The Reasons Behind Abrams Tank Losses in Ukraine
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- A few months ago, the arrival of M1 Abrams tanks on the battlefield instilled fear in Russian troops. When the US announced their deployment in December 2023, a wave of optimism soared across Ukraine. Nicknamed “The Beast” for their firepower and armor, these tanks were seen as a turning point, a weapon expected to tip the scales decisively in Ukraine’s favor.
This euphoria, however, proved short-lived. By April 2024, reports of mounting losses began to surface. The Donbas region, once a hopeful battleground for Ukraine, became a graveyard for these powerful machines. At least five Abrams destroyed in a single month, falling victim to a swarm of cheap, commercially produced Russian drones.
Faced with these sobering losses, Ukraine has been forced into a difficult decision: to withdraw its remaining Abrams tanks from the front lines. The US is scrambling for a solution, working alongside Ukraine to develop new tactics while the Abrams are out of commission.
This unexpected setback makes us wonder: how could these seemingly invincible machines fall prey to a low-tech threat? Could the real problem lie not with the Abrams themselves, but with the way they were deployed?
To answer those questions, let’s first explore the historical and technical context of these beasts!
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Abrams tanks are built to impress the taxpayer, not the enemy.
The ones the tax payers pay for don't leave home without US troops inside them. Those ones aren't for export.
The fact that you can’t name a better tank.
Would suggest it is impressive. 🤦♂️
Dteams@@Aloh-od3ef
@@Aloh-od3ef Right, its soooooo impressive a 500 dollar drone can take it out. Lol.
@@andrewstewart9263fitted with anti jamming technology at the correct frequency he’s correct.
These tanks are great for fighting men in sandals, but not in a real war
the men with sandals beat the tanks
except its won wars already...
Russians are finding that out to, and much more so!! But you don't mention that!
@@MRsolidcolor against stone age military, you could have achieved the same thing with motorcycles and it doesn't cost much
Sandal wearing people who was equipped with anti tank weapons!
Land mines, IEDs and RPGs are anti tank weapons.
But according to you, they was fighting with sanders right 🤣🤦♂️
Soon, analysts will be busy analysing the causes of failure of the F16s 😂
Wait till you see the hand wringing when a carrier gets sunk
@@aardvarkbiscuit2677 hand wringing by Biden? Oh, that may be seen in case the WW3 begins because the Russian submarines have surrounded the US coast. 😁
@@aardvarkbiscuit2677 jajajjaja go to hugh your mommy little cryer!
@@aardvarkbiscuit2677good luck, unless you're talking about Russia's steam boat, Admiral Sinksalotovich.
I don't know if you have seen the analysis of US probable response if Russia pulled it off (which is very unlikely)...
No, the Kremlin needs to stay the 2 block gangsters they actually are... Threaten Balkan states, try to shore up support for puppets like Trump, and poison political offsiders. Thsts what they're good at, and within their means.
Instilled fear in Russian troops? 😂 Talk about delusions of grandeur 🤣
Delusions of adequacy.
5 in a mounth? Compared with the 100 Russians is NOTHING. 7000 Russian tanks were lost in 2,5 years.
Vince You're not the brightest one are you?
Were did you get your 7000 fucking tanks 😂😅@dorneanudoru
You are delusional and can't digest American propagandas @@dorneanudoru
Russia was never worried about the Abrams. They knew it was too heavy and a drone would take it out. Tanks don’t fight tanks anymore.
весной 2024 Т-72Б3 первым орудийным выстрелом уничтожил АБРАМС М1-А1
So why are Russia down to activating t62/t55
@@mantori762 They use them as mine sweepers and suicide drones. They have 30,000 tanks in storage, the tiny amounts the US EU send make no difference even if they were great tanks.
@@mantori762 Stationary firepower,still has a big gun.
U give the orcs too much credit. Even generals in the UDF and USA still think tanks are the cat's meow and that aircraft carriers are just splendiferous.
The russian "fear" was so obvious that every russian soldier hunt it....
The fear of not meeting it, thus not getting bounty for them. :D
Russian feared that they won't get to destroy Abram will gives million ruble per piece
Lol let's not get carried away russia lost 4 thousand tanks vs 5 abrhams? Lol....
