supersquirrelFeb 24

Why Russia’s Best Cold War Tank T-80 Is Disappearing

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Why Russia’s Best Cold War Tank T-80 Is Disappearing - Sopuli

The T-80 is still a piece of shit tank. The reverse speed sucks which makes it a deathtrap and also the ammo and propellant is stored close to the crew making it a deathtrap when it cooks off from a hit. Still, this was one of the better tanks russia had. It is pretty amazing how terrible russia is at making tanks and how much they refuse to accept their tank design lineage is a dead end.

Show threadUnspecificGravityFeb 24
Pretty interesting how few tanks in general Russia is able to field it what kinda seems like an ideal place to use them. If tanks aren’t useful in Ukraine then what are they even for?
Show threadStinkyFingerItchyBumFeb 24

As an armchair general, I see very little use for tanks. When everything from planes, helicopters, LAVs, landmines, javelin equiped soldiers as well as specialized drones can easily take them out, they are just expensive tombstones.

I think their only use is for rapidly advancing through broken battle lines for flanking which is not a thing in the Ukraine war.

Show threadLembot_0006Feb 24
Tanks have amazingly precise guns. If you need to put 20-30 kg of explosives in a window from a few km distance – a tank might help you.
Show threadIphtashuFitz
Not to mention that the Abram’s tank can do that highly accurately while moving at 40 MPH over rough terrain. Their stabilization system is second to none. Ukraine has received around 80 of these tanks I believe.
Feb 24 at 9:27pmWeb