Western Escalation in Ukraine: Sending in Armor – But is it Too Little Too Late? January 6, 2023 Nicola Military Trends, Top Military News </p> <h2>Update on Russian military operations in Ukraine for January 6, 2023:</h2> <p> – After over a week, the Western media continues talking about Ukraine’s HIMARS strike on assembled Russian troops;<br /> – The focus on political optics inadvertently reveals the lack of strategic and tactical importance of this strike and highlights the lopsided nature of fighting against Ukraine;<br /> – Russia possesses many times more means and opportunities to carry out such strikes and does so nearly daily;<br /> – Western pundits are resorting to increasingly fantastical thinking to solve what they admit is Ukraine’s inability to defeat Russia;<br /> – France has agreed to send an unspecified number of its aging AMX-10 RC light tanks;<br /> – The light tanks are wheeled, have light armor, and will not be able to replace the main battle tanks Ukraine has lost over the last year of fighting;<br /> – The US is contemplating sending Bradley infantry fighting vehicles – even less capable than France’s AMX-10 RC;<br /> – Both Western systems will require special ammunition and maintenance provisions including shipping them to the Polish border each time they break down;<br /> – The Western systems including future transfers of even main battle tanks do not address the real deficiency Ukraine suffers from – lack of artillery and long-range weapons that Russia has in abundance;</p> <p> <br /> Credit to : The New Atlas</p> <p> Please support our Sponsors here :
