⚡️General Staff: Russia loses tank detachment in failed Kyiv assault.

[Donkees]

The Kyiv Independent
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⚡️General Staff: Russia loses tank detachment in failed Kyiv assault.

According to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Russian army’s 6th tank regiment has been destroyed on March 20.

[Takket]

1. .

[ailsagirl]

17. Too bad...

[KS Toronado]

2. How many tanks did the 6th tank regiment have left yesterday?

[Dan]

5. Well you also have to know the number they started with.... Smile.

[KS Toronado]

6. When they crossed the border weeks ago

they probably started out with 40 to 50

[jpak]

7. Yup and probably other armored vehicles as well

Vlad is having a Sad.

[WarGamer]

3. the tank is the "battleship" of 1941.

[Steven Maurer]

24. Kind of...

...certainly tanks unsupported by infantry that can spot anti-tank weaponry are.

But I think this is unique to Russia and the current conflict. I doubt very much that US tanks would be nearly as vulnerable.

[paleotn]

27. And the target of 2022.

Seems drones and portable anti-tank missiles have the edge right now.

[milestogo]

4. What's a tank detachment?

[Disaffected]

8. It's what flys off

when a tank is hit by a Javelin.

[redwitch]

9. DUZY!

This made me laugh, thanks!

[Disaffected]

12. ...

[KS Toronado]

13. Gave me a good chuckle also

kinda a blast off comment.

[ailsagirl]

16. Gave me a LOL

[gibraltar72]

14. I saw what you did there.

[AllyCat]

23. Yes! LOL!

[uponit7771]

25. lol

[taxi]

10. Might be the ex-squids who got TAD'd over to tanks.

They're Russians, the non judicial punishment for missing ships movement is TAD assignment to tanks. Or maybe that was another detachment who couldn't find a war.

[Brother Buzz]

11. The 6th Tank Brigade played a large part in the 2014 Russian invasion

The citizens of Ukraine are smiling because they remember

[Aristus]

15. I'm thankful for the Javelin. It could be a major reason for Russia to lose this war.

But there are likely a lot of reasons why the 6th got wiped out. We think of the tank as a blunt instrument used to mindlessly hammer the enemy. Hell, even our own armed forces refer to tank crewmen as 'dumb-ass tankers', thinking we're just as blunt and dull as our steel steeds.

But crewing a tank requires a great deal more subtlety and complex skill than a layman might think. Targeting an enemy tank, the tank's raison d'etre, takes a number of finely-honed skills that add up to more than just pointing the cannon in the right direction. Modern targeting computers take a lot of the guesswork out of tank gunnery, but they still have to be programmed correctly, and a tank gun that isn't boresighted (a task that ensures the gun is pointing at the same thing as the targeting crosshairs) properly is going to miss the target by a country mile.

Just like the equipment, the crew has to be honed to a fine edge so that they work flawlessly as a team. That takes huge amounts of training.

Just like their infantry, cutting and running the first chance they get, the Russian tankers seem to be of one mind when it comes to abandoning their tanks and hoofing it away from Ukrainian resistance. Skill, training, discipline, and commitment are everything in warfare. Those poor Russian boys got dragooned into this war, and don't seem to want to die for Putin.

[czarjak]

18. I'm for Ukrainian Independence!!!!! GTFO VLAD

[blue-wave]

19. They aren't looking so happy today

[ornotna]

20. Got a link? n/t

[Akoto]

21. I don't know why they keep sending tanks. Ukraine decimates them. nt

[Grins]

22. Confusing. A detachment or an entire regiment?

Careful with this one.

A “detachment” is usually a platoon of tanks “attached” to an infantry company for an operation or assault.

Taking out a regiment is a whopper!

[monkeyman1]

26. being a tanker is a death sentence now !!

the javelin is making tank's shooting a beer can !! PUTIN is a stupid pos when it comes to military strategy ! to all Russian tank drivers - " run like hell "" ! please join the Ukrainian forces ! you'll have a better life expectancy ?

[paleotn]

29. Every hour. Every day, the burn continues.

We can send lots more javelins, NLAWs, stingers, etc., etc. Where's Russia's nearly bottomless source of supply? Oh, that's right. They don't have one. So far, the Chinese ain't sharing. I don't expect them to. A weakened Russia serves their purposes.