@OSTemli russia lost 4 thousand of their tanks so...... don't kid urself bo tank is invincible western tanks are superior in every way. How often do u see a American tank with the current flying 200 feet into the air hahahahahah russian tanks are coffins but life is cheap in russia so it's all good 👍 😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@mi5iu491Russia has not lost 4k in tanks maybe a combination of vehicles I agree, the Abrahams does the flying turret as well so let’s be more realistic and less fanboyism
My cousin was one of the first tank commanders on the Abrams tank in 1981. He left the Army in 1990, just prior to Desert Shield/Storm. He speaks highly of the tank but it’s been 43 years since he was introduced to it. A lot has happened in those 43 years. It’s amazing to think that his time in service was closer to WWII than now.
"Instilled fear in Russian troops" 😂😂😂
There was never a wave of fear of the M1 by the Russians. On the contrary, the soldiers were excited about it because they got bonuses for killing it.
Y'a man
Infinite money bonus glitch IRL
Abrams is very special tank
Just talking
Wave of fear - western wishfull thinking
@@DemiGod..same goes for the russian ones, at least the american abrams keeps it's turret so calm down, the era of the tank has set. tanks are something to be feared only on an open field against other tanks or lighter vehicles, in urban or jungle territory they are useless so stop jerking your russian peepee
Looks like Abrams aren't shovel proof.
Nether is T-90M, Moskva, Terminator, S-400, shed tank, Black Sea fleet, ext
@@Goprof150 But western countries and Ukraine don't use shovel's.
That's what your media tells the world, Russian forces so broke they fight whit shovel's and washing machine micro chips.
@@Goprof150keep dreaming while Ukraine lose more territories
@@Goprof150why are you mentioning the names of Russian tanks? I thought western tanks were supposed to be superior with top level engineering... 😂
@@ejimayang3687 Not dreaming facts! Ukrainian is defending their land while Russia is lost 500,000 men.
All tanks appear to be susceptible to cheap drone attacks. Drones are the modern-day game changers in battle.
98% of weapons on the battlefield become obsolete one way or another, this has always been the evolution of wars!
Yes , but most not as effectively as the Abrhams 😂
Master fire master war. SUN ZU.
they've been saying that since before WW2, tanks won't ever be obsolete. They adapt and change like they always do.
The Abrams getting destroyed wasn't a shock to anyone with a brain. The Leopard and Challenger tanks were destroyed before the Abrams. Why should the Abrams be any different? Just like the dozens of "wonder weapons" semt before and since the Abrams made no difference. This isnt Iraq or Afghanistan. This is an actual war against a competent power.
@@olliefoxx7165 While true. One main reason is we sent Ukraine our junk outdated M1A1 tanks. Which are inadequate for todays armor. Including T72s. Export T72s in 3rd world and Arab armies is not the same as what Russia uses. Let alone it’s T90s.
Even if we did send them modern M1A2 Sep V4 versions? Drones today would still be a major problem and the mud which those heavy tanks are useless fighting in.
Cannot fight the same strategies in every war. Not every tactic and weapon is the ideal game changer everywhere in the world. Good generals & commanders who was every great? Fought uniquely and instilled something novel and new.
@@Chris-wh3yz It's very likely that Ukraine did get some of the "junk" Western powers had in stock. However, they most definitely sent very good equipment in enormous quantities.
In a war, very good equipment gets destroyed. That's war. What I find distasteful is when the equipment sent is touted as "invincible" or "wonder weapons." This isn't fair to the soldiers using that equipment bc when that equipment inevitably gets destroyed, the blame is shifted to the soldiers. They are on the front line, risking their lives. They deserve to know the truth about the equipment sent as well as the public. I have seen dozens upon dozens of various types of equipment get touted as invincible game changers. We are being lied to about this war, the equipment and many other matters. This war is going very badly for Ukraine. They need to get a ceasefire and pull their tattered nation together and rebuild. Did you know BlackRock, Soros and Bill Gates now own 33% of Ukrainian farmland? There will be nothing left for the Ukrainian men to return to if the fighting isn't stopped ASAP.
The Iraq war was an actual war. Iraqis had tanks and anti-tank weapons...
Because americans are masters of sales and marketing, they overhyped those abrams like it’s some invincible wunderwaffe. In reality its just super expensive T-80 with some fancy yet a bit useless these days techy-tech
Competent power? ON what world are you living? 700,000 dead Russians against an country that's not even half the Russian population. Keep coping in your fantasy with your face buried in daddy Putin's groin.
