Ukraine in race against time to use Abrams before winter - retired general
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- US-supplied M1A1 Abrams tanks are unlikely to play a key role in Ukraine in the "fighting season" before the winter sets in, a retired British Army general has said.
Four months into Ukraine's counter-offensive, the outcome is still uncertain, with its forces advancing slower than they and their Western backers hoped.
But retired British Army Major General Chip Chapman, who fought in the Falklands War and went on to command 2 Para and 19 Brigade during his 33-year career, said this was not surprising, given the obstacles they are facing.
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'Could have sent them before last winter.. ''could've would've should've''
Hello from beijing. I know you folks hate us being here. Not trolling. We just want to say hello. Awaiting delivery of this wonderful abrams to dismantle. We have got leopard ii and challengers. Keep them coming. See you all somewhere near the sputh china sea
Title of article is incorrect. The correct question is: did the US time the delivery of Abrams too late for their use in winter 2023-24?
Ukraine has 1500 tanks with over a thousand sitting in reserves. It's ridiculous to send redundant military weapons that will only cause more stress on the supply chains and maintenance crews. Ukraine has one of the largest mechanized army's in the world and guess what it's doing? Just sitting in the rear waiting for a break through.
@@philchristmas4071Abrams, Challenger, and Leopard 2s not only have significantly better offensive capabilities, they're also significantly better at protecting their crews. Or did you not notice?
Exactly!
@@anthonykaiser974 Nope, you can claim the crew us safe all you like, but i wonder why we never hear from them again lmao.
@@anthonykaiser974 no, we did not notice. Even if those qualities are better for the western equipment, they are still destroyed easily.
Great interview with general Chapman - as always knowledgeable and to the point.
In contrast, the commentary however, reminded me to always have the good sense to either sit silently in my armchair, or only speak of things I know...
Great to listen to a real expert for a change, rather than some university expert other channels use who have only read books.
This guy obviously knows his stuff, just compare him to the guys they get on sky news who seem to not really know what theyre talking about. Refreshing to have someone who actaully has experience of large scale ground forces combat, obviously not on the level we are seeing in ukraine, but still worthwhile experience.
Yeah, he obviously blown up a few things in his time
He's a counter terror expert, not whatever the hell clusterfook mess we've created in Ukraine.
@@meme4one I think Russia did that
@@siphotheguy1870 really....
so he fought in ww2
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Exactly
Uncertain? You sure about that? :(
Of cause it is. They should of arrived months ago, same goes for everything else we seem to be drip feeding to Ukraine.
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Basically if you cant get close enough we'll give you more range. Problem is ATACMsS are already in limited supply and we have none in production for delivery to the US so they wont have many strikes available without completely draing domestic supplies.
Tanks arriving almost when it starts raining?😅
Drones are not worried about the ground but are 2000% more effective
Didn't Ukrainians already say that they'll be keeping Abrams' in the back?!
3:54 did he say bombing runways/air fields to stop helicopters?
Silly question really. Frozen ground is not much of an impediment to heavy armour.
yes it is
@@matthewgibbs6886tanks have been regularly used in frozen ground conditions in Ukraine
I presume the Leopards and Challengers don't matter 🤔
With how poorly Ukraine have been using them like driving into AT mines for the challenger any new tank they receive is being treated as god on earth
Why, because predictions of a quick Ukrainian advance through Russian lines didn't pan out.
Russia has created massive fortifications of the kind that haven't been seen since WW I. And turned Ukraine into the most mined country on Earth.
The fact that Ukrainian forces have advanced at all is amazing. And some of the most effective unit in the advance like the 82nd Air Assault Brigand are equipped with western tanks, IFVs and other systems.
They do matter but Abrams is a bigger deal. There are thousands of Abrams that potentially could become available.
If there wasn't a mine field it would be much easier, but it basically means Russia is on the defensive. So much for a special military operation that would take Ukraine in days.
@@dougcoombes8497amazing and pointless. Both sides are just throwing men into the battle and losing them like we did in ww1.
