Ukrainian tankers cob qhia ntawm Leopard 2A4.
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Nws zoo nkaus li 4th Tank Brigade yuav yog thawj Ukrainian tub rog chav ua haujlwm rau cov Leopard 2 tanks Kyiv cov phooj ywg tau cog lus rau kev ua tsov rog. Kev sib ntaus sib tua-nrhiav chav tsev tshiab tso tsheb hlau luam tuaj yeem cawm nws los ntawm kev tawg qeeb.
Ib qhov tsis txaus ntseeg yog qhov muaj tus tub ceev xwm 4th Tank Brigade, Maj. Vadim Khodak, ntawm kev cob qhia ntau yam hauv tebchaws Poland uas cov tub ceev xwm Ukrainian tab tom kawm ua haujlwm rau plaub tus neeg, 69-tuj tank nrog nws cov cuab yeej tawv tawv, optics meej thiab muaj zog 120. - millimeter smoothbore phom.
"Lub tsheb yog qhov zoo, zoo heev," Khodak hais ntawm German-tsim Leopard 2. "Qhov kuv nyiam yog tias peb cov tub rog nyiam nws heev."
Khodak tau hais txog thawj zaug ntawm 14 Leopard 2A4s uas Poland tau pub dawb rau Ukraine. Xyoo 1985-vintage 2A4s yog qee qhov qub tshaj plaws ntawm 59 Leopard 2s uas koom nrog Kyiv cov phooj ywg-Canada, Lub teb chaws Yelemees, Norway, Portugal, Spain thiab Sweden ntxiv rau Poland-kom deb li deb tau cog lus.
Lub tank xa khoom kuj suav nrog 21 qhov tseeb, phom ntev Leopard 2A6s thiab 10 Swedish Stridsvagn 122s uas yog cov khoom siv ntawm Leopard 2A5. Yog tias Khodak thiab nws cov tankers nyiam 2A4s qub, lawv cov npoj yaig hauv lwm pab tub rog lossis tub rog yuav tsum hlub lub ntau niaj hnub 2A5s thiab 2A6s.
Txawm li cas los, tej Leopard yog ib qho kev hloov kho dua qub, Soviet-style tanks-T-72s thiab tej zaum T-64s - 4th Tank Brigade tam sim no ua haujlwm. Leopard 2 muaj optics zoo dua li T-72 muaj thiab tawv tawv dua li T-64 muaj.
Lub 4th Tank Brigade yog ib qho ntawm tsib lub tank brigades hauv Ukrainian tub rog. Lub tsev tsim nyob rau hauv 2017, peb xyoos tom qab cov tub rog Lavxias teb sab thawj zaug txeeb Ukraine lub Crimean ceg av qab teb ces invaded sab hnub tuaj Ukraine lub Donbas cheeb tsam.
Thaum ntxov, 4th Tank Brigade plaub lub tank battalions-txhua tus muaj ob lossis peb lub tso tsheb hlau luam-ua haujlwm Ukrainian-tsim T-64, suav nrog tus qauv T-64BV thiab hloov kho T-64BM nrog cov cuab yeej txhim kho.
Tab sis tag nrho cov tub rog Ukrainian - tsis yog lub tank brigades, tab sis kuj lub tank battalions nyob rau hauv mechanized brigades - ua ntej tsov rog tsuas muaj 800 T-64s nyob rau hauv nquag siv ntxiv rau 450 los yog li ntawd nyob rau hauv cia. Cov neeg Russians tau rhuav tshem lossis ntes nyob ib ncig ntawm 300 ntawm lawv nyob rau hauv thawj xyoo ntawm lawv wider tsov rog nyob rau hauv Ukraine.
T-64s tab tom khiav tawm. Thiab qhov ntawd zoo li yog vim li cas 4th Tank Brigade tsis ntev los no tau pom kev ua haujlwm tsawg dua T-72AMT tso tsheb hlau luam los ntawm Ukrainian cov khoom lag luam thiab T-72M1s uas Kyiv tau txais los ntawm cov phooj ywg txawv teb chaws suav nrog Poland thiab Czech koom pheej.
Ua ntej Poland tau xa thawj plaub Leopard 2A4s thaum lub Ob Hlis lig, 4th Tank Brigade tau hloov pauv, hais lus thev naus laus zis.
Khodak tau lees tias "Tam sim no peb tsis muaj cov tsheb thauj khoom hnyav heev," Leopard 2s tuaj yeem thim rov qab qhov kev hloov no thiab rov qab qee lub zog sib ntaus sib tua uas cov tub rog tau ploj hauv ib xyoos ntawm kev sib ntaus sib tua. "Kuv vam tias thaum peb tuaj txog nrog cov tsheb nyob rau ntawm kab pem hauv ntej, nws yuav cawm peb cov tub rog ntau lub neej thiab coj peb los ze zog rau kev yeej."
Lub 4th Tank Brigade tab tom hloov tsawg kawg ib qho ntawm nws cov tub rog tank mus rau Leopard 2A4 thaum nws lwm pab tub rog nyob rau hauv qhov hnyav ntawm kev sib ntaus sib tua, nyob rau hauv thiab ib ncig ntawm Bakhmut hauv Donbas.
Tsuas yog muaj pes tsawg tus tub rog cov tub rog tau txais Leopard 2s yuav yog nyob ntawm seb Kyiv xaiv li cas los xa 40 2A4s Poland, Norway thiab Spain tau cog lus.
Plaub caug lub tank tuaj yeem muab ib lub battalion loj lossis ob lub me me. Nws yuav ua logistical kev nkag siab los muab tag nrho 40 2A4s rau tib lub tub rog, tab sis nws yuav ua tau siv tswv yim kev xav muab ob txawv brigades ib battalion txhua ntawm Leopard 2A4s.
Yog hais tias kev sib ntaus sib tua rau Bakhmut grinds ntev dua, 4th Tank Brigade 2A4s tuaj yeem koom nrog qhov kev sib ntaus. Yog tias qhov kev sib ntaus sib tua apocalyptic thaum kawg, kev hlub tshua yuav xaus sai sai no, cov tub rog yuav cawm tau nws Leopard 2s rau Ukraine qhov kev cia siab rau lub caij nplooj ntoos hlav tawm tsam.
Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2023/03/09/the-ukrainian-4th-tank-brigade-was-running-out-of-tanks-then-it-got-leopard-2s/