0:10 Instilled fear? Caused a laugh, more like it
I mean how much longer does russia need to beat its old men neighbors LOL
@@Pureblood712 there many young in EU, they can always go home, to help their elderly :) Slava
@@ChasseurTueur What a joke russia is lol The shovel isn't working so good
When it was announced, a Russian General was quoted as saying "They all burn the same to us".
@@SmeeUncleJoe Was he in his penthouse when he said this?
Soo you're telling me, that Soviet and WW2 Era tanks has more balls to fight in Ukraine than the supposed 80s era or modern era Abrams tanks?
Destroyed by broke washing machine parts.
Three days to Kiev, huh?
Abrams was never a super tank except when used against civilians and peasants in Iraq and Afghanistan.
That’s a very stupid statement
@@reserva120true hurts 😂huh
@@reserva120 No it isn't ......................it's THE TRUTH
@@reserva120but its true, Afghans and Iraqis didn’t have modern anti tank weapons
Nato hijene i ne znaju drugačije, u čoporu na slabije. Sada im je došao kraj.
Apparently they’re scared of F-16s too 😂
They are scared of all the propaganda, so scared...
Если честно, мы русские, как и украинцы, их очень ждëм😅
Чтобы показать всему Миру, как горит эта техника.
На самом деле, техника у вас неплохая, но есть проблемы с производствами, логистикой и другими тыловыми задачами. Тыл очень многое решает. Я бы даже сказал, что это основопологающая часть победы. Россия не мобилизировала экономику под военные нужды (хотя и не работает в холостую как до 2022 года). Несмотря на это, мы планомерно продвигаемся, учитывая, что киевский режим работает на полную мощность, а НАТО и ЕС панически пытаются нарастить вооружение (куда более важнее боеприпасы и снаряды, чем техника) и санкциями уничтожить российскую экономику.
Жаль что от этих действий страдают обычные налогоплатильщики ЕС и США, а правительство набивает карманы долларами и евро.
Мы не считаем врагами обычных граждан США и ЕС. Да, и украинцев тоже. Воюем с однополярным миром (мировым правительством, если так можно сказать), а украинцы (которые не участвовали в притеснении русскоговорящего населения) просто жертвы...
So, you aren’t even going to mention the one that was knocked out by a T-72 in a duel?
The distance was 6000 m and it was at night. The T-72 used a tube rocket in the attack.
@@robbypolter6689 Must be some other M1 you are talking about.
I’m talking about the one that was hit by a couple of APDS shells somewhere around Avdiivka. First hit (side of the turret) stopped it dead and the second one left it burning to a crisp.
Are you going to mention the low-level of skill the Ukrainians bring to the table? You can give a 6 year-old an M4 but don't expect too much from him.
@@MAC-tv6zq Not a very apt analogy mate.
@@zozulya2 Says who? YOU? lol
Conclusion: The tank was not design against drones
Somewhere im Afghanistan... the Taliban are watching this video, munching on some popcorns.
😂
😂😂😂
They don't have popcorn or anything else to eat in that sheet-hole. Probably munching on a boiled sandal.
And the talibans just have m60 tanks...
some of them are on twitter complaining about the 9-5 work hours and that the devil himself created such a horrible thing🤣🤣
T72 - cheap death trap.
Abrams- expensive death trap.
Abrams crew survivability is much better than the t series tanks. Only a low lQ indian would think otherwise
6 tanks lost, ALL CREWS LIVED!!!!!!!!!!! TARD!!!!!!!!!!!
crew actually lives most of the time but whatever you tell yourself buddy.
@@is-3shchuka765 >whatever you tell yourself.
Auto-ironic much, aren't you?
@@is-3shchuka765all vehicles are death traps bud, just depends on how you drive it
Im a neutral person
Abrams is a good and decent tank, but abrams are a cold war era tank and not a digital era tank
Its like throwing a ww1 tank into a group of ww2 soldiers equip with bazooka
Abrams got hit by pretty big shovel
The Abrams are effective when facing enemies with no weapons.
Yeah cause its a known fact ISIS and the Taliban dont have any weapons..
no! they are effective facing other tanks in environment where they have no areal threats... Now every tank melts to a drone - weapon they were never been made to fight against. Same reason there is no T-14 on battlefield from russian side. It would be a such political failure for russia cuz they would be as easly destroyed than any other thank in this war.
