It's no wonder Putin wants to destroy Ukraine and kidnap it's children.
If they were left alone,.... they'd rule the world.
They also built the world's largest plane, the AN-124-100, which the Orcs destroyed, but apparently if you listen to the yanks, they haven't got what it takes to repair one of their pork barreled Abrams tanks.
I think you mean the AN 225, the 124's are still flying.
I highly doubt that's the reason Ukraine haven't received any Abrams. I'd assume a tank barrel would last longer than artillery due to just the sheer volume of artillery shells being fired. There hasn't been many large scale tank on tank battles so far. Maybe the turbine engine would be a bigger issue.
What's your issue with Ukrainian artillery being transported to Poland for repairs and maintenance? For so many reasons it makes sense.
Quicker access to parts.
Mechanics who have years of experience fixing and maintaining said equipment.
Frees up Ukrainian engineers to fix Soviet era equipment and do field repairs.
Zero risk of a large repair facility in Ukraine getting attacked if it's actually in a NATO country.
Cannot wait to see the first AI Tractor steal a tank.
the USA are getting ready for Armageddon, and their bombers have bespoke GPS too unlike Russia
I think it comes down to logistics train , and size .. an Abrams is 70 ton ,
If it's too heavy for Soviet era bridging equipment - then you need to change that too ,
breakdown and recovery ? You need something that can do that ,
So you need to train the crew on something that's alien to them - take a few months minimum , you need to do the same with your bridging crew and sappers , you need to do the same with your local repair team , they can learn and reequip just like the tank crew , but they can't do it overnight ..
The heavy stuff would prob be done by us contractors in Poland ..
It's kind of the same with aircraft , although I could see a aquadron of gripens being deployed quicker than abrams ..
Purrty lady that B21 Raider
Estonia becomes the latest country to buy HImars systems,they are only buying 6 ,but add that to the 20 going to Poland with another 200 MLR 270s along with Apache gunships and Abrams tanks and redback IFVs Poland Will be a military powerhouse in Europe
It's partly because of a different focus in their militaries. The Soviet Union and now Russia's military doctrine was more about "local" defence and more about ground offence/defence too. This was a lot cheaper than trying to compete with the West in air power(though they were in a par for a time). Note how the Soviets never really tried to compete in spy plane tech. Much of this was because they could rely on far more spies and informers in the west, never mind that the West was far more open to move around and spy in. They also ploughed more resources into missile tech because they know their nuclear threat is their biggest one, hence it can be argued other than Apollo the Soviets were ahead of the US for most of the Space Race. They mention or hint at the nuclear threat far more than NATO and the US. Why? Because they know that their conventional forces would be overwhelmed.
BTW this is why I don't buy the "Russian ICBM's won't work well". IMHO of all their military that's the one least likely to be siphoned off for oligarch yachts.
The US was much more about projecting power at a distance as the continental US had the twin moats of oceans either side of them. They felt safer, aloof from "foreign wars" in many ways. Look at the reactions to direct attacks on US home ground, Pearl Harbor and 9/11. It caused a massive reaction from them and is a near constant memory. For Russia historically that kinda thing was last Tuesday and it could be next Tuesday again. These US moats, the need for projection and the need to keep the trade routes wide open also meant the US really threw cash at their deep water fleet. If you put all the other navies of the world together the US navy would still flatten them.
There are also politics in play too of course. The US knew after their first overflights of the Soviet Union that the Soviets were massively behind the US on missile numbers and sites, but more gung ho politicans and arms industry types kept that fallacy going for ages.
They would be better off with modern IFVs rather than full bore main battle tanks, lighter,smaller,well Armed and armoured and mature technologies might be better suited to Ukraines theatre especially in populated areas
Irony........
How many Bradley ifv 's has the US in storage , I'm guessing quite a few ..
The Americans are starting training a brigade size group of Ukrainians in modern combined arms in Germany ,so not basic training-
To do that ,it'll mean a lot of equipment , probably the equipment they'll fight with ..
It wouldn't surprise me if it was largely US kit ..
They're planning on training a brigade a month , that's a division by next spring ..
That would be an incredible fighting force in the Ukrainian theatre ..
The US will end up making money off this war. All their investment is going into American arms manufacturers, employing Americans and paying tax in America. Half of Europe is buying up American armaments as is Taiwan, Japan and I presume Australia.
When its over American companies will get preferential contracts in the rebuilding of Ukraine. And Ukraine will invest heavily in American defence systems to ensure it doesn't happen again.
Ukraine will have the best army in Europe , this could trigger major arms manufacturing in the country. Some of the steel industry is now producing defensive gear also. We could be looking at the US biggest ally in the future.
That's a question for @Manic Moran
Looks like russias main strength over the years was not showing their hand 😂
Absolutely , just look at the number of military contracts lately for HiMars, Abrams, Apaches ,F35s and other military equipment and defense systems, we've gone from nato members not spending the 2% GDP guidelines to many countries starting to spend above and beyond that figure,
And now UK are teaming with the swede's Italy and Japan to develop the new Tempest jet to replace the typhoon and give the Japanese a true next generation combat aircraft,
There's just the small matter of kicking the Russians out first.
Well that explains a lot of UFO sightings I bet.
Francis won't be happy
NGAD and other advanced aircraft
Would wait for further verification, but very surprised to see the continued push, is the russian front completely collapsing here?
Recon party….but it shows that the Russians must have abandoned the riverbank for some distance for it to be done in Daylight.
The oveseas market for Russian made kit has pretty much been skewered by this conflict, unless somebody is looking for really cheap and cheerful. At a major discount.
Putins unintended consequences...he has created a world around Russia that will be armed to the teeth, and independent of NATO, will be more than capable of taking on the severely weakened Russia that will be Putins lasting legacy.
It was probably that super accurate assault rifle fire across the river that drove the Russians away.
It was said at the time that when the Russians pulled back across the river they had to pull back far enough so they couldn't be targeted by Ukrainian guns. I think they were pulled back 15-20 miles or something like that.
WW2 Russia stuff and then this.
The future of Russia is fascinating to ponder. The dictator may well have banjaxed them and left them permanently weaker on the global stage. It looks for all the world like a country in serious decline.
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