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[@bloo9699]

Had a discord buddy who lives in Russia... was always the nicest fella, big cat lover. Then came 2022 and Russia's propaganda may be low effort and easy to see through. But it worked like a dream on him. Posting articles claiming the US has boots on the ground in Ukraine and is bombing babies on the reg. All that didn't bother me, but then he started in with the talk of "homosexuals destroying the fabric of society with their degeneracy and whatnot". I can forgive someone being misled to believe all of Ukraine is infested with nazis, but if you follow that up with a time honored nazi talking point... I can't hang with that level of stupid.

[@olgatrotsenko2153]

It all comes to russian propaganda definition of what nazis are. They are basically anyone who's against russian "friendship". The logic is that since soviet russia single-handedly defeated Third Reich (or so they say) that means they are the ultimate anti-nazis and everyone who's against them is a nazi. So even when they repeat literal nazi talking points they are not nazis by default, you are for opposing them.

[@taragnor]

I always wonder about those people that claim homosexuals are destroying the fabric of society.... I generally assume they have to be so worried because they're partly in the closet themselves, terrified that they're one good sales pitch away from joining "team gay."

[@d3nza482]

He was never the nicest fella. Regardless of cat love.

[@TheSpeep]

To be fair to your friend, the US may not be bombing Russian babies, but they are funding the people bombing Palestinian babies... which is still not great.

[@dennisyoung4631]

That kind of efficient indoctrination isn’t something that can be established overnight. Unless the person has something seriously wrong with them, you can’t build that kind of edifice overnight. Same for reducing an established (right wing) edifice. It has taken many years in my case.

[@TheSpeep]

It gets worse. Its not just one tank this year. Its the second year in a row where they have just that one tank, last years parade was the same. They also pretended to have a flyby over the parade by cutting in footage of jets into the broadcast, but the weather in the flyby footage was different from that at the parade, and the type of jets kept changing between shots. Edit: 5:20 Oh no, Vaush doesnt even know about the turtle tanks.

[@mat.b.]

The "history of ww2" thing he's talking about is how eastern European countries (not just Ukraine) take down Soviet military statues, Lenin statues, etc. and also the widely accepted norm that WW2 started in 1939, whereas in Russia they pretend it started in 1941 and Stalin never allied with Hitler. So they're just calling the world revisionists for not going along with their revisionism.

[@user-vq6pu9uj8r]

Technically Russian position is not a revisionism, because it was always USSR's official position. And Russia position is a little bit more complicated, WW2 still started in 1939 according to it, Great Patriotic war started in 1941. So it's not like Russia outwardly denies history(in broader strokes) , it is a more of a reframing.

[@mat.b.]

@@user-vq6pu9uj8r Russians don't differentiate between WW2 and their Great Patriotic Revisionism tbh, and they do deny what occurred before '41 up to including Putin's recent statements that Poland forced the Nazis to invade (which was literally the Nazi propaganda position)

[@quanganhvu6791]

As someone non-Russian who grew up in Russian education system, most of us never remembered the actual dates of ww2 but the dates for the Great Patriotic War (22/06/1941 - 09/05/1945) were seared into our brain from around 4-5th grade when history actually started to be a subject at school. I always wondered why they couldn't just address the conflict as ww2 like everyone else. Then I grew up and started to read non-Russian sources for that period. Boy oh boy....

[@_liqour_]

@@quanganhvu6791 понимаю

[@hayleyxyz]

They also say "Russia defeated the Nazis" (or more they conflate the USSR with Russia) when the Soviet Union consisted of way more countries than Russia SFR. Russia loves taking credit for the achievements of the other Soviet republics.

[@IndependentObserver]

BTW it's the same single tank they used the the previous victory parade, and it was made after WW2, in Czechoslovakia.

[@stream2watch]

It has been mentioned that it has been imported from Laos. This is why Russia can't have nice things

[@bargainbincatgirl6698]

The Russians are getting a lot of mileage of that tank.

[@D64nz]

They made over 80,000 T-34's and some were still in service until the 2000's. All in all a very successful design.

[@Mrcake0103]

Yeah it’s kinda funny seeing Vaush talk about it _now_ when /r/noncredibledefense was laughing about it an entire year ago.

[@ProfLakitax]

Russian Militarism will never be not goofy... Funniest shit ever.

[@hectoraccented5312]

If not for those submarines full of intercontinental ballistic missiles with nuclear warheads roaming the oceans, they never make me laugh

[@NotYourBusiness-bp2qn]

Napoleon thought so too. As did Hitler. Turns out it ain't that funny after a while....

[@blugger]

Funny story about Napoleon and Hitler Good ol Russian winter was pulling its weight And while we can credit the hardy Russian folks and industrial reform and military purges for kicking Hitler in the teeth *after* he'd spread himself too thin across a large landmass and scorched earth tactics, we can also thank everything that happened after the fall of the Soviet Union for paving the way for a really declawed Russia

[@lunsen402]

@@NotYourBusiness-bp2qn leat we forgot but Napoleon won the war against russia. Forced them into peace and the soviet union even during the second world war was many Times more powerful then modern day russia, larger to, without the nukes of course.

[@OsirisLord]

​@@NotYourBusiness-bp2qnJapan found them hilarious

[@j_lemy]

5:40 jumpscare warning Edit: it's fixed now, video went black in the original release PS. By "jumpscare" I was referring to seeing your own reflection in the black screen

[@zamalamahama4894]

Jumpscared by the infinite void

[@otacon8225]

You will be confronted with the insignificance of your own mind.

[@levin86osu]

6:09 did get me real good

[@FailedNuance]

6:08.5 is when one returns to reality. Disassociation art. I like.

[@huntierier]

It's gone 😢

[@silaskuemmerle2505]

Considering that during WWII, we built 1,200 shermans per month, Russia producing 100 T-90s a month is believable assuming they have every factory going full speed

[@KSmithwick1989]

T-90 production is closer to 30 units/month. The majority of Russian tanks are refurbished from open air storage.

[@silaskuemmerle2505]

@@KSmithwick1989 sounds about right, maybe a third of Russia's tank factories haven't had all their equipment either sold for vodka or cannibalized to keep the remaining equipment running

[@dzibanart8521]

Ehhh??? only problem is Russia does not have a fully operational economy. They are running out of workers for regular stuff, not to mention factories remember that they are sending young men to die.

[@pixel6698]

Modern military production is way slower than ww2. Today's military equipment is way more advanced and takes way longer to build than ww2 equipment did. Not only that, but it's expensive as shit to pump out that much equipment. Shermans were very basic and tiny compared to modern MBTs.

