How is tank battle in Donbass region going?

[SaltyNuts]

I read that it was going to be the biggest tank battle since WWII. But I have not heard much. Who won, or is winning?

Thanks!

 

[uclaLabrat]

Bridges are losing currently.

 

[SaltyNuts]

Bridges are losing currently.

LOL!

 

[pete6032]

Ukraine forces have been engaging in guerilla warfare against the Russian tanks, using US/NATO anti-tank weapons (Javelin, NLAW) very effectively. Russian tanks have been hampered by poor maintenance, Russian inability to provide supplies for tanks, bad weather, and a fatal design flaw (see below). There has not been a lot of tank-vs-tank fighting.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/04/30/russian-tank-turret-blast-jack-in-the-box/

Will the United States Run Out of Javelins Before Russia Runs Out of Tanks?

The United States has supplied Ukraine with thousands of Javelins, but U.S. inventory is dwindling. Will Javelins inflict enough Russian combat losses to produce a battlefield stalemate before Ukraine runs out of its most effective anti-tank weapons?

www.csis.org

 

[SaltyNuts]

Ukraine forces have been engaging in guerilla warfare against the Russian tanks, using US/NATO anti-tank weapons (Javelin, NLAW) very effectively. Russian tanks have been hampered by poor maintenance, Russian inability to provide supplies for tanks, bad weather, and a fatal design flaw (see below). There has not been a lot of tank-vs-tank fighting.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/04/30/russian-tank-turret-blast-jack-in-the-box/

Will the United States Run Out of Javelins Before Russia Runs Out of Tanks?

The United States has supplied Ukraine with thousands of Javelins, but U.S. inventory is dwindling. Will Javelins inflict enough Russian combat losses to produce a battlefield stalemate before Ukraine runs out of its most effective anti-tank weapons?

www.csis.org

Damn, interesting. Russia is like the boxer who wins by letting you beat on his face over and over again and then finishes you off when you run out of gas LOL..

 

[dank69]

https://imgur.com/08gSetX

 

[SaltyNuts]

LOL, dank69, that is quite literally the most impressive thing I've seen in my life. So epic.

 

[BudAshes]

Damn, interesting. Russia is like the boxer who wins by letting you beat on his face over and over again and then finishes you off when you run out of gas LOL..

That is actually a very apt analogy. Points for SaltyNuts.

 

[Captante]

 

[Torn Mind]

When Vlad is dead, he'll get an amazon ad where he calls for roadside assistance, it fails, and orders Prime to get the tools to fix his "car" himself.

 

[Stiff Clamp]

How is batel waged? How tank get hit up?




Yeah, I don' t know if "biggest tank battle since WW2" is saying much . . . ?

 

[ultimatebob]

It looks like Russia got its ass kicked:

Russia takes losses in failed river crossing, officials say

Ukrainian and British officials say Russia suffered heavy losses when Ukrainian forces destroyed the pontoon bridge enemy troops were using to try to cross a river.

apnews.com

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

They're trying out some new convertible models with self ejecting turrets.

 

[dank69]

They're trying out some new convertible models with self ejecting turrets.

I think this is the current height record?

Russia’s T-72B3 Turret Toss World Record: 100m Up In the Sky (Video) | Defense Express

As can be seen from the video there are no equals for russia’s army tanks in the “turret toss competition”

en.defence-ua.com

 

[dank69]

LOL, dank69, that is quite literally the most impressive thing I've seen in my life. So epic.

Yeah the far tank (2nd jump) really sent it, haha.

 

[Charmonium]

There have been a lot Russian desertions. Not sure CNN quoted a number.

I think we're around the turning point. The new 155mm howitzer that Ukraine has been fielding outrange the Russian guns so the U forces can stand off and still take them out.

Plus, I'm sure a shit tonne of drones are probably in the field.

I'm starting to feel sorry for the Russian troops. They seem to be mostly clueless - by design.

edit - of course, mixed in are the war criminals. Serious cognitive dissonance.

 

[uclaLabrat]

In soviet russia, bridge crosses you!

 

[JEDI]

Ukraine forces have been engaging in guerilla warfare against the Russian tanks, using US/NATO anti-tank weapons (Javelin, NLAW) very effectively. Russian tanks have been hampered by poor maintenance, Russian inability to provide supplies for tanks, bad weather, and a fatal design flaw (see below). There has not been a lot of tank-vs-tank fighting.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/04/30/russian-tank-turret-blast-jack-in-the-box/

Will the United States Run Out of Javelins Before Russia Runs Out of Tanks?

The United States has supplied Ukraine with thousands of Javelins, but U.S. inventory is dwindling. Will Javelins inflict enough Russian combat losses to produce a battlefield stalemate before Ukraine runs out of its most effective anti-tank weapons?

www.csis.org

United States and run out of weapons do not go together.

Also, are the Ukrainian's treating the Jav's as one time use and discarding them in the battlefield instead of reloading with another missile?

If so, why aren't they carrying an extra missile??
(Or their helper carrying 2 missiles?)

 

[Torn Mind]

There have been a lot Russian desertions. Not sure CNN quoted a number.

I think we're around the turning point. The new 155mm howitzer that Ukraine has been fielding outrange the Russian guns so the U forces can stand off and still take them out.

Plus, I'm sure a shit tonne of drones are probably in the field.

I'm starting to feel sorry for the Russian troops. They seem to be mostly clueless - by design.

edit - of course, mixed in are the war criminals. Serious cognitive dissonance.

Eh, some of those troops are probably raping people. Miserable younger men starved of both power and ass is a very bad combo.