Yog tias NATO tsis muab riam phom rau Ukraine, "Defensive Tanks" Yuav Ua

Nws tsis pub leejtwg paub tias Ukraine xav tau kev tiv thaiv NATO-tus qauv armored tsheb. Hais lus ntawm Pentagon thaum nruab nrab Lub Cuaj Hli 2022, tus neeg xav txog yav tom ntej "tus thawj coj tub rog loj" tau sau tseg tias Ukraine "tej zaum yuav xav tau hloov mus rau NATO siv tau" cov tsheb tub rog, thiab hais tias "tank yog kiag li ntawm lub rooj” Tab sis raws li 2023 looms, NATO-tshaj tso tsheb hlau luam-txawm tias tsawg dua-cov tub rog tiv thaiv-tseem ceeb-tseem nyob rau ntawm cov lus pov thawj.

Ukraine tsis muaj txoj hauv kev yooj yim rau pem hauv ntej. Rau niaj hnub armored tsheb, tsuas yog tsis muaj ntau txoj kev xaiv muaj. Tshwj tsis yog lub log dawb, ntawm-tus-tsav caj npab xa tawm lub zog zoo li Kaus Lim Qab Teb rolls nrog kev xav tsis thoob, tsuas yog German lossis Asmeskas tso tsheb hlau luam muaj nyob rau hauv cov lej txaus rau Ukraine los pib xav txog kev khaws cov qauv "ib qauv" tank quab yuam rau yav tom ntej.

Raws li ib txwm muaj, lub teb chaws Yelemees thiab Tebchaws Meskas yuav poob tag nrho lawv tus kheej mus rau "tuav" Ukraine lub lag luam mus sij hawm ntev. Tab sis pem hauv ntej-kab sib ntaus sib tua tank yog qhov nyuaj. Rau qhov zoo dua los yog phem dua, cov neeg xa khoom tank tau khi rau lawv cov neeg siv khoom, cuam tshuam nrog txhua qhov kev tsis sib haum xeeb yav tom ntej lawv tau nkag mus. Ob lub tebchaws Yelemes thiab Tebchaws Meskas tuaj yeem txhawb nqa Ukraine niaj hnub no, tab sis tsis yog lub tebchaws Yelemes lossis Tebchaws Meskas zoo li mob siab rau pom lawv cov tank pem hauv ntej dhau los ua pej xeem "lub ntsej muag" ntawm Ukrainian tub rog, tseem ceeb thaum twg Ukraine thiab Russia ntsib yav tom ntej.

Tab sis Ukraine tsis tuaj yeem tos ntev dua.

Tig lub zeem muag ntawm kev sib ntaus sib tua hnyav dua, Ukraine yog nyob rau ntawm qhov tsis xis nyob ntawm qhov taw tes, raug ntes ntawm cov tshiab NATO cov qauv khoom siv thiab qub Warsaw Pact iav. Thaum yav dhau los Warsaw Pact cov tswv cuab tau mob siab rau muab lawv cov qub qub-tab sis-tso rov qab tso tsheb hlau luam hauv Soviet-era, thiab Ukraine cov kws kho tsheb tau ua haujlwm zoo hauv kev ua kom Ukraine cov khaub ncaws laus hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua, cov qub Soviet tank tsim muaj kev txwv tsis pub muaj sia nyob, thiab kev cia siab ntawm Ukraine txuas ntxiv kev sib ntaus sib tua appropriation ntawm abandoned Russia tsheb zoo li yuag.

Ukraine tuaj yeem tsis muaj peev xwm tswj tau lawv qhov kev xav tsis thoob ntawm cov khoom pub dawb thiab ntes cov tso tsheb hlau luam. Raws li qhov chaw nrhiav riam phom Oryxspioenkop.com, Ukraine tau ntes ib co nees nkaum sib txawv configurations ntawm ntau yam Lavxias teb sab tank qauv. Tsis muaj tub rog tuaj yeem ua qhov kev ntxhov siab ntev heev.

Tsis zoo li yav dhau los Warsaw Pact lub teb chaws uas tau siv sijhawm ntau xyoo los hloov lawv cov arsenals rau NATO-tus qauv, Ukraine tau raug yuam kom hloov pauv thaum hmo ntuj thiab raug hluav taws. Txhawm rau tswj hwm qhov kev hloov pauv no, Ukraine xav tau txoj hauv kev rau pem hauv ntej nrog "cov cuab yeej tiv thaiv" yog li nws tuaj yeem pib kev cob qhia thiab txhim kho kev paub hauv lub tebchaws thiab kev txhawb nqa cov khoom siv niaj hnub tso tsheb hlau luam yuav tsum muaj txiaj ntsig.

