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Jan 24 • 4 tweets • 4 min read

@washingtonpost

Wait, ⁦@washingtonpost⁩ says #Leopard2 weighs 15 tons more than #M1 #Abrams? That…. can’t be right?

@mradamtaylor

From this otherwise solid article by @mradamtaylor @wneff & Daniel Wolfe @sadbumblebee : washingtonpost.com/world/2023/01/…

For contrast, here’s our latest on #Leopard2 : breakingdefense.com/2023/01/ukrain…

And our comparison of #Leopard2 with #Challenger2, #M1 #Abrams, & Soviet-derived designs: breakingdefense.com/2023/01/what-i…

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Jan 26

https://twitter.com/guardiannews/status/1618589496802516993

Ok, this Russian TV analysis is a gleaming pearl of bullshit grown from a single grain of truth. This gets technical, but TLDR: Russian tank guns can also shoot guided missiles for long-range targets… in theory. [1]

https://twitter.com/guardiannews/status/1618589496802516993

So, back in the 1950s & 60s, there was a school that said long-range anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs) would make tanks obsolete. (Sound familiar?) One bright idea tank designers came up with in response was dual-mode tank cannons that could fire regular shells -or- ATGMs. [2]

You could then fire regular shells against most targets but keep a few more costly, bulkier ATGMs for ultra-long range shots. I -think- that’s what’s happening in this Russian TV analysis, where the T-90s are killing Leopards at extreme range without the Leopards firing back. [3]

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