Ukraine strikes again! Successful counter attack Bakhmut. Major road under control.-The Russian Dude

[TexasTowelie]

The Biggest Patriot of the entire Russia has emerged from the shadows. Russians brought their newest tank in Ukraine, but they won't use it. Why? New developments of Ukrainian counter offensive in the South. Ukrainians regained control over major road in Bakhmut. Ultimate counter offensive of Ukraine will begin in May.

0:00 In today's episode
0:34 The Biggest Russian Patriot emerged from the shadows
3:45 Russians brought their newest tank in Ukraine, but...
7:18 New developments of Ukrainian Southern counteroffensive
9:49 Ukrainians regained control over major road in Bakhmut
13:38 Ultimate counter offensive of Ukraine will begin in May

[captain queeg]

1. As for them not using their newest tank, they don't want the world to see they are POS

The war has shown Russian equipment to be over rated. Though it’s really showing their poor tactics, possible customers for Russian arms are going to be turned off.

I can’t remember if I read it here or elsewhere, but the details of the sinking of their Black Sea flagship cruiser are illuminating. The ship was the pride of their fleet with a very impressive host of armaments including a 3 tiered air defense, but was sunk by a couple relatively inexpensive cruise missiles. Turns out only one of their longest range air defense missiles was functional as well as their close defense Gatling gun style weapons (only one functional). Their radar systems were mostly not working due to expensive parts being stripped and sold on the black market. And probably the biggest thing, their fire control systems were also largely not functional for similar reasons; stolen parts, fire extinguishers missing. Also throughout the entire ship many important pieces of equipment were locked up for protection and unavailable quickly. All Putin’s war has accomplished is showing the world that Russia is a paper Tiger.

[Warpy]

3. It's got some drive train issues

They got things like the heat/radar shielding right and that's about it. The electronics, state of the art for Russia, are about 20 years behind the west even when they work and they're glitchy. The auto loader fires at less than half the rate of a human loaded tank and the isolation of the crew compartment, while improving the odds of surviving a serious hit, also prevents the crew from accessing the breech should the engine be knocked out, ending the auto loading ability.

The only one confirmed in Ukraine is in Luhansk, probably the safest oblast right now, and just across the border from Russia, where it can likely be retrieved very quickly should the Ukrainians get too close, they don't want one of these things to be captured. Most likely, it's there for propaganda purposes, "see? Only the best for our soldiers!"

Had this thing worked as advertised and had it met production goals, it might be terrifying. As it is, it's a target for the Ukrainians to figure out the best way to kill it.

[PortTack]

2. Drive the orcs out...Slava Ukraine!