Over 1,000 Russian T-80 battle tanks believed destroyed in Ukraine

[@Ianmundo]

The Omsk factory can refurbish 350 tanks a month? Doubt! if that were true 4000 stored tanks would have been upgraded and readied in a single year. That simply didn’t happen. Maybe half that

[@ashleygoggs5679]

not to mention if they are retrofitting to the BV model that means once the old stock runs out they will be manufacturing from scratch which means production is going to ramp down alot.

[@DARKSTAR-mn8ee]

No to Naziukropnato...♥️🇷🇺👍

[@beze9632]

@@DARKSTAR-mn8ee No to russian trolls.

[@HansvanBuuren-f2t]

Actually all refurbishable tanks have been refurbished. Stockpiles are empty. Production of new takns is just over 200 a year. Parts have run out. Factories have exploded. Soon there will be no more tanks.

[@moodogco]

That 100% not true as the russians are known for notoriously slow production

[@tricky1992000]

In the modern drone era, any tank model is going to take heavy losses.

[@absinth2k1]

No. There are modern anti drone weapons, in modern armys.

[@Catindaboot]

you got wrong line there, the ammo is not inside turret but the middle of hull ( just below the turret ring )

[@crabyman3555]

not all of the ammo is in the autoloader, some spare rounds are also all around the inside, including hull and yes also in turret

[@Catindaboot]

@crabyman3555 russian doctrine for combat situation tank is using full rack autoloader and spare in hull. the rest is carried on box by resuply unit. they never use turret rack because its already cramped and suply convoy is close, so its only go with full rack autoloader usually

[@tricky1992000]

The side that wins the battlefield get's to recover it's damaged tanks, and a tank is only destroyed when it's not economical to repair it.

[@HansvanBuuren-f2t]

Wrong in different ways. No repairable tanks are left, all finished off. And when parts are gone you cannot repair.

[@tricky1992000]

@@HansvanBuuren-f2t bull, when Ukraine took back land in Khakov and Kherson there was plenty of damaged tanks recovered from those areas and put back into action. It works both ways. Less damaged tanks will typically be quickly repaired by mobile repair units more damaged tanks will be put onto rail and sent back to the factory. Plenty of damaged leopard 2 tanks have been repaired in Lithuania and Poland and sent back.

[@JeffGordon-ph4vz]

@@HansvanBuuren-f2tno he’s right sit down bro

[@KalvineGiz]

@@JeffGordon-ph4vz Russia T-80s are old tanks no much for the modern field. After witnessing a million dollar and old tech tank being blown up by 10,000 drone, would any SANE human being in russia go ahead to spend millions to repair the old tech only to be cheaply destroyed again, Your Dumb brain is not helping you. Even the repairable tanks will be worthless as long as the cheap drones exist. In other words Russian losses are irepairable, total loss....... Why not attend a school and get some education boy😂😂😂, The leopards and Abrams are something else You sound like a kid

[@HansvanBuuren-f2t]

@@JeffGordon-ph4vz Don't stick your nose into matters you don't understand kid. From under your rock, do check reports from the battlefield.

[@nickellison2785]

1:20 and 4:39 show T-72s, not T-80s.

[@AdalbertSchneider_]

and 4:18 T-90M

[@Evan_Bell]

You state the T-80 has borne the brunt of the losses. But the very source you cite states the T-72 is overrepresented in visually confirmed losses by a factor of 1.5 (1591 vs 1061).

[@Evan_Bell]

The T-80s range is practically identical to that of the US turbine powered M1a1. The diesel piston engined T-72 has a range comparable to Western tanks with the same engine type...

[@Marchochias]

The T-72 is likely the Russian tank that has lost the greatest numbers in Ukraine. Several times more were produced than the T-80, and it is simpler to maintain and operate.

[@j.dunlop8295]

Oryx reported that Russia lost 3,235 tanks, including 518 that were captured

[@Silver_Prussian]

Except those are not visually confirmed, if I give you a edited picture in which I put a UFO will count it as visual conformation ? Its the same way with oryx and all other websites they all have a pro-ukriane stance and only require one pic with none to very little information to be provided to be counted asa loss. I can take 10 picture of the same vehicle from different angles, edit them and boom, 10 destroyed russian tanks.