Tanks are History...all this guy knows is tanks
I think that Ukrainian attritional strategy to destroy Russian military assets at a favorable ratio to the expenditure of Ukrainian resources will not pause in winter and will not require a dramatic breakthrough. But yes, there needs to be a way to disrupt Russian logistics through a deep battle approach, long range fires, denying Russians use of their airfields near the front, etc.
It's a good concept assuming they can be constantly supplied with armaments, however from what has been published, they are using more than anyone can supply, so will likely runout of artillery rounds before Russia are finished.
1 Abrams is equal to 69 thousands Leopard 2s and 1 ATACMS is equal to 420 thousands HIMARS
~quote by Ukrainian General who tried NATO-style offensive without Air Dominance~
@meme4one the USA needs to supply ALL of their stocks of the M26 cluster munition rockets for HIMARS/M270 MLRS
@@meme4one The economic potential of the NATO nations is an order of magnitude larger than Russia's. In another video I saw that some NATO nations are now cranking up their production of weapons and ammo. Russia is doing the same but it cannot compete is such a competition.
@@JoeZorzin yes NATO is richer than Russia however that doesn't mean their defence spending for zero return is going up. My neighbour is a car nut, even though my salary is higher, he spends a lot more than me on his cars. Putins the same. Plus the Russians have China and north Korea to help with supply plus other smaller partners.
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It's hard to say how well the heavier tank will cope in muddy wet conditions in Ukraine . I doubt the Abrams will see any front line advance leading work if it too wet . It's longer range accuracy will lend it to staying 4 to 6 kilometers behind the front but who knows what Ukraine will do , their tanks crews can be very aggressive . They might just drive the Abrams right down the Russian trenches as they have before . I am interested to see just how well the Abrams performs in the Ukrainian conditions .
They say maintenance is an issue so that might change how they use them .
6km behind the front line.... In a tank.... No. Its got a great main gun but if you want to use them they are very much close to the front line. Like any tank, it will get stuck in thick sticky mud, it will be destroyed by AT mines. It's not a magic bullet.
currnt generation russian atgms have 8km range hmm
@@matthewgibbs6886 yeah but that's not how you structure a tactical manoeuvre else infantry wouldn't go closer than 400m from the enemy.
It was pretty much said by the Us and Ukr govt already that Abrhams will not be used until next year.
From what I understand, the US has trained a few hundred Ukrainian tank crews and support personnel; about three months training. When US Army soldiers would get EIGHT months of training. Also, Ukraine does not operate any tank with a turbine engine, and to qualify to be an engine mechanic for the Abrams a US army recruit has to score in the 99th percentile on the ASVAB. THREE months of training; finding people smart enough to maintain them when Ukraine has taken 500,000 casualties and most men not yet drafted have fled the country. The Abrams' time on Ukraine's battlefield will be short and brutal.
In peacetime, armies have the luxury of taking as long as they wish to train soldiers. In war time, they can and do, expedite training programs.
Ukraine has several versions of the T-80 tank, both domestic and captured, that have a turbine engine. The technology is well known as turbines power most helicopters. The ASVAB has a mechanical maintenance component which requires the score of 99. That's a score not a percentile. The MM score may be lower than 99 when combined with scores of other components.
Really? Don't they work in the cold?
Wouldn't it be cheaper to just send them a couple of nukes?
First, the ground becomes solid for a long time through winter in ukraine allowing for operations to take place, and secondly, the winter doesnt suddenly cause tanks to melt. Dont pointlessly hassle ukraine into rushing their use just because journalists want to see them. They need to train within their own units and alongside infantry. Ideally any large operation with tanks needs weeks or even months of preparation, intelligence gathering, planning, misdirection and training with other arms, especially intergrating them with various different IFVs.
The way ukraine AFU used the challengers 2s they were sent was impressive-very well hidden for gathering intel first and foremost and taking on high value targets from a distance. Basically like a scout sniper team for vehicles and fortifications.
