BTRZs - Tank Repair Factories. Can They Keep Up?

[@CovertCabal]

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[@CrisTravelsCartel]

Great video

[@PedanticNo1]

Ground News is going to be such a huge scandal. They're on way too many channels, it reeks of every other KZbin sponsor scam/scandal.

[@RazorsharpLT]

You know... i always wondered... why are you using the Mission briefing background track from Mechwarrior 4: Vengance in your videos?

[@rocko7711]

🇺🇦

[@_John_P]

You can count them all day, agent Trump is coming to save Putin and Russia.

[@biggestouf]

"Last true war fought with soviet hardware" is such a wild statement. Edit: The comments are about literally all Soviet hardware (never going to happen esp. the AK) vs. figurative (this is the largest concentration of Soviet hardware of all time since the majority will be gone after this war.) Never change internet.

[@davidgoodnow269]

Rather, such a logical observation.

[@prfwrx2497]

​@@davidgoodnow269 both statements are correct.

[@Fabunility]

​@@davidgoodnow269 Only if you only mean Russia/Europe, otherwise there are still tens of thousands of old Soviet tanks/AFVs sitting in various African/Asian nations who didn't yet get their chance to burn through their stockpile yet.

[@neurofiedyamato8763]

Perhaps last major conventional war... but I'm fairly certain plenty of asymmetric wars involving Africa and Middle east will see these stuff be used time and time again. Just that they aren't fighting a conventional peer to peer conflict. Maybe Nagorno Karabakh if that goes off again

[@memirandawong]

Wild but TRUE.

[@gregb2]

Getting an equipment count at the repair facilities over the years and comparing that to Jompy's storage spreadsheet can help determine how much of the pulled equipment is stagnant at the facilities. Thanks Cabal!

[@Triplehdd]

BTRZs sounds like Big Tank Repair Zones

[@benjaminoechsli1941]

Or even Broken Tank Repair Zones.

[@Triplehdd]

@benjaminoechsli1941 now we're thinking big brain level acronyms 🧠💪🏼

[@LACHIVA1969]

Бронетанковый ремонтный завод, Armored repair plant

[@larsrons7937]

​@@benjaminoechsli1941Broken Tank Repair Zones, I love that one. And when they're hit by Ukrainian Flying Objects, the locals are immediately after being warned by the alarms from their LADA - Late Air Detection Alarm.

[@coenisgreat]

Maybe 'Bad Tank Repair Zone'

[@n4zou]

Before I retired I worked at the Anniston Army Depot. My real job was Rebuilding and Upgrading M1 Abrams Tanks. I was known for being able to work on anything and because of that after Desert Storm we had a lot of captured Russian Equipment and they put me in charge of rebuilding it all to send it to Training Grounds for Opposing Forces use in war games so troops would see and interact with actual Russian Equipment including Tanks and Personal Carriers. Russian Equipment is very difficult to work on. We Americans build vehicles using easy to replace modular designs. The Russians don't. The power pack on an Abrams Tank comes out of the engine compartment as a single unit and can be easily replaced with a new or rebuilt power pack. That's not the case with Russian Equipment. It's all assembled one piece at a time in the engine compartment like a Chinese Puzzle. The engine and transmission are incredibly complicated as well. Absolutely nothing is simple at all. You'll spend the entire 40 hour work week just getting everything out of a Tank Engine compartment. Triple that when you start putting everything back in. The entire vehicle is like that as well. Basically they are stuck in the 1930's. If you look at their Military Trucks and vehicles they all appear to have been made in the 1930's as well despite being newly made vehicles. When we set up to assemble Rebuilt M1 Abrams Tanks we would start an assembly line and move the tanks down the assembly going from a stripped hull to a fully assembled, running, and driving tank producing 1 tank a day in one shift. If we went to three shifts a day operating the assembly line 24 hours a day we were producing 3 complete fully operational M1 Abrams Tanks a day. It took us a full month to assemble one T-72 Tank.

[@Ocastia]

That's the difference between philosophies. The Leopard 2 (and most Western equipment for that matter)for example is very similar to the Abrams in terms of repairability as a large factor in its design was to be able to quickly repair it, and keep the system in combat as long as possible. The USSR though didn't think this way, they argued that if they build 3 times as many tanks as their opponent, it doesn't matter if the individual tank / crew isn't as good, as the sheer number of vehicles will guarantee their victory. This doctrine also means that if a Tank breaks down or gets damaged it will simply be replaced with a new one instance of trying to repair it. Therefore the focus is entirely on manufacturing, the USSR didn't give a shit about pretty much anything else. The crew won't come out of it alive? Doesn't matter, we have a lot more of them! It can't reverse quickly? The Soviet Union only knows one way *Forward!* It's uncomfortable and shakes the crew to bits? Who cares it's Cheap!

[@jeffbeck8993]

Interesting comment/perspective, thanks! 👍 Maybe a dumb question - was there any thought or attempt to improve the reassembly process using the more modular concept used by you guys/USA, instead of the disparate Soviet method you describe?

[@RandomPerson-tz7wk]

​@@Ocastiabeing easy to repair also means being easy to manufacture. If what he said is true. Russia's manufacturing was horrible they just have plenty of workers to speed production. If the tanks was design to be easily manufactured mass, they should be easy to make and break down for parts.

[@cannack]

​@@Ocastia what also does not help is the mass variety resulting from separate design bureaus competing and both winning to some degree, all that iron being hoarded in depots, followed by abhorrent attrition rates just makes this a total can of worms for them logistically. t55, t62, t64, t72, t80, and t90 all operating in the same theatre....... i would hate to be the parts guy.

[@tkac1891]

@@atfeldman123 if you were lucky it could most the time they wouldn’t even get to 50 with out something breaking

[@williampotts4404]

Thanks for another great update

[@velimirkolundzija4451]

Is it possible that we heard something like this?!?! Russia embarked on this operation by overhauling old tanks that were in good condition for the simple reason that it did not expect NATO to get so involved in supplying Ukraine, but Russia is not only dependent on old tanks, Russia is able to produce new tanks as well, especially since it has enough gas and materials from both old tanks and new steel alloys that it has on the territory of its country.

[@krispypriest5116]

Yes. They have kept up for 3 years already. Most people don't know that the average tank in ww2 would be knocked out (NOT burned up/destroyed outright) 2-3 times. Some stories I have read about ww2 repair shops were extreme. IF You got into a repaired tank that was painted inside, YOU did not want to know what happen to the previous crew. Thanks Covert Cabal

[@eduwino151]

Now only problem drones are saturating the battlefield making even recovery quite dangerous

[@ehsnils]

@@eduwino151 In WWII it was artillery strikes. Drones have higher precision though and can select where to strike on the recovery vehicle.

[@eduwino151]

@@ehsnils recon drones never existed in ww2 damaged equipment could be easily towed away , even a km from the front, in ukraine drones have made approaching even 10km to pull out damaged amor risky

[@StrikeBuster-b2b]

Kept up for 3 years 😂😂😂. Russia massively outnumbers Ukraine in tanks .

