President Joe Biden said on Monday the threat of Russian President Vladimir Putin using tactical nuclear weapons is “real”, days after denouncing Russia’s deployment of such weapons in Belarus. On Saturday, Biden called Putin’s announcement that Russia had deployed its first tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus “absolutely irresponsible”.
Russia is fielding T-55 tanks onto battlefields in Ukraine. If that sets the baseline, then nothing the west has sent can be considered “outdated”.
Totally irrelevant because:
That’s a set of highly unsubstantiated statements.
So if the equipment hasn’t been helpful … Why is Russia losing so. Damn. Hard?
Are they really losing? Looking at the map it seems like they control 2x territory compared to pre-2022. And they just recently took Bakhmut.
They’re fielding T-55 tanks. Your explanation for that (which is suspect) is that they are being used for troop transport.
Why would a winning army be using tanks first made in 1958 and last made in 1962 as troop transport instead of modern present day BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles or modern BTR-80 vehicles?
The user is straight up a Russian troll. His name is fucking ArtemZ for fucks sakes.
Report for disinformation and don’t engage. You can’t argue putins talking points because they’re completely unhinged and not rooted in reality.
Much of the territory Russia occupied in Feb 2022 has been liberated by Ukraine, including major cities like Kherson and Kharkiv. Check out the map. Those large blue swaths in the North, East, and South are all places Russia used to occupy and no longer do.
You’re fully committed to huffing that copium. Where are the Armata tanks? What is air defence doing? Kyiv in three days, right? :D
Tanks aren’t made to transport people and they are abysmally bad at it. They use a ton of fuel and don’t hold anybody but the crew. A passenger could sit on top, but if you are going the 100% unprotected route, there are piles of vehicles out there that are less maintenance and fuel intensive for troop transport. If that is honestly how Russia is using their T-55s, I encourage them to continue.
If you are using a tank purely for moving people around then the only crew member is tank commander. Speaking of fuel, it is not like Russia has any shortage of it.
Commander can’t drive and navigate the tank on their own. APCs and planes are for transporting ground troops