[@fluffynator6222]

What Vaush fails to mention it that these old tanks aren't just weak but also a strain on logistics. You need old parts to fix them,, they eat way more fuel, raepairs may be harder due to poor documentation etc etc

[@dennisyoung4631]

And, possibly, they will need rather more looking after - due to age, wear, rodents chewing the wires, etc…

[@davidballantyne4492]

different training too, for both crew and mechanics

[@lexslate2476]

They're fundamentally lower-maintenance machines. Less complicated, none of the advanced systems you'd associate with newer tanks. And the old Soviet stockpiles are full of parts. The documentation is old, but since they were made and maintained all across the USSR, there were many, many copies of it made, and only one full set needs to have made it to the modern day intact to allow them to print off new copies. The fuel inefficiency is real, though. Not that tanks aren't usually massive fuel hogs. (Which is part of why using the T-14 chassis for support vehicles is a spectacularly stupid idea.) The major problem isn't maintenance on them, though. It's that they're spectacularly inferior machines when you compare them to anything current generation, or last gen, or the generation before that. Any weapon made to counter tanks in the past fifty years can damn near turn them inside out, they're not very accurate, their weapons are weak by modern standards, firing on the move is completely beyond them, and they're absolutely fucking awful things to crew.

[@Stinkykawaiipfan]

Two things Russia has no shortage of fuel and Soviet era weapons.

[@fluffynator6222]

@@Stinkykawaiipfan Fuel still requires transport vehicles, like you need to get that out the front and relatively quickly at that. That just increases the probability of not getting your fuel on time due to supply issues or supply lines being struck. Not to mention the additional personal needed.

[@jeremyweaver9598]

I'm a retired Tank Crewman from the US Army. I've been LOVING this conversation. I only wish I was in chat.

[@calebharris292]

You might've just gotten shouted down by some web code developers tbh

[@jeremyweaver9598]

@@calebharris292 that happened once. Several years after my tour in Iraq, I was in a Facebook discussion with a woman I went to school with, who said she knew more about the Army and what's going on in Iraq because her dad was in Vietnam. Totally clueless!

[@alexroselle]

I’ve never served in the military and only briefly played War Thunder but when V said tanks have “sonar” I lol’ed

[@mitrahispana4119]

Thank you for your service! What’s your take?

[@jeremyweaver9598]

@mitrahispana4119 mostly, Russian tanks are garbage. The T-34 was the best tank the Russians ever built. They had the perfect blend of speed, armor, and firepower. Even the M1A2 Abrams has its flaws. Mainly, fuel consumption. Its jet turbine engine guzzles fuel. But still. It's better than any tank the Russians can ever crank out.

[@uncabob214]

Speaking as someone who's somewhat plugged into this, Russia is a big country with a lot of resources and industry, under an autocrat who is willing to spend all of his nation's wealth and wellbeing for the sake of his pride. Their military is in a terrible fucking state, and so so many of their troops are suffering terrible privation. But there's still more Russian meat for the grinder and will be for a long time. If the West, and particularly America, had been able to keep Ukraine stocked instead of fumbling the ball, they'd have been able to make some serious progress against the invasion. Instead they had to desperately ration their artillery ammunition and make slow fighting retreats. It was a ridiculous fucking bumbling, and poisoning by useful idiots, that American aid got cut off. All of that moaning aside, Russia is out of a lot, a lot of their shit. They're very low on near-modern tanks, they've lost a bunch of their critical and irreplaceable air-command planes, they've been pissing away jets, they're out of reserves and so down to production on a lot of missiles, they have almost no apcs (there are so many videos of unsupported Russian infantry trying to advance in all sorts of completely open civilian vehicles), there are terrible food, water and ammunition shortages for said infantry. About the only things they have a lot of are drones and conscripts. It's appalling.

[@wromthrax8003]

Don't forget the complacency of Europe, they weren't taking things seriously betting America would take all of the cost and responsibilities. When America faltered, they were left with their pants down and are in the unenviable position of having to reestablish military spending during a worldwide recession. Unfortunately, Ukraine paid for that assumption in blood.

[@hendrikvanleeuwen9110]

You might be pluggedhin, but your wires are crossed.

[@d3nza482]

@@wromthrax8003 Not a single claim in that comment is factual. Sorry, let me rephrase that... WHAT YOU SAID IS ALL BULLSHIT! Look up Common Security and Defence Policy of the EU, Treaty of Lisbon, Operation Atlantic Resolve, European Deterrence Initiative, 2016 NATO Summit in Warsaw... TLDR - Both US and EU have been BOTH providing aid to Ukraine ever since the annexation of Crimea AND both have been increasing their own readiness, through NATO and individually, continuously - ever since 9/11. Where the fuck do you think the Javelins Ukraine used on 24 February 2022 came from? Do you remember Trump's FIRST impeachment and what was it over? Hint: $400 million in military aid to Ukraine, mandated by the Congress. Do you remember EARLIER military aid packages and sales and Trump throwing tantrums over that? Do you remember how that ended? Just because you're ignorant doesn't mean you can just say any stupid meme-derived bullshit you believe to be possible.

[@samiamrg7]

Yeah, as long as Ukraine has weapons and even if they run low on manpower, I think it would be nearly impossible for Russia to make significant advances if they are running this low on vehicles. Their initial blitz failed, and that was with all the modern vehicles they needed. At this point, an offensive out of the entrenched positions would be easily bled out and thrown back.

[@hendrikvanleeuwen9110]

@samiamrg7 both sides are now using small unit/light infantry tactics, because of drone surveillance combined with indirect fire making mass formations a thing of the past. As for vehicles, there is no evidence Russia is running short. They are producing 90-120 mbts (tanks) a month. Russia has always kept surplus capacity for arms production, unlike the west who are having trouble incentivising increased production. Artillery shells being the most obvious example. The cost of a 155 shell has gone from $2000 to $8000, yet production has barely increased (relative to demand) and repetitively failed to meet stated targets. This war is a mess and Ukraine is losing.

[@Tacom4ster]

If only the Ghost of Stalin and the Romanovs warned him last Christmas, this could have been over quicker

[@richardarriaga6271]

They are probably strangling each other in the afterlife

[@Adyen11234]

To be fair to Russia, they're probably not really focusing their economy on tanks anymore and mostly just drones. Drones are just apparently more cost effective.

[@tomlxyz]

It's also much easier to build another drone than to replace dead soldiers

[@blasttyrant3228]

That is true they're being very economical, mines and drones are basically dirt cheap and very effective

[@DavidRichardson153]

Yeah, but drones still require some decent materials (computer chips and semiconductors being some of them), and last I checked, Russia does not have the raw resources or the appropriate manpower to turn those resources into what they need for drones. They are still too busy propping up a "private" oil-and-gas company and conscripting anyone and everyone who is not on the board of said oil-and-gas company to really have decent drone production, which is why the bulk of their drones are coming from Iran and China instead.

[@richardarriaga6271]

​@@DavidRichardson153They make the Shahed drones in Russia now and get supplies from third-party countries

[@MrGksarathy]

​@@richardarriaga6271That makes sense.

[@faisal-ca]

Russia running out is a story I am hearing since day one. I think Western support is key to winning. You have to out number Russia by a huge margin to make a difference. Russia has many stockpiles. Going low intensity means they will never run out.