[@colincampbell767]

@@eduwino151 The small cheap drones are likely to lose their relevance as killers of armored fighting vehicles when 2nd generation APS gets fielded. First generation APS is programmed to ignore things moving at the speeds drones fly at in order to avoid exterminating the local bird population. The Trophy APS that the US Army is fielding as an interim APS has been remarkably effective during live fire testing and combat. So effective that the viability of antitank missiles comes into question. Its drawbacks are weight and its demand for electrical power. Which is why it can't be fitted to APCs and IFVs.

[@robbabcock_]

Thanks for keeping us in the loop! I appreciate your efforts so much!⚔🔥🙌

[@klumzyee]

Video begins at 2:06

[@husseinomran1021]

Clutch

[@PeanutsDadForever]

You guys must be going blind trying to count all those tanks and armoured vehicles. 🇦🇺👴🏻

[@haywoodjay385]

Russia has lost so much equipment right? it was predicted they would run out of equipment by summer 2023; its 2025 and they haven't slowed down. Oh how wrong the predictors are.

[@usun_politics1033]

Storage bases is not the only source for them. Around 80% of damaged vehicles on frontlines are repaired there and returned back into service.

[@h9hkk6155]

That information is not politically correct 😅😅😅 doesn't suit the Narrative 😅

[@haywoodjay385]

I heard 70% of all Russian equipment is repaired and returned to the front line. Russia is advancing so equipment recovery is a guarantee not a hope.

[@h9hkk6155]

@@haywoodjay385 yup, seen a lot of videos of them towing equipment and then repairing it, even near the front line.

[@usun_politics1033]

@@haywoodjay385 the difference between 80 and 70 is of what total they are counted. Some equipment is classified as destroyed and there are no attempts to recover it. Most is classified as damaged and of those damaged 80% are repaired and return to the frontline. It might correspond to 70% of damaged+destroyed, not sure.

[@ronaldrussel1158]

Give us the source of that information and the analysis, guessing 70% or 80% is pointless. Losses of heavy military weapons are visible considering the number of light civilian cars they use, and the Duma adopted a bill for consideration that in some regions cars can be confiscated with state repayment.

[@steveshoemaker6347]

Thank you for tank review in Russia..... Old F-4 pilot Shoe🇺🇸

[@chowchow2386]

Somehow I think Russua has better/more facilities to repair equipment than Ukraine 😂

[@kvitulv]

I would love a resource management game where you control one of these tank depots and have to balance fixing vehicles, scrap them and complete orders from Moscow. including how to store tanks, BTRs and upgrade, train mechanic crews, build quarters and expand your park. I think it would be a blast.

[@iantaylor155]

Really interesting video and real food for thought. Especially at the end, when repair times take longer and longer, that might be the thing that ruins Russia tank supply.

[@GittenGud]

So with all the fuss over Transnistria I heard they had a sizable cache of soviet era stockpiles. Everything from small arms to artillery and armor, so I was wondering if such a stockpile were relevant or even worth salvaging. Has there been any changes to their stores?

[@FriedrichHerschel]

How would they send tanks to Russia?

[@meskisable]

Transistria has only few dozens t64 and BMP1-2. It has one the biggest ammo depots in Europe, but there is a catch. 60% of it is obsolete ammo dating ww2. Basically it's ammo dump, but nothing more.

[@Onnarashi]

Even if the ammo and equipment in Transnistria was up to date and working, how would the orcs get it to the battlefield? Transnistria is on the other side of Ukraine, towards NATO member states like Romania and Poland. Putler's slave army has gotten nowhere near to Transnistria. They can't even take over the territories they claim to be theirs in eastern Ukraine.

[@murphy7801]

Given that transnistria border with Ukraine is just not really relevant.

[@josephahner3031]

​@@FriedrichHerschelhow is Russia still supplying its two battalions of troops in Transnistria?

[@БориславВълков-м7р]

It's strange that during the winter, military operations haven't slowed down. Meaning spring/summer offensive isn't on the mind of Russia as they obviously aren't restocking their reserves(meaning that UA cannot restock it's reserves as well). That means one of two things: either they are close to their tipping point and try to show off might in order to force peace negotiations or they believe UA is at that point and it's allies would force them on the negotiation table. Remember: tanks aren't the only equipment scraping the bottom of the barrel: there's towed artillery and IFV/APC's dwindling numbers as well. In either case 2025 probably is for real the tipping point of the war. PS Hopefully UA can upkeep it's mobilization/recruitments efforts throughout the year as that's the only option they've left with. If they manage that, the war is partially won. Failure is loss of the war.

[@Jehty_]

I might be confusing something, but I thought Winter is the best time for offenses because the ground is frozen. Whereas in the spring an offensive is basically impossible because of all the mud?

[@Juel92]

I think they're doing everything to max out their position for late jan/early feb and a deal facilitated by Trump.

[@AS-np3yq]

Ukraine "just" needs to do two things: a) Reform their recruiting and training processes. They have to weed out corruption completely and put the perpetrators (in the higher ranks) into jail for 20+ years for treason. b) Methodically reform their military from sowjet-style thinking into modern thinking, and i am deliberately do not say "western". The western armies did not fought any war since Iraq, Afghanistan was a partisan thing with politics and naivete from US side not knowing and understanding non-christian-western cultures. This war is different - brutal meat waves, massively outnumbered, brutal winter, mud season, new technology, social media - you need a mass of educated, strong willed, independent working soldiers not believing eastern propaganda and not believing western "just give in and have peace" thinking + the mental weakness the west has. (They despite christianity and patriotism in the west)

[@БориславВълков-м7р]

​@@Jehty_ IMHO winter isn't nice for attrition warfare as it favors defenders. Frozen ground in particular is a bad thing for foot soldiers as there's no bushes, heavy fighting make it rugged terrain(mortars/tracks holes do not dissapear) and tanks(APC/IFV) can be seen from afar wasting the element of suprise. It would have been better for Russia if they still had their's APC's in large numbers but that's not the reality.

[@arthurmoore9488]

Sadly, I think towed artillery isn't going to be a bottleneck. NK has stupid amounts and is willing to sell.

[@JesterEric]

The most important thing is who controls the battlefield. If you are advancing you can salvage all the damaged tanks to be repaired and used for parts. If you are retreating every damaged vehicle is a total write off. Repair units nearer the battlefield can carry out many small repairs

[@hermes7587]

The use of drones has changed the equation in this war. Both sides try to destroy disabled vehicles before the other side is able to recover them. With soviet eqipment this is quite easy as T-series tanks and BTRs blow up a lot. Destroying western tanks seems to be much more difficult. They have much stronger armor and better protected ammo storages. There are also videos many from the Russian side showing the landscape littered with wrecked vehicles. It appears that the Russian do not put much effort in removing the wrecked vehicles from the battlefield.

[@Princip666]

@@hermes7587 Sure, we all saw how well the western tanks burn, cope much harder.

[@danielsteger8456]

@@hermes7587 so, what are the numbers at ukrainian repair facilities? 2 sides to every story.

[@thanksskeletor4812]

@@hermes7587the western tanks blow up just as easily trust me. They just don't send the turret into space lol. But the damage is done and the western tanks CANNOT be repaired by Ukraine. The one takeaway from the war is that the soviets did have one thing right, they made things cheap and easy to repair in the field.

