Thaum ntxov T-80s nyob rau hauv Soviet kev pab cuam.
Cov tub rog Soviet photo
Cov tub rog Soviet lub 20th Tank Division yog ib qho ntawm cov muaj zog tshaj plaws hauv av sib ntaus sib tua ntawm Tsov Rog Txias lig. Kev faib tawm hauv tebchaws Poland tsis muaj tsawg dua 350 lub tso tsheb hlau luam ntxiv rau pua pua ntawm lwm lub tsheb armored.
Kev faib tawm mus rau tebchaws Poland hauv xyoo 1993 - ob xyoos tom qab Soviet Union lub cev qhuav dej - thiab tau tsiv mus rau sab hnub tuaj, thaum kawg tau tso nws cov T-80 tso tsheb hlau luam tshiab hauv Ukraine. Nees nkaum cuaj xyoo tom qab, ntau tus tib T-80s tau ua haujlwm dua - thiab tawm tsam cov neeg Lavxias.
Zaj dab neeg ntawm 20th Tank Division's T-80s yog qhov microcosm ntawm Ukraine txoj kev siv zog ntau dua rau kev rov tsim kho thiab nthuav nws cov tub rog nrog cov qub qub tab sis hloov kho tso tsheb hlau luam. Cov tshiab, ex-Soviet T-80s tsis yog tib lub tso tsheb hlau luam lawv tau 35 xyoo dhau los.
Tab sis lawv kuj muaj cov khoom siv tsawg. Qhov no pab piav qhia vim li cas Kyiv thiaj li xav tau ntau lub tso tsheb hlau luam raws li nws tuaj yeem ua tau los ntawm nws cov phooj ywg European thiab Asmeskas.
Cov 350 T-80s los ntawm disbanding 20th Tank Division raug mob nyob rau hauv Ukraine lub sprawling tank chaw ua si, nrog rau ib tug nyob rau hauv Kyiv thiab lwm, ib tug loj nyob rau hauv Kharkiv nyob ib sab ntawm Ukraine loj heev Malyshev tank cog.
Cov chaw ua si tank ib zaug tuav ntau txhiab T-55, T-62, T-72, T-64 thiab T-80 tso tsheb hlau luam. Nyob rau hauv lub xyoo caum ntawm lub Soviet Union lub cev qhuav dej thiab Russia tus thawj invasion ntawm Ukraine nyob rau hauv 2014, Ukraine muag ib co ntawm cov nyiaj tso tsheb hlau luam thiab siv lwm tus raws li qhov chaw ntawm spares rau nws dwindling active arsenal ntawm ib txhiab laus T-64s thiab T-80s.
Tsis ntev los no thaum Lub Peb Hlis 2014, ib hlis tom qab cov tub rog Lavxias tau tawm tsam Ukraine lub Crimean Peninsula, tus kws yees duab tuaj yeem nkag mus rau hauv Malyshev chaw ua si thiab warehouses thiab tsuas yog… taug kev ncig ntawm cov rusting tanks thiab pawg ntawm tank qhov chaw thiab cav.
Lavxias teb sab aggression hloov txhua yam. Los ntawm 2015, cov chaw ua si tank tau humming dua li cov Ukrainians scoured lawv rau recoverable tsheb.
Cov Russians yeej tsis tau tswj xyuas Kharkiv, txawm tias lub nroog nyob tsuas yog 20 mais ntawm ciam teb nrog Russia. Niaj hnub no Malyshev tank chaw ua si tej zaum yuav yog lub hauv paus ntawm 45-tuj, peb-tus neeg T-80s rau Ukraine cov tub rog thiab marine brigades.
Lwm qhov chaw, ntawm chav kawm, yog cov tub rog Lavxias.
Ua ntej Russia nthuav dav nws kev ua tsov ua rog rau Ukraine lub Ob Hlis kawg, lub Gas-turbine T-80BV feem ntau muaj ib tug puv tes ntawm cov tub rog airborne thiab marine brigades. Cov tub rog txhua tus muaj ib lub tuam txhab nrog 10 lub tso tsheb hlau luam. Ukraine tag nrho T-80 cov khoom muag nyob rau lub Ob Hlis 2022 tsuas yog 88 tso tsheb hlau luam, raws li ib tug suav los ntawm ib tug qhib-qhov kws tshuaj ntsuam.
