Thread by @RALee85

Ukraine published documents reportedly from Russia's 1st Tank Army showing its losses through March 15. It lists: 61 KIA, 209 WIA, 44 MIA, and 96 taken POW.
Incredibly, the 2nd Motorized Rifle Division's 1st Tank Regiment allegedly lost 45 T-72B3M tanks.
facebook.com/GeneralStaff.u…

The 1st Tank Regiment reportedly had 93 tanks, so this would mean it lost almost half of them in the first three weeks of the war. The regiment's commander Col Lapin is the son of the commander of the Central Military District and he received an award. 2/

https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1524413707899523073

Regarding the 4th Tank Division, it says the 12th Tank Regiment lost 18 T-80U and 13th Tank Regiment lost 47 T-80UE tanks, and 423rd Motorized Rifle Regiment lost 6 T-80BV. The T-80U/UE numbers track with @oryxspioenkop 's numbers. 3/
oryxspioenkop.com/2022/02/attack…

The 27th Motorized Rifle Brigade reportedly lost 30 vehicles, including 9 T-90A tanks, and the 96th Separate Reconnaissance Brigade (regiment?) lost 10 vehicles. This tracks with losses ID'd by @CITeam_en. 4/

https://twitter.com/CITeam_en/status/1497520518110629889

The 13th Tank Regiment should have had 83 T-80U/UE tanks, so it also lost half of its tanks if this is accurate. The 423rd MRR lost 44 vehicles (including a battalion's worth of BMP-2), 1st MRR lost 29 (25 BTR-80) and 15th MRR lost 24 (14 BMP-2). 5/

In unit terms:
The 1st and 15th MRR both lost 2 companies worth of armored vehicles, the 423MRR lost a battalion, 27th MRB lost almost a company of BTR and T-90A. 1st and 13th Tank regiments each lost 1 1/2 battalions of tanks and 12th Tank regiment lost 2 companies of tanks. 6/

If these figures are accurate, the 1st Tank Army lost 131 tanks in the first 3 weeks of this war, which is one regiment plus another battalion worth of tanks. 7/