Redefine Laus NATO Armor Raws li Kev Tiv Thaiv

Cov teeb meem nyuaj, Ukraine kev hloov pauv mus rau NATO arsenal tau dhau los ntawm cov tub ceev xwm timorous uas preemptively txhais cov tso tsheb hlau luam raws li "kev tawm tsam" riam phom thiab suav tias "nce ntxiv" los ntawm Russia txoj kev coj tsis ncaj.

Cov kev txhawj xeeb tsis raug. Modernized T-72s twb ntws mus rau hauv Ukraine nrog me me teb los ntawm Russia, yog li kos kab ntawm niaj hnub tso tsheb hlau luam zoo li ib tug absurd ce nyob rau hauv unilateral demilitarization. Tab sis yog tias nws pab tau, NATO yuav tsum tau tinker nrog lawv cov kev txwv tsis pub dhau, siv cov ntsiab lus yooj yim rau "cov tsheb tiv thaiv kev tiv thaiv."

Lub tsheb tiv thaiv armored yuav tsuas yog laus dua, sib dua Western tsheb uas tswj, hais tias, 105mm rab phom tseem ceeb (ntau dua li cov phom loj loj ntawm cov tsheb loj niaj hnub sib ntaus sib tua). Qhov ntawd taw qhia Ukraine ruaj khov rau Leopard I tso tsheb hlau luam, M-60 Patton Main Battle tso tsheb hlau luam, cov qauv qub Abrams tso tsheb hlau luam thiab txawm tias Asmeskas Tub Rog tsis muaj phom sij, yim-log Strykers.

Thaum Ukraine yeej xav tau niaj hnub Leopard II thiab Abrams cov tub rog tseem ceeb sib ntaus sib tua, tsis yog lub teb chaws Yelemees lossis Asmeskas zoo li mob siab rau funnel lawv cov riam phom "sab saum toj" rau hauv Ukraine tsis sib haum xeeb. Thaum Lub Kaum Ob Hlis, Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws German Olaf Scholz tau qhia tias lub tebchaws Yelemes yuav tsis muab cov tso tsheb hlau luam rau Ukraine tsawg kawg 12 lub hlis. Hauv Washington, hnub so sai sai mus rau Tsev Dawb los ntawm Ukraine tus thawj tswj hwm - ua raws li Winston Churchill txoj kev mus ncig ua si rau Tsev Dawb xyoo 1941 - ua tsis tiav rau Ukraine cov tso tsheb hlau luam tshiab.

Tab sis redefining laus NATO tso tsheb hlau luam raws li "kev tiv thaiv" muab NATO txoj kev ceev faj sensibilities ib txoj kev rau rationalizing Ukraine lub grab-bag ntawm battlefield spoils thiab thib ob-tes Warsaw Pact cast-offs. Tsawg kawg NATO tuaj yeem txhais txoj hauv kev rau pem hauv ntej rau Ukraine, thiab pib kev cob qhia yav tom ntej Ukrainian tankers thiab cov neeg saib xyuas hauv cov iav uas lawv yuav tau txais sai sai.

Piv txwv li, yog tias Ukraine paub tias lub teb chaws Yelemees yuav muab Leopard I's, lawv tuaj yeem tsom ntau tus neeg saib xyuas rau lawv cov Gepard anti-aircraft tso tsheb hlau luam uas twb tau tso tseg, uas yog tsim los ntawm Leopard I chassis. Los yog, yog tias Asmeskas cov balky-tab sis-loj-gunned Strykers muaj, Ukraine tuaj yeem coj cov peev txheej ntawm kev tswj xyuas lawv cov khoom pub dawb ntawm LAV armored tsheb.

Cov tub rog tiv thaiv ua rau muaj kev nkag siab. Lub NATO-tus qauv tank armed nrog ib rab phom 105mm yuav tsis mus rau ntiv taw-ntiv taw nrog Russia lub dwindling mov ntawm sab saum toj-tier tso tsheb hlau luam. Cov laus NATO tso tsheb hlau luam tuaj yeem ua rau muaj txiaj ntsig zoo ntawm Ukrainian kev sib ntaus sib tua, tab sis lawv tsis muaj peev xwm ua kom muaj kev tawm tsam tag nrho ntawm lub rooj vag ntawm Moscow.

Tau qhov twg los: https://www.forbes.com/sites/craighooper/2022/12/28/if-nato-wont-give-ukraine-offensive-weapons-maybe-defensive-tanks-will-do/