[@StruggleGaming]

The NAFO boys watched the parade last year as well, same single T-34 as well. It was even funnier the second time.

[@kenbee1957]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Shinshocks555]

The funny part with the T-34 Russia is using in the parade is actually not even a Soviet T-34. It's a Czechoslovak T-34-85 from after the war that was sold to Laos, and then purchased by Russia in 2019.

[@StarsShatteredBeyond]

Why is there suddenly a depiction of Putin’s brain in the middle of the video.

[@jaimefernandez2624]

im guessing the editor left a space after a cut by mistake?

[@D64nz]

You mean the guy that pulled Russia out of abject poverty and brought them back into one of the world's top economies, now passing Germany, and Japan this year? You think the one man who turned around the world's largest nation after one of its most humiliating downfalls, is somehow just winging it? Are you ok there buddy? Can I have some of whatever it is that you're smoking?

[@StarsShatteredBeyond]

@@D64nz Thank you for the daily dose of Kremlin propaganda

[@-ef]

@@D64nz sure okay buddy 🤣

[@rorysparshott4223]

A Czechoslovakiain-built T-34 they had to panic buy from Laos

[@codymoon7552]

Yeah it has the lamp, I think its a 46 production but I could be wrong

[@D64nz]

You really think none of the 80,000 T-34's built survive in Russia? Just... wow

[@rorysparshott4223]

@@D64nz they don't. Hence why this one, which is Czechoslovakian built (look at the lantern), exists. Because they scrapped the rest of them.

[@PobortzaPl]

So Putin's Russia is dropping below levels of UKIP, who had famously used a picture of Spitfire carrying Polish squadron markings in their pro-Brexit propaganda.

[@MrRjizz]

@@rorysparshott4223 Thats such a weird statement to make, they definitely have t-34's hell when i was at patriot park a few years ago they had 4 different versions of t-34's.

[@The_Story_Of_Us]

5:40-6:09 is some of the most insightful political commentary I've ever seen... I'm seeing this war in a whole new light now. Edit: I can't believe the editor removed this incredibly enlightening segment! Unsubscribed!

[@SparseB]

Wow look nothing

[@pumpkincat3739]

​@@SparseB digital style!

[@pancakes8670]

​​@@pumpkincat3739hey look a pie chart

[@dudedude494]

Digital dancing!

[@Mind_Crimes]

Hey this is fun!

[@supercellodude]

if this level of materiel shortage is occuring for primary vehicles like tanks and APCs, it increases the likelihood that at least some of the nuclear warhead stockpile has been left to decay. Tritium has a half life of a little over 12 years, and if their hydrogen bombs are still based on the principle of a "fission tamper" then the uranium and/or plutonium also have half-lives that can result in impurities like helium voids. It's *really* expensive to maintain the proper configuration of radioactive materials in a stockpile of warheads that number in the thousands (try to ask the US DoD why they still have floppy drives and old mainframes for nuclear weapons control: the budget goes to re-enrichment)

[@Evilanious]

That seems plausible but I don't think it changes the big picture with nukes. Russia doesn't need all of their nukes to work. A fairly small amount of them can lay waste to much of Europe and the US and kill hundreds of millions. I'm all for giving the Ukrainians everything they need to kick Russia out of their country, but we should not assume that we can afford a nuclear war.

[@BadOompaloompa79]

Dosn't change anyone's calculations though. Only a very small, even one really, strategic weapon needs to be in working order.

[@spikespiegel4928]

​@@BadOompaloompa79 This is RuZZia, the oli garchs sto le all the money

[@spikespiegel4928]

​@@BadOompaloompa79who's calculations? All the funds were "procured" by RU upper crust.

[@kettelbe]

Also old machines are reliable and hard to remove due to constant use. Ask the finance depts in every countries lol the machines they use are usually very old but reliable and their programs are too. Still telling

[@mrsnrub282]

But...but...some tankies on TikTok told me that Russia was about to win 😢

[@a5cent]

I'm not sure if it's funny or sad at this point. I lost count of how many times that has been claimed. Even that Russia had already won and was just mopping up (Scott Ritter, McGregor, and the other liars).

[@dynomotivedyno9194]

Ex CIA Larry Johnson? Ray McGovern? Professor Meirsheimer? Former intelligence Officer Scott Ritter? Colonel Douglas MacGregor? You would be wise to listen to these people. Vaush is an idiit.

[@anonihme5142]

most serious western analysts are saying this too, wake the feck up. Ukraine can’t keep up forever, they have a limited number of men

[@turnip9367]

But...but...military larpers on Reddit told me Russia was going to run out of ammunition last year, Putin would die of cancer and they were slowly running out of men 😢

[@hendrikvanleeuwen9110]

1) stop getting your news off tic tok. 2) Ukraine is losing.

[@ironqueen_osrs]

waiting for the moment until Vaush discovers the turtle tanks

[@dennisyoung4631]

“Mobile Sheds…”

[@commandercorl1544]

welcome back a7v!!! welcome back stugs!!!

[@jacksonmagas9698]

@@dennisyoung4631 Assault garage

[@hippymoustacherides]

I keep thinking of the box in metal gear solid lol.

[@noname-ll2vk]

The irony of Putin talking about colonialism when Russia is an empire using its internal colonies as a cheap source of cannon fodder is hard to really put into words. While it's in active process of trying to extend empire into Ukraine.

[@D64nz]

US using Ukraine as a cheap source of cannon fodder is ok with you?

[@noname-ll2vk]

@@D64nz I understand that the notion of sovereignty and self determination is totally alien to the Muscovy empire, and its trollfarm employees. But just a hint: when repeating this tired Kremlin talking point try to say it a bit more cleverly. Ukrainians don't want to be serfs to the Muscovy empire. Neither do Poland Estonia Latvia Lithuania and neither do Sweden or Finland, which is why these sovereign peoples voted to join the NATO alliance. Hopefully this clears it up for you. I do understand your job probably requires you to type your daily quota of Kremlin talking points but this one exposes you immediately.

[@uberculex]

@@D64nz If Russia stopped attacking Ukraine, the US wouldn't be able to use them as cannon fodder so I guess Russia should just stop attacking.

[@Tommykey07]

​@@D64nzno, Ukraine doesn't want to surrender to Russia. We're helping Ukraine have a better chance of defending itself. But we all know if Putin wins in Ukraine, he won't stop there. Helping Ukraine prevents the next Ukraine.

[@guidobolke5618]

It's not irony. It's propaganda towards the global south. And it works.

[@guitarhausdoesntknowwhatac3285]

One of the major issues with Russia's tank fleet is that a lot of their tanks that are "in storage" is that a lot of them have either been left sitting in the mud for years without any upkeep or alternately they've been looted for spare cash.

[@D64nz]

Where did you get this fun theory of yours from?

