Grey wrinkled Sovjet mathematician says 500+ tanks and 1500+ APV, numbers are kosher. By Sovjet-Russia standard, this would be in the form of 17 tank battalions and 50 mechanized battalions. In terms of formation, let’s take off western glasses again and look from the other side. Out of the total number of new brigades, there are how many mechanized brigades formed - well 17.

Really become effective operational units without limiting them to spread out mechanized forces. From point of view that they can use all that firepower of their tanks.

Ukrainians are in fact not equipped with necessary and needed military equipment and weapons. Just for example, how many pledged and sent packages list engineering equipment? Anyone? No? Quite frankly we don’t know the the problems of the Ukrainians, neither can or should we, due to lack of comprehensive and available data. Where are the not so sexy toys of engineering and air defense equipment to boot. There is point of observation that everyone staring blindly on shiny toys that lend inspiration for cool memes, such as Leopards, Abrams and F-16s. So much discussion and expectations about the potential of the newly formed Ukrainian brigades, but has anyone checked the engine under the hood. There are some puzzling stuff about the new brigades that not seen much about at all here nor elsewhere. The bitching is about to start, get the popcorn. Experts of the Battlefront community, have at it.

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