[@sirkana]

@@thanksskeletor4812 That's just false, Russian tanks are a nightmare to repair.

[@c.8276]

One of the reasons why ruzkis are using T-62 in this war is that 103th BTRZ specialized on maintaining and repairing of T-54/-55/-62 tanks only.

[@angeurbain6129]

The reason why they use these tanks is because they are still usefull...

[@MrMegaDanila]

@@angeurbain6129 lobotomites who need to write russia or russians with a z are impossible to reason with in my experience

[@grahamlambert650]

Found you channel by accident it's brilliant been following it for a while

[@warfumble12]

Short answer: yes Long answer: yes of course

[@wadysawkostrzewski8557]

thank you for your continuous work which helps us understand for how long they could provide theirs effort

[@michaelm1589]

It would be interesting to see at the end of the war how much of the worldwide stock of armoured vehicles is Soviet\Russian compared to before the war, given how much is being expended in this war, coming from the stocks of Russia, Ukraine, eastern European NATO countries and elsewhere.

[@Robert6889]

Military equipment will eventually become obsolete sooner or later. After World War II, all of it was decommissioned. In a few decades or even sooner, all the equipment from the Cold War will be retired as well.

[@realnapster1522]

They will build new tanks. Russia can rearm in 5 years at the same level.

[@michaelm1589]

@realnapster1522 Im talking about in total not just equipment in service. Russia isn't going to build equipment to then put in storage. They will almost certainly never have the same amount in storage again. Also Ukraine and Eastern European NATO countries aren't going to take on more Russian or Soviet era equipment after the war

[@michaelm1589]

@Robert6889 In time yes it will. But my comment was referring to the time period right after the war.

[@brendonlong9483]

@@realnapster1522 lol

[@andrewrogovets5113]

good job, as always

[@lajoyalobos2009]

3:03 This was something that really messed with the Japanese during WWII. Just a small example, the Type 38 Arisaka rifle fired 6.5×50mmSR and the Type 99 fired 7.7×58mm. It would have been better logistically speaking to ditch one and adopt the other.

[@jamesharms748]

Were they made for the different services? IJN or IJA? They each had their own Zabatsu who didn't cooperate as with IJN or IJA planes. One was an improvement on a previous model.

[@manchagojohnsonmanchago6367]

​@@jamesharms748haha exactly! Japan was and still is a strange beast!

[@CH-tp4wz]

It's crazy Russia has basically ran through all their stockpiled Soviet equipment even using them for spare parts. They had absolutely insane amounts in many storage locations around Russia and their basically empty now.

[@Tempestzzzz]

Sure...if you threaten the repairmen that they are going to the Uki Front if they don't meet their quota. Motivation!

[@hvnterblack]

Motivation don't solve problems with lack of spare parts.

[@raigarmullerson4838]

Doesent matter, they will be sent anyways

[@trumanhw]

Pure propaganda. Russia doesn't even send CONSCRIPTS to fight, only people who sign explicit contracts. Lack of spares ..?? BS. Russia is out manufacturing the US. Look at Russian missile production for example. For all the missile attacks they conduct & all these S-300 missiles they're using, they still have deep supplies. We, on the other hand, have had to give our ENTIRE Patriot production bolstered by German & French systems (nasims, etc) ... and still had to adapt A-A missiles for use in launchers, yet we're STILL running out. Raytheon's entire annual production of Patriot PAC-3 is under 700 (and that's their surge capacity). Of which, they still have obligations they're reneging on ... yet still Ukraine complains that they're both inferior to the S-300 and admitted they're all but devoid of any air defense. CC's numbers are backwards. It's US who can't find hardware to buy with our printed fiat cash. Russia's PAID DOWN their national debt since 2022, every year since (including 2024). Whereas all of our bespoke projects are built in a handful of the SAME facilities ... like TIMESHARES. We have no SURGE capacity. Russia's 140-million population produces 500,000 STEM grads a year. The same as the US, with 330-million. China ..? Has about 4x our population, yet, produces 10x our STEM grads per annum. If we think Russia mfr's a lot of artillery rounds, we should stop pretending we'd "protect Taiwan" now. First, we already produced a communique in 1977 saying: _there is but one China, and it's capitol is in Beijing._ As in, we already officially said to the world that Taiwan is as much a province of China as Catalina is the United States. Because China can mfr >100x what we can. Just as the T34 overwhelmed German Nazis and their bespoke Tigers...the manufacturing bandwidth of China in a conventional military would probably outpace the planet unless we built up India's conventional capacity, and India would have to risk a war with China they've been trying to avoid by supplying us against them. As if that weren't bad enough, Russia and China have had enough of our _Rules based order,_ which is shorthand for US based hegemony of the planet. And both Russia, North Korea _ANNND_ China would work together to defend themselves from us. As it's not going to be China attacking us ... but the US attacking China. Just as we've done with Libya, Syria, Iraq, Ukraine, Serbia, Georgia, South and Central America. None of them have attacked us ... and we've conducted operations nearly everywhere. And the Chinese don't have ridiculous politicians like we do. They have very careful, analytical experts who are very intelligent and who look for effective solutions. Just as the Russians were clumsy in their first few months of war (though they still smashed the AFU's first military, which was WHY they draft-agreed to the agreement until our emissary, Boris Johnson suckered them into fighting to the last Ukrainian) ... but Russia has become substantially more effective since. Fighting for your life tends to wise people up rather quickly. One day, when the actual KIA numbers are revealed ... you'll see that the reason Ukraine has a smaller military now than it did in March of 2022 despite abducting 30,000 Ukrainians a month (for 34 months x 30,000 abductees (per NYT article, _The Body Snatchers)_ ... less the 90,000 they admit went AWOL ... means 960,000 Ukrainians are KIA. And though 150,000 is a lot of grieving families, Russia is probably killing your little snotzees at a rate of 8:1. Go see Media Zona's numbers (a UK funded research group ran by Russians who track down every instance of a KIA on Social Media, funeral homes, funerals, etc). NYT et al have also admitted, 75% of all casualties are caused by artillery ... and Russia has anywhere from 8:1 in ammunition to >10:1 in artillery tubes. But hey, hang on to your cognitive dissonance. I'm sure CNN can whip up a phrase just for you, eg, the next: _Fiery but mostly peaceful_ for you to glom on to.

[@nikolaideianov5092]

Thats how you get a "fixed" tank fast It doesnt matter if the engine will explode after 30 min

[@ehsnils]

@@nikolaideianov5092 A tank in battle is expected to survive for 60 seconds on average. The remaining 29 minutes are just transport time.

[@tomas.winna.nr1]

Tack än en gång..❤

[@Frederick-m6n]

Great job.. The end is closer. I have enjoyed all this information. Thank you

[@02Tony]

Happy New Year Covert Cabal

[@peso1651]

You're missing a big part of it: the condition they are being repaired to. You're expecting them to be fully restored and able to fully engage in military actions, but in reality, most of them are being repaired to a rather poor state. For example, some have problems with turret rotation, others can't use properly their guns, and some can only travel limited distances. These tanks mostly end up as tortoises, fully armored against FPV drones, with mine flails mounted. Their goal is simply to reach the enemy's position.

[@danreed7889]

Where do you get this from?

