What are the issues I don’t think it’s mentioned enough is the survivability rate among Russian tank crewmembers.
The T-72/T-80 is not a very fun environment when hit. The crew sits on a carousel autoloader, and if the ammunition is hit, the results aren’t great.
In fairness, the autoloader makes the tank much smaller, and removes the need for a human loader.
Unfortunately, as you can see, it’s also extremely vulnerable.
The results are fairly consistent.
Russia is losing a lot of experienced armored vehicle crew members. Even if the vehicles themselves can be replaced, it’s going to take far longer to train up new crews.
A great representation of how absolutely horrendous US Navy procurement is.
In roughly the same time it took the US to fight over and fail to build the Constellation class, Italy managed to build 9 multirole warships with similar capabilities for *half* of the price.
For €557 million per unit, you get a modular platform with
-5000 nmi cruise range (convoy escort from Hawaii to Japan or the Philippines)
-5 in main gun
-76mm CIWS
-16x heavy SAM with MRBM intercept capabilities
-Dual band AESA radar
-Towed array sonar
Checking in on Fincantieri Marinette Marine as it tries to build the Constellation
In a major procurement move, at least one NATO country is reportedly attempting to acquire Ukraine's highly successful Delta battlefield management system.
The Delta system is both accessible and feature-rich, enabling increased awareness and coordination across the joint force.
Amazing find by @KSOSINT, it appears that a Ukrainian An-124 transported at least 3 F-16 airframes from the boneyard at Davis-Monthan AFB to Rzeszow, Poland, gateway for western aid to Ukraine.
The US has not confirmed any direct donations of F-16s to Ukraine.
This morning, Ukraine’s intelligence service assassinated Russian Major General Yaroslava Moskalik, Deputy Chief of the Russian General Staff’s Main Operational Directorate.
He was killed by a nearby car bomb.
The explosion:
The general was reportedly killed after a nearby Volkswagen exploded.