@@rodesdara The T14 Armata was canceled due to design problems with the engine, which is why it never saw battle. You must remember that a t72 destroyed an Abrams in ranged combat.
@@ChakalX011 M1s have destroyed numerous t72s and a Bradley destroyed a T80.
@@ChakalX011 Look up Battle of 73 Easting, and Battle of Medina Ridge. The only time we had tank on tank battle. Afterwards, there wasn't any. Not even during 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Man those shovels are getting Dangerous!
But at least Ukraine is Making Great Progress towards Kiev!
😂
Where does this shovels reference come from? I've seen it several times in comments, but not sure what it means. Could you bring me up to speed?
@@theshotgunguy4772😂
@@not-normal771 the news said Russia had only shovels and was running out and had to use washer machine chips for their weapons. 😂
@@not-normal771 There was meme from Ukraine 2 years ago. russians run out ammunition and start using shovels another one was russians using washer machine chip to make missiles and rockets. Since then shovels become symbol of Russian success.
Abrams were invincible because they always fought against farmers. They never fought against a real army. Now they're facing a real war and the results are catastrophic for those tanks.
That is just plain stupid! Saddam had the 2ed larges army in the world! Knock it off with your ignorance and stupidity! I'm guessing you are a Russian or a Trump supporter!
Tell it to Saddam Hussein's destroyed armies.
@@MAC-tv6zq So you're saying Iraq was 'near peer'? Excuse me?
@@TarsonTalon They has all the best Russian and Chinese weaponry. So, tell us. What is the difference?
@@TarsonTalonso you say that Ukraine is "near peer" for Russia? 🤡
Russian shovel is better than Abrams😅
Low tech? Drones are everything BUT low tech. They are very cheap but not low tech
Well put dear boy....
The point was that cheap $500 drone kills $4m tank
Abram tanks had never seen a real adversary since its deployment history.
Now, F-16s are waiting to bring down their glorious history in the ashes.
As opposed to the amazing non existent fighter jets developed by india
This also isn't an Abrams of the US quality. These are just standard export models. Actual Abrams with chobham armor would he a touch bit harder to crack than this. But the US would never export those.
@@PugilistCactus cope
@@PugilistCactus the answer is a no, while the export version is a less better one, but it is as good as general abrams. it's just with less of the latest upgrade. to put it to context some sandals adversary did manage to take it out too.
@@stormtruppen4039The export variant is literally 80's tech.
In Tank vs tank situation, Abrams are beasts.
It didn't instill any fear into Russian troops - don't flatter yourself 😀Russian troops got excited as they now would be able to hunt it
The only thing abrams have ever fought are people in sandals with RPG-2s, not a real contemporary militaries.
Not really, Iraq had lots of Anti tanks weapons, IEDs, VIEDs, thermobaric charges etc
@@yakintheboxafganistan?
and still lost those 😂😂😂
@@bangladeshi-player Yeah? lost? do afghanistan or iraq attack america nowadays? lmao they got absolutely fucked
People seem to forget...
Even the Abrams, is a 40yo design.
t72 also
The problem is with the new anti-tank weapons, not the tank, which has reached its maximum armor. Advertising is also a big problem, as with American invisible planes in a fight with third-rate armies, they can have success, but against well-equipped armies they will suffer very large losses and be very vulnerable due to their invisibility.
And the game changing f16 50 years old.
Before destroyed : ABRAMS IS SUPER MODERN GAME CHANGER FOR UKRAINE! - headlines
After Destroyed: You know.... its very old, chill out.
C O P I U M 100%
No it's a western democratic modern vehicle unlike russia's T-90 which is 100 years old 🤓
When your enemy is competitive, your weapons goes nuts
Things are different when your enemy is armed and not civilians
abrahams is a great tank for fighting people in flipflops throwing stones at it..
but sadly it turns into an expensive pile of garbage as soon as it encounters an opponent that can actually strike back.
false, those flipflops avoid the US military in direct confrontation, tanks were almost never used after the initial invasion in Iraq, except for Fallujah, and never in Afghanistan. Get some literacy.
drones and having a tank be alone isn't the greatest thing either, if it were in an actual group with infantry then it would work because that's what tactics it was meant to be used for. This is literally repetition of the same tactic used that Russia got most of their losses from and now they need to learn how to actually fight against other countries now.