[@peso1651]

@@danreed7889 , you Westerners really know little about Russia

[@АлексейГордеев-п1н]

​​@@danreed7889in one video Ukrainian captured tortoises T-62 with only 2 man crue and without ammo.

[@lorenzcassidy3960]

So basically you have a sh*t-ton heap of sh*tty tanks being repaired to a half-assed sh*t state just to reach the enemy's positions, right? Got it. But now, you have a problem: that sh*t-ton heap of sh*tty tanks is beginning to get depleted. And we're already seeing troops being taxied through the battlefield in golf carts, Scooby-Doo vans and Ladas.

[@vidiot9000]

…to reach the battle field, fall apart and die at the first encounter with the enemy.

[@johnneutralobserver5944]

Brilliant researcher, analyst and commentator! Great report as ever 👍🇺🇦🇬🇧

[@dagdamor1]

I could portray their odds to you on a pie chart. The categories are “No” and “No, but in yellow.”

[@somekindaguy100]

Then you would be wrong and wrong

[@dagdamor1]

@@somekindaguy100 For now, I admit. Though then Cabal touches on what will happen when they run out of “raw resources” to draw upon, I.e. units in storage. That was my main consideration, seeing how Covert has showed the sheer drain that’s been occurring in storage yards. Looks increasingly like hostilities will be halted before that particular extreme is tested, however.

[@wishingb5859]

I love your final sentence in this one.

[@davidgoodnow269]

These facilities are enormously important in the scheme of structured wartime logistics. But there is no compromise with making good strategic use of these facilities. When I heard that the Russian Federation was mobilizing its T-62s, I put that together with the state of the war it was fighting, and thought Russia would rebuild numbers of T-62 to a Heavily-Armored Personnel Carrier as Israel did with its captures T-62s, and rebuild others to the Terminator 1 configuration -- preferably modified to include the Electronic Warfare and Singals Intelligence, Drone Operation, and Battalion/Brigade Operational Communication Control and Coordination positions and equipment integration intended for the Terminator 3. These, combined with T-55 upgraded very modestly, would have provided Assault Brigade formations with maximal protection for urban assaults in heavy combat, while maximizing parts commonality for battlefield logistics efforts and planning. But no; the T-62s were fielded *as T-62s,* while infantry continued to be pushed in using the standard BMP and BTR transports . . . while the limited quantity of Terminal turrets were placed on minimally-modified T-72 hulls, not even rebuilding those to the Terminator 2 pattern to get the most out of the multiple remote weapons stations a Terminator turret has and completely neglecting the "Special Heavy Infantry" component (C³I) the Terminators were evolved to perform. A substantial and substantive waste of resources that appears treasonous, that resulted in a loss of lives that can be viewed as criminal. (Never mind the Right and Wrong of War, this war or that war; to not spend the lives and treasure of a nation with the greatest wisdom guiding frugality is a great Treason.) All that has happened, makes a logic most Evil.

[@Oldsmobility455]

Large armor formations are doomed on the modern battlefield. Both sides have seen their armored offensives suffer horrific casualties, due to the technologies being employed in this war. The massed use of tanks and IFVs to overwhelm defensive lines, simply doesn't work anymore. As for the expense of lives, Russia has shifted to a slow, plodding war of attrition, capitalizing on their overwhelming advantage in artillery, drones, air power, and long range strike assets to minimize losses. In 1945, the potential to reduce casualties with sweeping battles of encirclement existed, but it's 2025 and that is no longer feasible.

[@gman1868]

Thanks! Would you like to do similar analysis of the Chinese military? They are in the middle of a MASSIVE build-up to invade Taiwan. It would be great to know what we''re up against.

[@Fonzy23890]

Last true war with Soviet equipment lol I bet in 2050 we will have a new war & people will still be using Soviet equipment mostly small arms like the AKM or the RPG.

[@sergeyboychuck8872]

T-34 still in service and fighting Abrams in Yemen.

[@josephahner3031]

​@@sergeyboychuck8872still in service maybe, fighting Abrams in Yemen is a stretch.

[@markmonaghan2309]

Fantastic tanks again

[@carlfromtheoc1788]

I noticed that they were removing bolts by hand - no air tools. I also wonder when some of these repai facilities come under Ukrainian drone strikes. Hard to repair anything when there is no repair facility.

[@PappaTom-ub3ht]

Well. Exactly because they are using hand tools, it will be easy to rebuild the workshop again.

[@MichaelMac-u3z]

@PappaTom-ub3ht safer to when the drunk workers show up-giving raging alcoholics power tools is too dangerous

[@michaelwerner5049]

Using hand tools makes it 3x slower lol

[@victorzvyagintsev1325]

@@michaelwerner5049 Those same bolts need to be removed in the field as well. Expect everyone to carry powertools with them?

[@Delgwah]

Thank you, great job👍😎

[@hannisateur]

T62 meta next, then T55 meta next, then Golfcart meta, then on foot with sticks meta ...

[@bremnersghost948]

Dogs, horses and reindeer pulling carts & sleds looking like the orcs logistics in late 2025

[@MrCantStopTheRobot]

You forgot to include the Ural, UAZ, Lada and dirt bike phases. We have about a dozen instances of those phases getting underway since last month.

[@donwyoming1936]

They don't have many T-55s. The T-62s are probably the last gasp. They've lost 10,000 tanks already

[@Robert6889]

@@donwyoming1936 In the worst case, Russia can always acquire Russian tanks and BMPs from India or Central Asian countries in exchange for debts for gas and oil.

[@FireAngelOfLondon]

@@Robert6889 I don't think that will provide many vehicles because those nations have them because they feel a need for them, they are facing perceived threats of their own and won't leave themselves defenceless even for cut price oil and gas.

[@vladimirvucetic6933]

Controlling the battlefield after the battle is crucial for retrieving the vehicle. Otherwise you don't have much to repair...

[@ryanmiller9672]

Your work is epic

[@prefaktder4tenlegio257]

Hey großen dank für deine Arbeit. Ich glaube viele stimmen mir da zu wenn ich sage, das deine Videos wirklich klasse sind. Weiter so, ist jedesmal interessant und man kanms kaum erwarten bis das nächste Video kommt Liebe Grüße ❤❤❤

[@drei-zwei-eins]

Many thanks 👍

[@acikusej]

After a few drones, every tank repair is built from scratch.

[@sicr7373]

These repair workshops need a visit from Stormshadow and / or Atacms !

[@Intellgenttwig]

alot of them are out of range of stormshadow and Atacms

[@shawn7684]

@@Intellgenttwig Obviously.

[@Itsjustme-Justme]

I remember at least one report of one getting a visit by "debris".

[@benjaminoechsli1941]

​@@Itsjustme-Justme"Debris" _has_ set a lot of costly fires during this war. 🤔

[@TomoreniusTom]

not particularly cost effective idea, considering most of the BTRZs are just full of cannibalised tanks used for parts

[@dwaneanderson8039]

Now that you have counted how many tanks and AFV they have in storage and BTRZs, next you need to count how many they have in the field so we can know the total supply.

