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Reports: Russia may run out of tanks very soon (www.technology.org)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Reports: Russia may run out of tanks very soon

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The original was posted on /r/ukrainianconflict by /u/Positive_Detective56 on 2024-04-17 09:34:57.

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 6 months ago (2 children)

According to minusrus they've lost 7193 tanks out of 3300 Russia had before the war started. I sincerely hope that the article is correct, but so far they've been able to replace lost hardware with a decent rate with manufacturing and presumably purchasing from their allies.

One can hope that the current massive attack ends with the Swan Lake on Russian tv's, but right now I'm more worried if Ukraine can hold the lines long enough for that to happen. They really need reinforcements, it's pretty difficult to fight a war without ammunition.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (4 children)

Russia started with 14000 tank chassis. No one really can know to what extent any of those were still usable. Most of them probably weren't. The best analysis I've seen has been from Covert Cabal who attempts to track the number of chassis left in storage and their condition from satelite imagery. IIRC they also give Russia about 1-2 more years.

[Edit corrected 12000 to 140000]

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Russia is in it until they are defeated. Their economy is now dependent on the war.

[–] tpihkal 16 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Unfortunately that means another 8 million men left in their twenties and a surplus of Soviet era weapons.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago

A formula as old as the Soviets.

[–] Windex007 7 points 6 months ago

Not just "this" war, war in general. I understand why the Baltics are getting more antsy as the Russian economy retools itself for war.

[–] woelkchen 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

IIRC they also give Russia about 1-2 more years.

USA under Trump will run to Putin's help.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Yeah let's hope that doesn't happen.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Upvote for covert cabal. Opinions are fine but looking for facts is golden.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Wikipedia lists a total of 14000 tanks, reserves included, (majority being T-72 and modernized variants) + unknown number of T-54 and T-64. I suppose even the russians don't know how many of those are in combat ready shape by any stretch, but apparently at least a half (not counting ones they've bought from elsewhere).

So, as the war has been going for two years that 1-2 years more sounds plausible. If current news are anything to go by I'm quite afraid that Ukraine doesn't have that much unless they really start receiving reinforcements from Europe and US. And should Ukraine collapse it would take 5-10(ish) years for Russia to rebuild enough hardware to do the very same thing with some other country. Maybe not with a NATO country and maybe not one the global west is as interested as Ukraine, but it could (or would, depending on which prediction you want to follow) happen.

Plus the wild card of China, who no doubt are following the situation and spesifically western response pretty closely. I wonder what happened to those 800 000 artillery shells Czechs promised to gather...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I may have gotten the number wrong as I did it from memory. Some of these numbers are simply what Russia has said they have, which may or not be 100% factual to begin with. Anyhow, Covert Cabal still has the best info out there in terms of verifiable numbers.

As for the Czech plan for artillery shells, I just happened to have an article open as I saw your message, it looks like they've funded 500,000 shells so far

[–] baru 8 points 6 months ago

3300 is the number they had ready for the initial phase. It wasn't the full number of tanks. They've also sourced from other countries.

[–] Diplomjodler3 17 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

"Sorry, Igor, we're all out of spades. Here's your pointy stick. Now off you go on your frontal assault!"

[–] avater 12 points 6 months ago (2 children)

One out of two gets a rifle. The one with the rifle shoots, the one without follows him. When the one with the rifle gets killed, the one who is following picks up the rifle and shoots

[–] Diplomjodler3 6 points 6 months ago

That was the good old days when they still had rifles.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Or the Stalinist version: one gets a rifle, one gets ammo and they fight. The survivor takes both.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago

They need to run out of artillery and missiles tho