@@freedomloverusa3030 if drones were available 25 years earlier, US would have lost even in IRAQ
@@is-3shchuka765 wasnt Ukraine trained and equipped by HATO and USA from long before 2014? wasnt Ukraine paid by USA from 1991?
@@is-3shchuka765 Let it all out brother. Have a good cry. You'll feel better afterwards. Some times our team doesn't win. It's a fact of life. This will make you emotionally stronger and build character, if you let it. Learn from it.
well no they are using their tanks against real army not rebels
They was used against the 2nd largest tank force on earth, TWICE and won both conflicts.
Obviously you don’t know your history!
Gulf war 1991.
Iraq 2003.
@@Aloh-od3ef😂😂 relax media can only get you this far.... where can iraq procure that many tanks ? From their butts ? Most of their equipments are either bought from the West or relics from past wars ? Both of which are ancient...2nd ? More like 20th if you ask me
@@tamdang8346 you're being controlled by Russian media right now buddy, hop off the internet you're too gullible
@@Aloh-od3ef that is clearly the wrong analogy- iraq is not and was not a near peer opponent. but it should have been a warning to us when several years ago we could see video of saudi m1 tanks and m2 bradley infantry fighting vehicles knocked out by the houthis in yemen
@@tamdang8346 wow , clearly you dont know shit. Iraq was a oil rich country buying for the time modern russian equipment. now if your saying russian equipment is stone age and relics then i would agree with you. iraq did not have western equipment.
Remote controlled flying bombs the size of a football is as high tech as it gets in a war.
fly-by-wire rocket launchers were a weapon I used in a video game on N-64... high tech gadgets have been imagined since before I was born.
It's all about secrecy and letting the masses kill each other with obsolete toys. This is just mass depopulation sold to old fashioned action hero movie fans. Nobody is dying that is rich and none of the weapons used are rare or unobtainable tech.
The problem with the Abram's failed performance in Ukraine is solely due to the lack of use of the afterburner on that jet engine by the AFU...
Saw one yesterday. In Moscow
yes, they went all the way to Moscow like Napoleon 🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂😂😂
Those aren't really M1 Abrahms tank son.
@@johnsmith1953xWell the tanks deployed to Ukraine were billed as older but capable models, in all news accounts
And it took a crane to make it look damaged enough to put on display.
I can't enough to say this: "Welcome To The Drone Age"
Naw...soon some scientist at Natick Labs will invent a jammer that makes drones drop from the sky.
Abrams were built for Afghan war... where the enemy has no ability to defend themselves. Same to F16s
They weren’t fearful of them. They can be destroyed just like any tank.
Those tanks met a serious enemy for the first time. They are large, heavy and expensive to maintain and are literally a sitting duck. The Russians will just destroy them
Why yall acting like tanks are invincible? No one made any of these claims besides the tabloids you all like to listen to.
Russian tanks lost: > 8000
Russians are losing their tanks much, much faster!
@@nostro1940 who told you? UKR media?
@@nostro1940you think what would happen if Ukraine deployed the same number of tanks to the battlefield?
The only reason why Abram lost so little when compared to the Russian is because of the sheer number it participated in the war. You think Abram, or any western tank is some miracle when facing Russian anti tanks? That they are somewhat invincible?
The only time when tanks are invincible was when facing pickup trucks and sandals army.
There is only 1 reason,RF is not Middle-East or Afgan😂
I was thinking the same....Fire power is in different level.
And they lost to Afgan too.
Both lost in afghan.
@@masymori8996 Afganistan is graveyard of Empires🤷♂️
@@4191682even afghan lost afghan too
Tanks don't kill tanks. Drones kill tanks.
oof, things must be bad if they are actually *admitting* losses.
the real problem is us marketing , they make people think everything is invincible , if you hit anything with enough energy it cant last
True. Too bad the Ukrainians manning those sophisticated tanks do not know how to keep them from being hit.
the beast? more likely "the feast" lol
The M1 wasn't engineered to be invincible it was engineered to save the crew who in time will dust off their clothes and jump into another one ....Tanks are a dime a dozen crews aren't 😂
Sole Purpose of Abrams: Maximum Profit for MIC, nothing more
not one Russian soldier was ever afraid because 30 Abrams tanks showed up to Ukraine
they were promised to close the mortgage, and they are literally hunting for them
Showed up late late, in small numbers, needing incredibly large logistics and fuel train to operate, and old models.
