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In a devastating blow to Ukraine’s armored capabilities, Russian forces have eliminated 26 of the 31 US-made M1A1 Abrams tanks delivered to Kyiv last fall, according to RIA Novosti’s battlefield analysis. This staggering 84% loss rate reveals both the vulnerability of Western armor in this conflict and Ukraine’s desperate deployment of its most prized weapons systems.
The Abrams’ rapid depletion traces back to February 2024 when Ukrainian commanders, reeling from defeats near Avdiivka, deployed their carefully hoarded American tanks. The tanks came to Ukraine back in September 2023. The first Abrams fell into hands of Russian troops of the Center group in February 2024, marking the start of a systematic dismantling of what was once considered the crown jewel of Ukraine’s Western armor.
Russian tank crews familiar with engagements against both Abrams and German Leopard models noted the American tanks failed to live up to their legendary reputation. The export versions, lacking sensitive armor composites available to U.S. Army units, proved particularly vulnerable to Russian anti-tank weapons and drone strikes.
With just five Abrams potentially remaining operational, Ukraine faces a critical shortage of modern battle tanks. The devastating attrition rate stems from Russia’s effective combination of Lancet drones, anti-tank teams, artillery superiority, and electronic warfare capabilities that disrupt Ukrainian armored operations.
Kyiv’s losses may soon be partially offset by Australia’s donation of 40 retired M1A1s, with the first shipment confirmed in May. However, these aging tanks from storage depots face the same battlefield threats that destroyed their predecessors. The new transfer suggests Western allies recognize the political sensitivity surrounding continued Abrams losses.
The Abrams’ poor performance joins a growing list of Western systems failing to deliver promised results against Russian forces. Like the British Challengers and German Leopards before them, the American tanks arrived with great fanfare only to fall victim to Russia’s adaptive tactics and overwhelming firepower. Each destroyed Abrams provides valuable propaganda material for Moscow while undermining confidence in NATO’s technological edge.
these are the weather predictions for south front. today, as usual, we will have the standard insults from nato propagandists that can’t make believable arguments, desperate attempts at trying to make russia escalate the war they are losing and absurd claims about putin to try to engineer regime change in russia, their only way to victory.
the five eyes are sending all their junk to ukraine. when will ukrainians realize that their lives are worthless in the eyes of the five eyes. the anglo-saxons care more about dog lives than ukrainian lives.
not true! they sent everythin they had to ukraine and are now demilitarized. you could conclude logically they only had junk to begin with/
nato’s proxy war exterminating ukraine men is the attempt create new khazaria for the zionist empire . nato mafia has no plans to stop
sink the ship with australian tanks. all kind of gangster are spread around the globe, by genocide of the native population. stop the cannibals from destroy europe.
yeah send a chinese junk commerce raider and sink it like the hmas sydney. aussies are stupid.
abrahams no good.
how much damage did these tanks do before they were destroyed?
they are used as artillery as they are too heavy for ukrainian roads use large amounts of fuel/mile and need constant servicing even a former us defence advisor said they were no good as russian drones and missiles destroy them . but the ukrainians dismissed this and tried to use them as mobile artillery making it easy to home in on them .
little … in a word
weather prediction: all abrams and leopard tanks will be destroyed and all f16s will be blown out of the skies🍿🥤🍿
nato “technological edge”…well… this never happened… only pr, propaganda, simple… but us/nato know how to do psychological warfare, and even the soviets believed in that “edge”… the most dangerous weapon to russia today are drones…
high maintenance abrams tanks were once wonder weapons to save ukraine in the news . they require air domination with great logistic support to be successful . so they sent many to kursk where fiber optic drones destroyed them .
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now let´s imagine that russia has the same capabilities of psyops of soviet union (from kgb unhindered by no-one to “caspian sea monster”) considering the capabilities of drones, 2 new types of weapons that russia could make and give a real slap in the west: nuclear glide bombs, like fab-1500… and a nuclear armed drones sector, of russian drone forces… stop fearing the weak west, and make your own “game”.
tactical nuclear weapons are not binded by any agreements… so it´s reasonable to russia to have not 2 thousand of them, but 10 thousand… nuclear ieds, etc. they will be the frontline killer of nato warmonger whores… and eastern europe chihuahuas… russia can´t afford to be weak!