Russia's Invasion of Ukraine (Official Thread)

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I was dying when people called out Macron for trying to bite Zelensky's swag.

Dude been wearing suits for four years straight and started trying to wear hoodies and sneakers all of a sudden.

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Ukraine conflict: Why is Russia losing so many tanks?


Ukraine's armed forces say Russia has lost more than 680 tanks.

Meanwhile, Oryx - a military and intelligence blog which counts Russia's military losses in Ukraine on the basis of photographs sent from the warzone - says Russia has lost more than 460 tanks and over 2,000 other armoured vehicles


Javelins can be fired so that the missile explodes on the top of a tank, where the armour is weakest, according to their maker, Lockheed Martin.

A lot of Russian tanks are fitted with reactive armour which absorbs the impact of missiles.

However, Javelins are fitted with two warheads. One blows away the reactive armour, and the second pierces the chassis underneath.
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The UK has also sent at least 3,600 NLAW missiles.

These are also designed to explode as they pass over the relatively exposed turret top of tanks
 

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From that same article above

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Russia has relatively few troops to call on," says Phillips O'Brien, a professor of strategic studies at St Andrews University, "so BTGs are a way of creating a fighting unit with lots of punch.

"They're designed to attack quickly with lots of firepower. However, they have very little protection in terms of infantry personnel to escort them and to retaliate if the armoured column comes under attack," he says.


"That makes the Russian army like a boxer who has a great right hook and a glass jaw
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From that same article above

"
Russia has relatively few troops to call on," says Phillips O'Brien, a professor of strategic studies at St Andrews University, "so BTGs are a way of creating a fighting unit with lots of punch.

"They're designed to attack quickly with lots of firepower. However, they have very little protection in terms of infantry personnel to escort them and to retaliate if the armoured column comes under attack," he says.


"That makes the Russian army like a boxer who has a great right hook and a glass jaw
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