@@mutteringmale Suuurreeee🤡😂
Agreed. But every Russian tanker is afraid another 30 Javelins will show up in Ukraine.
@@phillipdavidhaskett7513 No, the Javelins have proved to be pretty ineffective (and often duds). They're much more afraid of drones (both sides are).
Noise and vibrations can give off the location of heavy mechanical devices
They need to watch out for Graboids from the movie Tremors.
It's a freaking War your going to LOSE ARMOR. Armor isn't designed to be indestructible, its designed to defeat the opponent & last 1 second longer than the enemies armor. The Abrams Tank like all the Armor on these Battle Fields in Ukraine are being tested like never before & there's not a Tank or piece of Armor that's immune from destruction. If there was such Armor on either side the War would be over already.
I love it when Americans wake up and see that reality is different from Hollywood. The beast got busted 😂😂😂
Wow 1 tank costs roughly 8000 drones
But less then my divorce LOL
Abrams are great tanks if they have air support, loads of infantry around, drone protection untis, kerosine trucks in line, no swamps or soft ground, strong bridges to pass and turbine maintenance engeneers nearby... and no professional army in the area.
So basically they’re great for a weekend cruise… if it’s sunny.
They need wider tracks, (air/ground) cover to operate, the armor they took off and better tactics (on their own they are just targets) and the rest of the stuff you mentioned.
@@finscreennamethis tank hits mines n after crew abandon it the drones attack it
Same metal coffin as every other.
"Finally, a worthy opponent! Our battle will be legendary!"
The Abrahams was used to fighting the Taleban and weaker armies. Now its met its equal
It's Superior.
So you think that the soviets would have used fpv drones in the 80s when this tank has enteres service? And the also, drones became a larger threat only a few years ago
@@kirilmazurek2843 LOL, cope.
A bradley just BTFOd a t80...
@@iamscoutstfu When that happens in the majority of the encounters, then you can claim something.
Taking 1 rare instance and then deciding that's how it works is how we lose wars.
The Ukraine is losing our tanks left and right to the point where they were asked to pull them off the front line.
Military TV should go ahead and begin writing "The Reasons Behind F-16 Losses in Ukraine". Just start now and get ahead of it a bit...."
The Ukrainians cannot fly a sophisticated jet any better than they can maneuver a high-tech tank.
Nobody who was in any way serious about this claimed the M1 would tip the scales or was a decisive weapon. Ukraine received 31 of them and while it's better than most Ukrainian and Russian tanks, it's still just a tank. It' has the same vulnerabilities as all the other MBTs.
Better than Russian tanks? Are you sure? T-90 - smoothbore 125 mm gun. When firing armor-piercing cumulative and sub-caliber ammunition, the maximum sighting range is 4000 m, guided missile ammunition - 5000 m, high-explosive fragmentation ammunition along a ballistic trajectory up to 10,000 m. Abrams - when using the most common M829 projectile, the sighting range is 4300 meters. Abrams, by the way, is not even really a tank. The armor scheme of the tank should be approximately the same on all sides due to the fact that in a battle in an urban environment the enemy may unexpectedly be on the side. According to the front armor scheme, the Abrams is more consistent with the self-propelled guns. But for a self-propelled gun, its weapon is too weak. Also, the standard Abrams ammunition loadout has a very small amount of high-explosive ammunition, it is mainly equipped with anti-tank shells. Which is also very typical for self-propelled guns. If someone walks like a duck, if someone quacks like a duck, then perhaps it is a duck? The main purpose of self-propelled guns is to destroy enemy tanks from a safe distance using a more powerful long-range gun. But Abrams does not have a powerful long-range gun. So what is its advantage?
@@Oleg111222333 You could have saved yourself the effort if you had at least tried to understand what I've written there ...
It never established " fear". No one called it the " Beast".
They failed because they met real army this time. Easy to understand.
not really, they were alone, which no tank should be at all in a fight. Stop posting propaganda for Putin and grow up.
@@is-3shchuka765
why do you think fash propaganda is better?
@@is-3shchuka765 Slava Rossii!
Bingo, usually their enemy riding on donkey & camel.
Alone was your sister and mom under the brigde selling themselves cheap last weekend@@is-3shchuka765
Abrams tanks have been withdrawn.
Run away......
