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Russia Just Started Tapping the T-72 Tank Stockpile It Was Saving for Last, OSINT Finds (united24media.com)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz
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The russian tank economy is tanking...

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[–] 23 points 5 months ago (5 children)

What do the Russians think they can accomplish with the last T72's when they accomplished fuck all with everything else?

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  • [–] 29 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    They are just hoping that they can prolong the war by a week or two.

    Maybe, just maaaaybe they will be lucky and something happens that makes the west force Ukraine to cede all of the currently occupied territory to the Orc-Roaches. The only thing the Russia can do is to try to prolong the war and hope for an act of gods.

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  • [–] 12 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    They need more than the currently occupied territories because they want to continue the invasion at a later time and they can't overcome the heavily fortified positions behind current lines. That's why Russia includes them in their demands

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  • [–] 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 child)

    On the bright side, the donation of scrap steel will contribute to Ukraine's reconstruction. That its soaked in Russian military blood is just bonus.

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  • [–] 13 points 5 months ago

    They don't think, because they'll be sending these to be destroyed by drones too.

    Not to mention that MASSIVE anti-tank stretch Ukrainians have been building behind the lines.

    So as per usual Russian military heads are making another stupid move.

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  • [–] 8 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    They built about 25k T72s, but those were built a while ago and not maintained. The last estimate I saw that seemed credible was that there were about 6000 T72s left. Let's say 1/3 are unusable, 1/3 are good for parts, and 1/3 can be repaired. That's still 2000 tanks - 20 more months of war, during which anything can happen.

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  • [–] [S] 6 points 5 months ago

    Not what I heard, I thought these turtle tanks were unstoppable! Did the media totally overhype them in coverage and lean into a panic about it? Doubt it, no, that can't have been what happened, tanks must be obsolete and russia is smarter than us!

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