RE: Russia and Ukraine
May 31, 2024 at 10:18 am
(This post was last modified: May 31, 2024 at 10:32 am by The Grand Nudger.)
It's impressive how the links in the article don't actually say anything that the article claims they do...but not surprising that abrams isn't a bigger threat on the field. They were sent to ukraine for a specific purpose, and ukraine decided not to do the thing. Meanwhile, bradleys have always been the superior tank killer (in practice, as opposed to on-paper)..even when the abrams were fully supported and being used as intended by well trained american crews. In a battlefield shaped by drones it has a benefit over abrams it was not explicitly designed for in that the main gun has programmable airburst rounds and can reliably fire 200 rpm.
..and...as luck would have it, the main thing you'd want an abrams for - it's gun in a tank on tank battle with what few modern mbts russia has left, isn't much of an issue since the t90 can be disabled by repeated kinetic shocks to the turret..the kind that happen when a couple of brads wont stop pelting you with those 200rpms. Hence the russian tanks losing main gun battles to ifvs without the need for the tow missiles deployment.
The us has more bradleys in storage than russia has tanks. Sometimes the solution finds you..especially when it's full of infantry running on caffeine, nicotine, and hate.
..and...as luck would have it, the main thing you'd want an abrams for - it's gun in a tank on tank battle with what few modern mbts russia has left, isn't much of an issue since the t90 can be disabled by repeated kinetic shocks to the turret..the kind that happen when a couple of brads wont stop pelting you with those 200rpms. Hence the russian tanks losing main gun battles to ifvs without the need for the tow missiles deployment.
The us has more bradleys in storage than russia has tanks. Sometimes the solution finds you..especially when it's full of infantry running on caffeine, nicotine, and hate.
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