Although Russia has lost a huge amount of weapons and people in Ukraine, the armed forces of the country of reserves and manpower will be enough for at least another year, the head of the Estonian Defense Forces of Margo Grosberg said, analyzing the losses and reserves of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
“No matter how regrettable, it seems that this war will not end quickly,” Grosberg noted, writes The Insider.
According to him, since February 24, Russia has lost about 1,400 tanks, which is numerically “a colossal figure”, but in percentage, given the Russian reserves, this is not much: “As of today, there are about today at the bases of Russia 9000 tanks, not the most modern and new, but still tanks. Based on the fact that out of three tanks you can make one [suitable for use], simple mathematics suggests that Russia has at least 3,000 tanks. This is a very large number posing a threat not only for Ukraine, but also for neighboring countries. “
According to Grosberg, Russia also lost about 500 different artillery systems, which is only 10% of the weapons that were in Russia by the beginning of the war.
According to Grosberg, the same situation with ammunition that Russia tried to buy in North Korea and Iran, also adopting Belarusian ammunition: “According to our estimates, before the war in Russia there were about 17 million units of ammunition, of which 10 million They were spent, ”he said.“ At the end of summer, the expense of ammunition was very large. There were days when from 20 thousand to 60 thousand [artillery] shots, this is a crazy number. ”