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OCTOBER 2024

Ukraine Withdrew American-Made Abrams Tanks From Front – Report

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Ukraine Withdrew American-Made Abrams Tanks From Front - Report

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Ukraine has pulled out American-made Abrams M1A1 SA main battle tanks from the front for the time being, The Associated Press reported on April 26.

The United States supplied Ukraine with 31 Abrams over the past year. Russian sources claim that at least a third of these tanks have already been destroyed or damaged. All the losses were near the city of Avdeevka in the Donetsk direction.

Two American military officials told the AP that the Ukrainian decision to pull out the Abrams from the front was the result of the excessive use of drones by the Russian military, which made it too difficult for the tanks to operate without detection or coming under attack.

The U.S. will work with the Ukrainians to reset tactics, Joint Chiefs of Staff Vice Chairman Adm. Christopher Grady and a third military official said.

“When you think about the way the fight has evolved, massed armor in an environment where unmanned aerial systems are ubiquitous can be at risk,” Grady told the AP in an interview this week, adding that tanks are still important.

“Now, there is a way to do it,” he said. “We’ll work with our Ukrainian partners, and other partners on the ground, to help them think through how they might use that, in that kind of changed environment now, where everything is seen immediately.”

While the American military officials who spoke to the AP said that Russian drones were the main threat facing Ukrainian Abrams tanks, many of the losses were in fact caused by anti-tank guided missiles. One kill was also attributed to a Russian T-72B3 main battle tank.

The performance of the Abrams in Ukraine was catastrophic to say the least. There were even reports about how much the Ukrainian struggled to just maintain and operate the tanks.

The U.S. will likely provide Ukraine with additional armor packages for the remaining Abrams tanks. However, this will not make any difference.

Despite the recent approval of $61 billion in aid to Ukraine, the U.S. may not provide more Abrams tanks to Kiev forces to avoid further embarrassment.

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Martillo

more ussan scrap from $lumville as the impoverished brain dead natives in the ghetto blow their minds on whatever rat poison they can find. it is indeed a glorious thing to see mother russia destroy the anglozionazi empire of filth. z

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Mowaten

these turned out to be some real game changers: they changed the game to “running away from the frontlines”

MotherTeresa

russians are advancing at the eastern front. even ukr government is admitting that, but now that large us weapons package arrived, russia will advance at a very high cost in ru lifes & material. btw. ru soldiers often even cause their own demise, without any ukr help, see (ru soldiers clearing mines ca 24.04.2024 ukraine): https://cuts.top/rscmin244

Last edited 5 months ago by MotherTeresa
CentralAsianStudies

well they did just blow up a train full of us arms in ukriane.

Clyde

that happens to sappers, regardless of what army they are in.

MotherTeresa

the russians are advancing on the eastern front. even the british government admits this, but now that a large us weapons package has arrived, it will bring even more high costs to the west. by the way. russian soldiers often even cause the death of ukrainians, without any help from the ukr, see (russian soldiers clear mines about 24.04.2024 ukraine): html//cuts .home page/rasputln244

Flabbergasted

anyone that pays any attention to what the silly brit govt has to say about anything is someone that actually pays for a subscription to the daily mirror.

MotherTeresa

the russians are advancing on the eastern front. even the british government admits this, but now that a large us weapons package has arrived, it will bring even more high costs to the west. by the way. russian soldiers often even cause the death of ukrainians, without any help from the ukr, see (russian soldiers clear mines about 24.04.2024 ukraine): html//cuts .home page/ rasputln244

Flabbergasted

maybe it was frenchies driving them.

Jens Holm

dear friends,

i am a poor ukrainian refugee in denmark, i don’t know anyone here and i don’t have any friends either. i have a lot of time for that, a computer, a keyboard and a mouse!

so that i don’t get bored, i write comments all day and answer them myself!

in professional circles this is called shitzophrenia, but who cares 🤡 😆😆😆

joke biden

we like submissive nation 404–is dumbmark east of tanzania?

jens holm

amerikan normal to be inferior—but we are amerikan colony even dumber

MotherTeresa

the russians are advancing on the eastern front. even the british government admits this, but now that a large us weapons package has arrived, it will bring even more high costs to the west. by the way. russian soldiers often even cause the death of ukrainians, without any help from the ukr, see (russian soldiers clear mines about 24.04.2024 ukraine): html//cuts .home page/ rasputln244

NATO humiliated

remove it from the front, your wunderwaffe turned out to be a scheissewaffe

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jens holmmaker the hausfrau

we make scheissewaffles in denmark. you may know them as danish pastries. our kids love them.