[@guitarhausdoesntknowwhatac3285]

@@D64nz Not throry but rather eality; Russia's government (and by extension military has had serious corruption issues for decades, none of which was helped by Putin spending a chunk of his early career undermining it so that he wouldn't have to deal with a potential challenge from a halfway competent indivdual down the line. It's a large part of why the invasion has been so catastrophic for russia; despite having on paper an overwhelming advantage in man-power, hardware and munitions they've suffered absolutely catastrophic losses to the point where there are estimates that the soviet legacy could be exhausted in less then 2 years. I would suggest you look up the video about Russian Corruption by Perun that was put out early in the conflict wherein he explains the issue.

[@ExtradaemonYT]

I feel like Vaush is forgetting that Russia did the whole "Single historical tank" routine in last year's victory parade. So either they've been running out of tanks for a year now, or this isn't indicative of anything.

[@343kaka]

Well, there are not any modern tanks in the parade, as was the custom before the war.

[@ExtradaemonYT]

@@343kaka I'm not going to pretend to know why Russia have switched to only showing historical tanks, I'm also not going to pretend this is indicative of some kind of issue for Russia, who have unfortunately recently opened up a 2nd front in the Ukraine war, and have had the defenders on the backfoot for nearly a year now.

[@zombieoverlord5173]

​@ExtradaemonYT Is attritional trench warfare and phyrric victory's, putting the defender on the backfoot?

[@ExtradaemonYT]

@@zombieoverlord5173 I mean yeah objectively, from what I've seen the casualties of the war have completely evened out. Not looking good for Ukraine at the moment and we should all be quite worried.

[@zombieoverlord5173]

@@ExtradaemonYT Casualties for Russia have been estimated at 100K higher actually since they've been on the attack

[@codygriffith8865]

The day Putin goes away, the world will rejoice

[@dynomotivedyno9194]

Are you NUTS?? The hardliners waiting to take his place would have just flattened Ukraine instead of going easy. Lol

[@davel7159]

Oh really, WTF? I hear so many (especially vote blue no matter who Democrats) say this. You clearly have ZERO understanding of Russia. Be careful what you wish for. You have no idea that Putin is a pragmatist compared to many in Russian politics. There are hardliners who would very likely take power, who think Russia should use tactical nuclear weapons!

[@JayMaverick]

I don't disagree. I just shudder to think at what sort of lunatic they have lined up to replace him.

[@Maxisamo1]

This is idiotic, like saying the moment Trump dies, America will heal This is a systemic issue The Russian people need to be completely disillusioned with both the Soviet Era and current Hard-Right era and collectively fight for a more proper progressive (or at least center-left) government It's slowly happening, but the current government needs to be taking L after L for fasttrack it

[@theywouldnthavetocensormei9231]

I'm sure your parents say the same about you.

[@edwardkennedy6443]

I don’t think that Russia will soon run out of tanks, but their quality is rapidly deteriorating. After the collapse of the USSR, they were left with thousands of mothballed armored vehicles and tanks. We have this crap in Ukraine too, but our military leadership does not consider it rational to revive essentially scrap metal.

[@DavidRichardson153]

Well, you can, and it can still be effective (though exactly how effective it would be is debatable), but you should never expect to use it more than once. Apparently, that last part did not appear anywhere on or within 6,000 miles of that Russian memo.

[@rowbot5555]

Also in ukraine your bottleneck seems to be the high calibre ammo more than the tanks themselves

[@delos2279]

The Siberian Vagzhanovo depot was already nearly half emptied from satellite images last year and a lot of that mothballed crap was missing components, even turrets, and left in the open for decades. So there's not a big difference between running out of tanks and running out of *modern* and operational tanks. Russia is running out of modern tanks, APCs, IFVs, etc... On the other hand, they are not running out of human bodies to throw into the fight.

[@sweetmyth2537]

@@delos2279 yes but so it ukraine at the very least russia can still produce fighting vehicle but Ukraine barely can atm

[@delos2279]

​@@sweetmyth2537 ​It's completely pointless to compare that. Even bigger difference than Germany vs Poland in 1939. Ukraine is a MUCH smaller country with a tiny fraction of the production and manpower. That's why Russia thought they could invade in the first place. A bully doesn't start a fight they don't think they can easily win and the same goes for wars. So of course it is essential for Ukraine to receive outside support which is potentially infinite. The US gave Ukraine less than 0.5% of their total Abrams tanks for instance (and Ukraine only lost about 6% of that tiny number in over a year). So the point is how long Russia can sustain their current vehicle losses. Russia is already running out of modern tanks while Ukraine has received almost none in the first place.

[@jakelevinson7802]

I’ll be honest for everything I’ve heard it’s not looking good for Ukraine, which really scares me

[@zombieoverlord5173]

Honestly it's not looking good for either side. Both sides have lost a lot.

[@StayFreshMyFriends]

Russia is dragging Ukraine down to their level

[@gepisar]

i wouldnt worry. Russia had been very clear about its objectives. De-nazification and no nato expansion. "The west" has tried to spin a narrative that this war was about territory - and this is a mistake. So, unless you have plans on setting up a NATO base right next to Russia, or surrounding it with N*zis, i wouldnt be worried. (And you have to remember, Russia lost 22million people the last time they got rid of N*zis in Europe - one can imagine why they are a bit twitchy about that sort of thing)

[@Kosigan86]

“You’re tracking quarks over there!” 😅 in reference to modern MBTs computers, that one got me lol

[@almosthelpless9374]

Vladimir Putin will never be as smart as Xi Jinping. Anyone in Hollywood could easily play Putin.

[@dereinzigwahreRahl]

I'm not sure that Xi Jinping is smart at all, I really don't see why he would be more capable then Putin.

[@raeesrichards6786]

​@@dereinzigwahreRahlI can see it. Xi hasn't played the war card yet, so he has to be at least a little smarter than Putin.

[@alastairwallace6153]

@@raeesrichards6786 I dont think so, you see his military and the leaders are just as corrupt as russia, they will get owned in a coalition fight against them because its all show and no substance just like russias joke of a military.. they dont understand logistics or tactics and have never been in a recent war for a loooong time, and likely have spent less to save money which will come with hilariously bad results for their troops - just like russias tank turrets that reach space, just so some oligarch could get rich.

[@cyrus6461]

​@@raeesrichards6786 I'm with you, Xi is smart enough to stay out of a war. (Looking at how fucking trash most of the Chinese economy is, I don't think Xi could do a war either)

[@MrGksarathy]

​@@raeesrichards6786He knows he can't, probably in part due to that massive corruption scandal which includes stories of waterlogged missile silos.

[@_molls]

God, FINALLY Russia’s on its last legs. Now the next thing I need to know: what will happen to Russia after the war ends with Putin? Hopefully to be tried for every war crime

[@Tacom4ster]

Eh the coward would probably just "Hitler" himself first

[@krillin6]

Not going to happen. We don't live in a just universe.

