West Panic, Shoigu: Offensive Underway, Trap Ukr Chasov Yar, Ocheretino; Rus Shows West Weapons
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- West Panic, Shoigu: Rus Offensive Underway, Rus Plans Trap Ukr Chasov Yar, Ocheretino; Rus Shows West Weapons
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Thank you Alexander ❤
Bekeneel kneels for Zelensky.
Thanks
Ocheretino flower is opening up.
In Italy today, the first of May, we celebrate the Working Day (festa dei Lavoratori). Thank you for your work and your analysis.
Odessa ❤ was founded by the Russian Empress Catherine the Great in 1794 🇷🇺🇷🇺 and will return home to mother Russia 🇷🇺🇷🇺
Big love from Denmark 🇩🇰🇩🇰
And how do you figure that the Russians are going to get there ?? There are two large European rivers to cross on the way to Odessa & Russia no longer controls the Black Sea area opposite the Odessa coast... I noticed our vatniks often bleat about Odessa, but when asked how Russia would get "boots on the ground" there the original posters of such have no answer or clue...Its almost comical. Plus you figure the locals are going to be happy to have the Russians there after being bombed by them for 2+ years??
Well......to be honest....I think a good argument can be made that ancient Greeks brought the area, that would in future be "Odessa", into the mind of the ancient world.
By yeah, Empress Catherine the Great did incorporate Odessa into Russia after winning it from the Turks
Nope - Odessa was 1st a Pontian Greek colony then the Ottoman Empire city of Hajibey for 3 centuries or so & finally after Russian conquest in the second half of the 18th century it was re-branded by Ekaterina The Great. Facts Over Sentiments!
@@willbass2869 Nothing to do with the establishment of present-day Odessa, which was founded on the site of the ancient Greek settlement by Empress Catherine the Great.
@@vaska1999 there's a difference between "FOUNDING" a city and simply renaming a newly conquered one.....
Hello, Constantinople
😂👍🏻🔥"Employees of the embassies of US, UK, Germany, France and Poland can enter the exhibition of captured NATO military equipment without waiting in line", says a poster in Moscow
I love it !👍
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Hahaha 😂😂😂❤
A couple of international not NATO vehicles and your wetting yourself 🤣🥴 the thousands of russian or should I say soviet era crap the Ukrainians have turned to scrap would cover every square ft of Moscow. It’s good to see you get a shred of achievement from it though, bless you. All these anti westerners currently residing in the west are cowards nothing more.
:-)))))
Odessa is a Russian city and will return home.
Ukrainians speak a dialect of the Russian language and think they are a different country. The people have voted. Ukraine is Russia.
The Russians should do whatever it takes to secure their border and bring peace to the region. They weren’t the ones that started it but I am certain they are the ones who will finish it. When you have a nobody West Virginian like me getting political about something you know the administrators of it messed up badly, because we have all the distractions you could ask for in this beautiful state.
Please tell me how Russia gonna take Odesa? Have you ever been to Odesa and the area?
as is Kiev.
It is home for the people who live in it - most identify as ukranian
Stoltenberg can get a job as a tour guide in Victory Park showing off the captured NATO weapons!!!!!
To the credit of the British Army, the Challenger 2 tank did not make it to the exhibition in Moscow because it got stuck in the mud on the way to the front line
It's a sunk cost investment
😂
Saved by The Mud😅😅😂😂
😂😂😂❤
@@dessmith7658 Good one.
It's so terribly shameful how the west, especially Europe, has turned on Russia in such a vile despicable way, after the tremendous contributions and sacrifices Russia made in WW2 to defeat Hitler's Germany. Setting aside the differences and intrigue of the cold war era and leaving that behind us all, Russia has done much to be a productive friendly partner to the modern world, not the least of which being their long-dedicated support and participation in the International Space Station. without the dear Soyuz, ISS would have been nearly helpless for many years.
I agree. There are many things that Europe and Russia can share, from culture to economic development. Our politicians are behaving like foolish servants so our economy is falling down and the people, we normal working people are deeply worried about our future. Without talking of ukranian people...
If the west thought they ever had a mutual respect with Russia that has gone forever now.
The AngloSaxon warmongers from the core hate the Slavs( Russians) cos they are the only ones who can have their sovereignity and give an equal fight in war
I started to believe that Marshal Zhukov of the Soviet Army was right when he said "We liberated Europe from fascism but they will never us for it"
@@jossiesh7649 never forgive ..
