Comments on: The other 28 M-1s keep fighting

By: Bob Sykes

Bob Sykes — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 13:16:19 +0000

A T-72 has already taken out an Abrams with an ATGM. All Russian tanks can fire ATGM’s from their main gun, which gives the Russian tank overreach against US/NATO armor.

Tanks, aircraft carriers and other modern weapons are very dangerous, and militaries everywhere have spent huge sums of money developing counter measures. Many of these are being used for the first time, and Russia and US/NATO are having to develop new tactics.

In any event, the US/NATO weapons are merely slowing Russia’s advance. Current comments by Russia’s leaders indicate they will impose a demilitarized zone in Ukraine all the way to the Polish border. They also will seize the entire Ukrainian Black Sea coast, which is necesary if they are to keep the Sevastopol naval base.

By: McChuck

McChuck — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 10:01:15 +0000

The ammunition gate inside the turret automatically closes, unless you deliberately lock it open. So, what we have here is one of two scenarios:
1) Poor training of the tank crews.
2) Deliberate sabotage by the US so the tanks are less likely to be captured relatively intact.

By: Graf von Zeppelin

Graf von Zeppelin — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 03:14:51 +0000

Abrams entered service in 1980. I bet the Soviets had its blueprints before the design was finished. The Soviets spent at least a decade working out ways to kill Abrams in battle and Russians then worked on it for another 30 years. The Kornet ATGM was specifically intended to defeat Abrams.

Other than a couple of Abrams tanks disabled by Iraqis in 2003, Kornet hasn’t had a real battle test. I imagine that an ideal test would be against a small number of Abrams tanks, say two dozen, in an area of Russian air superiority, close enough to Russia so that the disabled tanks could be towed away for inspection. Wouldn’t that be a boon for the Russians. They could perfect their anti-Abrams weaponry in a limited engagement and get ready to face them in large numbers in a big war. Of course, America would never be so stupid to let such a test happen. Oh wait.