NATO also needs to hurry up sending F16s if they are going to, and not just in token amounts. If ukraine are given enough to get local air superiority, which is realistic, it will make a huge difference to a large tank operation, especially at night time.
Europe (and others) could also look more into sending eurofighters. There are apparently 600 of them around the world and they have done a solid job as a multirole aircraft. They could send ones from current stocks and replace them with F35s/15s/16s for a knock off price perhaps, or make a deal that any aircraft bought and given to ukraine are returned after the war ends.
If countrys weren't so pathetically reliant on private companies for weapons this wouldnt be half as complicated or expensive
You imagine one of those ATACMS cluster munitions on an airfield with a dozen KA52s.... Just the idea that they are in theatre will have the Russians pull them back beyond an effective operational range
They will burn merrily just like the Challengers and Leopards.
The same challengers that smashed through the russian second line, captured 2 main strongpoints and surrounded and wiped out a whole airborne brigade with one tank loss?
Use the abrams before winter,,? Why is it a summer tank 🥱
Modern tanks for Ukraine will not be a 'game changer'.
There is no magic wand to bring victory and end this war.
According to the New York Times, Ukraine has takes 143 sq kilometres this year, and Russia has gained 231 sq kilometres...
Untrue
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No very true
@@MarkNOTW according to numerous sources, one of them the new york times, Ukraine has gained 300+sq kilometres on just the far south axis of attack, that doesnt include all the other attacks they have made to improve the line. If you are the sort of fool who thinks distance gained is what is most important in modern warfare then the details and strategy of this conflict will be far, far beyond you.
@@Ukraineaissance2014 I certainly do not think land acquisition is the determiner of this conflict especially not for RU. Not so much for Ukraine and Ukebros who are hanging on with every meter “gained” around Robotyne lol. What matters is who’s army will be exhausted first and we both know that answer.
The Abrams is an excellent tank but it's not indestructible and there are only 13 of them.
31 in total
@@NeilHawkins-zq7bm You're right, like dropping depleted uranium everywhere once they get spotted and artillery gets dumped on them.
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31 is going to make a difference?? Surely you jest.
@@NeilHawkins-zq7bm I don’t understand how people can’t face the reality here. UKR has lost big. Also Those old tanks are being used by RU as kamikaze mine clearing operations.
@@MarkNOTW Lost big? They absolutely shut down the Russian advance and drove the Russian army back several hundred km. And totally obliterated over 5,000 armored vehicles including 1,200+ tanks including over half of all T-72s in the Russian inventory. Russia emerges the loser, having lost 1/3 of its entire arsenal and experienced troops.
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It would be nice if the Americans did not insist on waiting until Ukrainian soldiers have paid a blood price before begrudgingly handing equipment to them six months after they asked for it. The time and resources for Ukrainian's offensive is now almost spent.
No, they shouldnt use tanks to spearhead anyways. use them as support for the infantry, not the other way around. Use them at max range when the troopers find a trench that need s a layer.
Dont even let the russians seen them, engage at max range only
The longer they have to play around with the Abrams, the more effective they will be with them and reaction time is #1 in survival for both men and machine.
I have to disagree completely, 90% of tanks destroyed were not by another tank, and despite M1 has the best armor vs. Soviet Tanks, they still will die vs. artilleries, mines, drones. It would be very bad mistake to think the M1 as a tank destroyer can change the tide easily.
Absolutely, just like the leopard etc etc…
Pathetic.
Stop being so indenial of reality bruh... Abrams will end up like challenger, leopard and other tanks vs artillery, mines, ATGM's and drone kamikaze attacks 😸😜🙃
Abrams will burn just like the rest at the expense of a $50k drone.
Give them another couple trillion so its a victory like in Afghanistan😅😅😅u
Led by this genius of a general😂😂😂😂
30 tanks is irrelevant
It took too long to send those 30 tanks. That"s pathetic.
