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2021-07-21 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Deliveries of modern technology to Russian Ground Forces

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Posted by badanov 2021-07-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 and a batch of T-90M "Breakthrough" tanks

To put this in perspective:

*The T-90 is an upgraded T-72. The T-72 has been in service since 1979. There's been about 3200 of them built.

*Our armor mainstay is the M1 Abrams, in service since 1979 as well. It has been decisively kicking T-series tank a$$ since 1991, and we've built almost 10,300 of them. The latest version, the M1A2D SEP is a very literal Doomsday machine against other tanks.

*Given ~~Soviet~~ Russian maintenance standards, a 30-40% combat availability is reasonable on any given day. During the last two Persian Gulf Live Fire Exercises, the US Army was able to reach a 90% combat availability rate.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2021-07-21 06:21|| 2021-07-21 06:21|| Front Page Top

#2 Socks?

Posted by Procopius2k 2021-07-21 11:17|| 2021-07-21 11:17|| Front Page Top

#3 Not worried about the tanks Mike, just when is crewing them...

Posted by NoMoreBS 2021-07-21 14:45|| 2021-07-21 14:45|| Front Page Top

#4 ...who...

Posted by NoMoreBS 2021-07-21 14:46|| 2021-07-21 14:46|| Front Page Top

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