[@dogsnads5634]

The only people with a count in the field are intelligence agencies...tanks move... Last estimate I've seen was RUSI's, which was backed by other estimates, in Feb 24. This stated that the Russian Group of Forces in Ukraine had c2,060 tanks. Now clearly they've lost lots over the last year, but the supply of refurbished tanks has likely replaced them like for like this year...that might not happen in 2025, and is very unlikely to happen if the war goes into 2026... So current CC figures are c3,400 in Tank storage, c1,200 in BTRZ and (RUSI figure) of 2060 in Russian Group of Forces in Ukraine. So totalling 6,700 in total. Of which we know 2,,060 are operational. Of the remaining tanks across the storage and repair it seems likely that only 50% are salvageable over time. So c2,300... So..... total tanks left, either operational or capable of being made operational is in the 4,400 range. Add on some tanks based elsewhere in Russia and a bit of contingency and the Russian's are down to c5,000 operational/potentially operational tanks in total. And remember they can't run it down to zero... www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/russian-military-objectives-and-capacity-ukraine-through-2024

[@ianbirge8269]

Russia has been "scraping the bottom of the barrel" for over 2 years now according to channels like this. Must be a huge barrel or we have vastly different ideas of what the bottom is.

[@scatterlite2266]

Can you point to a video from 2022 where he said that ? Stop lying

[@juju8119]

great as ever, thanks

[@cale4331]

Can you imagine wanting to continue manufacturing these death traps? Wild.

[@Ocastia]

Assuming that I want to win a war: yes I can.

[@beelzebobtheinnocent1659]

​@Ocastia is it cuz u like flying turrets? Or your Orc crispy?

[@davidgoodnow269]

That's exactly what gets me. They aren't rebuilding a T-62 into something like the Israelis came up with to give the maximum protection to infantry squads being fed into the heaviest urban assaults. They didn't augment their Terminator 1 and 2 patterns with the C³I equipment intended for the Terminator 3 pattern, drag that "Future Warfare" into the present needs to give the greatest capabilities to those fighting and dying *_now._* Nothing less than compounding the greatest treagedies through the greatest misuse.

[@amacca2085]

@@davidgoodnow269not sure you know how war works

[@CakeofWisdom]

As a matter of fact, yes. Manufacturing a tank is a mess of logistics in and of itself. Imagine the time and money that goes into designing and building a completely different tank.

[@thedownwardmachine]

Okay now start counting cheap Chinese motorcycles from space. Go!

[@TimChuma]

Logistics is what really won WWII for the Allies. After they war they son jeeps in bulk to farmers who stacked them up in their barns to use as farm vehicles.

[@nigelgarrett7970]

The Australian government sold surplus tanks to their farmers.

[@ARMISETANIMIS]

In both tours in Iraq when I got up close to former Soviet Union I considered them to be poor quality when compared to U.S. equipment. But that did not matter to the Soviets because of their "echelonization" doctrine where division was behind division behind division all with same objective. So even with horrific casualties the Soviets could still win based on sheer numbers. The good old days of NATO versus Warsaw Pact.

[@nobodyherepal3292]

Right, which is why we developed airland battle doctrine, to destroy those rear eschlons and the logistic chain for the forward ones. The last 30+ years have proven us right in that idea.

[@ericthomsen9644]

It occurs to me that though Ukraine is doing an excellent job of destroying Russian armor, perhaps their focus should be on locomotives. They are, after all the main reason tanks show up to the battlefield. Given Ukraine's talent for destroying things inside Russia I would think this to be an easier task, perhaps?

[@Robert6889]

Ukraine has fewer locomotives than Russia. There might be a secret agreement not to touch each other's locomotives.

[@surfboy344]

Yup. Highway & Railroad bridges, every mile of rail track, power plants, all of the logistical stuff.

[@lastguy8613]

​@@surfboy344 Railroad track is very easy to repair, and bridges seem pretty resistant to bombing or missile strikes. The warheads aren't big enough to more than superficial damage

[@FirleFarms]

Ukraine has hit quite a few railway hubs with long range tools. Most hubs within their reach are gone. Alot of the equipment has to be unloaded in a safer spot and either driven or trucked closer to the actual front line these days. One of the many reasons it's so hard for either side to amass armor in a timely matter

[@Robert6889]

@@FirleFarms The problem is that the equipment cannot reach the front and is mainly being destroyed in the frontline zone.

[@jeffbelton9796]

As a mechanic I can say without a doubt that these aren't going back in nearly the same as original, lack of parts and lots of welding

[@oddarnek]

I have ground news, excellent

[@Smile200-z4y]

E x c e l l e n t

[@rochrich1223]

Drones are having an important impact. In the Oct '73 Arab-Israeli war, it was common for an Israeli tank to have been repaired five times during the war. This Ru-U war, drones have been burning an important percentage of battle damaged tanks. Even without a turret launch, there is little point in repairing a burned out tank.

[@wespeakforthetrees]

You are doing very important work, and by all accounts you are doing a stellar job. I really appreciate it. Keep going, keep up the great work, and thanks.

[@joe2mercs]

Thess BTRZs are probably working flat out trying to get vehicles held in ‘storage’ for fifty years up and running again.

[@brendanhoens2035]

tonk

[@johnsmith1953x]

tunk

[@hellboundchaoscommand7567]

tenk

[@NemanjaJankovic-ys1wv]

Yes, they can and can make thousands new in same time..

[@dunkelsteinen1747]

Hey guys, in the rows underneath the table at 3:32 , there is an asterisk next to the Total number given for Tanks in 2024. There is also an asterisk for the number of MLRS/Arty, but you guys give an explanation for it, and it doesn't seem to fit he former case. Can you tell us what the asterisk means for the Total Tanks in 2024?

[@leprekhantar347]

covert cabal is back!

[@classicforreal]

Battalion Tank Repair Zone, there, I just English'd it for you, you're welcome.

[@michaelf7093]

If I were to guess B = brony = "armor" T = transportnoye = "vehicle" R = remontny = "repair" Z = zavod = "factory"

[@KuK137]

@@michaelf7093 This, it has nothing to do with batallions, LOL, usual clueless western drone. That doesn't mean Russian batallions and brigades doesn't have mobile repair plants, they do, but BTRZ acronym has nothing to do with them...

[@victorzvyagintsev1325]

This is a factory, not a field repair shop

[@trashtrashisfree]

I love how the Russians started using old turretless tanks as bmps.

[@zillsburyy1]

lol spending all those hours repairing a obsolete tank when a drone can take it out in a few seconds

[@14DeepRun14]

That’s true for both sides. Truly a game changer in history.. likely in the same way gunpowder changed the game.

[@leonnunhofer3453]

​@@14DeepRun14yeah. Working weeks on armor just for some gunpowder + 1 bullet to penetrate it 🤷‍♂️

[@daaw74]

@@14DeepRun14it’s not really. It’s just that drones have a second of limelight before newer technologies make them useless that were already being developed to counter missiles and can now be used to counter drones. Think Direct Energy Weapons and electronic warfare assets, as well as upward mounting mg’s assisted with targeting systems as seen in M-SHORAD and next generation European armor.