Monthy python
Luckily, they couldn't remove all of them from the front line, because they are heavy and require special trucks and logistics. Even today we have a new one that got destroyed
The USA wishes the Abrams instilled fear, but they never did anything to instil any fear at all so why would they assume that? The Russians realised long ago that drones would be the tanks worst enemy, that is why they have cope cages on all new armour. Without anti drone defences any tank is toast on the modern battlefield, The new T90's have a nice one...
Israel has protection on their tanks. They aren’t Russia
The way they deploy/managed these tanks is Pure stupidity !!! 😱
They didn't bring fear but a challenge
imagine of you are a leader of a country who has been sold these weapons to defend your country and they have been shown not to be up to the job, don't expect a refund from the usa and don't ask for one or they may sanction you if you do
Brother, the US sends ukraine the oldest M1s from the 80s... No one is buying those/Not upgrading them
the patriot is the greatest scam ever done to an Ally... other then the F-35 scam
Anyone with any sense would know that you have to go as a combined arms unit infantry and air support in order for a tank to be effective it will not work by itself
@@user-fj3gp4mh2n so the US tanks and other weapons only work against countries they can have air superiority over? so why send them to Ukraine where they will never have that
they knew god damn well what happened to the russian tank in that battlefield yet they still committing the same mistake as if the other side can't do the same.
what a bunch of idiots.
USA Military = Wizard of Oz.
Abrams can be taken out by a RPG7 or Kornet just the same! Drones aren't it's only vulnerability
The crew survives
@@nostro1940 only if they run fast
@@nostro1940 great, another potential problem for the politicians. too many pensions.
Imagine a tank being disabled by a weapon designed to disable tanks…. That’s crazy 🤦♂️
@@nostro1940 dont matter if they dont have equipment to work with
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US military will pay many millions to replace these useless Abrams tanks, and more kickback money to all the US politicians.
New found weakness? The M1A1 is a very old weapon and clearly the russia knows how to waste them easily.
Every tank is vulnerable to drone attacks. Also, these are not the latest Abrams with the latest upgrades.
Never knew the Russian soldiers were scared of an ordinary tin can with a barrel. Well, they never showed such.
Против Дронов танки бесполезны , сколько стоит танк и сколько стоит 1 дрон? Какое соотношение цены?
No, every such military vehicle has got a weak spot. If you hit there, the tank can not move. Even if you hit the belt, the tank could not move. So, we need to protect the weak sides like the turtle cover the Russians introduced to save from drone attacks.
@kandy4848 $4 million dollars tank vs $500 drone and the drone wins? Bad investment
а в бою против пехоты и техники сколько приносит пользы танк, а сколько дрон?
4 million for a garbage
This war has changed the dynamics of war. Large ships, tanks, and troop concentrations are easily targeted and destroyed by drones. Until drones can be easily taken out in mass the traditional Blitzkrieg won’t work.
Наш танк Т-72-Б3 весной уничтожил один М1А1-SA и одну машину разминирования на его основе с помощью управляемого снаряда 9Н119М "Инвар" с расстояния 5,5 километра! А вчера Т-72Б3 поразил "Инваром" Челленджер 2 в башню ( от Челленджера остались только гусеницы и опорные катки а всё остальное разлетелось в клочья)!
True , but given that Russia has lost over 8,000 tanks and 12000 apc,s it proves the point that tanks are not designed to take on drones. If they were why is Russia’s t-14 supertank not been deployed. Russia has used old t55 and t 62 tanks to offset the losses in t80 and t-90 models. Mbt are not suited to modern war whereas lighter more agile tanks may be or well designed Bradley are proving to be very effective. Tanks on tank warfare is a thing of the past for all armies.
@@johnconnery1939 То, что вам на западе говорят ФЕЙК (Киев лжёт вашему правительству приписывая к нашим потерям свои (к 1 реальному русскому танку будет приписано 50 Украинских просто чтобы денег из НАТО не лишиться и что бы деньги родне погибших украинцев не платить а в свой бандеровский кошелёк положить то есть на самом деле из этих 8 тысяч танков Россия потеряла всего 150 единиц безвозвратно и 500 штук хоть и были подбиты но уже отремонтированы и вернулись в строй через 3 часа после подбития а остальные - это потери ВСУ которые были выданы Зеленским за наши потери!)!
