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Kiev - Russian tanks are having trouble in Ukraine. Many amateur pictures and videos show Russian tanks destroyed. In fact, Russia has a much larger tank force than Ukraine.
Quoted from 19fortyfive.com, Russia has 2,700 tanks in its arsenal. In addition, they also have more than 15,000 armored vehicles in use.
However, many of these vehicles have been destroyed during the war. One of the reasons is Turkey's Bayraktar TB2, which Ukraine bought in 2019. The drone reportedly managed to fire missiles at Russian tanks. Although Ukraine only has 20 units of the unmanned platform, the Bayraktar TB2 has already proven its worth.
In addition, Ukraine also uses a versatile portable weapon called the Javelin. This is one of the aid packages from the United States to Ukraine. Since the beginning of the war, this anti-tank Javelin has destroyed many Russian battle tanks.
Quoted from Defense View, there are 1,800 Russian tanks that have been destroyed and most of them caused by the Javelin. Although there are also reports that the Russian tank was destroyed for other reasons, such as the carelessness of the tank operators themselves.
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"They failed to install and use sufficient explosive reactive armor if used properly, it could reduce the damage caused by anti-tank weapons like the Javelin," said the UK analyst.
He also explained that the Russian army had not yet learned to use the tank. “Russian troops have not improved their practice of using reactive explosives since the first Chech War in 1994. And chances are, many Russian soldiers are like this. Not installing it properly or not using it at all. From that point of view, the lack of training of Russian tank crews is also a source of chaos for Moscow," he explained.
It is also said that Russian soldiers abandoned their tanks after running out of fuel. And the last fact is the funniest compared to the explanation above.
According to the oryxspionkop.com report, half of the Russian tanks were not actually damaged or destroyed. According to him, the tanks were confiscated by the Ukrainian army and even civilians. The reason for this arose because of the spread of images of the T 80BV tank confiscated by the Ukrainian forces.