Its always harder for invading forces to hold territory in modern warfare, because the population doesn't want them there and will keep resisting. Afghanistan is the perfect example of that EG: Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, NATO: War on terror although in the end the ruling Afghan government couldn't keep their army motivated because of corruption. Ukraine is different, the whole nation is motivated to survive and so survive they will.
It's big country with huge empty spaces that suit Russian troops far better than the terrain of Afghanistan. There are also many Ukrainians who are pro Russia, it's not as black and white as many invasians.
@@meme4onemaybe some were, but after the way Russia treated them during this, it's highly doubtful actual Ukrainians are pro-Russia now. The rest are part of that "Little Green Men" armed acting troop that Putin pretends to disavow.
Not really. Those tens of thousands of Russians can't just blend into the second largest country (landmass) in Europe and survive on a hunter-gatherer diet; large armed forces need large and unending modern supplies and modern LOGISTICS: ----- how to produce large quantities of water, foods, clothes, bullets, bombs, missiles, airplane, etc. AND how to them them to get to the front line, for those tens of thousands of troops.... to maintain their invasion/occupation.
All of that require massive ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES.
Russia, despite it being 11 time zones or roughly 80% of the lands of US and China combined --- they are the 3rd and 4th largest land-country on earth themselves, so Russia is unimaginably large and large lands require VERY SUBSTANTIAL military assets on all of its strategic borders/perimeters to protect it from all kinds of neighbors ---- Russia's economy is down to roughly 50% of the economy of the state of California.
It is now cut off from SWIFT and roughly 98% of the Western world, the richest and most developed nations on earth.
Sorry, but you/Russia can't win a war in Ukraine, when the latter is supplied by 32 of the world's MOST advanced and richest nations on earth. It's just a fool's errand Trump's "genius" friend, Comrade KGB Col. Putin has committed the Russians to.... it WILL RUIN the Russian people and their society, for decades to come....
When the Russians went into Afghanistan, mostly only the US supported the Taliban; and when the US went into Afghanistan, only the Russians supported the Taliban... and NEITHER time, neither Western countries made it out triumphant. You almost always lose, when you're invading another nation, fighting against locals who would resist you to the bitter end, who also have some support from outsiders....
The French and then the US, one another another, learned that lesson in Vietnam and Laos. China tried to invade Vietnam MANY TIMES over the millenniums and never succeeded either... despite it being much larger and more powerful....
Neither Hitler nor Napoleon made it to Moscow. Neither did Putin made it to modern Kyiv.
It's just very hard.
And now that the West KNOWS Russia and the Russian people are willing and able to support a leader that has NO PROBLEM INVADING a fellow neighbor in a war, in 2023, that has killed AND wounded up to 500,000 on both sides, uprooting up to 10M Ukrainians, devastating around half of its municipality infrastructures.... Westerners are NEVER going to just sit tight and hope Russia "come to its sense"...
Now they know, if they are not able or willing to fight or help a fellow European nation/people like the Ukrainians, fight, that Russia WILL FORCIBLY annex whatever lands it wants, even if, again, Russian already is larger than any other nation on earth, with MORE NUKES, more diamond, more gold, more oil, more gas... than 99.99% of other nations and people...
Think about it, both logically and common sensically:
If ALL THOSE THINGS that the Russians have, in Russia's vastness --- rich natural resources and ultimate weapons --- haven't made the Russians content or happy, it means they will NEVER HAVE ENOUGH of any thing (land or gold or gas or oil or any other thing)...
So... if you're Russia's neighbors, you HAD BETTER prepare very strong armed forces... because that's the only thing that will stop them from invading you and taking what you have, in the name of the Bush Doctrine: we preemptive went to the Middle East and fought there, so they don't come here and start taking over.... @@meme4one
The majority of eastern Ukrainian are Pro -Russian .
@@meme4one Only "many"??? Gee, I thought Russia did survey and found out that 99.99% of Ukrainians just adore Russia and want to be part of it- because they forgive Russia for starving them during the Holodomor.