[@belladonna5012]

Actually breaching Russia to get to Putin isn't remotely viable because Russia is a nuclear state, unfortunately. The best we can hope for is for his oligarchs to get so sick of him that they remove him from power themselves, and _then_ hope that whoever comes to power afterwards is less interested in playing Putin's destructive games. (I certainly don't expect whoever takes his place to be _good,_ but there are no end of ways in which they could be less bad at comparatively little cost to themselves.)

[@dereinzigwahreRahl]

Russia is unfortunately not even remotly on its last leg. It also doesn't look good for any form of oppostion in the country. There is no powerful oligarch left that could get rid of him. Every powerful person in Russia has their fate bound to Putin, none of them can afford to challenge him. He will most likely rule Russia until he dies of natural causes.

[@philscherer1605]

An arrest warrant for war crimes has already been issued by the ICC. They would not have issued it if they did not expect to eventually bring him into custody.

[@evillecaston]

"Comrades, why do we only have one tank again this year?" "Just play Hell March in the background, nobody will care."

[@NuclearDemoman]

Second year in a row they had only a single T-34. And not even a Soviet built one, it's a Czech-built post war model. Not to mention how they faked the flyover.

[@jamesoldham9995]

They may have a ton of older tanks in storage, but a significant amount of those have been cannibalised for parts.

[@D64nz]

They have 12,000 T-62's which haven't even started to come out of storage yet. They still have thousands of the T-72s, and T-80's plus so many T-90's coming online. The T-72 and T-80 do need to be modernised before deployment, but it's a short process when compared to building from scratch.

[@jamesoldham9995]

I've no idea where you're getting those numbers from. Covert Cabal has done detailed videos on Russian tank numbers.

[@GnosticAtheist]

You can create 100 main battletanks a month if your main battletank is a toyota with a mounted machine gun.

[@appa609]

2:02 no Vaush those are T-90's you can tell by the very wide very flat turret. T-14 has a famously narrow turret because nobody's in there.

[@D64nz]

Correct, though there are a couple of T-14's in the background. Russia already abandoned the whole boondoggle idea though. No point in making 1 x $10 million tank when you can get 3 $3.33 million tanks that do pretty much the same job but better. It's why the US demanded that the AFU pull the Abrams from the frontlines.

[@austindavis6855]

The Ryan McBeth video where he explains what we are giving Ukraine is honestly insane and Russia will never come close to keeping up with the US. We gave Ukraine about 30 M1A2 Abrams from the Gulf War era and they are only losing about .7 per month on average. Russia can only manage to destroy 1 30 year old tank every month and a half while the US has plans to produce a ton of new M1A2 SEPv3s which, from my understanding, are far and away more technically impressive and harder to destroy than the original M1A2 of the 1990s. We can make so many of these Abrams that we already sold like 250 to Poland.

[@BadOompaloompa79]

I stopped watching Ryan the second time he was on Sebastian Gorka's podcast. Once might have been a mistake.

[@jacksonmagas9698]

@@BadOompaloompa79 yeah I watched him for a bit, until I started realizing that he himself is a massive propogandist

[@Seth9809]

How is he a propagandist and not just a moderate pilled reporter

[@D64nz]

What are you smoking? 8 Abrams died in the same month that they came on to the very back far corners of the frontline.

[@austindavis6855]

@@D64nz source for that chief?

[@abdulmasaiev9024]

Russia is eating through the Soviet stockpile. It's going to have tanks for a RELATIVELY long time still since the Soviets just built so many of them. The functional ones were sent out to the front a long time ago, so right now their factories basically take the shitty ones and process them into working ones and that's how they're making up the numbers other than the pittance of actual new modern-ish tanks (even those are Russian so don't expect miracles) that they're able to produce. This Works(tm), but they're obviously going best-to-worst with this, and so as the war goes on and they manage the seemingly impossible feat of actually eating through the post-Soviet stockpile, the newly reactivated tanks get shittier and shittier (I think they're mainly processing T-62s now). Now, I'm not saying this means we're going to actually see T-34/85 obr.2024 on the front lines... but then that's not actually impossible and would be amazingly funny.

[@Mirakolis]

I wonder if Putin ever remembers the time when the USSR collaborated with Germany in order to conquer Poland and the Baltic states only to be later invaded by Germany. The Soviet Union was as authoritarian and cruel as the third Reich was, for a lot of Russians the problem with Germany wasn’t their hunger for conquest or the horrifying things they did to the Poles, Ukrainians or Jews but that they turned their imperial ambitions against Moscow.

[@dynomotivedyno9194]

You are ignorant. It was a. Non aggression pact, as Poland had annexed a part of Slovakia.

[@JayMaverick]

Can't be delusional without selective memory.

[@Mirakolis]

@@dynomotivedyno9194 and how did that „non aggression“ pact work out?

[@dynomotivedyno9194]

@@Mirakolis really well. When Germany invaded Russia, Russia won ww2 for us and were the ones that killed 80% of the Nazis. How did the US waiting 2 years to choose a side work out??

[@arskakarva7474]

Only part to correct there is that the USSR wasn't as authoritarian and cruel as the Third Reich. But this is not because the USSR wasn't incredibly authoritarian and cruel and imperialist, just that nazis set the bar literally on the ground so not being as bad as them is worth zero points. It's a big case of "oh so you're just the second-worst in a competition at being the absolute worst."

[@marygem]

Russian tanks cost $3M, and are being destroyed by $1000 drones! Yesterday 2 B80BV tanks from before 1991 were exploded cheaply.

[@daddykarlmarx6183]

Anyone notice the 20 seconds of darkness in the middle? Lol

[@Budshartley]

It’s even sadder knowing it’s a Czech post war t34

[@RealmRabbit]