[@Silver_Prussian]

​@@j.dunlop8295 oryx isnt a great source

[@SayakMajumder]

~5min video about T-80. Thumbnail is of a T-72. Model T-72B3 obr.2016 specifically. "Channel about military knowledge and identification."

[@chashouse8511]

All military's try to recover armoured vehicles as much as possible, so not necessarily an indicator of shortages.

[@MikeBobby-l7o]

This is a incredibly important point. We only need look to the winter war for this to stand out, there we too also see incredible claims of tank losses. However a huge majority of these were temporarily knocked out and then repaired. There was some Soviet tanks that were counted as "losses" then brought back into action over 5 times.

[@jimohara]

True. And it is pretty much a necessary indicator that the recovering side held the battleground.

[@jimmclean9312]

It all comes down to economics in the end . When a fifty dollar drone can take out a million and a half dollar tank, economics is not on your side !

[@T-90AK]

1. The thumbnail is wrong, that's a T-72B3M. 2. 18 tanks lost out of 84 tanks arn't bad. 3. The 125mm gun is absolutely a match for modern Western tanks. 4. Weakspots are a thing on all tanks. 5. Any army recovers their damaged equipment, if it's possible. That's not a indication of anything. 6. All Soviet tanks can fire depleted uranium rounds, it's not a new thing. Nor is it the reason for the BVM modernization, which was introduced in 2017, btw.

[@joe2mercs]

The fact that Russia is refurbishing battle damaged vehicles has encouraged Ukraine drone operators to persist in their attacks to reduce vehicles to burnt out hulks beyond economic repair.

[@Silver_Prussian]

Thats kinda of impossible with the drones they have, they would have to strike a target several times with the drones they have which means wasting them on immobilised armour instead of infantry. Unless they can start a fire inside the tank and make the ammo explode the damage will be within economic repair.

[@ybag9909]

some of them can be repaired

[@Jim_Acosta]

Whereas we couldn't afford to lose 1% of that number 😂😂

[@MrBadBean]

It's the loss of the tank crews that hurt the most, they need training which takes a lot of time

[@uketubetv4696]

Fantastic! Congratulations ZSU! Slava Ukraini!

[@616CC]

I mean I don’t know why I’m watching it’s not like anything in this is going to be accurate or nuanced

[@оалатвлвд]

that's a very unnuanced take

[@616CC]

@ taking your property back from a thief isn’t robbery

[@Pz.history]

Its alot of tanks. But They still have the T-80 and T-72 and T-90

[@championknife]

The difference between Soviet and Western technology, designed for quick repairs. If the Leopard tank is damaged, it is taken to Poland for repair. The Russian tank is being repaired immediately on the front line and back into battle. There were cases when the tank was hit seven times, and the soldiers of the repair units quickly restored it. So the statistics on the damaged tanks of Russia do not know how many times they considered the tanks to be damaged, and how many times these tanks went into battle again after repairs.

[@Marchochias]

They must have lost several thousand T-72s? Far more were produced and in Soviet inventory than the T-80

[@MsZeeZed]

The point is that the T-80 was considered the best tank that the Soviets ever made. This channel is taking that knowledge as read. The nomenclature is confusing, but T-62 : T-72 : T-90 is one lineage and the T-64 : T-80 is a slightly different design evolution. The story is of the operational death of this once infamous MBT in Ukraine.