@@johnconnery1939 А про Армату (Т-14) это БМК (Боевая Машина Командующего) Их задача не воевать а координировать действия танковых подразделений то есть 15 машин вполне достаточно!
The M1 Abraham is a formidable weapon against weak or less advanced weaponry. But not to an equal adversary like Russia. 🇷🇺
M1 was designed to work in conjunction with the US air force
Russia is also fighting old versions that the US phased out 10-20 years ago. We saw the same tanks take to combat in the middle East (export, not the Afghanistan/Iraq variety with DU armor). They suffered the same issues.
you understand that you aren't fighting Americans, with American gear. they have gotten the gear and tanks the Americana military was removing from its inventory.
Bradly and Abrams both are on the American chopping blocks.. you trying to brag about beating old out dated tanks that don't have Americans crews or support...
desperate to try to claim a win ...
America population has zero interest in war with Russia.. they cant beat the USA.
First off we can come to you and fight you at home but Russia and the world cant come to the USA and fight...
that's literally true of all tanks.
@@PugilistCactusit is fun to fight the war not to win but to lose face in public and hire accs to cover their assea
Funny, every tank is a target on the battlefield when the enemy has air superiority.....Simple fact.........
Real reason: first person view shovels- wire guided beam riding shovels- Laser guided artillery shovels- Loitering shovels.... and the list goes on........ Blyatz those shovels are getting dangerous heh😂 who would've thought.
I remember reading years ago about how the roads and bridges in Germany had to be upgraded and reinforced to handle the weights of the Abrams tank. I doubt they're going to do any better protecting the area around Kiev.
Abraham cost price hundred thousand USD, Sale price 5 million USD, Pentagon official commission 1.5 million USD, Senetors commission 1.5 million USD, Price the manufacturer get 2 million USD.. That's the truth
Op when fighting peasants with ak, but cant do sh3t with a near peer opponent..
Near peer, think you mean superior...
Bayraktar
Javelin
Atacms
Patriot
Abrams
You are here.
F16
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Peace negotiations
Every russian equipment produced during and after the Cold War (weapons, vehicles, ships, helicopters, jets).
Modern Russian EW Systems and Air-Defence Systems.
BMP-T Terminator.
You are here.
T-14 Armata
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Peace negotiations.
PS: I'm sure I'm missing even more stuff, but the russian losses are just too many to name them all right now.
@@akotarakz i can't disagree with you, yet lesser this lists - more people will survive.
@@Samuel_Wimes Well...depends only on one man. He gives the withdraw order and the list stops. Sadly this is not how things are going to end, because the political play is very important for him and he can not allow himself to look weak.
@@akotarakz Oh, for the god's sake, it never was and will not be depending on one man, who ever he is. It just don't work this way.
@@Samuel_Wimes Well...nothing happens without his signature on the paper, so...
the problem is need of APS, like on Merkava, Active Protection Systems.
Excellent Report
Thanks Sir. Always one of the Best
This reminds me of the Patton Tanks supposedly far superior than Indian Army Tanks that USA supplied to Pakistan and were destroyed by Indian Army in India Pakistan War of 1965 in which the Pakistan Army lost 97 Patton tanks during the battle with better Indian tactics, and a successful Indian strategy.
2:41 All what you are describing can be summarised in a nutshell: a pile of scrap metal.
Perhaps this is why the Marine corps got rid of its tanks?
i think those abrams variant didn’t even have aps trophy
"Instilled fear"😂😂😂😂😂😂
Definitely not scary behind a screen now when your friend is next to you and about 100 meters away from you and you see the gun start pointing at you it could instill fear but maybe your built different
Drones are a problem for all tanks , not just the m1a1 !
that abrams has also been destroyed in 1 shot from a T-72BM
Fear in Russian troops really sounds like wishful thinking.
Russians are too drunk to have any feelings whatsoever
dictatorships destroy humanity
No American weapons have ever instilled fear in Russian troops.
Not yet. Trump 2024
so why didn't they ever cross fulda?
...not since the warcrymes against Japan.
@@donHooligan F around and find out ask japan lol. We are much stronger now.
@@Pureblood712says a regular CNN subscriber
No, consider air attacks!!!! Ridiculous in the 80's attack helicopters were yhe main risk for tanks
What kind of helicopters do conventional US adversaries have? Maximum infantrymen in sandals on donkeys. The donkey does not know how to attack from above. :)