Last edited 5 months ago by jens holmmaker the hausfrau
corn pop

i thought danish pasties were what danish transvestites wore when giving lap dance classes to kindergarteners.

grazyfinn

abrams was supposed to be a game changer, and it sure is! the game has really changed: as a main battle tanks they don’t go to the battle any more, they hide somewhere behind the lines…🤣

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jens holmmaker the hausfrau

f16’s are on the way to save the day, any year now.

Joseph Day

finally a true test for the abraham’s, it failed misserably. send them back to the desert, still good to kill women and children

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D.K.

just like everything else that is sent by eu/us or nato is announced as a game changing wonder weapon but has proven to be complete crap and just makes russia laugh and the sending parties embarrassed.

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miracle weapons

the clowns in nato/eu still believe in these “miracle weapons”.

the politician tells the journalist, he writes it the next day in the newspaper, the politician then reads it and then says “i was right, it’s written here after all”

absolutely crazy the whole thing, because the ordinary citizen has to pay for this nonsense

Cromwell

they don’t really believe it because it’s just a money making scam for the arms companies, the more of this junk is reduced to scrap the worse it is for sales.

jens holmmaker the hausfrau

that’s not fair. abrams were built when lethal drones were just a fantasy. the russkies never play fair. at least blinken told those chinamen to play fair, or else. stop making so much stuff, he said or we’ll sanction chinese noodles and egg foo yung.

christodoulou Anastasis

all the useless war materials of america and europe will be destroyed in ukraine. the stupid ukrainians think they will eat for free mac-donults and kentucky fried chicken but they are eaten up by the russian canons.

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Wallter

not ukraine – more likely yankee advisers avoiding that the world laugh at the failed abrams totally unsuitable for ukraine. pieces of crap like most stuff out of yankeeland! just think ford or patriot missiles or f35, they just can’t help themselves – provider of crap!

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joe biden

russian cardboard superior to amerikan talibanned tank

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James Hodgkiss

i wonder if smoke might stop them being stopped by drones?

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French Fries

nope they give off a signature. these tanks might be useful against small arms and unarmed civilians not against a technological advanced army like russia.

no smokum peace pipe

never work. ukrainians blow all the available smoke up western asses.

Zionist Ghouls

the usa should melt their famous abrams for scrap to sell to feed their illegal aliens and promote their queer agenda..

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Jason from TX

yes, just withdraw them, stop the humiliation and misery

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_TomSawyer_

wtf is this? why is a gas-station so much better then all of our nazi-nato-axis-power?

i am going to write an angry letter to stoltenberg, he should send the whole eu population to die for the mighty dollar. get on with it you bitches, dance to our tunes!

guillable clowns! 🤡 😆😆😆

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Shaman

big bad russian laughing at the 32 nato joke militaries—amerikan trolls at south front more taliban therapy🤣

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joke biden

i withdrew dildo from jens holm azz—zasrenets very stinky

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tomsawyer

i ma gay masochist—taliban humiliation make my azz happy

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Spock

yes another failed wunderwaffe

corn pop

zelensky says the west waffles too much with its wunderwaffe and why can’t ukraine be treated like israel? his feeling are being terribly hurt. he wants to boss the west around like nutsyyahoo does.

TomB.

ukros running low on armor and artillery and need everything that can shoot on the front, but must remove a whole abrams tank brigade on order of the us just to avoid further negative press and embaressment for us arms? this will weaken the ukro defenses further and more ukros will die. another proof that us an west care a big dogshit about the ukros whom are only usefull cannonfodder, meat and idiots for the war against russia.

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corn pop

the little zelensky emperor has no clothes? no wonder jens likes him.

tom🤡sawyer

i worship money now in taliban group therapy since i am inferior amerikan burger species

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piipii

the west has absolutely no way to win or even to even out the situation. why continue? because pride and propaganda have talked themselves into a bag.

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corn pop

would mr. west like a plastic or a paper scumbag for today’s groceries?

Flabbergasted

time to rename the ab rams into the abless sheep.

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