Legit, tanks are not important to the war effort rn for either side, they are already being destroyed by drones... It's why Ukraine is moving back their M1 Abrams tanks, they're not really useful atm... The reason the lines of the war have been largely frozen is because of this new discovery of cheap commercial drones being mega effective weapons of war... Both sides are dug in and NORMALLY in war this means both sides need to be probing for a weakness where they can sneak large amounts of soldiers over and then break an opening with tanks and such... BUT that's the thing, now with large use of commercial drones, it's like impossible to sneak your tanks over to an area without the enemy spotting them and being able to quickly respond with either commercial drones that carry bombs to tanks to blow them up (resulting in HUGE money loss for the person losing the tank and potentially the soldiers as well, meanwhile the cost of losing the drone/bomb are SUPER cheap, like, it's not even in the same ballpark) OR artillery being fired on the attackers once the drones alert them... So yeah, from what I've heard both sides basically have this issue... The lines have been frozen and nobody knows how to do anything to progress anymore... Recently you did see Russia push into Kharkiv and finally shake things up... How did that happen? Well, it didn't matter that Ukraine could see them moving their tanks and everything over near Kharkiv... Ukraine is not allowed to use US long range weapons on Russian territory and Russia is aware of this... That's why they can stay in the range of Ukraine's US long range weapons, BUT out of range of Ukraine's artillery and bomb-carrying commercial drones and what not while they gather because they did so in Russia... Maybe Ukraine could send other drones but those are slow moving so they could be shot down... So the Ukrainians were in a rough spot where they had to either break their promise to the US (making America maybe a bit cautious about sending F-16s or other equipment) or allow Russia to do their push... And they I guess went with the latter... The good news is this only really works with regions of Ukraine that border Russia (and maybe Belarus? Not sure)... So assuming Ukraine can re-establish lines a bit further back, this same strategy won't really work twice because either the Russians will be so far back that they're still in Russia (giving Ukraine extra time to prepare for any pushes if they're observant) or they'll need to gather their forces in Ukraine at which point Ukraine could target them with US long range weapons... So there's only so much effectiveness to this plan of gathering inside Russia and then pushing, it only works well really if it's a border region with Russia proper... The bad news is well right now Russia is pushing in a good bit and then also it'd make it more difficult in the future for Ukraine to really ever have a good grasp on controlling their own border regions if they ever push back the Russians... And yeah, that's why right now you have Ukraine asking Biden to allow them to use US long ranged weapons to strike into Russia... THEY SAW the Russians gathering in Russia preparing for their push into Kharkiv... But they needed to hold back since the only weapons for the job that they had really were ones the US said not to use like that (I think out of fear that Ukraine would start using US weapons to strike deep into Russia maybe harming civilians, also using US weapons to attack Russian territory arguably would be escalation, plus Biden doesn't want them attacking oil refineries which is just dumb and Ukraine still does that anyway... The US might very well just be saying that to again publicly act like they're de-escalating, privately they might be okay with it... But I don't think the US wants Ukraine to go do anything too crazy like targeting the Kremlin with a lot of firepower... I'm not sure if these long range weapons are THAT long range, but still... It's stuff like that probably that they don't want where Ukraine tries to assassinate notable Russian politicians with the weapons or something...) And yeah, maybe an M1 Abrams tank could withstand a commercial drone with a bomb, but also there's artillery and you probably don't want to send JUST M1 Abrams tanks in an attack... That'd be risky... Many of the other tanks though like, there's videos of Russian tanks being destroyed (or at least disabled) by just a drone that probably costs 100 dollars along with a decent bomb which also isn't too expensive... The best example of this happening is the first big time it happened, where Russia sent that tank column to Kyiv... Cheap drones were playing a major role in causing that column's demise... But yeah, it's also been happening on both sides... Ukrainian tanks being stopped thanks to Russians using cheap commercial drones...

[@rogerbabin8175]

Title: You were saying this well over a year ago. The way you explained things made it sound like Russia was going to run out serious military power soon and or run out of money soon due to sanctions. Meanwhile this continues to be a stalemate with so little progress that you rarely cover it for months at a time. Maybe video number 38 where you say things are really bad for Russia will be the one where we actually see an end in sight. I doubt that though.

[@WillTellU]

it's been a meme since the invasion of ukraine to count the number of vehicles during the parade and see it decrease.

[@argspid]

Oh, look. A Russian tank. Perhaps we can disable it with harsh language.

[@ProHero86]

Nah I’ve literally marched in retirement ceremonies on base with more equipment 😂😂😂

[@cyruslupercal9493]

Vatniks and tankies coping 😂

[@D64nz]

It's easy to cope with winning. 😊

[@tjakal]

4:56 Even state of the art American tanks like M1's are sensitive to drones. Drones can target them from above where no tanks have thick enough armor to withstand the kind of charges we can easily strap to cheap things now days. FPV drones can target sensors, tracks and engines at leisure and are getting more accurate and jamming-proofed by the day. This is why so many is saying the tank is now obsolete; the cost of building and fielding a tank vs the cost of the sort of things that can destroy them for just a few thousand dollars has become so massively lopsided. When you can end the entire industrial output of tanks on the budget for purchasing a few consumer cars it's time to invent new weapons for the new paradigm.

[@MrGksarathy]

I don't think tanks are entirely useless, just not the end-all, be-all of conventional warfare, or at least not as dominant as they previously were. I mean, drones can destroy tanks, but infantry support can presumably take out drones as well.

[@tjakal]

@@MrGksarathy How many tank destroying $2000 drones can an enemy buy for those $8.9 million USD we fork over for a single M1? If the pentagons napkin math looks anything like mine that's a lot of infantry to protect them tanks. When an enemy can field several thousand drones that each can disable a tank for the same kind of money we'd spend on even a single tank that looks like a sunset.

[@delos2279]

@@tjakal If tanks are obsolete, why is Russia scrapping for every tank they can get to send to the front? And meanwhile it costs a $0.50 cents for a bullet that can kill infantry. Or a $100 drone with a grenade. Are infantry becoming obsolete too. Drones are new and there are multiple vectors in development for disabling, destroying, or capturing them and some already in limited use. But the bottom line is, armor makes infantry better. Particularly in combined arms advances (something Russia can do but Ukraine cannot, without air power). Most likely, until infantry are obsolete, armored vehicles will be here too. Though yes, in a military context, the life of a soldier does have a monetary value. In some contexts tanks were not and are not worth using.

[@D64nz]

@@delos2279 "why is Russia scrapping for every tank they can get to send to the front?" You know they have so many reserve forces that they just opened up several new fronts right? You know that right? Surely you wouldn't comment about something you are not sure of?

[@tjakal]

@@delos2279 'Are infantry becoming obsolete too.' Certainly looks that way. Russia has thrown away half a million men for gaining kilometers of territory. Humans will not be relevant in open field warfare for much longer, 'drone swarm' vs 'drone swarm' will likely be how decisive battles between industrialized nations are fought in the later half of the 21st century. Human operated drones +drone spotted artillery already halt waves of armor and infantry with ease. Imagine what will happen once military AI with coordinated swarms enters the arena and runs the chain. Human reaction times will rapidly grow obsolete in the face of the kind of weaponry that already exist as prototypes. Pentagon is already talking about how soon human infantry will only be relevant for fighting under-ground given the kind of systems we're developing. Even if we're callous and disregard life the western infantryman costing $100K a year to train and maintain on the low-end has similar problem as the tank in the face of the cheap and disposable weapons that can now counter us with ease.

[@om3g4888]

Russian military equipment looks like the real life version of cheap gas station toys.

[@D64nz]

Then why is it winning?

[@drazauzgriidas5028]

What putin means by "they demolish memorials to true fighters against Nazism" is in part the "Victory monument" that was erected in the capital of Latvia as a symbol of the "victory" by soviets. It was demolished after russia invaded Ukraine. Before that each year hundreds of pro-russia individuals went to place flowers at the monument on the "Victory day", 9th of May. This has nothing to do with defeating the nazis, and everything to do with the belief that russia is the rightful ruler of the Baltic States, Ukraine, and countless other territories that were once part of the GREAT EMPIRE. And doubles as a message to russian diaspora in these countries - hey, did u know they hate us? That's not the first time putin has used dogwhistles like this. So fucking tired of it.