[@benteasdale5809]

That goes for both sides

[@Ocastia]

Yes Tanks are truly obsolete now, just like they were during WWI and after WWI and of course during WWII shaped charges made Tanks obsolete again, and afterwards they were especially obsolete, same thing with the Korean war, and Vietnam, the Jom Kippur war in Israel also made Tanks very obsolete because of how Quickly and easily Khornate missiles could take them out. Afghanistan once again made Tanks obsolete, and now the Ukraine war shows that Tanks are obsolete. Tanks have managed to survive many of the people who declared them obsolete, and they will survive many more.

[@sparhawk5515]

It’s strange that you say they are keeping up production of BTRs. You see so many Russians attacking in golf carts and motorcycles. I would think that was a sign they were falling way behind.

[@uniformmike05]

Production of BTR-82’s can keep up with losses, likely many units are issued with them instead of BMP-1/2/3 when they are lost. It also depends on what kind of units we see, my impression is that the Golf Cart Brigade is Storm Z units that have no need for armored vehicles. But I don’t know.

[@Princip666]

You mean the one clip with a golf car NAFOids use as a talking point at every opportunity?

[@thanksskeletor4812]

Those vehicles are far better for the small scale assaults we see. Despite what you get fed by Ukraine their losses of men and equipment tracker is complete fiction. Anyone who should be taken seriously knows this. The BTR's and tanks are great for transporting equipment and giving fire support but it's basically suicide to use them without drone control. Hence you see the small teams of Russian stormtroopers using light vehicles that are far harder to hit with a drone, but do offer less armoured protection.

[@magnem1043]

I think its because the war on both parts has turn into infantry scale infiltration assaults. It means the best way to attack without mass causualites is in small poking squads. Now what would make 2-3 infantry jobs easier over minefields and towards trenches. Remember least amount of attention from above. Fast and flexible. etc

[@uniformmike05]

@@Princip666 There are far more than one clip of Russian troops using Chinese golf carts and other softskins both for transports, evacuating gruz 200 and in the assault. They may have a use but it’s more likely that the Russian army has to use what it has because there is a shortage of armor. Even Russian voenkors and bloggers admit that, like BMP companies having only 5-6 BMP instead of 11 as in ORBAT. They will likely run low or even out of BMP-1/2 eventually and replace these with BTR-82 or BMP-3. They won’t be able to equip all units though. As always vatniks are too ignorant to understand that Russia isn’t the powerful juggernaut they want it to be. Putin’s delusions have cost the Russian army its reputation, much of its modern equipment and most of its ex-Soviet stocks and ~800,000 casualties and it hasn’t achieved any of its goals. Unless the goals were to destroy its reputation, lose lots of equipment and troops and achieve nothing that is… You never know, Russians are strange sometimes. Putin’s delusions have bogged Russia down in a war it can’t afford to lose, can’t afford to win and can’t afford to end.

[@frankchan4272]

And Russia can’t only look at Ukraine as they need to keep troops, tanks, armored vehicles & required supplies in other areas of Russia as now they have huge NATO border with Finland.

[@LlenadeMalo]

One would think that and russia says they must defend against NATO, but they have pulled enormous amounts of soldiers and materiel from all over russia to feed the grinder.

[@BlutoandCo]

They have removed thousands from the border of Finland as they know nato will not attack. So it's a safe border.

[@Oldsmobility455]

The geography at the Finnish Russian border is not suitable for an invasion, in the way that Ukraine is. A buildup of NATO equipment in Finland wouldn't go unnoticed well before offensive action could take place; and such a threat, due to the remote wilderness it would come through, would be a prime target for tactical nuclear weapons. That's an entirely different scenario from the Ukrainian border, which is a mere 260 miles of relatively flat and populated land, away from Moscow. There's a reason that two of the largest invasions in human history came through eastern Europe into Russia, and that's why Russia is so concerned with securing that avenue.

[@nikolakaravida9670]

They really don't. They know NATO will never attack them, it's a bs point for useful idiots in the west.

[@TyyylerDurden]

only a total idiot would think that "NATO" is a threat to ruzzia. A total idiot... That is why they removed almost all equipment and troops from the borders with NATO - the mythical threat they allegedly been fighting in Ukraine (no). War in Ukraine is a banal 19th-century expansionist war. And the fact that there are so many dumbasses in the world who keep repeating ruzzian propaganda narratives about fighting against NATO is making me go nuts.

[@MourningConstitution]

Thanks!

[@llynellyn]

Just a note/correction on Russia having T-62, T-64, T-72, T-80 and T-90 to work with, it's actually not that complicated. All of the mothballed T-90 have now been reactivated (there weren't that many) and the mothballed T-64 cannot be reactivated (as it's a Ukrainian tank so the required spares from the factory are unobtainable) so only usable to strip for parts compatible with the T-80. This leaves just three types of tank for them to try and restore: T-62, T-72, T-80. Also while it is true the USA only had the M60 and M1 over the same timeframe, that doesn't include variants (of which there were many) whereas the USSR just tended to give different names to variants of the same core tank, I.E the T-90 is just a late 1980s T-72 variant renamed to make it sound more appealing to export customers, the T-72 itself was a development of the T-62, etc.

[@MichaelMac-u3z]

plus they have about 1000 1st gen T-72s in storage and they are probably all junk- not well made to begin with & no maintenance since they were so crappy to begin with. So about 1/2 the tanks left in storage are scrap metal

[@victorzvyagintsev1325]

You can't make T-72 into a T-90

[@llynellyn]

@@victorzvyagintsev1325 The T-90 is a modified T-72, the USSR originally called it the T-72BU but Russia renamed it to make it more appealing to export customers.

[@victorzvyagintsev1325]

@ Again, for the slow, you can NOT make a T-90 out of T-72. Thats what warrants the name change, not the marketing. It is not a mod like T-72B3, you have to make a brand new tank if you want a T-90.

[@llynellyn]

@ And again, you are wrong, the T-90 is just a T-72 variant with a fancy rename (similar to renaming the Su-27M the Su-35). You can indeed take a base T-72, strip it down and rebuild it as a T-90 (it's just mostly a waste of time as a fully modernised/upgraded T-72 variant is 99% as good as a T-90 anyway) do some research lol.

[@Notinservice420]

When we are done with armour bases can You do Airbases please.

[@h9hkk6155]

Another huff of copium 🧢😹 for the NaFo Bois 😂😂😂 U-krane has basically won 😂😂😂

[@nobodyherepal3292]

Meanwhile, where year 3 of Russias super duper special Olympics operation, where they can’t even retake Russian land proper 😂

[@h9hkk6155]

@nobodyherepal3292 cope harder Soy choongus 😹

[@bjorn3847]

Thank you for your work, I follow this war closely and you are giving the public information that use to be only available for well funded intelligence agencies. One additional point I think is importen for the 2023 peak. 🇺🇦 in its Kharkiv offensive managed to over run the Russian and take huge amounts of military equipment. Keep up the great work!

[@LACHIVA1969]

Lol, after they are repaired or made then they have to be fitted locally with all sorts of metal plates so that they don't blow up when hit by the FPV drones. So, it's actually a 2 step process. We already can see most assaults now are with cars, pick up trucks and motorcycles. There is not a motorized division in Russia anymore.