You missed that word))
Ukrainian rightwing nationalism has a horrific history; as the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) was founded in fall 1942, under German occupation, thousands who joined were former Ukrainian police, organized and controlled by the German Army, from 1941-1944.
These UPA Ukrainian nationalists greatly ‘assisted’ the German occupation forces, and many who joined UPA were former Ukrainian occupation police, directly supporting the German Army, and ‘assisted’ the Germans, as they rounded-up, thousands of Jews, to be killed, by shooting, in the Ukrainian countryside.
During the summer of 1943, the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) murdered an estimated 80,000 to 100,000 Polish peasants in Western Ukraine.
Following the end of World War II, the UPA fought against the Red Army, in the forests of Western Ukraine.
The Ukrainian Insurgent Army continued fighting, as postwar killings produced over 30,676 victims, including Red Army soldiers; including an estimated one half Ukrainian peasants and collective farm workers, local Ukrainians.
The goal of UPA was to create an ‘ethnically pure’ Ukrainian land, without any Poles, Jews and especially any Russians; as the Ukrainian nationalist’s insurrection did not end, until 1953.
The UPA is currently ‘honored’ in Ukraine; all monuments to Red Army soldiers fighting against German Army has been destroyed.
Let this be a warning to everyone; no to right wing Ukrainian nationalist ideology; no to racism, in any form.
Have a look at Trawniki Men on Wikipedia. They were mainly Ukrainian volunteers who were trained at Trawniki concentration camp on conducting mass murder. The Germans used them to prevent their own troops from suffering from traumatic stress caused by killing helpless men, women and children.
They are still fighting for that xenophobic ideology and being backed by Hun-inspired NATO
"Ukrainian rightwing nationalism has a horrific history; as the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) was founded in fall 1942," Its now 2024 over 80 years on ward. Do you like figure those guys are still alive?? The war has been going on for over two years and the only Ukrainian "Nazi" Russia has been able to find is a 90+ year old Canadian.....
Ziokraine
Tell that to the dictator !! ( putin )
Ukraine will soon be a region known as “the former Ukraine “
It’s already a lesser Russia, so what harm could it do not having civil war in the region. Everyone knows the only way that will happen is if Russia wins. Russia loses, it continues at the nuclear level.
Will be called „Oblast Smearlensky“….
It will be just the Kiev area.
Nóvorossyià will be Russia, up to Transnistria, and Western Ukraine will be claimed by Poland, Romania…
Black Rogue East
Nice to see censorship alive and well this morning, where comments count numerically but are invisible. I’m getting reply notifications from this thread and can’t even see my own comment anymore. No foul language, no hate speech, just an opinion that wasn’t allowed to be voiced.
УКРАФАШИЗМ БУДЕТ УНИЧТОЖЕН 💪💪💪🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺
Zio-Anglo-Saxon fascizam was then and it is of today.
SLAVA ROSJI 🇷🇺❤️
@@stellaroslan8092 слава всем народам борящимся с вашистским извергом!
It’s funny and again I’m an American vet and an article just came out published by someone who’s Ukraine saying Russia has a gas shortage. I was like can the media lie anymore in the west? A gas shortage? If this was true the stock for oil wouldn’t be plummeting and Russia would finally say enough is enough and make Ukraine a parking lot. I’m also positive Russia has refineries way east far away from the border. Sick of it.
First-hand information: No gas shortages in St. Petersburg. Never heard of any shortages in any other region either.
@@crimollo1 thank you very much sir! I can’t stand liars.
@@crimollo1 thank you for informing us of the truth .
Nato is running out of bullshit, I know that
Ukrainskaya Pravda headline next week: You see, Nord Stream was actually supplying gas to Russia! 😂
God bless you Alexander and thank you for another brilliant episode ❤
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Thanks for posting everyday man. It’s exhausting just to watch videos on Ukraine I couldn’t imagine making content on it every day all day. Truly must be a grind to stay up to date
God bless Russia, from India with love.
Forget the tanks & fighting equipment. Ukraine doesn't have the soldiers!!!!
Time to sit at the negotiation table.
If ammunition and shells are in so short supply, why are the Ukranians still "wasting" shells bombarding the innocent civikians in Donbass?
Long live The Russian people.
Absolutely agree with the Russians side on this.
The U.S. is in panic 😂.
Poland continues to scramble on.
The EU fears continued high energy prices.
Germany continues to de- industrialize.
