The most recent Abrams M1 tank has been destroyed by Russian forces within the nation’s Kursk Area, Navy Watch Journal has reported
Ukraine has misplaced two thirds of its US-supplied Abrams M1 predominant battle tanks within the house of solely half a yr, Navy Watch Journal has reported.
The outlet mentioned in an article on Thursday that, in keeping with its estimates, “shut to twenty” out of 31 tanks offered to Kiev by Washington have already been destroyed by Russian forces.
The most recent Abrams was blown up in Russia’s Kursk Area, Navy Watch Journal mentioned, primarily based on movies uploaded by Russian Telegram channels. It seems to be the primary American tank misplaced by Ukraine throughout its ongoing incursion into internationally acknowledged Russian territory, it added.
The M1 in query had “a considerably improved” explosive reactive armor, as Ukraine took steps to extend the safety of the US-made tanks, “notably after they took heavy losses of their first engagements with Russian forces in February-April 2024,” the report learn. Nevertheless, the Abrams nonetheless couldn’t stand up to a projectile from a handheld anti-tank missile system, doubtless a Kornet, with which it had reportedly been hit, it harassed.
Navy Watch reminded subscribers that Ukrainian troops working the M1s had beforehand complained to Western media about “technical points, together with vulnerability of digital elements to condensation, in addition to their vulnerability to Russian hearth.”
The outlet described the Abrams, the German Leopard 2, the British Challenger 2 and the Soviet period T-80 tanks as “the scarcest tank courses in Ukrainian service.”
Nevertheless it additionally identified that, whereas Kiev expects a substitute for its destroyed Leopards from the EU nations, “there have been few indications that the US might make additional deliveries of Abrams tanks.”
Russia’s Protection Ministry mentioned on Saturday that, because the begin of its incursion into Kursk Area on August 6, Ukraine has already misplaced greater than 5,550 troops and tons of of models of army tools, together with 71 tanks.
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