The ground freezes.....it's actually even better because marshy spots in summer are now hard ball in winter. Lack of a diesel engine vs a turbine is actually an advantage as well.
challenger 2 is better
Winter is coming
So this tank expert in this video fought in the Falklands war which is so famous for it's tank battles.
And was a para! Armoured warfare experts...
@@meme4one you used the term "para" which is an abreviation of paratrooper, the people who jump out of airplanes. I don't think the people who jump out of airplanes have many tanks with them when they jump.
@@matthewbaynham6286 can you do me a favour and Google sarcasm? I assume you're American right?
@@meme4one no, I'm not american
Perhaps look him up before making silly comments.
Why only Abrams? Why not Leopards and Challengers? They have already used German, British tanks. What Abrams would change? They will burn in the same way as Leopards and Challengers did - tanks that are better than Abrams.
Love it how the US has thousands of Abrams and they give Ukraine a whopping 30 even though they are literally fighting the ENTIRE RUSSIAN ARMY
Their engines are complicated and could cause huge logistical issues for Ukraine. I believe they are making some with standard (diesel rather than gas turbine) engines though. Not sure if that includes these initial 31 being sent now. With Poland using Abrams it means they can at least send them there for repairs and servicing but its still more complicated than is ideal. All NATO members should be sending more tanks IMO. They were basically originally bought to counter russian aggression, not fight shepherds, so get them used.
@@NeilHawkins-zq7bm Woah, i wonder how long it will take to train Warsaw Pact trained pilots on english aircraft with NATO doctrine lmfao.
You really think they are fighting the entire Russian army?? They’re fighting a small fraction of the Russian army.
Winter is coming again UwU 😹😹😹😹
Poor mens...
Russian defenses are not going to weaken over the winter, if Ukraine cant break them now they will never get it done.
They can use other ways to pin down the so-called weak Russian bear
😂😂😂 So far they haven’t.
Are you still for the 3 day operation amnesia? It is 1 months since. You kremlin paymasters are on the run@@bannedone3ice138
Russians are dying by the tens of thousands.
Talk about spin…..
The reality is that Ukraine has taken a beating relative to armour, artillery and manpower. The military talking head going on about “if this can happen…” is pure hopium and copium.
And plz, just stop this talk about landslides and what have we.
This will be a long and painfull counteroffensive, and we shouldnt push anyone to do things that isnt viable. clearing trenches takes the time it do..
Id like to see drone-deplyed troopers. Can get in and out in a matter of minutes, and they dont care about minefields. can be reseupplied via said drone.
Mandalorian troopers when?
I certainly hope so. It will save thousands of lives and give NATO the black eye that it so thoroughly deserves.
Putin's policy of keeping the population shielded from his own adventurist foreign policy was rooted in the paradigm of stability which underpinned his first decade in power. The stability, wholeheartedly welcomed by Russian society after the turmoil of the 1990s, was the source of his legitimacy. But that paradigm changed some 10 years ago when the Bolotnaya protest movement challenged Putin’s rule in 2011.
Since then, the Russian president has turned the conflict with the West into his new source of legitimacy, evolving from a populist majoritarian leader into a wartime dictator. In order to remain in power, he needs Russians to feel genuinely threatened by the West and he ideally needs the threat to look plausibly existential. The West played into his hands through Russia’s geopolitical alienation, effectively depriving Russians of a democratic European alternative.
Now that Putin has placed a large chunk of the population in a situation where they need to fight for personal survival, his regime could face a domestic backlash. But the risk of this may be outweighed by the opportunities.
Ukraine is at a disadvantage now because the territory they're looking to retake has been cleared of Ukrainian supporters so now it's an uphill fight, there are a lot of other factors but local partisan is extremely dangerous in finding out where the occupier is storing their supplies, this made the Russians retreat from Kherson city because the Ukrainians were basically allowing the Russian garrison to restock, find out where the supply depots were and hit them, rinse and repeat x 100 = nobody's going to be able to sustain that.
