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Originally Posted by Dargo
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36 Leopard 2A4s from the 80s, most of them with unknown delivery dates.
178 Leopard 1A5s from the pre-80s, with unknown or very late delivery dates
14 Challenger 2s.
31 M1A2s next year.
31-36 Leopard 2AS6 or equivalents.
Note that most of the total of T-72s already had been delivered last year and by now are worn out or were taken out by enemy fire, says Colonel Reisner. These do not count anymore. Losses of Ukrainian forces have been high, too.
If I see the number of modern tanks that are not covered by dust, I think these tanks count less signficantly than the supply with far-reaching missiles, weapons to deny control of the sky to Russia, and securing supply with artillery rounds. Its estimated that Russia has 10 million artillery rounds left, and now produces around 3.5 million every year.
Sorry, but I stick to it. These numbers of Western deliveries don't cut it for Ukraine, they help to extend the war, but not to win it. Note that its critical infrastructure has suffered so much destruction by now that their production and factories are very seriously affected and that war production in parts is completely knocked out. The Russian bombardement takes its tolls, and this toll has already become dangerously high. Time is working for Russia, with Western public opinion's sympathy slowly but constantly fading away.
Different to many others I do not give much for UN resolutions, also not for the one from yesterday, thats just verbal mumbo-jumbo. Its cheap for those who voted. Economc ties and dependencies will be rated more important sooner or later by many African states and Latin American states as well. India already does not even hide that it intends to benefit from the Russian situation as much as it can. China will do and already does the same.
Adn the West still buys signfivcantly from Russia: oil, gas, ressoeuces, with sancitons beign seriously undermined by Westenr companies. Most Western companies that were busy in the West - STILL ARE SO. Neither the economical drying-out nor the financial collapse of the Russian currency will take place.
Too little to win. Too much to die. No reaosn to tapm ourselves on the shoulders. We still have not moved to war production. We still have not placed serious levels of orders with ammo and arms suppliers.
Colonel Reisner mentioned on an Austrian video blog yesterday that the costs for weapons have risen sharply. An Iris-T missile one year ago costed 400,000 Euros, according to him. It now costs 780,000 Euros.
GO FIGURE.