Dale   2023-08-10 03:35  

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