Ukraine losing territory everyday 😂
The US may have agreed a fixed price contract for LNG over 5 years, and they can’t frack anymore?
wanger 1 so what, even if they can? Prices are sky high. It is extremely more expensive and most of the heavy industry and medium size industry is already leaving for India, China, Asia and maybe the US never to return to the germanic lands. The US needs the resources for its own consumption and industry. Auf nimmer Wiedersehen und dies alles geht auf's Konto der Ampel, diejenigen die keine einzige Glial Zelle haben und das Klopapier und die Fussabtreter fuer die amis sind.
the shadow globalist uniparty is panicking more like it
It’s all Russia n propaganda Germany is closing down I mean not closing down silly me
@@HerrDirleWanger1 this is not up to US any more!
Thanks Alexander for your continued good work.
What scares me, is that UK/US will go nuclear rather than loose face and save lives
Russia, is grinding down Ukraine’s army
Yet so many still believe Ukraine is winning. How?
The TV tells them what to think
@@juliantheapostate8295That’s why it’s called programming. - Morgan Freeman
Er!! Tis easy!! Ask yourself how did you get the name you and others know you as??
You got told from a very young age that's your name, and you've never questioned any aspect of it whether you like the name or not!!
Tis same with many Westerners in terms of the nations from which they inhabit!!
They are fed a particular narrative about them as Westerners Viz a Viz other nations, people's, cultures, whatever have you!!
They close their minds to any information that does not tally with the first information they were given!!
What I find most distasteful about some of the comments, is those people who will take up the mud about Alexander and issues in his past whatever they may have been!!
To those people I'd remind them of the old adage; " he that is without sin let them cast the first stone!!
Any criticism of his report, such dissenters should present fact, erudite argument rather than " muckraking"!!
To descend to that level merely proves they are less than intelligent, and that's the crux of the matter with these people!!
@@juliantheapostate8295👍
CNN, NBC , CBC, BBC and the white house keep the sheeple numb and dumb .
I watch both Alexander and Alex every day and enjoy watchiing them every day. I have not only been informed but in many circumstances I have also learnt a great deal. I am now much better informed of world events than I have ever been and I thanks both Alexander and Alex for that. I spent many years listening to television reports and never felt I fully understood what was going on and why!
❤😊UKRAINE IS COLLAPSING FAST.
Good
00:03 Prediction of a return of Panic in the West over Ukraine situation
03:12 Russian missile strikes on adessa disputed
09:20 Multiple attacks reported on key installations in Ukraine
12:25 Ukrainian attacks on Crimea have been unsuccessful with missiles being shot down
18:34 Russian use of Iskander M missile instead of TKA U
21:25 Russian missile strikes causing problems for Ukrainian attacks
27:07 Russian forces advancing towards Ukrainian positions
30:00 Front lines in Ukraine are crumbling, no strong line of defense seen.
35:46 Russian forces encircling Chuar, potential capture
38:37 Russia intensifying efforts to seize Chasov Yar in Ukraine
43:52 Russian troops inching closer to the canal and enlarging control
46:35 Russian advances threaten key supply lines in Ukraine
52:15 Concerns over NATO's role and weapon supply to Ukraine
54:55 Ukraine facing challenges with tank warfare equipment supply
1:00:44 Russian exhibition features WWII German self-propelled gun as a statement of inevitable victory
1:03:18 Speculation on Russian Defense Minister's future and retirement plans
1:09:13 Russia's Defense Minister confirms ongoing offensive plan
1:12:17 Capture of Bmud opening the way for Russians to capture Chaia
1:18:10 Concerns about ICC's credibility in Africa and the rest of the world.
1:21:00 West is on the offensive with a plan, while Ukraine lacks a plan
Crafted by Merlin AI.
36:23 Article in Financial Times
Thank you. 🙏🙏
What a discarred Lloyd Austin demanding the European Unión to give up their Patriot's to Ukraine because the US haven't any left in their backyard.
Not to mention the media is on a "Our army has more than the next 10 countries together" but, cannot come up with those darn Patriot's?
absolutely pathetic, but not surprising given all of the failures in this administration and agencies.
Which MIC company did Lloyd Austin work for, prior to becoming the Secretary of Defence?
Which MIC company makes the Patriot Missile System?
Looks likes America ambition to disarm europe
Panic indeed , what are the odds of Zelensky surviving the summer or escaping to another country? I sure wouldn’t bet that he makes it .
His own people will take care of him
@@jacquelineperet6599I agree, he will eventually get the Mussolini treatment.