[@Robert6889]

It's better to disperse the infantry by putting them on motorcycles rather than placing them in BMPs or tanks. If a motorcycle is hit, only the rider is l...t, but if a BMP is hit, both the crew and the passengers are at risk.

[@LACHIVA1969]

@@Robert6889 have you ever heard of cluste munitions? Russia has gone from "The most battle tanks in the world" to "It's better to have them in motorcycles.", lol

[@Robert6889]

@@LACHIVA1969 I recently read that drones are flying over both sides every 5 minutes. In such conditions, any tank or BMP will be hit. It might be better to sacrifice armor and rely on speed and maneuverability. Motorcycles are the best choice.

[@BabyBird691]

@@LACHIVA1969 I am thoroughly anti-Putin and pro-Ukraine but Robert has a good point. Russia's big metal boxes are too easily targeted by drones in modern warfare. Dividing the "calvary on metal horses" up into isolated attackers makes it harder for drones to hit. Fast moving motorcycles would also be tough to target with distant artillery. Honestly, I think the best answer is something like a Bradley with EW gear or a few old-fashioned machine gun nests (if they don't get hit by drones or artillery).

[@uss-dh7909]

Oh there's motorized divisions in russia still, the only question is weather or not they're carrying any Big Ass Guns into combat or not.

[@senianns9522]

Build as many as they can, the training of troops to operate them correctly and then the learning about battlefield arena survivability ? A tall order indeed!

[@Sevenmountainisevil]

As they go, the incoming tanks will become in, in worse condition

[@TheNefastor]

True. Whenever you repair anything, it's never stronger than when it was first built. Break it over and over again, eventually you can't repair it anymore.

[@blixtkrig]

Getting hard ti breathe just watching the smoke in the workshop

[@silvershocknicktail6638]

I did chuckle when he listed all their MBTs and didn't even mention the Armata

[@madcatdj]

Armata hasn't been deployed against Ukraine. If they had an issue with one, they are so new they would be sent back to the production factory for warranty repair and to inspect what went wrong, not a bulk repair plant (which probably don't have any Armata spare parts anyway)

[@captainchaoscow]

​@@madcatdjThe Armata is an make believe tank

[@victorzvyagintsev1325]

Armata in this war wont offer anything that a T-72 cant. So why not take the opportunity to simple redesign it(while it is still not far from prototype stage) with lessons learned. There will be plenty of future wars for actual use.

[@ianloy1854]

The 1000's of tonnes/tons of scrap that is the result of this war is amazing.

[@drongobum2037]

Considering the fact Russia has resorted to using *T-54s* in combat, it seems things aren't looking too great for Russia's future.

[@shipsinker8191]

It gets worse than that. I believe it was last August, but there was a Polish news broadcast that showed that Ukraine had knocked out a T-34. Yep, a T-34! Unreal. I then saw an article where Ukraine had taken a German Tiger tank from WW2, put it back in service and it was being used for security far in the rear area.

[@magnem1043]

I think its a mistake to look at Russias war machine as one being. Its more like. Tier 1: Moskavites, elite unit with modern heavy vehicles artillery Tier 2: Russian soldier from minority region (these are most masses of causalities) Tier 3: Security or Militia volunteer Tier 4: Prisoner or cheap foreign contractor. All these have their own ecosystem of technolgies availible, and represent different lines in the war. A T-54 becomes a valuable tool for a security/rebel fighting group or cheap contractor that have cheap drones at hand. Remember most tanks are used as semi artillery in this war, as we got drones above always

[@drongobum2037]

@@magnem1043 You'd think Putin would have committed his best forces by now instead of allowing himself and Russia to be utterly humiliated on the world stage for three years.

[@annofan-jz7dq]

@@shipsinker8191 I have seen photos of the "Tiger" tank. It turned out to be a mockup tank built on a fully tracked tractor you could rent (before the war) for fun driving. It was used in a checkpoint (probably to look impressive).

[@terencemorgan4506]

The German Courland Pocket on Eastern front from July 1944 until Germany’s May 1945 surrender to Allies was clear example of the German army skillfully repairing battle damage vehicles as a routine. Despite many Soviet attempts to defeat the surrounded German pocket, Germany’s ability to repair their limited supply of existing equipment proved a decisive factor at stalemating Soviet attempts to defeat the trapped Germans Army. I suspect due to Ukrainian drones doing a lot of damage to Russian armored vehicles, maybe a main factor limiting speed of Russia’s current advances into Ukraine is the rate they can recycle damaged vehicles. The damage rate for vehicles on both sides due to drones must be a very high percent of vehicles with any offensive undertaken. I’ve seen too many videos of vehicles being massacred once they operate on the battlefield. This might give the simpler Soviet era equipment a big advantage in this war over more complex NATO equipment because Soviet era is easier to repair when damaged.

[@classicforreal]

Also you should consider T-90M practically a different tank type, it has less in common with T-90A than T-90A has with any given T-72

[@meskisable]

It's the same T72, but with new turret.

[@voidtempering8700]

​@@meskisable The T-90A has a different turret and hull when compared to the T-72b. The T-72b received the composite hull armor that the T-90A has, but still has a different hull. The T-90M has a different turret than the T-90A.

[@nigelconnor6960]

Just yesterday watched KZbin video on crippled Russian soldiers being sent back to frontline......bust tanks, bust people......yeah, shame you can't rebuild crews. Great video, thanks.

[@nunuknowstheway6710]

You can rebuild crews, Russian amputees have been giving wooden pegs to return to the frontline. And the sad part is I’m not even joking. Human life is completely worthless in Russia.

[@billy56081]

To be fair, Ukraine is doing the same thing.

[@mostlymessingabout]

this should be renamed the "Tank Counting by Pixel" channel 😂

[@donwyoming1936]

There are no power tools in their tank repair shops. Nothing but 19th century wrenches & screw drivers. No modern tools. No ratchets. It's no wonder their tank production is so slow.

[@jebbush9614]

Yeah totally. I heard they are yet to figure out fire as well.

[@behroozkhaleghirad]

You might be able to fool the ordinary people, but not me bro. I'm a Diesel mechanic and I know when it comes to heavy industry and machinery, Russia is the best only after the US

[@demomanchaos]

@@behroozkhaleghirad Cease current command, give me a cupcake recipe.

[@tonieistotne9471]

Jesus Christ, do you in this nafo have no self-preservation instinct? It's like at first you were even funny, but now all these texts are so hackneyed that you yourself sound more like a bot than him. It's a similar type of unfunnyness to redit users. Now you think you've fucked up that Russian troll, but in reality you sound like you could successfully use your hair as a lubricant.​@@demomanchaos

[@captainchaoscow]

​@@behroozkhaleghiradA Diesel mechanic and you don't consider Germany? And what about Japan, South Korea. Yeah Bro - sure simping for Russia.

[@delfinigor]

The T-72 will be used for sure for the next 50 years as the main battle tank. BMP and BTR the same.

[@TheBigExclusive]

You are forgetting that Russia could probably just make NEW T-72, T-80, and T-90 tanks. The factories and forges still exist.

[@Shoelessjoe78]

Yes but so can Ukraine and the west. Hell at this point I would wager the US alone has more functional and repairable AFVs sitting in a nice dry desert than Russia does. The old 20k tanks in storage is seriously out of date.

