The Russian army in an incomplete year of the war in Ukraine lost half of the fleet of combat -ready tanks, which gathered for the invasion of February 24, 2022. This was reported by CNN with reference to the data of the ORYX project, which tracks documented technology losses on both sides of the conflict.
according to Oryx, exactly 1000 Russian tanks-from the Soviet T-62 production of the 1960s. Until the most modern T -90 models – were destroyed by the Ukrainian military. Another 544 tanks were captured by the Armed Forces, 65 were thrown, 79 were damaged. The total tank losses of the Russian army, according to Oryx, reached 1688 cars.
“Russia began a war, having about 3 thousand tanks on the go. Therefore, there is a high probability that half of the tanks suitable for the use of tanks is lost,” says Yakub Yanovsky, military analyst and participant in the Oryx project.
The Russian army suffered record losses of tanks during the autumn counterattack of the Armed Forces in the Kharkov region. Only from September 6 to 10, the 4th Guards Tank Army, located under the raisins, lost about half of the equipment, or almost 100 tanks.
The total Russian losses of BMP, BTRs, tanks, missile systems, communication centers, helicopters and aircraft, trucks, artillery installations and other equipment over the full year of the war exceeded the mark of 9 thousand units, evaluated by Oryx.
and although Russian defense plants have been transferred to a three -shift regime, and officials require an increase in weapons production, up to the president, in fact, the army experiences the lack of equipment – and this is one of the reasons why the military consider it impossible to strategic attack in Ukraine, told “important stories “A source close to the Ministry of Defense.
According to him, the demand to advance comes from the leadership of the country, but the “understanding” generals does not believe in success, and the mood of the officers reached the stage of “panic”.