War in Ukraine. Russia would have lost more than 85% of its tanks on the front in about two years

Since the start of the war in Ukraine, Russia has lost almost all of the armored vehicles deployed on its territory Forbes Wednesday January 10, 2024, relayed by Independent .

The Russian Armed Forces have thus committed 2,987 tanks to the front since February 2022, but have already lost 2,619. These are T-55, T-62, T-72, T-80 and T-90 tanks. In detail, 1,725 ​​were destroyed, 145 damaged, 205 abandoned and 544 captured. Theoretically, Russia would now have only 368.

insufficient capacity

These capabilities are considered woefully inadequate to counter Ukrainian combat vehicles, which are estimated to number around a thousand between pre-war tanks, restored tanks, and received tanks. But the Kremlin nevertheless announced that it will triple its production in 2023 with the arrival of modern tanks following an intensive industrial effort. According to ForbesIf these announcements are true, this would increase Russia’s capacity to 2,400 tanks.

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But according to experts, this figure is clearly overestimated and Russia is not designing as many tanks as it claims. In fact, the country produces only 390 tanks per year and therefore currently has only 1,180, slightly more than the Ukrainians.

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Worse, Moscow will lose more tanks instead, and will soon run out of armored vehicles. A scenario that would prevent him from continuing a war of attrition for a long time.