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gentleman_snake t1_j1ucdst wrote

Wikipedia: Having suffered heavy casualties, it described the army as "severely degraded" and its ability to counter NATO "severely weakened."[14] By December, the UK MoD reported that the Army had been replenished with recruits, and was active in the Battle of Svatove.

So it was unable to prove its "supremacy", was dispersed and badly damaged, consists of retroffited 70s equipment and now is comprised of fresh recruits. Sounds like meat for me. I hope BT2 will dispose of it quickly once it crosses into Ukraine territory.

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justforthearticles20 t1_j1v2htq wrote

It does not dare come under Ukrainian fire, but it will be more than sufficient when Putin decides to take Belarus as a consolation prize.

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westdl t1_j1vwxhm wrote

Putin is not going to take Belarus. He gave them nukes to hold. When one of those are ‘sabotaged,’ Putin will vow to avenge them while arguing to the UN the West and NATO are dangerous and reckless. I suspect his plan is to get more Russians to join the military.

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C1ickityC1ack t1_j1wyt8n wrote

Instead of an apartment building it will be a whole country this time.

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wgszpieg t1_j1ve9ej wrote

Partially deployed? So where's the other tank?

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fluteofski- t1_j1vqi4f wrote

Pulling a plow across fields somewhere in Ukraine.

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egric t1_j1vyjio wrote

"We don't talk about that" -russia

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Snickersthecat t1_j1xh1nj wrote

It's the First Guards TANK Army, singular not plural.

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ham-slappin t1_j1y0dtd wrote

So maybe just a driver. The gunner is sleeping in or something?

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AlbertManus t1_j1vp1jz wrote

1st guards got severely fucked up in Kharkiv. They were supposed to be an elite unit and they got routed, abandoned their tanks, and suffered super high casualties.

All they will ever do for the rest of the war is hide behind their "elite" reputation like this, to be a threatening symbol on a map to pull defenders away from the real fight.

I do hope russia moronically tries another "we attack Kyiv from belarus" though, because it would be such a blunder, such a display of the complete lack of strategy from the top that I think it would be the end of putin.

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egric t1_j1vyyww wrote

That would be one hell of a shitshow. They couldn't do shit when Ukraine was unprepeared, i can't even begin to imagine how hard they'd get fucked if they tried to do the exact same thing when the entire border is mined and fortified.

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sbr999 t1_j1usf8l wrote

Is Russia even something more than a bad joke at this moment? They make themselves look like buffoons and the whole world is laughing at them

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akuma211 t1_j1wukrz wrote

Russia is appearing to the world militarily, what Trump appeared to the world, politically.

Both a laughing stock shit show

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KryptosFR t1_j1ygti6 wrote

The good news is that the US military might finally be able to decrease their spending and invest it in something else like, I don't know, education or healthcare.

The bogeyman was a sad scarecrow all along.

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TheGhostOfGeneStoner t1_j1ytxh9 wrote

No, for the last several years of the formal GWOT, the US military knew that their time there would be drawing to a close and starting touting preparations for a near peer conflict. While many assumed it was Russia they were referencing, it was actually China. For instance, the B-21 Raider was built specifically to solve the problem of having a strategic bomber that could hit the Chinese mainland without endangering carrier groups or putting air-air refueling tankers in danger.

Edit - in short, the boogeyman still exists, we’ll just change some details so he remains scary

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Formulka t1_j1x1uun wrote

It's the "elite" unit that was almost wiped out in the Kharkiv counterattack. They will show Belarus how it's done.

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SalsaBueno t1_j1v8las wrote

Man Russia is just not having any luck with armor, huh? Love it

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Carp12C t1_j1xobhf wrote

They sort of are… they’re just exploding before they have that luck.

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GlibComplexity t1_j1uenf6 wrote

Russia's been moving their forces around all week, unsure of where the attack will come. They thought it would be Ukraine, but now they're not so sure.

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rosencrantz2014 t1_j1w1y4b wrote

Do they really think they can get away with a 20 mile convoy again?

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theubu t1_j1xt4zj wrote

Unless they’re padding it out with Ladas, I don’t think they have 20 miles of armour left.

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kamakazi339 t1_j1y41oz wrote

Partially deployed because it is refitting from getting worked some months back

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atchijov t1_j1vzwqm wrote

This is 21st century… why are we still talking about tanks? In face of opponent of equal technical level, tank life span on battlefield measured in minutes. Tank works when you face bunch of natives with machine guns… not when your face modern anti-tank weapons.

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basstwotrout t1_j1xnq0x wrote

Tanks work, the trouble with them in this conflict is that the Russians just drove them down roads in columns without adequate infantry support to clear defiles and reconnaissance to prevent/preempt ambushes. But now everyone says “hur dur tank dead” because they saw the shitshow.

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DarCam7 t1_j1xolxe wrote

Also, no air support to speak of.

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basstwotrout t1_j1xov5s wrote

Yeah exactly, with unencrypted comms! It’s driving me crazy now that every single main stream history/military YouTuber is now like “the tank is dead please like and subscribe” LMAO.

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IkeDaddyDeluxe t1_j1xammd wrote

There are many tools that a single tank or entire force could use to counter such weapons.

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