[@Iscreamaboutleeches]

Pookie isn’t doing good in Russia

[@alrecks619]

dare i say, poopy head.

[@Charles-vg9kf]

This deep and well thought out display of knowledge is clearly based on the reality of the war and totally not fueled by ignorance and copium

[@atarkus8]

This clown loves to opine about things he knows nothing about. Amazingly he's never ashamed of showing that he did no research, and wears that as a badge of honor. It's like he thinks his opinion is so valuable that just stream of consciousness babbling is an analysis now.

[@SuperCatfire]

love the black screen for like 20 seconds

[@RedShocktrooperRST]

You also have to consider Russia's decades of corruption during the past few decades. Having a bunch of old T-72s and T-80s (and T-64s, and T-55s...) in storage doesn't mean shit when they've been stripped for copper.

[@danecottee6859]

Vaush not watching combat videos so he doesn't know small FPV drones can delete any tank these days. The Russians have been building giant sheds on tanks to protect them from drones, they've been dubbed "turtle tanks".

[@JoshSweetvale]

Also they're surprisingly camo in ruined streets.

[@hydrolox3953]

A singular T-34, that in all likelihood is also Czech built after WW2 being the only tank participating in the Moscow Parade is the funniest thing ever.

[@allibababoo]

Big armored vehicles are just super vulnerable. I wouldn't be surprised if "armor" got much faster and lighter. Basically rockets are very good and obviously cheaper than thebarmor they consistently take out.

[@Notllamalord]

Aw hell nah Russia didn’t take quantity ideas this time 💀💀💀

[@woodyfpv5331]

People don't seem to understand that an engine needs to be regularly started, lubricated, and the fuel system needs management in oder to have success storing them for more than a year. 50 year old tanks are only gonna run until the dried out gaskets fail and they dump all their flammable juices on the ground.

[@sgjuxta]

Given that they are fighting a war of aggression, the current state of a lot of the equipment Russia is trying to use in Ukraine is kinda hilarious. Like, isn't it usually supposed to be the *defenders* having to use golf carts instead of APCs out of desperation, but instead, it's Russia, desperately trying to win a war that it didn't even need to start 🤷😂

[@montyx2333]

Russia is cooked

[@turnip9367]

Isn't that exactly what you mouth-breathers have been claiming since early 2022? 'Russia is so deprived of ammunition and men that they're restorting to using shovels on the battlefield.' And yet, it never manifests, as they continue capturing more territory.

[@thaenaa]

he gazed into the abyss

[@firstandlastname6194]

Will be interesting to see the anti drone systems that get added to modern tanks. I envision several .22 caliber equivalent automatic turrets that can be remotely manned ironically by available drone operators on the battlefield or more ideally operators outside of the theater. Tanks aren't done, they just need to catch up. To be clear: the crew are very busy keeping the tank alive, if you have cameras and weapons systems that are remotely operated you multiply the tanks security. Picket duty even would benefit from this. I was Infantry and in the field your sleep is haunted by picket, or watch. The currency to pay for security of the section or the platoon was the human ability to withstand fatigue and sleep, the more people you have for picket the safer you are. In a patrol of 10 you have limited safety. In a platoon of 30 you have more. You add sentries or pickets through remote technology, that are ready to go and haven't just patrolled 15 kilometers through hills and close country carrying 50-60 kilos and you got a stew going.

[@peerschulz2029]

To the question of "What is contemporary to the T-54?": Well it depends on what version of T-54 we see. Early videos of Russia transporting T-54/55s to the frontline featured versions as early as the T-54-2. So saying Russia is using tanks contemporary to the M48 is only partially true. They are actually using tanks contemporary to the M46.

[@jacobaurelius5361]

2:11 those are T-90M tanks in the front, they’re the most up to date version of the T-90 and they’re quite combat effective; the T-14 Armata is in the very back which they only have a few operational units of and they have not been deployed

[@Piratewaffle43]

We need to enable Ukraine to disable basically all Russia's oil refinement.

[@kirishima638]

I disappointed that they didn’t parade more WW2 era vehicles in a WW2 victory celebration. Russia has running T-26s, BTs, T-35s and T-28s etc.

[@ZGD-yy9oy]

I liked the part where Vaush disappeared into void mid video

[@Horseofhope]

That one rusty old tank, accordig to Russian opposition media, was there alone mainly to not piss off the troops in the trenches. If they were showing off what could be instead there, helping them to not die, there could be big problems.

[@11jelloman11]

ooh its limited edition b4 they fix the editing error

[@tofubutcher7456]

T60 is a WW2 light tank, it would be fragged instantly

[@xaviervasco]

5:40 finally Vaush says something reasonable

[@boatmannyc5145]

Cringe take. What is seen here doesn't imply that Russia is literally "running OUT of tanks". The reason is that you can't have modern tanks on parade is that solders who don't have them on front would be REALLY annoyed to see equipment they need on parade. (For context: proper modern tanks actually appeared on parades in some other cities, just not on main one in Moscow) All it means is that Russian Army isn't literally swimming in equipment, but not much else.

[@Brocuzgodlocdunfamdogson]

About 1/3 of russia’s Black Sea fleet has been sunk or damaged by Ukraine. More than 20 ships, destroyed by a nation that essentially has no navy. Lmao. As for tanks, the T-62 uses 115mm shells that were made almost exclusively for that tank’s gun. They might not match up well against modern tanks but it’s still a big gun with a lot of available ammo.

[@50043211]

Its sadly not that simple and its really annoying that a lot of people with power in Europe and the US did not gave Ukraine everything they needed from day 1, despite that we are capable of doing so, because they fear "what will happen if Russia loses and Putin gets replaced by a nutter" and the worst thing is, they do have a point. ALAS!

[@benoitlevesque9609]

That one Tank was a WW2 T34-85mm. Completely obsolete.

[@dyxifltline]

Since the very first tank every tank has had the identical weakness. Tanks have big engines engines get hot and thst heat has to go somewhere. Heavy oil soaked blankets work as well a molotov to the same point. Block that heat vent and soon the engine won't work. You just Wai until the crew gets thirsty.

[@chrisbean9663]

Laser pig said that they can use regular radar They have now to track even things are on the ground. That’s no longer a useful technique to fly low under the radar.

[@KandeeKush]

Bro not even Mexico has such a sad military and we're a neutral country lmao

[@williamswensen4889]

The biggest problem is before the t72 they use smaller shells 105mm which is much less powerful and they need to supply that ammo to the front

[@Colin-kh6kp]

Fun fact: Russia has lost more tanks in two years than the US even has in active service. They've also managed to have 5 Vietnams worth of casualties, which is kind of impressive.

[@BenHere-qs6wj]

There is a great video bout this by animarchy it had lazerpig and that whole group a military history channels on it only thing that could made it better is if vaush was on it again

[@ComradeWolfman98]

Yeah, if u want 2 go solely w aesthetic u have 2 go w Soviet WW2 armor. The T-34, the KV & IS r just so beautiful to look at

[@silaskuemmerle2505]

Hot take, the Sherman and the Hellcat look better

[@ComradeWolfman98]

@@silaskuemmerle2505 This is going to be a hotter take the Stuart was the best looking US tank of WW2.

