Good on Paper, Looming Disaster in Reality - The Remains of Russia's Soviet Arsenal

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Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation

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Ministry of Defence of Estonia

Department of Defense (US)
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KCNA - North Korea State Media

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[memeityy]

The sheer number of destroyed vehicles is insane.

[gOtze]

is it finally happening, the End of the Soviet Cold War Arsenal?

[williamlloyd]

It’ll be interesting, after the war is over, to compare your teams numbers with US DoD estimates when declassified

[gsbckzx]

These losses are insane. 3/4 of their inventory gone in 3 years, gaining some 10% of Ukraine. And not counting the huge initial gains, it looks even worse.

[moongod]

7:17 Tree-90M, Tree-90M, Tree-90M.

T-90M with a tree on it.

[TheGreatWhiteScout]

You know what tickles me the most about this as an old Cold Warrior (US Army, years of service - 1982-2004)?

This is likely a more accurate status of vehicles than Vladimir Putin or any of his deputies are receiving from the Russian military. Truthful or accurate reporting has NEVER been a highlight of the Red Army or the current Russian military, and the idea that the culture of Vranyo has been solved since 2022 is beyond wishful thinking and into purest form of self-deluding fantasy.

Keep up the good work. It is much appreciated.

[callips]

Still a big fan of this channel for years and i really appreciate that you specialized on satellite images to give us a objective view on the current Situation greetings from Stuttgart DE

[brettbenson]

I think this is a lesson we need to learn for our own boneyards. The vehicles need to be classified by reparability and would be better stored with hulls, turrets, engines, and electronics separated. It's surprisingly fast putting them back together and they differ in ideal storage conditions. And, given how detailed this channel gets with OSINT, we might consider putting a piece of sheet metal over them.

[vic]

It took the USSR nearly 50 years to build up this stockpile and less than 3 for Russia to deplete most of it.

[williamrizzo]

Working on my car in the rain all depressed and I see a new Covert drop and verbally shout "yeeeeaaay"

[codyarcher]

They inherited one of the mightiest equipment stockpiles in history, and have squandered it in but 3 years.

[desdichado]

One thing that supports your theory that they're low on good condition hulls is the prevalence of light infantry assaults supported by unarmored vehicles that started early in 2024. The Russians must have realized some time ago that their stocks of easily-refurbished tanks are going to disappear around the beginning of 2025.

[umpota]

Has nobody noticed the tree growing out of the tank?!

[walterengler]

What was not mentioned is the break down risks of the "refurbished" tanks. Sure you can take a take out of storage, clean it up, fix the bad parts, get it running again. But that's going to be far more likely to have breakdowns in combat compared to a regularly maintained tank. We keep seeing videos of tanks being abandoned as they are breaking down more. And when the tanks break down more this makes planning offensive actions even more difficult. At some point it make no sense to try and repair a tank in storage as even if restored, the risk of failure in battle gets too high.

[stamfordmeetup]

Putin started his imperialist invasion with armoured columns 40km long. Now Russia uses 1 Lada, a Golf Buggy and 12 North Koreans sharing one e-bike.

[fluffymyato]

reminder that a horse-reliant germany took france (with a belgium+netherlands-sized road bump and british support), denmark, half of poland and etc. in less than 2 years. meanwhile russia will be celebrating the 3rd year of their special military operation against one of the poorest countries in europe.

[ludvig]

Could we get an artillery count again as an early project for 2025? The numbers have dwindled the last months so it would be interesting to see where they are at

[adamhall]

Just a reminder that Russia has lost tens of thousands of troops and thousands of pieces of equipment, and has yet to conquer a single administrative capital in Ukraine. We are almost 3 years into the biggest European war since WW2.

[billwhite]

They have been using the horrifying blitz of golfcarts and scooters. Not quite tanks, but very mobile. Slow, unarmored, limited distance, but four wheels.

[lukejackson]

By the way, they're not producing 250 tanks a year. IISS estimated ~100 T-90M per year of which 3/4 were overhauled T-90As. Now, T-90A may have run out (we don't see many at UralVagonZavod for quite some time), so it is possible they've switched entirely to new production. A CSIS analyst estimated 120-130 new build T-90M per year, and this is optimistic.