adding to the Ukrainian propaganda hype machine
No .
They have until recently had 2800 main battle tanks active and available,
2800 -1002 =1798 tanks.
They are talking about restarting production on their older tanks because they can't replace the current losses
"The Military Balance 2021 database says Russian storage facilities have around 10,200 tanks, including various T-72s, 3,000 T-80s, and 200 T-90s"
Says who? A Twitter rando?
No
The IISS
The International Institute for Strategic Studies is a world-leading authority on global security, political risk and military conflict.
You my friend are full of half truths and one sided dis info
Your talking about stuff that hasn't been operated in decade's,rusting away in the arse of nowhere.
Vs active tanks
Wrong. It's not me saying it ,it's an international body.
Go read the article and educate yourself on reality.
Links to Twitter randos should be banned
What article? I may have missed you linking it. The post of yours I saw looked to be making a claim of 10k tanks without source.
This so the post without source but you are telling us to read an article you haven’t posted as part of your claim.
I think it's clear that the only winner out of this war so far is the US, and that won't last either. Energy insecurity, food shortages and misery what we all get. And not to forget about rampant inflation, the era of free money is over and with it prosperity and freedoms are been eroded. Its not easy to turn back the clock on what we are seeing now...
What prosperity and freedom would Eastern European countries like Poland, Latvia, Czech Republic have without the US and NATO keeping them free of Russia's malign influence and pillaging?
If Russia's playbook of incursions, little green men, corruption, economic pressure an destabilisation was allowed to succeed without opposition and cost they would be next in line.
They're coming (you know who they are) in droves today. Panic is setting in.
It's an annual report. It costs 725 dollars.
I can post an article from Ukraine that uses figures from the annual report.
"The Military Balance 2021 database says Russian storage facilities have around 10,200 tanks, including various T-72s, 3,000 T-80s, and 200 T-90s.
The database’s 2016 publication also indicates that Russia has roughly 2,800 Cold War legacy T-55s (the first tank type to feature a nuclear warfare protection system in the 1950s) in storage, as well as 2,500 T-62s and 2,000 T-64s.
This means that Russia may have around 17,300 tanks produced between the late 1950s and now"
I don’t think you read the article.
Download the pdf for free here. 535 pages.
I sure did. I didn't stop halfway down the article like some people
List of equipment, manpower ,branches etc. Very detailed
Have a look at page 165 onwards
Im sure you’ve read the 535 pages as well as you have read the article. Well, as well as someone on Kremlin Twitter has told you the contents.
The 535 pages are on all countries and regions around the world. Why would I read it?
It's a global study
You asked for a link ,I gave you a free pdf and a link.
Sure if you can't argue with someone who presents a global annual study with factual information just resort to insults.
Not a good look. 🤡🙊
Nah! A rant like that SCREAMS impotent rage. It’s like listening to a newly discovered Beethoven symphony. A delight to the ears.
The article you posted doesn’t agree with you. It basically said that there were about 3300 tanks. The vast majority of the 10k were rust buckets unfit for use. Then you post a link to a 536 page report and say to look there. I’m well versed with the shifting you are doing from others here. The one thing they have in common is that they are very pro-Russian.
Also, please stop with the childish attempts at insults via emojis.
10,200 tanks available.
Will you start the insults again if I disagree?
"The vast majority are rust buckets"
Where did you read this?
Read the article you posted.
10,200 tanks. With that many tanks someone could take over a country…. Pauses for the sound of crickets
"However, Russia still has some 2,000 battle-ready tanks at hand, as well as an enormous amount in storage.
The Military Balance 2021 database says Russian storage facilities have around 10,200 tanks, including various T-72s, 3,000 T-80s, and 200 T-90s"
In my work, I often get faced with documents that are hundreds of pages long and I only need to see certain parts of them to make my assessment. If I can't find what I need within a reasonable amount of time, it's sent back to the PM with an instruction to highlight them.
I doubt russia has much evolved in PM skills though.
Page 165
Page 191 for a complete breakdown of all known personnel and equipment
"The Military Balance is the Institute’s annual assessment of the military capabilities and defence economics of 171 countries worldwide. It is an essential resource for those involved in security policymaking, analysis and research"
"Yeah but Twitter said"
Good grief, all this talk about Russia still having thousands of battle-ready tanks is hard to believe. Most of them will be missing an undercarriage and engines that were likely pilfered and sold to Iran and an assortment of Russia-friendly places over the years. That is the issue with mob rule states like Russia. A lot of what you hear from them is all posturing and boasting. the reality is always very much different.
The US military industrial complex can politically and economically fuel this war for eternity
It's how long Eu countries or Russian country can sustain the fallout
70k protesting in prague today. How many will be protesting in the heart of winter?
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-03/thousands-of-czechs-protest-in-central-prague-over-energy-crisis
You run along.
Ignore facts and stick to Twitter randos.
It's easier for you.
See I like when people understand these things.
If they have 16,000 tanks why would they want to try restart production on their older designs tanks,if they have 15000 spare tanks ready to roll into ukraine???
Seems not everyone was there for energy prices.
"Members of extreme political groups that demand exit from the EU and NATO, including the far-right Freedom and Solidarity and the Communist Party, were scheduled to speak at the rally, according to the organizers’ website."
Didn't one commander commit suicide early in the war because his tanks were inoperable (some had engines stolen)? The fact that Russia has resorted to T64s is telling.
Thanks for the page number. I'll have a look tomorrow, in full rather than one page (while focusing on that and its claims).
I might add that much of documentation I review, tends to contradict itself at some point, is open to interpretation, or in some cases, is downright misleading.
Looking forward to the read tomorrow - By which time I'm sure you will have moved onto another strawman
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