At least with the Leopard 1A5 it has a thermal camera and rangefinders from the 1980s, not sure if they are going to have anything else installed. Has anyone combed through the images of the activated T-55s to determine if they are some later iteration or is this going to be some Iraqi Army tier shitbox?
Drones that have been taking out Russian T-72s and 80s for a year are going to slaughter T-54/55s even worse
They've already had almost a decade of NATO-style doctrine, thanks to the military reforms that followed the Crimean invasion. On top of which, a lot of the crews for these new tanks are fresh recruits, being trained without any preconceptions or prior doctrinal influence. It's not a perfect change, of course; they're still part of a military that is heavily influenced by soviet-era thinking and culture, but they're on a very different path to the Russian military.
You're kidding, right? Even if we dont bother modernizing the LEO1 it was still first produced 20 years later
No one lol. Gerasimov was likely never effectively removed from command either, the whole “Surovikin” withdrawal from the left bank and missile attacks were planned well in advance to Gerasimov’s departure too.
What amuses me is, there are a lot of people who previously had that same bitch-fit about DU, but are now suddenly acting like it's entirely harmless (possibly even edible). The reality i that neither of these positions is correct; it's a shell made out of a heavy metal, which can potentially be toxic if ingested, but isn't that big a deal compared to all the explody shit the Russians have liberally scattered across the Ukrainian countryside.
So much so that even the UN, which does not like the USA, has come to the same conclusion.
We're talking about tanks that are decades old and have been sitting outside the entire time, those hulls are gonna be weak as fuck. Also, a mobility kill is still a kill.
I got the idea from actually looking into it lol
The stuff on the engine and the old T-95 program was informative. The thing mostly being reliant on western imports isn't unexpected. His videos do need to be taken with a pinch of salt though. He has a habit of overexaggerating and has gotten his history wrong at times.
Bradley is pretty fucked if a T-72 gets the first shot off at it. But that almost never happens. What usually happens is the Bradley knows the T-72 is there before the T-72 knows the Bradley is and the first indication for the tank crew they are in trouble is either a TOW missile slamming into the hull or Auto-Cannon rounds systematically stripping every external peep hole and sensor off the vehicle.
No sign of the T-14 in Ukraine though, and I doubt there ever will be. I agree with his impression the entire program was pure propaganda, smoke, and mirrors. We seem to be more likely to see a T-32 vs. Abrams tank battle before T-14 vs. Abrams at this rate.
But who's going to give Russians an old US prototype?
never underestimated Russian incompetence.
World of Tanks about to have yet ANOTHER leak of classified data.
From Desert Storm. Bushmaster was getting kills on T-55s.
Counter point: Crew is only half the story. You need senior officers who will assign resources correctly and junior officers who know how to use the tools they have available to do it.
The T-55 WAS a more traditional soviet armored fist. Its no longer sufficient on the modern battlefield; even in vietnam it was vulnerable to LAWs.
Some armor sperg said they are T-55Bs. Cherry stock. But they are going to the factory presumably to get refits done.
Either way, the assumption that there are going to be some sort of tank duels have little to do with reality. From what I know, it rarely happens in this war, you're more likely to be a victim of artillery strike, ATGM or kamikaze drones. All of which are going to fuck outdated armor even harder.
