![]() ![]() ![]() However, a May report by the UK’s Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) think tank clarifies that Russian tankers are now mostly using more cautious tactics supporting infantry, and employing technologies and techniques that implicitly reduce the effectiveness of even highly capable Javelin missiles supplied by the U.S. That count only includes losses individually documented by the Oryx blog-meaning that the actual count is surely higher, considering the losses that didn’t get photographed. ![]() This resulted in rapid, catastrophic losses-and contributed to Russia hitting the milestone of 2,001 main battle tanks visually confirmed destroyed, captured, or abandoned by May 30, 2023. But in a classic tactical error, Russian armor lacked enough escorting infantry to detect and flush out ambushes in built-up areas. When Russia launched its large-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, it aggressively pushed its main battle tanks and lighter, but heavily-armed, BMP and BMD fighting vehicles forward on the offense. ![]()
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