100 tanks in 100 hours: As the Armed Forces destroyed the best tank army

The Russian army has lost at least 90 T-80Us-half of all tanks in the 4th tank division. The 1st tank army was beaten during an attempt to capture Kiev. Now years will take years for their restoration. The counter -offensive of the Ukrainian army in the Kharkiv region, which began on September 6, destroyed half of the tank division - the best tank army of the Russian army. Forbes reports.

Within a hundred hours of Ukrainian counter-offensive, one hundred Russian tanks from the 4th Guards Tank Division of the elite 1st Guards Tank Army have been captured. Now its remnants go north. Losses for the whole army will have long -term consequences for all Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The UK Ministry of Defense stated that the 1st Tank Army of the Russian Federation was one of the most prestigious in the Armed Forces. They are designed for NATO fights.

The years will probably go to restore the potential. It is noted that the 1st tank army has been involved in the invasion of Ukraine from February 24. In the first stages of the invasion of it, it was headed by the attempts to seize Kyiv. After the task of a number of defeats, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation was removed from Kiev.

The surviving parts of the army, namely two regiments of the 4th Guards Tank Division, as well as two regiments of the 2nd Guards Motorized Rifle Division, were redirected to the Kharkiv direction. After 5 months, the regiments of the 1st Tank Army could not recover from defeat near Kiev. And the 147th Artillery Regiment was generally sent to the Kherson region through the counter-offensive of the Armed Forces.

The counter-offensive of the Armed Forces in the Kharkiv region included the strikes of the Ukrainian 4th Tank Brigade. T-64 and T-72 caused strong blows on the 4th Tank Division of the Russian Federation under Izium. Independent analysts have counted at least 90 T-80U tanks that have been abandoned or destroyed. This is about half of all tanks in the division.

Many of them are left in perfect condition, which allowed the Armed Forces not only to fill their losses, but also to get tanks more than it was before the counter -offensive. The author states that now the 1st Tank Army is probably unsuitable for further fighting and is the question of what and whom it is re-equipped. We will remind, in the media it was written that the armies of the Russian Federation cost $ 673 million in Kharkiv direction.