Hauv ib xyoos ntawm kev sib ntaus sib tua nyuaj, Ukrainian tub rog tau poob tsawg kawg 42 T-80BVs uas cov kws tshuaj ntsuam tuaj yeem lees paub: ze li ib nrab ntawm cov khoom muag.
Tab sis cov tub rog tau nyob hauv kev sib ntaus, ua tsaug rau ib feem ntawm kwv yees li 98 T-80BVs uas Ukrainian rog ntes los ntawm Russians. Tab sis cov Ukrainians kuj muaj kev nkag tau mus rau ntau pua ntawm derelict, ex-Soviet T-80s los ntawm ntev-disbanded 20th Tank Division.
Nws tsis yog ib qho yooj yim, rov qab tau lub tank uas tau zaum hauv qhov chaw qhib rau 35 xyoo. Hlau xeb. Roj hmab seals qhuav. Optics huab.
Ukrainian engineers yog ib pawg optimistic. "Txhua lub tank tuaj yeem kho tau, tsuav nws tsis raug txiav ib nrab," Volodymyr Voronin, tus thawj coj ntawm Kyiv Armored Vehicles Plant, hais rau Kiev Post nyob rau hauv 2015.
Yam tsawg kawg nkaus, tus ex-20th Tank Division T-80 yuav xav tau cov khoom siv cav tshiab, cov xov tooj cua niaj hnub, cov khoom siv kho qhov muag niaj hnub thiab cov khoom siv tiv thaiv tshiab.
Optics sib cav tias yog cov cuab yeej tshiab tseem ceeb tshaj plaws. Lub tank tsuas yog zoo li nws cov neeg coob ntawm kev paub txog qhov xwm txheej. Cov tub rog Ukrainian thiab tub rog nyob ib ncig ntawm 2017 tau qhia txog qhov pom kev thermal tshiab uas sib txuas nrog Ukrainian qhov chaw nrog qhov zoo li txiav-ntug, cov khoom siv kho qhov muag.
TPN-1-TPV no tso cai rau tus neeg tua phom tua phom los txheeb xyuas lub hom phiaj kom deb li deb li 4,400 yards, txawm tias hmo ntuj lossis los ntawm cov pa luam yeeb. Nws tsis paub meej tias txhua tus Ukrainian T-80BV muaj TPN-1-TPV. Tab sis cov uas ua yog cov muaj peev xwm zoo nkauj.
Los ntawm inadvertently muab ntau pua ntawm T-80s, lub Soviet thiab Lavxias teb sab pab tub rog tau ua rau cov tub rog Ukrainian ib tug loj txaus siab. Tab sis kev tsov rog tam sim no noj cov tso tsheb hlau luam ntawm qhov txaus ntshai, thiab Ukrainians nws thiaj li yuav khiav tawm ntawm T-80s.
Qhov no yog vim li cas cov neeg ua haujlwm hauv Kyiv tau thawb hnyav heev rau kev pub dawb ntawm Western tso tsheb hlau luam. Ukraine cov phooj ywg txog tam sim no tau cog lus ntau dua 300 German-ua Leopard 1s thiab Leopard 2s, British-made Challenger 2s thiab American M-1s.
Ob lub dav hlau brigades twb yog kev cob qhia siv Challenger 2s, muaj peev xwm taw qhia qhov kawg ntawm T-80 hauv Ukrainian kev pabcuam.
Nws yuav tsis tshwm sim sai, tau kawg. Ukraine tsuas yog tau txais 14 Cov Neeg Sib Tw hauv thawj pawg. Tab sis nws muaj peev xwm xav txog ib lub sij hawm, nyob rau hauv lub neej yav tom ntej, thaum Ukrainian tub rog tsis tas yuav khaws tau plaub caug xyoo T-80s uas ib zaug koom nrog cov tub rog Soviet hauv tebchaws Poland.
Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2023/02/15/in-1993-a-soviet-army-division-left-350-t-80-tanks-in-ukraine-today-they-fight-against-russia/