It's good to have dreams. Truth be told Ukraine will run out of troops by Christmas
US supplied M1 Abrams tanks are unlikely to play a key role because we didn't give Ukraine enough of them (we gave them ~30). We also didn't give them Air Power. This joker talks about how to wage modern combined arms warfare when the Brits and US enjoyed complete air superiority since 1945. These are the same experts that said Russia will be in Kyiv in 3 weeks.
Ahem. Falklands war. We didn't enjoy air supremacy then. I agree though that its a shame that democratic nations didnt send more equipment of all types to Ukraine sooner; had they done so, this war might've been much nearer its end by now. But the thing about the Abrams, Leopard 2 Challengers etc is that the Russians aren't likely to be entirely sure of where they will be used, especially with Ukraine showing itself to be adept at all the facets of deception in warfare.
Watch out for Steve Insidious, Kyle Hines and Top G, they're traitors
Says who ?
ME@@bannedone3ice138
Traitors against who?
@@meme4one Canada and the UK
@@jeanclaudejunior are they at war?
The Ukrainian Nazi's are formidable & strong . And with backing of NATO it is only a question of time before the Ukranian Waffen SS will break the Russian defenses.
@@NeilHawkins-zq7bm Sorry, "Heroes who fought against Russia in ww2" for you westoids.
@@NeilHawkins-zq7bm Maybe those who fell for actual nazi propaganda would, the millions of Ukranians with actual brains would do otherwise once they saw the actions of Germany and realized a famine that affected all of the USSR (and ethnic Russians the most) was maybe an actual famine and not some villainous plan.
@@NeilHawkins-zq7bm And Finland refused to give assurances to the USSR that they wouldnt invade or support Germany, they instead mobilized their military.
The Soviets responded by only annexing the region around Leningrad to ensure fascists wouldnt waltz right in.
(Spoilers : Fins did exactly as Stavka had predicted)
@@NeilHawkins-zq7bm LoL, so Stalin was supposed to let the entire city starve to appease the finns?
"Not happening, lmao"
And we all know how trustworthy Germany was in honouring that pact 😂.
@@NeilHawkins-zq7bm Which they did out of fear they would literally stroll into the streets hand in hand with nazis. Have you even seen the borders?
You mean to lose them huh😢
They are loosing stop wasting money on them.
Well, NATO is not supporting Russia, so no issue on supporting the loosing side.
Peace Deal Now! No more Money for Ukraine. This is dead stalemate since 2014. No amount of money will change that. Ukraine needs to deed over large sections of land mostly to the US and UK and let Russia have the rest.
@@theincrement4898losing what?
@@theincrement4898 they are not moving at all. The front lines aren't shifting except the occasional breakthrough here and there. Ukraines country is in ruins, Russia there or not Ukraine is a lost country.
Think about it if Russia is begging for help and ammunition this war is close to over for them
Really don’t understand why we fear are mongering he needs to take Ukraine to take Belarus and Poland he can’t take Ukraine lost to many men so definitely won’t be taking nothing else
Russia isn’t begging for help at all. Their weapon manufacturing is going full tilt 24/7. Stop getting your information from CNN.
In my opinion the Russian army in Ukraine is going to collapse, sure they can introduce more conscripts but the amount of resources required and the strain on Russian resupply is going to be enormous during winter. Add Ukrainian long range strikes in the mix . Russia is a massive country with resources spread across thousands of miles , things are really not looking good for them. You cannot bleed your country dry without experiencing consequences, its coming.
The never ending western sponsored meat grinder continues
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Its time to End this ware NOW! Peace Deal NOW! This is no win situation. No more money should be spent on it.
@@TheMVCoho because some random nameless YT commenter of dubious origin says so. Sure, Mr. Trollsky, we'll get right on that. 🙄
Russia needs Abrams tanks for our victories' museums. We'll exhibite those machines just next to nazis' Tigers, Panthers, Leopards and Challengers😁
How many lives and piles of money are you going to throw at this before you give up aka Afghanistan 2 ?