[@delos2279]

Most WW2 tanks look goofy to me. Particularly ones with a tall chassis and/or tiny turret. Hellcat looks okay, and the German Tiger (most boring vanilla take... I know).

[@jeffbo8748]

It’s genuinely bizarre that the Wikipedia page for tank armor now refers to slatted armor as the “cope cage” because of Ukraine. It’s the same kind of flashbang you’d get from seeing a meme in a school textbook.

[@LeprinhaGul]

The biggest issue for Ukraine is that Russia is plugged into a vast industrial network that extends back to Chine and North Korea. Sure, they don't have the economic output to make modern tanks but when it comes to artillery they can supply it almost without problems. Whilst Ukraine depends on the goodwill of the West. The time USA spent arguing about if they'd send and how much they'd send to help Ukraine was enough for Russia to claw its way in and cause amage that is almost impossible for Ukraine to repair. Anyway... the longer this war goes on, the better Russia, I believe. Why? Look at history. literally EVERY war Russia has ever fought started the exact same way Ukraine War started: an absolute SHIT SHOW for Russia. But as time went on, they just threw more meat at the enemy to the point they had no more bullets to kill said meat. 50% of the times, it worked.

[@jeremywvarietyofviewpoints3104]

They could buy some Iranian helicopters instead.

[@d.thieud.1056]

Flying low to be below the horizon doesnt even work if the enemy has AWACs up, because those look down

[@ClannCholmain]

‘Imperialism’ How did the Russian Federation become the world’s largest country? Handing out free sweets?

[@IndependentObserver]

9:10 Again not really- T-55 and t-54 was made to also be an artillery- like they have the special aiming sights that an artillery piece would have, their gun is basically a modifier field artillery piece, so as long as the gunner is an artilleryman (which isn't a problem- Russia has a lot of them, just take some Sasha Conscriptovich's and Vania Contractnik's, from the artillery units and transfer them to the "tank-shaped-artillery" unit, kablamo)

[@sperez5402]

Drones are problem for werstern tanks too apparently

[@WJCTechyman]

That tank looks like it's from the era of the Sherman we have sitting outside our County museum as an exhibit in Goderich, ON Canada.

[@mannygutierrez7654]

Fun fact, the US produced 50,000 Sherman tanks between 1942 and 1945 😳

[@blankspace6367]

I swear that was the gargoyles theme song the Russian marching band was playing there

[@meligoth]

Ryan Mcbeth made a video last week of western tanks like the Abrams and Challenger taken from the battlefield in Ukraine and on display in Moscow. One thing you'll notice is that although they are damaged, they were nowhere near as catastrophically damaged as most Russian tanks, and the tank bodies looks like they were mostly done post battle. Like the Abrams on display looked more like it got stuck and the Ukrainian crew bailed then they took pot shots at it later. Whatever the case, these western tanks doesn't have any technology of value to reverse engineer as they are kinda the first upgrade models from the early 90s.

[@JohnDoesSports]

Which makes Russia's attempts at "owning the west" by showing off these tanks as war trophies even funnier. If the west ups its defense spending and Russia continues to be impressed by western military tech from 30+ years ago, we probably don't have TOO much to worry about.

[@delos2279]

From what I heard, the Abrams tank had only minor damage in battle but was rendered immobile so Ukraine destroyed it themselves because they could not retrieve it in time. Also we have a video of Russia bending the turrets down with a weight on a crane to make them look less triumphant.

[@D64nz]

Wow. How dumb is you? You know the ones that were just total wreaks, blown to bits, they are rally hard to ship and put on display. Think about it before you comment next time.

[@besg5725]

Russki Tanks are Soviet designs that have been left to rot. They cost 25% or 50% of western tanks and have zero modern battlefield survival chances. Their best tanks, T90M, are nowhere to be found lol. The best thing about Their tanks is that they cannot reverse. They reverse at 5KM per hour at max lol.

[@Froggsroxx]

I liked the fake flyby 😂

[@Slavic_Fury]

They only had one tank last year too.

[@felixf.3392]

Why was the USA so successful during the Cold War? It implemented the Marshall Plan to economically strengthen its partners in Europe. The USA was the largest economy and opened its market to the products of its allies. The USA offered its allies a security umbrella with nuclear deterrence through NATO. As a result, America managed to push back the influence of the Soviet Union on Europe and ultimately win the Cold War. The alliance between Western Europe and the USA is proving difficult today. For example, Germany follows a mercantilist economic model and is therefore dependent on cheap energy and large growth markets. Russia and China can provide both of these for Western Europe like no other country. The USA, on the other hand, is becoming increasingly less important as an economic partner. And since the collapse of the Soviet Union, there is no serious military threat from Russia to Western Europe. Nevertheless, tens of thousands of American soldiers are still stationed in hundreds of US military bases and US nuclear weapons are stationed on German soil. If you look at the situation objectively from the US perspective, America is protecting Europe from the countries with which it has close trade relations. Europe's core interest, however, is to further expand its economic relations with the USA's biggest competitors. Don't be blinded by the politicians' rhetoric. Feelings, shared history, values, culture and traditions play no role at all in whether alliances really work. What matters is whether the interests coincide. And it turns out that the interests of Europe and the USA can no longer be reconciled today and this partnership will soon end.

[@roentgen571]

Compounding the problem of mothballed Russian equipment not being stored/maintained properly, there's a great deal of corruption in the Russian armed forces. Private Conscriptovich strips the wiring out of the vehicles in the tank parks. Colonel Drunkski sells off things like fuel, tires, MREs, uniforms, even night vision equipment and the like, from the amounts allocated to his unit. You ever notice how much Russian militaria is for sale online from various army/navy surplus websites? And while the US stores excess equipment in climate controlled warehouses, and pays private contractors to maintain the stuff in operational condition, the Russians just park the stuff for years or sometimes decades, exposed to the elements. Some of the vehicle parks don't even have asphalt--its just bare dirt. What's more, because it's stored in just wide open vehicle parking lots, it's pretty easy to see what's being mobilized for the fighting in Ukraine. That one park near Moscow that had 200 T62s/T64s in it for years? Funny, the satellite images show there's only 100 there now. And etc.

[@kaliver517]

I imagine once you make it a couple hundred miles it's pretty smooth sailing. There's no way, stretched as thin as they are, that they've got the resources to cover this much air space against drone attacks. Hell, they already pulled defense systems from St Petersburg to bring to the front. I also somehow doubt Boris, with family connections in Moscow, who got himself shipped a thousand miles away from the front, is maintaining a vigilant post 2 years into a war.

[@andrewmandrona7891]

They only had one tank last parade, too. In all fairness, the T-34 seems to be much more reliable than the T-14.