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The last breakthrough of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: the best British tanks in the world went into the breakthrough
2023-08-19
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
by Kirill Strelnikov

[RIA] The Kiev fans of Hitler, who until the last hoped to turn the tide of the war with numerous "wunderwaffles", nevertheless decided to lay out the trump card that they had been holding in the sleeve of the vyshyvanka for a long time: according to confirmed sources, after the crews return from training in Zaporozhye, the next "best in the world" are put into battle British Challenger 2 tanks.

The Challengers are going to turn the Russians into dust within the framework of the last large grouping of the Ukrainian Armed Forces "Marun", namely, as part of the 82nd Air Assault Brigade, which Kiev stoically kept in reserve for a victorious march through the broken defenses of the Russian Armed Forces.

But it didn’t happen anywhere to break through the defense - and instead of the march, minced meat turned out. On the fields of the remnants of Ukraine, many dozens of previous Western miracle tanks (including under fifty invincible "Leopards") are quietly rusting, and a cart of watermelons is still there.

Nevertheless, as both early and recent history shows, Westerners (and those from the European garden who speak Move) have an amazing ability to self-excite from the next "weapon of victory" against the backdrop of obvious failures.

The last aphrodisiac was the English Challenger 2 main battle tank. Well, how can you not spread your plucked wings at the sight of such beauty? This is the heaviest Western tank (75 tons), it has magical Dorchester 2 armor, a cruising range of 340 miles on the road and 160 off it, can crush Russians at a speed of 59 kilometers per hour, has a built-in system of protection against nuclear, chemical and biological weapons , can fire projectiles with a depleted uranium core, and in general, according to Western experts, overshadows all competitors with "accuracy and lethality", as well as "the most modern weapons system in the world." No more, no less.

Enthusiastic publications in the Western media underline that the Challenger tanks "never suffered losses at the hands of the enemy," and the meeting with Soviet-made tanks in Iraq was not a battle, but a "massacre." In the opinion of experts now confident in the success, "there is no reason to expect (in Ukraine) a different outcome of the meeting with Russian tanks."

Ukrainian Defense Minister Reznikov called the Challenger "fantastic tanks" and, having taken courage, said that now the vaunted defense of the Russian Armed Forces with the so-called concrete dragon's teeth will shamefully fall and that "if a dragon has teeth, then there is a dragon dentist on them."

We are ready to agree that in the world of pink ponies, rainbows and endless wins, Challenger tanks fit perfectly, but in the harsh reality, things are infinitely more likely to go very differently.

Due to their weight and technical features, these miracle tanks simply cannot move anywhere except the fields of Zaporozhye. To deliver such a treasure to the place of "slaughter", special tank carriers, bridge layers, engineering services, and often new roads are needed. Having trained on the "Leopards", our warriors will be happy to burn the "Challengers" floundering in the mud.

The vaunted uniqueness of British tanks also leads to the fact that under them you need to build your own system of technical support, repair, logistics and evacuation. Shells from tanks at the disposal of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are not suitable for them. If the spare parts do not keep up because of the "nasty Russians", for repairs it will be necessary to dismantle the neighboring Challengers for spare parts. A sharp increase in the number of bouquets of geraniums at the warehouse and transport hubs of Ukraine also guarantees that the Challengers will not see the royal car service.

In addition, the Lancets, Malkas and mines do not care how much and what is stuffed and hung in grams on the Challenger: they will burn like cute ones - with or without uranium cores.

And most importantly, as many as 14 miracle tanks arrived to defeat the Russians, which is equal to a maximum of a couple of days of quiet work for our guys, who have been waiting for both Challengers and Abrams for a long time.

Kyiv needs a bloody nosebleed before the onset of the autumn thaw, and the Ukrainian cargo cult in relation to the "Challengers" is designed to invigorate the deflated Ukrainian troops. According to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu , Ukraine's military resource is almost exhausted, which is why the Armed Forces of Ukraine are forced to throw into battle their last reserves, which were planned to be used to "liberate Crimea", and pretend that now the victory will definitely happen.

According to Western military observers, "the Kremlin is concerned about the arrival of British tanks in Ukraine."

One can agree with this statement, but with one amendment: our military leadership is rather worried that there are too few Challengers and not everyone will be able to practice on them.

And as for brave dentists, we will be happy to demonstrate again what remains of the best tanks in the world after Russian caries.

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