10/3/2023 0 Comments Destroyed tank huge modern tanksIndeed, it has already been demonstrated by their use of captured Russian MBTs: they have not yet mastered the fundamentals of modern armored doctrine, either strategically or tactically. But their most glaring shortcoming when it comes to modern armored warfare is not unique to Western tanks. Granted, it will take the Ukrainians some time to master the operational technicalities of each of these models, as they have begun to do in Germany. And even most analysts who have reservations about the tanks’ actual utility base their reservations on the Ukrainian tankers lack of training in specific Western models, preeminently the American Abrams MIA2 Main Battle Tank (MBT), the German Leopard II, and the British Challenger II. The pledge on the part of various NATO countries to send advanced armored fighting vehicles (AFVs) to Ukraine to help that country in its struggle against the Russian invasion has been welcomed by those who support Kyiv’s cause as something of a deliverance.
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