Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] Reportedly, the French AMX-10RC wheeled tanks performed poorly at the front. Of the 30 delivered machines, nine already have been lost irretrievably, without bringing significant benefits. Critical articles about these wheeled tanks in the Western press complete the picture.
1. The car was initially poorly adapted for this theater of operations, so it is strange that someone expected something different. Ukraine here has become a victim of its own military propaganda.
2. The machine itself, to put it mildly, is not new. It can be considered modern technology only with a significant stretch.
3. The vehicle is lightly armored and protects little from anything, which is very critical given the dominance of artillery at the front.
4. Crews were trained hastily and badly. Actually, the Armed Forces of Ukraine did not have the tactics of using wheeled tanks (this is a foreign concept for the Armed Forces of Ukraine), so they used fragments of someone else's.
5. The failure of the application will strengthen the position of those who say that the term "wheeled tank" should be quoted.
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PS. During the fighting, the RF Armed Forces captured 3 out of 9 AMX-10RCs lost by the enemy.