[@blackpaint9093]

​@@MsZeeZedthe T-80 is still the most effective tank on the battlefield, on both sides. Its high losses on both sides are biased since they are heavily used in high risk offensive operations because of their effectiveness

[@LyricFaith-v3u]

Source : trust me bro trust me

[@AB-ys4yn]

@bunnybunnyyyy Ok now about that Oryx myth. They counted any burnt armoured vehicles left and right - half of their "visual confirmed" losses was just a soviet era Ukrainian(!) tanks and other armoured vehicles. When you thoroughly check through photos and other evidence, half is just unrecognisable completely burned down and locations are doubtful evidence as both sides changed territory. Some where blatant lie - like T72 tank labelled by Oryx as russian with a typical UA yellow paint/tape on a barrel!! Then by 2023 when UA began running out of Soviet vehicles and that infamous counter offensive packed with NATO vehicles failed, Oryx announced they are closing their project haha I wonder why lol

[@AB-ys4yn]

@bunnybunnyyyy Oryx was run by NATO country dudes obviously it’s biased as *** Coping is in these videos: Russia lost all its tanks, will run out of men, shells, missiles, oil, money UA is winning blah blah so pathetic lol

[@AB-ys4yn]

@bunnybunnyyyy haha you such a troll I never said “all of them Ukrainian tanks” haha the level of copium is just pathetic, trying to spin the words from comments let alone the facts about this war lol

[@120mmsmoothbore2]

@AB-ys4yn Oryx didn't close the project though, it's still ongoing. Oryx lists more Bradleys destroyed than Russian sources do which would make any sense if your argument is taken seriously. Oryx is about as unbiased as you can get, if you have a visually confirmed destruction you can submit it and have it posted, there's nothing else to it. Also please link to the "T-72 labelled by Oryx as Russian with a typical UA yellow paint/tape on the barrel", I've yet to see such a mistake.

[@pdterre5496]

Another thing is that russian defence industries are allegedly operating at a loss.

[@Jimmythefish577]

Sources?

[@terryharris1291]

@@Jimmythefish577 21% bank cash rate so they are borrowing at a higher rate than that,all that they make ,then gets blown up in Ukraine, so they are borrowing money at a high rate and make no profit.

[@r.m2072]

russian defense industries are basically state owned, so

[@petergray2712]

They've traditionally been a money losing industry (r&d costs are borne by the manufacturers until they've built a system the government wants to buy). Couple that with inconsistent Russian military spending on weapons before 2022, where the military buys small lots of new weapons that barely cover the cost of development and production while burdening the Russian armed forces with weapons that are logistically incompatible with other systems, and its amazing a Russian arms industry still even exists.

[@LyricFaith-v3u]

source: trust me bro

[@XTSu-sl1bb]

Why would sanctions make a difference on upgrading a Soviet tank?

[@deeeeeeeench1209]

Exactly a country with more natural resources than most others lol

[@ShadowPhoenixMaximus]

Everything gets more expensive. We can't stop Russia from taking measures to skirt around sanctions. But we can make it more costly. The EU and US knew it would take time for the sanctions to bite into Putin's war chest. We've been seeing the result of that for the past year or so, with the Ruble's value falling and Russian efforts to modernise its military hardware slowing down. Among many other things.

[@Slammedtothefloor]

I believe, and correct me if i'm wrong but a lot of Electrical components and various other components used for Russian vehicles are manufactured in the West. This meant Russia had to adapt it's production to compensate for the loss and my best guess would be, were not to standard of western components.

[@deeeeeeeench1209]

@Slammedtothefloor China would make them it if they can't but remember Russia has just made the fastest missiles ever so I don't think a few little chips are going to be a problem lol

[@XTSu-sl1bb]

@@ShadowPhoenixMaximus that is all true, but with the secondary countries support in the Russian war effort and China selling components they are managing to get enough products to keep the war effort going indefinitely. When are we gonna start expanding the sanctions. Hopefully Trump will start to implement this as well as reducing the oil price that will essentially cripple the Russian economy, and war effort.

[@Zack-nl6bw]

Russian never ends their tank production since ww2, it keeps increasing

[@thomasjenkins1264]

In general I'd say all soviet era tanks are built like jumping jack coffins

[@johnnunn8688]

Adding cam netting in a square shape, doesn’t help.

[@anhta1778]

actually it does. Sometimes drones can get caught and not detonate

[@mikekimbler8730]

And yet......

