Russian Ukraine War

[madbluboy]

Unless the provision of state of the art MBTs gives Ukraine too great an advantage and Russia backs down.

Without going into too much detail, Soviet/Russian tanks used by both sides are line of sight.  The Leopards, Challengers and Abrams are better armoured and have “over the horizon” offensive ability and can destroy enemy armour that’s out of sight.

In the Iraq war, a Challenger 1 destroyed a T-72 with one round at a distance of 4,700m.  The Challenger 2, as gifted to Ukraine, is more lethal than its predecessor.

There is a report of a Ukrainian T-64BV destroying a Russian tank at a range of 10,600m but that was with 20 rounds of indirect fire.

Russia isn't backing down. They will nuke before they lose.