The Systemic Collapse of Western Arms in Ukraine

Faced with the wave of NATO tanks in Ukraine, the Russian military (RFAF) has built a "triad" anti-tank system including intelligence warfare; firepower attacks, building a "corridor of death" with Ukrainian tanks and researching technology, finding weaknesses of enemy vehicles.

In terms of intelligence warfare, Russia uses large numbers of reconnaissance UAVs to monitor the movements of Ukrainian armored forces 24 hours a day. Russian electronic warfare systems have penetrated the NATO standard tank communication band. Russian ground intelligence forces provide coordinates for the deployment of Ukrainian tanks.

The second system to counter the wave of Ukrainian armored attacks is the Russian army building a “corridor of death” with firepower. The Russian tactical air force, mainly armed helicopters, is equipped with long-range anti-tank missiles Izdeliye 305, with a range of 14.5 km and armor penetration of up to 1,000 mm;

Artillery: Not only providing fire support for infantry, Russian artillery also uses Krasnopol-M2 laser-guided artillery shells with an accuracy of 1 meter and a range of up to 45km to destroy tanks and armored vehicles. Anti-tank teams are equipped with Kornet-EM missiles with a range of up to 8km and the ability to penetrate 1,200mm of armor.

But the most frightening thing about Russia's anti-tank firepower is UAVs, the most famous family of Russian anti-tank UAVs is the Lancet loitering UAV, which can destroy tank and armored vehicle targets from a distance of 40km. Meanwhile, the FPV UAV is a constant fear for all tanks and armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Army (AFU).

Third, Russia is stepping up technological research, learning military secrets from war trophies. The Russian Institute of Technology dismantled a captured Leopard 2A6 tank and discovered the secret: To reduce costs, the Germans used aluminum alloy armor in unimportant areas; the turret rotation mechanism had a design flaw and was prone to jamming; the night vision goggles could not function properly at temperatures below -20℃.

As the NATO tank myth is shattered, the AFU is in a crisis of weapons. For example, the German-supplied Leopard 1A5 tank uses a 105mm main gun and has a penetration of less than 400mm of RHA. Its protection is equivalent to that of an American infantry fighting vehicle and can only survive less than 3 minutes against a Russian FPV UAV.

The failure of the AFU in using armored forces also comes from tactical rigidity, which is the mechanical application of NATO tactical principles. Ukrainian tank units still apply NATO-style "all-out offensive" tactics, so they suffer heavy losses against Russian FPV UAVs and anti-tank missiles;

In particular, the AFU's training for urban and plain warfare has led to the dilemma of "tanks entering the city and causing casualties" in many cases. Especially due to poor maintenance, the failure rate of NATO-supported tanks is up to 40%, far exceeding the RFAF.

According to statistics from the Russian Ministry of Defense , the casualty rate of Ukrainian armored forces exceeded 70%; while experienced tank crews were almost exhausted. The training period for tankers was shortened from 6 months to 2 months, which made them alarmingly unfit for combat.

Western media revealed that the Ukrainian military commander even forced logisticians or unskilled soldiers into tank units, leading to frequent accidental shootings on the battlefield.

The failure of the Leopard 2A6 also foreshadowed three major trends in modern armored warfare: the technology gap, unmanned combat vehicles, and system confrontation. The first is the widening technology gap between tanks, for example, active protection systems (APS) will become standard equipment on tanks and the Russian T-14 Armata.

Next up is unmanned combat vehicles: The combined operation of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and unmanned combat vehicles (UGVs) will rewrite the rules of the battlefield. Russia's Uranus-9 unmanned combat vehicle has already entered combat;

Finally, the system confrontation: the advantages and disadvantages of a single weapon platform, will give way to the closed-loop capabilities of "reconnaissance-strike-assessment". The combination of the Kinzhal hypersonic missile and the Russian Orion reconnaissance UAV, has already proven its power.

The defeat of the Leopard 2A6 tank in the Ukrainian battlefield is not only the collapse of the NATO military myth, but also the irony of "technological determinism". While German engineers were arguing in the laboratory about the thickness of the Leopard 2A6's armor, Russian soldiers gave the answer with missiles on the battlefield: no tank is invincible, only the art of war is constantly evolving.

For the Ukrainians, the “ political correctness” of Western tanks is much less practical than the 125mm smoothbore gun of the T-90M. Russia has proven through numerous ambushes that, in a real battlefield engagement, technical specifications will eventually give way to practical wisdom.

However, Western politicians still have their own arguments. Australian Prime Minister Albanese said that "the 49 Abrams tanks that were taken out of combat service by the Australian army and sent to Ukraine could not only be used to destroy scrap metal, but also earn political capital"; perhaps this is Australia's "business philosophy".

Germany's "clearing of inventory" strategy, by refurbishing the Leopard 1A5 tanks in storage and providing aid to Kiev, but this type of weapon has a failure rate of up to 60% on the battlefield. Meanwhile, Poland made a "political speculation" by promising to provide 14 Leopard 2A4 tanks, but in reality only 8 were delivered and most of them are in storage. (photo source: TASS, Sputnik, Kyiv Independent).
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