[@anhta1778]

Thanks for the russian flag emoji, we really needed that clarification (also the tank in the thumbnail is a T-72B3)

[@vetrino4ever]

"Russia is recovering thier tannks , this means they are running out of Tanks" ?????????

[@simonconlaund1010]

“In war, truth is the first casualty”. Recently, an exchange of dead soldiers during which Russia received 49 bodies and Ukraine received 749 bodies a ratio of 1:15. Prisoner exchange 25 for 25 as agreed.

[@jb76489]

Source: trust me bro

[@ΧρήστοςΚατραντζής]

@@jb76489 ok but why i need to trust you?

[@TheKakan1337]

Свободный мир всегда на правильной стороне истории. 141 страна выступает на стороне Украины 🇺🇦

[@jimohara]

@@TheKakan1337there is no such thing as ‘the free world’

[@beze9632]

@@jimohara Yes, but the west is more free for sure.

[@paulcalder9697]

You said it believed

[@frankrenda2519]

orix is a joke

[@beze9632]

Russian military is a joke.

[@SuddenStrike_HQ]

1:17 , 18/84 isn’t heavy losses, what are you talking about and to mention the vehicles destroyed were attached to the 81st samara regiment which rushed into grozny and got ambushed, the tank is actually quite good and served well there.

[@uniformmike05]

A loss of ~20% of your tanks is heavy losses. Even the Russians themselves acknowledged that the T-80 didn’t perform well in Chechnya and they preferred T-62 and T-72.

[@duke0salt717]

Ah yes the video talking about T 80s shows a T 72 in the tab

[@Retroscoop]

I wouldn't take all those figures flying around not too serious. Churchill once said he only believed in the statistics he falsified himself, that sums it up. Some of the claims that are made are frivolous at best. The reality on the ground is, for the moment being, the front doesn't move a lot, and if it does, it is unfortunately in favour of the invader. And there are a lot of Russians that still can be trained to drive such tanks, "or else". And with an economy focussing on the war, lots more tanks can be made than during peacetime. Even women can be trained to make tanks, remember 1940-45.

[@willknowler8194]

Your thumbnail shows a T-72B3 Obr.2016 tho, get the basics right

[@NandiCollector]

*COVERT CABAL is the right person to tell how much tanks Russia currently has in their military bases. ;)*

[@therovingrobin5938]

So, this is where the new comedy channel is located on yt😂😂😂 great work, guys, you did make me laugh with your silliness!

[@MsZeeZed]

Tank losses may not tell the whole story, but conducting infantry assaults on motorbikes & what are little better than golf carts doesn’t say much for Russian BMP production 😼

[@Frederick-m6n]

Everything, every tank is out of storeage.. There is hundreds, not thousands of tanks in Ukraine. The 10, 000 number is a decade old.. go to convert Cabral for a close idea. There are noe reserves..

[@sulesomow6461]

Propaganda will not win the war for Ukraine 😂

[@AB-ys4yn]

Haha spot on mate. I keep hearing same narrative from day one: RU experiencing huge men losses, tanks, short on planes, missiles, drones.. Russia is loosing, Ukraine is winning.. It's not an easy war for neither side and I am not saying Ru has won this war.. but after 3 years they still have plenty of men, tanks, planes, missiles and drones.. The war goes on and it doesn't look promising for Ukraine...

[@120mmsmoothbore2]

@AB-ys4yn At the rate Russia is going it will take them just over another 24 months to capture all of Donetsk, never mind Kharkiv and the other Oblasts they claim. Do you think Russia can keep up their current losses for another two years? If so, can they keep up with increased losses as they push into more urbanised areas.

[@aedwards4496]

Useless Western nonsense. Zelensky is finished.

[@Good_Nawaitu]

Russia vs NATO

[@SnakePliskin762]

What NATO regiment's are fighting?

[@TheSovietWombat]

Interesting to point out but sadly if you look at statistics as of december 1st they are producing more T80BVM Obr 2023 hulls than they are loosing them on the front, They have made the decision to restart the mass production lines like they had in the 70's and this is going to make it very very difficult in destroying such a enemy with a large manufacturing capability

[@jjookkeerr6699]

proof?

