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Kich

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The Russians are fighting this war properly now, though I still see some Su-34 flying low. But very low chance they lose a T-90 and their other tanks and vehicles to Ukrainians through captures.

In fact I'm seeing more dead UAF than before.

In the beginning, it was chaos from the Russians. Lots of footage of captured and dead Russians and their equipment. Now it's the reverse. The only thing I'm seeing from the UAF are training PR videos or them taking cover from fire.
 

allyerse

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Here's the video where this came from.
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I think some of the fancier hardware such as the t90-m being brought to Ukraine is insignificant as they are a supporting element in the Russian battalions, they fulfill the same role as an upgraded t72. We have seen the way the Russians use their armor in 2014, experiences in syria, and now, some interesting parts is how some of them even fly drones above their own tanks (a lesson learned from syria) to determine where enemy fire is coming from. In general the tanks are used in a few ways:

- Skirmishing (taking potshots at long range)
- Defending artillery (The main fighting power of their ground troops)
- Storming enemy entrenched positions after artillery suppression
- Suppressing entrenched enemies in urban environments as a spearhead in tandem with arty

(APCs also fulfill similar roles, with the difference that they can carry troops and are not armed the same as a tank)

Whether it's some kind of upgraded t-72 or t-90 I think these tanks fulfill the same roles in the grand scheme of things. Though on a tactical level it will be an upgrade for the roles I mentioned above, a superior tank afterall doesn't hurt.
 

Stealthflanker

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I'm curious about the Tu-214R's. How many are made so far ?

Think Russia can use many more of it. particularly the GMTI capability of the aircraft.
 

Atomicfrog

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The Russians are fighting this war properly now, though I still see some Su-34 flying low. But very low chance they lose a T-90 and their other tanks and vehicles to Ukrainians through captures.

In fact I'm seeing more dead UAF than before.

In the beginning, it was chaos from the Russians. Lots of footage of captured and dead Russians and their equipment. Now it's the reverse. The only thing I'm seeing from the UAF are training PR videos or them taking cover from fire.
It look like they used a wave of oldest active equipments at first. Now it look like they are using better equipment on the ground. They need to be more efficient and gain ground before becoming exhausted. Not a lot of good pr from the Russian side, near a total blackout. Would have been interesting to see more video of equipments in action.
 

gelgoog

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T-80BV drifting in Mariupol. Gas turbine powered tank so insane power to weight ratio.

I would not say they used the oldest equipment first. They used what is in current service but initially kept the most leading edge stuff back. It is typically not a good idea to send unproven equipment into a combat zone.
 
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