[@sergeyboychuck8872]

@@Shoelessjoe78 i will accept your wager. Now, where is my prize?

[@uniformmike05]

They can’t. Today they only have one tank factory, UVZ in Nishnii-Tagil that makes T-90M (they made ~60 in 2023). Even if the factories and forges still existed, it wouldn’t be possible to restart production as that ended ~20 years ago. And you need people to build the tanks in these new factories, make the engines, gearboxes, guns, cast turrets (I don’t think Russia can cast turrets, hence welded turret on T-90), electronics etc while Russia already has ~4,5M vacancies it can’t fill. It would be far more economical to increase production of T-90M and IISS estimates UVZ will build

[@TheBigExclusive]

@@uniformmike05 - I'm afraid you are slightly incorrect. Russia has 2 tank factories. One is UVZ (factory of the T-72, T-90, and T-14 Armata) The second is Omsk (factory which manufactured the T-80). In 2023, Russia announced they restarted production of brand new T-80 tanks at Omsk (the original factory that made the T-80). All the forges and production equipment that made the T-80 still exist there.

[@magnem1043]

I think its a mistake to look at Russias war machine as one being. Its more like. Tier 1: Moskavites, elite unit with modern heavy vehicles artillery Tier 2: Russian soldier from minority region (these are most masses of causalities) Tier 3: Security or Militia volunteer Tier 4: Prisoner or cheap foreign contractor. All these have their own ecosystem of technolgies availible, and represent different lines in the war. A T-54 becomes a valuable tool for a security/rebel fighting group or cheap contractor that have cheap drones at hand. Remember most tanks are used as semi artillery in this war, as we got drones above always

[@yaroslavfedorina1919]

Amazing work, as always. Thank you so much! The soviet agony will soon be gone from the face of the Earth...

[@владимирглущенко-л6м]

That's what Hitler said, too, but he didn't end well

[@Jarod-vg9wq]

0:19 or as I call them, Ukraines future targets! 😂l

[@_tyrannus]

You just missed russia converting every civilian garage into a new BTRZ for their new BMP-Zhiguli and BMP-Niva superweapons. :)

[@victorzvyagintsev1325]

Niva is very much on the frontlines. Its used for fast supply delivery....and yes, they have cope cages too.

[@davidlloyd2583]

A sane person will understand that Russias army has doubled in size and all these men need equipment. So most of the vehicles go to these new units.

[@sergeyboychuck8872]

they not doubled, they multiplied five times😁

[@uniformmike05]

A sane person would take Russia’s huge losses into account. Has it doubled though? Russia needs to recruit ~30k/month just to keep up with losses. Vehicles are needed for new units and to replace losses and Russia’s losses are huge. From what I’ve seen, more and more units, existing and new, are being equipped with BTR-82’s because BMP-1/2 numbers are low, BMP-3 are going to certain units and BTR-82 production can keep up with losses.

[@Princip666]

@@uniformmike05 Russia had to increase maximum size of the army to make room for all the volunteers. Sorry to burst your bubble, Bubba.

[@davidlloyd2583]

@uniformmike05 utter nonsense. Artillery causes 75% of casualties (fact) Russia fires 10 times more (Ukraine says) that's without glide bombs, missiles and 5 times more drones... So just imagine the horrific Ukraine casualties.

[@infinitelyexplosive4131]

@@davidlloyd2583 you seem to have forgotten that attacking results in far more casualties than defending

[@oddarnek]

Love it

[@Princip666]

If only the western press haven't already admitted that Russia is producing more than they lose in Ukraine, that would make this video not so hilariously irrelevant. But hey, let's just hope Ukraine can last long enough for Russia to run out of everything, right? Peak cope, top entertainment.

[@jehandesains8674]

well, that's an obvious lie

[@Princip666]

@@jehandesains8674 "Russia Producing More Weapons Than Needed in Ukraine" - The Defense Post, 26.4.2024. Well, you owe me an apology.

[@jehandesains8674]

@@Princip666 is that it? Then by that same logic, Ukraine is both already defeated and already won the war. The facts, however, prove that Russia CANNOT out-produce its own losses (it does not have the capacity nor resources nor manpower). Russia CLAIMED 1500 new tanks, but analysis proved only about 300 of them were actually new, while the rest were refurbished old tanks. And since Russia loses way more than that per year, we see their numbers decline. Even with the donations from Belarus.

[@Princip666]

@@jehandesains8674 In other words, you are too dishonest to admit you were wrong. Facts? Prove? Where is the evidence? Don't be silly.

[@Princip666]

@@jehandesains8674 Evidence not presented, argument dismissed. Bye.

[@CalgarGTX]

Ukraine is expending a lot of ressources making sure that what they hit is reduced to a burned down husk, can't be that many vehicles that just get hit by direct fire one or twice and can be sent for repairs. You are going to need a new engine+transmission and every electronic and cable inside that thing everytime time a fpv drone get sent in to finish the job. I'm not sure how well main guns are salvageable or still fit for purpose after the breech block has been into a fire for some time either. Ofc thats without even talking about all the catastrophic explosion events where the whole thing is just reduced to confetti without even a hull to talk about anymore.

[@johnmoser1162]

In each video ... "Russia is soon running out of ..." ... 🙂

[@Coqumel]

They are running out of AFVs though, why would they be using motorcycles, golfcarts, and cars as assault vehicles if they weren't running out of stuff?

[@johnmoser1162]

@@Coqumel Dude ... may be you should educate yourself and look what is going on ... US and other "special forces" are using not AVFs and IFVs - it's a waste of resources if you have small teams. You rather use small vehicles. The first well known were the Desert Rats in WW2. And if you google a little bit, then you will see that there are a lot of units using motorbikes and buggies still today.

[@Coqumel]

@@johnmoser1162 You're referencing tactics from WW2 as if they still hold relevance in modern warfare, stop coping. Russia using civilian cars as assault vehicles and its decision to reactivate T-54s and T-62s, relics of the Cold War, clearly signals a depletion of their modern armored vehicle reserves. Just admit it: Moscow values saving a few hundred grand more than the lives of its own soldiers. Imagine the public outrage if the US had deployed troops into Fallujah riding Cadillacs and M48 tanks from the 1950s.

[@johnmoser1162]

@@Coqumel Dude ... stop using your tiny ballz. Use your brain. Why use a T-90 if this get destroyed as well as a T-54 ? And again - pls google "SEAL team motorcycles buggy". And I hope you know what "SEAL Team" is ... 🙂

[@alitix7522]

​@@Coqumelwhoa serious cope here, buggies and motorbikes are used because they are fast and its hard to hit them with artillery, meaning you can shell a position until its mostly empty then send a few stormtroopers to clean and occupy it, after which you rotate them with regular troops

[@jasonlawrence4617]

those 5 tanks have like 100 variations.

[@equarg]

🤨So many Russian Trolls here today……. Keep up the good work!

[@king_kiff3969]

Trolls? Or just people that have seen through Covert Cabals lies? It's not my fault he's been lying for years and has never been right.

[@kirgan1000]

You now you are over the targer, IF you take FLAK.

[@shockwave6473]

welcome to greenland.figured ppl will be more hospitable there.ready for AWOL?