[@TheKakan1337]

What?

[@жительевросоюза]

it is also believed that there is monster living in lake Loch Ness :D

[@HansvanBuuren-f2t]

Russians not welcome here.

[@JohnBenson-w1m]

This is western propaganda!

[@MsZeeZed]

Because the Russian claim to have destroyed 20,492 “NATO tanks” is so trustworthy 😹

[@jimohara]

That goes without saying

[@LyricFaith-v3u]

believed ??? believed by who the west ????? lol i also believe santa is real

[@michaelwu9450]

What’s the figure at?

[@ramilv739]

It's 1000 in ukranian. Which is 40 in metric. (I'm Russian and I barely saw any T80s in Ukraine. I would know cause my father was one of the T80 designers)

[@beze9632]

Sure, Ivan. Are you in Ukraine, personally?

Such bad design. Good for them that they didn’t find out in 1986…

[@Evan_Bell]

What makes you say it's a bad design? The range is the same tradeoff for speed that the Americans have taken. The autoloader made sense at the time it was made, in the days before mass deployment of ATGMs, PGMs and kamikaze drones, and the primary threat to the tank was other tanks. Using an auto loader reduces the size, making it a smaller target. The gun is also fine, larger bore diameter than Western ones. Though since the T80 was introduced, NATO has further refined APFSDS rounds, which Russia hasn't to the same degree. It also has excellent frontal armour which again, is what matters when it comes to tank on tank engagements, which was the primary threat it was designed for...

[@tomhenry897]

Russia had that many?

[@LyricFaith-v3u]

ahhh muricans living inside a rock

[@AB-ys4yn]

Fun fact: and still has don't listen to his bias

[@ChukwuebukaNdaji]

Useless western propaganda

[@frankrenda2519]

true

[@beze9632]

Why so many of you Africans are bootlicking russians?

[@Ak_agent47]

Lies

[@MikeBobby-l7o]

Anyone who believes this is laughably naive.

[@ShadowPhoenixMaximus]

Vatnik simp: "Our own government is lying." Also Vatnik: "I believe anything an authoritarian government says."

[@janwillem752]

I agree with you, Russian tanks are laughable.

[@MikeBobby-l7o]

@@janwillem752 Turns out NATO tanks are as vulnerable as any Russian tank too. Doesn't matter if it's a Leopard 2 or a M1A2 or a T-80 they all burn when faced against drones.

[@MikeBobby-l7o]

@@janwillem752 Same with NATO tanks. Remind me again how the Leopards and M1s are doing?

[@marcus5551]

Russian military doctrine has been incredibly slow to adapt to modern tactics. Regardless of the capabilities of their combined armour, if they continue to use WW2 era meat grinder tactics they will continue to receive heavy losses. It seems only now that they are beginning to learn their lessons, but only producing/reintroducing armour at a similar rate to their losses is barely sustainable. Watching other channels, stocks are running desperately low. However the Ukrainian conflict draws out, and with sanctions hitting hard, Russia are in an ever worsening situation

[@dmitrijvorontsov2767]

Russia has 12 000 tanks

[@ValterUngerson]

It dosent matter.

[@Cav-z1y]

Two words, * might * and * had *

[@christopherchartier3017]

Well, not anymore

[@marcus5551]

Had

[@mastermariner490]

And how many are operational and not sitting in a yard rusting

[@laurencebrowning1545]

Is it true that the Ukrainians have recaptured Mariupol & are almost at the Sea of Azov? Billions of our Western cash spent so far - what an investment!!

[@beze9632]

It is true that the russiany captured Kijiv, and almost at Berlin?

[@DARKSTAR-mn8ee]

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[@beze9632]

@@DARKSTAR-mn8ee Why are sou projecting?

[@DARKSTAR-mn8ee]

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[@beze9632]

@@DARKSTAR-mn8ee @darkputinsckerstar Are you 12?