Ask the Ukrainians
NO more Money for Ukraine! This is a no win, stalemate. No matter how bad and sympathetic we all feel for the people are Ukraine it is beyond time to realize the reality of the situation and not sink our own economies funding this nonsense.
@@TheMVCoho says the guy who calls Zelensky a "Little Green dictator." No, you don't care about "our economy" you 🇷🇺🧌🤡
Just sent nato troops....😊
Abrams isn't some wonder weapon.
Inferior gun to the Leopard 2A6.
Ukraine already has the better tank in the Leo.
Actually no it isn't. You need to go look at the ballistic tables son. The 2A6 was FORCED to go to a longer gun to gain enough velocity to service targets that the M1 handles quite nicely with the shorter main gun. Everything about the Leopards gun is WORSE. Its heavier, its longer, the ammunition has to carry more propellant making them heavier and taking up more space. The M1 does the job with DU APFSDSRP that far out performs the German penetrator. Read a book, then come back.
Tests have shown that the hole bored by a DU projectile is of a narrower diameter than for a similar tungsten projectile. Although both materials have nearly the same density, hardness, toughness, and strength, due to these differences in their deformation, depleted uranium tends to out-penetrate an equivalent length of tungsten alloy against steel targets.[6]
Actually it IS a wonder weapon. Its a wonder weapon because there are more in storage in the desert ready to go than in the entire British army tank parks. Its a wonder weapon because it has demonstrated that it can kill targets at great range, then maneuver RAPIDLY (something the Challenger can only do if its dropped out of an aircraft at 20k feet). It can service more targets, at longer ranges, drive faster, turn more quickly, and do it far longer. Even the Brits say the Abrahms is much easier to learn and operate. So there you are. I wonder at your comment and how ill-informed you really are.
@@06colkurtz Why you quoting from Wikipedia?
Go get a real source.
@@06colkurtz No Challenger 2 has ever been dropped out of a plane you simpleton.
Oh and tanks don't drive at max speed, it is a totally dumb metric you brought up.
But when you realise that the Abrams and Challenger 2 were built with a different Philosophy, let me know.
Oh, and Challenger 2 has a greater range.
@@06colkurtzthey still go pop when they go over an AT mine of which there are many laid. They still break down, they still throw tracks, their systems still fail. They are good against other tanks and armoured vehicles, if the Russians are dug in properly they can't do much about that.
Time is on Ukraine's side.. bo need to rush things.
How exactly? This has literally been WW1 style trench warfare since 2014. 9 years and they have lost some ground actually. This is an absolute stalemate.
@@TheMVCoho They just started receiving western military equipment, after Putlers 'special military operation'. And it keeps coming. Plus they get more well trained and highly motivated troops online everyday.
Russia.. its economy is tanking, they have to dust off very old equipment and recruit people that really don't wanna go to Ukraine.
Praying that God will grant the opportunity...
1 Abrams is equal to 69 thousands Leopard 2s and 1 ATACMS is equal to 420 thousands HIMARS
~quote by Ukrainian General who tried NATO-style offensive without Air Dominance~
So soon to see lots of destroyed Abrahams tanks
@@theincrement4898 My dear, you are on Adolf's side again.
Hey don't get jealous that your military is falling apart.
How is the war going for you Ivan? Perhaps you could volunteer to expand the Empire?
@@theincrement4898he doesn’t even know the proper name of the Abrams tank. He is a deeply brainwashed individual.
Are you looking forward to receiving your sign up papers
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As an American I am particularly happy the equipment we have already given Ukraine is removing Russians from the battlefield and am eager to see what happens with the armor and aircraft they are training on now.
The Russians are going to Stalingrad The Ukrainians in a pincer . They are going to allow them to penetrate and then envelop the Ukrainians , Little to no air cover is a hopeless battle . Whoever controls the skies , Controls the battlefield in this day in age . Resupply will be impossible . In a war of attrition , The Ukrainians are running out of cannon fodder and no amount of money will stave off the inevitable .. The Russians obviously want a warm water port and a corridor of resupply , So taking back the eastern sliver of Ukraine just isn't going to happen ,, Unless NATO starts fighting .. Then the missiles will fly and WWIII starts and ends in a day Instantaneous climate change .
