Impossible to know for sure but pre-war the estimate was about 14,000 total with about 5,000 of them being “active”. The other 9,000 of them were in storage. If all of the number are accurate that means that Ukraine has destroyed Russia’s entire pre-war active tank inventory and the only reason that Russia has tanks on the battlefield now is because they are pulling from their Soviet Era stockpiles. How many of those even CAN be made to operate is anybody’s guess but I’d be surprised if they could get more than 2/3rds, or roughly 6,000 units, field ready.
I think it’s reasonable to say that the UA has destroyed around half of the total number of tanks that Russia is capable of fielding.
@Buelldozer I was looking to calculate the percentage, but holly crap, that's a lot!
Perhaps Russia is still using some of those tanks that are considered as "active" as it brought tanks from storage before. I guess it will still be a lot until Ukraine will destroy the last such tank from Russian Army's inventory, but it's still impressive for a nation like Ukraine, even with all the Western help.
If all of the number are accurate that means that Ukraine has destroyed Russia’s entire pre-war active tank inventory and the only reason that Russia has tanks on the battlefield now is because they are pulling from their Soviet Era stockpile
That, plus the ones they’re continuing to build. It’s not like they’ve 0 industry.
according to perun this started happening some time ago with share of destroyed BMP-1 rising and BMP-2 falling (BMP-3s seem to be destroyed at a constant pace probably meaning that they are manufactured all the time) same thing happening with older models of tanks appearing in larger numbers www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctrtAwT2sgs
I know I previously linked a video of Covert Cabal counting tanks (see my other comment), but he just today released a video counting Russia’s IFVs in storage.
IRC IISS claimed 17500 before the war broke out. Remember that the Russians basically throw nothing away, so that probably includes tanks left to rot in a field somewhere. But they're not above sending soldiers to the front in a half rotten bean can, not as if they care.
Anyone remember that ad campaign with everyone showing off their gigantic disgusting thumb blisters that they got from playing video games for so long?
This doesn’t normally look this way for anyone wondering. It’s a monument outside Astoria Oregon. It’s really quite beautiful and has stunning views from the top.
The view from the top is breathtaking on a clear day (it was pretty foggy this trip though) and the light show at night is quite pretty as well
My friends and I went on a little day trip out this way and it was pretty fun. I’d recommend heading over there for some hiking, museums, and some lunch for sure.
I wouldn’t go so far as to say you’re outright wrong, but I feel the nuance of subtlety is important here. These ads are cheeky without intending to be overtly offensive. I imagine most folks see edge lords as the childish button pushers that they are, and this is more developed and mature, imo, of course.
Yeah nuance is good. This ad is a bit more cerebral but it’s definitely ‘of a generation’ that I think the majority of proto-edgelords emerged from. I think it just evokes the video game mags of that era and it has the same kind of surreal over the top visual style that a lot of the more offensive ads shared.
Anyone else turned on right now? I got it bad but the boys at the base said if they ever catch me again I’m going to jail. I said I’d return it, so what’s the big deal?
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