If he escapes, he'll be taking billions with him. After all, his Atm (Beijing Biden) and have already seen to that.
Thank you Alex. Greetings from Croatia 🇭🇷
Those western tanks were very effective against people in sandals slinging pebbles at them!
❤😊RUSSIA IS WINNING BIG.
Wow, a few km and such a superpower Russia! Makes me laugh!
Define "attrition" , please...
The Western media have been so enthusiastic that they often hallucinate...
Thanks for another update! Greetings from Denmark :)
I am also in DK. I find precious little decent analysis på dansk, unless you have any tips?
The arses of _information_ and _EL_ (who might once have allowed alternative viewpoints) both now fully owned by NATO droids, apparently
Greetings from Australia
G'Day everbody!!!! Always in the mood to listen and watch wise information from a great geopolitical expert.
Thank you Alexander for your in-depth coverage of this conflict.
Alexander you do so well. I love you even more, for your Integrity and honestly. Grace and Peace to you and Alex in Abundance. Thank you.
[Bravo, Russia, your Armed Forces are Second to NONE! Take that, NATO!]
An exhibition featuring dozens of Western tanks and armored vehicles captured during the Ukraine conflict has opened in Moscow. The trophy show also includes a newly arrived US-made M1 Abrams tank which was knocked out not far from the Donbass town of Avdeevka.
The display kicked off on Wednesday near the Victory Museum, which is dedicated to World War II and the Soviet triumph over Nazi Germany in 1945. The exhibition, which will run throughout May, is also opening ahead of Victory Day in the Great Patriotic War, one of Russia’s most important holidays, which is celebrated on May 9. - RT
❤😊THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENCE HERE WITH US.
Russians: Slow harness - quick to ride
" The Tsars Mill grinds Slowly.But Exceedingly Fine"........
The new museum in Moscow is opened and features dozens of captured western tanks and armoured vehicles including an Abrams captured near Avdeevka .
I wouldn't expect to see video of that on UA-cam, or anyplace other than X.
Yea call it a copycat Ukraine has been doing that since the start of this stupid SMO.
Make a show off in front of the US embassy
@@TeunisMarinus Ukraine started the war in 2014 , Russia will finish it tAnusmarAnus.
@@johnf7683i watched one today with an ex gi doing the narrative,,the damaged is visible and horrofic to some vehicles
❤😊HAPPY LABOUR DAY MAY 1ST ALEXANDER AND EVERYONE
Shoigu is of extraordinary quality. He should not be removed.
Who said Shoigu is going to be removed?
PROPAGANDA.
Thanks.
It’s OFFICIALLY a NATO VS RUSSIA War
NATO's involvement in Ukraine not only exacerbates the conflict but also dangerously skirts the edges of a broader war. The consensus within the US National Security establishment suggests that Ukraine is on the brink of losing the war against Russia, with potential for the complete collapse of its military. Despite this grim outlook, NATO's strategy remains bafflingly counterproductive. - TFIGlobal
It’s been ‘official’ since the late 40s
We can be a little proud of ourselves for being on the right side of history.
Germany, on the other hand, has decided, 80 years after Stalingrad, to let German tanks drive into Ukraine again, which the Azov Nazis have painted with white Wehrmacht crosses.
Russia is unstoppable
The Biblical Bear.
Наше дело правое!
Враг будет разбит!
Победа будет за нами!
Great análises as always. Thanks Alexander 👏❤
As a lover of life. I can;t begin to understand this whole love of war .
Ukraine is losing. Stop the war.
Losing or winning at the moment does not matter. Russia must leave first and then the war might stop Ukraine will be ready to negotiate then not any time sooner. Mercy will not be given nor asked for. No surrender!!!
Russia will lose in the end. They will never be able to occupy Ukrainian territory forever. People living there will resist like afghanis resisted occupants or Palestinians rejecting Israelis.
Exactly, stop the war and save the Ukrainians as well as Russians
@TheArdildo It ain't going to happen! The Ukrainians are not Afghans and the Russians have a historical present in the region. The population in eastern Ukraine identify us culturally Russians, they speak Russian and they are eastern Orthodox. Ukraine it self was a state created by Russian communists not Ukrainians.
@@TheArdildo newsflash : the eastern third of Ukraine is ethnic Russian and has already voted to join Russia .
Excellent analysis as always Alexander
"Pebbles trickling down the hill"... reminds me of this saying: "The avalanche has started, too late for the pebbles to vote."
The NAFO 77th keyboard warriors have gotten rather quite these last couple of weeks . They have swapped out the Ukraine flags for new pride flags .