@@Sjwolosz321 Even if nukes fly the fact that the Soviets built massive underground bunkers in metro systems and fa tories, as well as shielding their main vehicles from radiation, makes me think that war would definitely be generational.
Even at this stage of the war, some people are fully deluded…
@@NeilHawkins-zq7bm OK we’ll see how well your comment ages lol.
We need to give Ukraine our nukes.
😂🤣
And in the process paint the biggest bullseye on yourself.
Send your balls instead of nukes. The USA almost lost enrichment technology and bought 480 tons of uranium from Russia this year.
@@CochinKerala Name a country that has nukes, that has been attacked because of their nukes?
That's kinda the point
Please contact your local MP and tell them about your grand idea. Share the Tridents, that is, proliferate N weaps, and start W W 3. Excellent 👍 🎉
Won't change a thing. Number is too few. Saudis using Abrams didn't defeat the Hutis, American using the Abrams failed to win in Afghanistan. Eventually a handful of these expensive machines will suffer the fate of the German Tigers of WWII.
The Situation is different. Ukraine is the defender and has an organized Army. The numbers are to few. But if you put these two companies in the right place at the right time they will maybe make a difference. And if you count all western tanks you have several battallions which do make a difference. The Abrams are just a small piece.
Though we should give them way more equiipment, as their victory will keep Ivan off any funny ideas in eastern Europe.
@@Firefighter2539 I think you have missed the reality. Although Russia is the invader, it is now Russia's turn to fight a defensive war. The initial advance bought time for Russia to build layers of defensive lines, then the Russian troops retreated to allow the Ukrainian to advance up to within artillery range. That is why the Ukrainian counteroffensive has been so sticky compared to last year's campaign. Instead of having "funny ideas in eastern Europe", I think Russia cannot afford to have any "funny idea". Their best chance and only goal is to keep what they have already taken and make sure the Ukrainian will keep feeding their troops and western equipment to the meat grinder. So far Russia has been mainly throwing cold war stockpile of weapons. Wait and see the newer versions come to the battlefield, just like the old FAB500 they have converted to smart bombs - the accuracy is so much better. It will be a long war until on side has no more to pile in. On the other hand, whilst the frontline in Ukraine is designed to keep the western powers distracted, Russia's real effort and trophy is in Africa. It is another way to choke the west of precious resource. As we have seen in Germany, the renewal energy revolution still has a long way to go to be able to completely replace Russian gas, oil and nuclear power. Western Europe's purchase of Russian gas this year has exceeded all previous records, if you have been paying attention to the news. Whilst Russia has successfully rained in the Saudis to make peace with Iran and Syria, now Russia has also control the major African uranium producers. Russia and Belarus have long been dominating the global supply of fertilizer. Slowly, the western market will lose control of the price of raw material, energy and food - that, is Russia's real strategy.
@@tsoihoiyat Please give me some proof/ source for the statement saying western Europe is buying more gas from Russia than before the war…
The real Nazis
That's you, not Ukrainians. Are you in denial of the Holodomor?
@@jeanclaudejunior You clearly have no idea about their military and in particular the Azov Battalion/Regiment/Brigade then.
@@Nyle95you clearly have no idea about the founder of Wagner group Utkin Russian fascist
Ukrainians murdered many Jews in ww2 to remove them from their country. They did some horrendous things during the war and are proud of their nazis heritage to this day. They can be both nazis and the victims of an invasion, the two can exist together but pretending it's a nice country full of nice people to suit a narrative and get support from tax payers to fund this war is propaganda.
@@Nyle95 I have plenty, traidor. No sabes nada sobre el Holodomor.
Slava Ukraine! 🇧🇧🇺🇲🇺🇦