{"id":1616208,"date":"2022-08-19T09:47:21","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T13:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1616208"},"modified":"2022-08-19T09:47:50","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T13:47:50","slug":"putins-tanks-keep-getting-destroyed-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putins-tanks-keep-getting-destroyed-in-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin&#8217;s Tanks Keep Getting Destroyed in Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fputins-tanks-keep-getting-destroyed-in-ukraine%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1616208&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>On day 175 day of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/europe\/live-news\/russia-ukraine-war-news-08-18-22\/index.html\">Russian invasion of Ukraine<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/08\/17\/live-updates-latest-news-on-russia-and-the-war-in-ukraine.html\">Russian military<\/a> is trying to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2022\/07\/ukraine-is-turning-dead-russian-tanks-into-monuments\/\">grapple<\/a> with the heavy losses it has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2022\/08\/ukraine-is-waging-guerilla-warfare-hell-on-putin\/\">suffering<\/a> after almost six months of the war.\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Russian Casualties<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ukraine?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Ukraine<\/a>: A 3-pointer from a Ukrainian drone dropping an adapted M430A1 HEDP 40x53mm grenade right into the hatch of a T-72B3 obr. 2016 tank causing a deadly ammo cookoff.\n<\/p>\n<p>Another T-73B3, which had collided with a truck, was hit too but wasn\u2019t damaged due to reactive armor. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qwx9NGz8yW\">pic.twitter.com\/qwx9NGz8yW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UAWeapons\/status\/1559942028649275392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KyivIndependent\/status\/1560159135659921409\/photo\/1\">claimed<\/a>\u00a0that as of Thursday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2022\/08\/17\/world\/ukraine-russia-news-war\">Ukrainian forces<\/a> have killed approximately 44,300 Russian troops (and wounded approximately thrice that number), destroyed 234 fighter, attack, and transport jets, 197 attack and transport helicopters, 1,889 tanks, 1,010 artillery pieces, 4,179 armored personnel carriers and infantry fighting vehicles, 265 Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (MLRS), 15 boats and cutters, 3,061 vehicles and fuel tanks, 136 anti-aircraft batteries, 793 tactical unmanned aerial systems, 93 special equipment platforms, such as bridging vehicles, and four mobile Iskander ballistic missile systems, and 190 cruise missiles shot down by the Ukrainian air defenses.\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why Russian Tanks Keep Blowing Up<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2022\/8\/17\/russia-ukraine-war-list-of-key-events-day-175\">Russian military<\/a> has lost more than 950 main battle tanks in Ukraine. And that is only the documented numbers that have been verified by independent sources, such as the Oryx open-source page, mainly through audiovisual evidence.\n<\/p>\n<p>And the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2022\/08\/15\/russia-ukraine-war-latest-updates\/\">Ukrainian military<\/a> is claiming almost twice the number of destroyed or captured Russian main battle tanks, but those figures haven\u2019t been verified fully yet.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe heavy attrition of Russian Main Battle Tanks in Ukraine is highly likely partially due to Russia\u2019s failure to fit and properly employ adequate Explosive Reactive Armour (ERA),\u201d the British Military Intelligence\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DefenceHQ\/status\/1560133406964744192\">assessed<\/a>\u00a0in its daily update on the war.\n<\/p>\n<p>Explosive Reactive Armor comes in small boxes that are attached to the exterior of the tank in the most vulnerable places. The very basic idea of the concept is that when a projectile, whether that is a tank shell or anti-tank missile, strikes the tank, the explosive material in the boxes detonates and somewhat deflect or lessen the force of the incoming projectile, thus giving the crew a better chance at survival.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUsed correctly, ERA degrades the effectiveness of incoming projectiles before they hit the tank. This suggests that Russian forces have not rectified a culture of poor ERA use, which dates back to the First Chechen War in 1994,\u201d the British Ministry of Defense stated.\n<\/p>\n<p>However, footage from the ground in Ukraine has shown Ukrainian troops going through captured <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlanticcouncil.org\/blogs\/ukrainealert\/russias-ukraine-war-is-forcing-the-belarus-opposition-to-rethink-strategy\/\">Russian tanks<\/a> only to find that in the Explosive Reactive Armor boxes, there was plastic foam or even egg carton containers.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is highly likely that many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/opinion\/articles\/2022-08-17\/russia-s-war-in-ukraine-is-how-the-soviet-union-finally-ends\">Russian tank<\/a> crews lack the training to maintain ERA, leading to either poor fitting of the explosive elements, or it being left off entirely. These deficiencies probably contribute to the widespread incidents of turret ejection, which are well documented in eye-witness videos from Ukraine,\u201d the British Ministry of Defense added.\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_61829\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-61829\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image of Ukraine attacking Russian tank. Image Credit: Twitter Screenshot.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe war has seen numerous failures by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ukraine-russia-war-crimes-calls-for-nuremberg-style-tribunal-crime-of-aggression\/\">Russian commanders<\/a> to enforce low-level battle discipline \u2013 such as the use of ERA. The cumulative effect of these failures is likely a significant factor behind the poor performance of Russia\u2019s forces,\u201d the British Military Intelligence assessed.\n<\/p>\n<p><em>1945\u2019s New Defense and National Security Columnist,\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/sofrep.com\/author\/stavros-atlamazoglou\/\"><em>Stavros Atlamazoglou<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0is a seasoned defense journalist\u00a0specializing in\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/soldiers-one-militarys-most-dangerous-161118164.html\">special operations<\/a><em>, a Hellenic Army veteran (national service with the 575th Marine Battalion and Army HQ), and a Johns Hopkins University graduate. His work has been featured in\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/delta-force-sas-hunted-iraqi-scud-missiles-during-gulf-war-2021-2\"><em>Business Insider<\/em><\/a><em>,\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandboxx.us\/blog\/author\/stavros\/\"><em>Sandboxx<\/em><\/a><em>, and\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/sofrep.com\/news\/exclusive-the-perilous-state-of-the-special-forces-combat-diver-capability\/\"><em>SOFREP<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On day 175 day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian military is trying to grapple with the heavy losses it has been suffering after almost six months of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1616417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1616208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1616208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1616208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1616208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1616417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1616208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1616208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1616208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}