💯✅️💯✅️
Meet Peter Dick Son #1 flagbearer of the War Criminal in the Kremlin.
Exactly
No bro they're busy in the Gaza project .
"quite"
quiet.
Sorry, my OCD made me do it.
Thank you Alexander
Thanks Alexander, professional as always.
Professional in what way?
@@liuj88 structure of content and delivery. - its a public speaking thing.
@@user-kh3nz9lb2k
Fair enough, though I disagree on the delivery aspect.
As always Alexander your assesment is spot on
Zelensky’s plan is to hang on as long as possible, whatever the cost in people’s lives, and hope he can drag other countries into the conflict.
Thx. Great discussion.
If the Russians want to add insult to injury showing off the captured junk, they could do no better than follow the Americans' prescription to humiliation by painting the heavy machinery pink.
Russia has a thousands of 'Tochka" missiles. It turned them into ISKANDER . Very smart move
thank you
Panic is profitable! Good for defense contractors, lobbyists, hedge funds.
Cash from chaos
Channel has done a good job its reporting over the weeks on Chasov Yar-- the whole context and elements, implications, etc.
Though death and destruction is horrific and this conflict was totally avoidable ...the Russians have approached this unwanted challenge not only logically.. poetry in motion...creative...they fight for their very existence..while Kiev elite just wants to join the Western club using ordinary Ukrainians as sheep to the slaughter. Russia is to be admired...the bear stands tall 🐻
Awesome.
Where is Valery Zaluzhny?
Please do your best to find out, thank you.
Thank You.
Praying for all impacted on both sides
meanwhile the economy in the uk continue to deteriorate
Ukraine is doing just fine. They are advancing west very fast. 😅 its called the super duper retreat 😂
Thank you'😊
Iskander m missiles are also maneuverable and so almost impossible to shoot down. The west has no analogues to this.
Alex you are my cup of coffee in the morning.
Mine now... Just in time for a coffee ☕ cup of Alexander
Thank you Alexander, for great show and for taking your time to do the research for your audience. Kind regards
Thank you Alexander, please take good care of yourself friend
Excellent
Great video Alexander, well done. Peace ✌️ 😎.
Excellent discussion.
G'DAY!
Long live the Russian Federation ❤
Great analysis 👋🇪🇸🇬🇧👍
🇷🇺🇷🇺👍👍
Love your work Alexander!
merci, obrigado, thank's
Either the US modifies its foreign policy and hegemonic aspirations by learning how to become a leader among equals within an emerging multipolar world order, or it suffers a serious loss of power and global influence.
I would further postulate that if US foreign policy doesn't change, and enter into the global community as partner, the US will not survive. .
I am so tired.
I imagine that we won't escape unscathed, .
Think of what could be accomplished with global cooperation of sovereign nation states working towards prosperity and well being of their populations first.
The world will sooner or later be forced to put the West in it's place,
Perhaps the West Will come to enlightenment!
Great stuff as always Thanks for the updates. Peace and love
Thank you Alexander. Respect.
Good day all.
Talking of air defence system. "Patriot", "Iris", "Iron Dome" have 25% effectiveness proved on a battlefield. Russian S-XXX system have 97% effectiveness proven on a battlefield. In general, Russian modern warcrafts are far ahead of NATO/US ones.
I like your enthusiasm but the situation on the ground does not support your position. Russia has failed to achieve Air Supremacy after two years against a small Ukrainian Air Force. If you can show me evidence of Russian aircraft attacking Kiev and Western Ukraine I would love to stand corrected.
The Patriot systems in Ukraine are not even the latest version. Sorry, but don't be expecting a big rush in export orders for Russian SAM systems soon.
@@philipbanks3696Ukraine still has S300, which are much better than any Patriot.
@@terryeley6218 Now your just being silly.
someone should have watched all those documentaries about how grand Napoleon's army and the Wehrmacht were, and how it ended for them. It would not matter if NATO is the greatest army of all time and if it participated directly against Russia, the result would be exactly like all the other greatest armies ended up experiencing
But the experience will not I guess be that of Napoleon III's Army storming Sevastopol in 1855 and imposing a Franco-British peace on Russia in 1856...or the experience of the Japanese Army taking Port Arthur in 1905 and defeating Russia at Mukden..,,,,,Its important to cherry pick history....especially if you are a vatnik !!
Thank you, Alexander. I rely upon you to keep our view in line with reality.
Thank you very much And greetings from Holland 🌷
The Russians developed their missiles with speed as #1 priority.
The Americans developed missiles for precision/ accuracy. The Americans felt precision / accuracy was more important to them because they have to ship weapons to a battlefield. They wanted missile accuracy in hitting a target and ship less missiles.
The Russians valued speed. Because their battlefield is typically in their own hemisphere.
Either is valuable!
NATO TRASH TROPHIES DISPLAYED IN MOSCOW FOR ALL TO ENJOY - Your trusted investigator @IntelRepublic popped down to take a look...Collected from the frontlines are German Marder infantry fighting vehicles, Turkish Kirpi BMC armored vehicles, American M1 Abrams battle tanks, U.S engineering vehicles, American A2M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, Swedish CV90 infantry fighting vehicles & others. When Ukrainians vowed that tanks would roll though Moscow, is this what they meant? - Intel Republic
Make more video's Intel! You can do it! ❤🎉
As always, a lucid, intelligent exploration of the information.
@AlexMercouris Yes, the protests in Colombia University is that they took over the buildings and interrupted school operations. Do you distinguish between ordinary protests and this type of activity of building takeovers?
Yeah keep hoping to change things without bothering anybody else. I'm sure it'll happen
The country is literally finding and arming a genocide and you're here crying about "buildings take over"
Vietnam would have never stopped if people had listened to Bozos like you back then so you'll be ignored today as well
Nobody look at the map. South of Chasov Yar Chanel goes under the heights underground and Russians are already on the other side of the Chanel, no need for bridge or pontoons.
Excelent report as usual Mr Mercouris.
Many thanks.hsve a good journey.
There is a video of a cluster missile exploding over Odessa on Military Summary channel (?) but the Hogwarts building almost certainly was hit by air-defence missile.
Good analysis
May 1, 2024
- The Challenger 3 has been unveiled as the UK’s newest and most “lethal” main battle tank (MBT);
- The Challenger 3 is produced by modernizing existing Challenger 2 MBTs with 127 planned for conversion from the UK’s existing 221 Challenger 2s;
- The refurbishment/modernization of 127 tanks will cost $990 million or approximately $7.8 million per tank, several times more than modernized Russian tanks, and even more expensive or as expensive as new Russian tanks;
- The Challenger 3 will weigh more than its predecessor, and both tanks are heavier than their Russian T-72B3, T-90M, T-80BVM, and even T-14 counterparts;
- 127 MBTs in total will mean that most likely fewer than 100 tanks will be operational at any given time making it impractical for the UK to project military power abroad in any significant manner;
- The Challenger 3 features a 120mm smoothbore gun that will use NATO standard tank rounds which is an improvement over the Challenger 2’s rifled gun which required unique ammunition incompatible with other NATO tanks;
- The Challenger 3 is another illustration of Western military industrial production, emphasizing expensive, complex weapons built in small numbers to maximize profits versus equally capable, but cheaper and more numerous Russian or Chinese weapons designed to maximize both battlefield and strategic effectiveness;
- While a Challenger 3 may or may not be capable one-on-one with a Russian MBT, the fact that Russia has many more tanks and is able to replace damaged or lost tanks faster than the Challenger 3 and other Western MBTs proves a disadvantage to the UK and the rest of NATO; - The New Atlas
Tanks are so twentieth century though
@@dessmith7658 Not necessarily. You're seeing adaptations right now (Turtle Tanks with Electronic War Defenses). I suspect we'll see smaller Drone Tanks in the Future, guided by AI with Air Drone support, and possibly carrying Lasers along with Artillery Shells..
Think the of the conversion from Dreadnaughts in WW1 to Air Craft Carriers in WW2. Navies have adapted to deal with air attacks, I see no reason why Armies can't do so as well.
The British have fallen into the same trap as the Germans did in WW2. A few "Super Tanks" that may be difficult to service (think King Tiger) vs fleets of smaller but faster to build/easier to maintain tanks (think Sherman) is a losing proposition for the Super Tanks.
@@johnf7683 A Sherman can give you a very nice edge
But thanks for the advice
@@johnf7683 I am not an expert but it seems to me that the T34 was the game changer. Lack of fuel and ammo for the Germans in the west had more effect than the Sherman. That's how I got the story.
@@Billy97ify The Russians also used Shermans (the US sent 4,000 of them under lend lease to the Soviet Union), and many of them preferred the Shermans because the Shermans were more comfortable and didn't break down as often as the T-34 did.