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Interesting point ref ammo, I suppose it depends on just how much stocks there are. I read elsewhere that basically the UK is just looking to send some of the C2 tanks that weren't going to be upgraded to C3 specification, so they'd just be sat somewhere mothballed anyway. The main point is that a NATO country is sending a modern western tank system, as opposed to upgraded Russian tanks, which is a political first in this theatre. For some reason, the SPG artillery seems to be accepted by Russia. A few C2s wont make much of a battlefield difference, but will make extra logistics issues. Some internet posters stating they'd likely be put on Belorussian front, to free up existing Ukrainians tanks for the frontline.
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@benholroyd5221 14 isn't enough though, especially in an attacking role, where you aren't sure what the defences are like. May as well keep them in reserve on the Belorussian front at a critical point (with good terrain & infrastructure) for a counter attack, out of the way of initial Belorussian/Russian artillery and air support, where any penetrating forces are at a disadvantage. These are heavy vehicles, so maybe difficult for the Ukrainian infrastructure/terrain to get them where they are required for an attack. Maximise your advantages (like the Ukrainians did with the airport near Kiev at the start of the fighting). You wouldn't have to move them around, so less requirements on the limited maintenance & spares.
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The issue is that since WW1, Britain hasn't had the money/economy to develop what you say. Britain was nearly bankrupt after WW1, & was bankrupt by the early months of 1940. Up to WW2, the Royal Navy got a massive share of budget & talent, then the RAF. The British Army has always struggled for funds. Couple that with bad British Government management of military contracts, and things get worse. The British Army was also trained to fight the Warsaw Pact in Europe, so heavy tanks were required in it's intended role, but since 9/11 the enemy, & combat type changed (baring the brief Iraq deployment against Iraqi conventional forces), there seemed little point fielding MBT's against insurgents in bad terrain. Counter terrorism etc also now claims a part of the budget that it hadn't before. In the early 2000's, the British also had to start to repair/replace the military barracks/homes/infrastructure, this was £ billions out of a national budget which in 2008 had imploded, due to Government incompetence (although mirrored worldwide). Austerity never left the Uk, despite what Prime Minister Teresa May claimed, then we have £37 Billion for Covid. Britain was actually spending the required % of GDP as a Nato partner (unlike a lot of Europe), but it's been shown that wasn't enough. Every year each chief of the branch of the military forces state the Uk is at critical mass, without enough personnel or equipment to do it's job. The Uk carriers didn't even have planes for a couple of years. The Uk doesn't have enough of anything. Even in Iraq, with the small numbers of MBT's deployed, it was shown the Uk left nothing to defend Europe. I agree it's a poor situation. No British Government seems to be able to get it under control due to lack of money.
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@KuK137 I understand your reasoning, but Ukraine is full of agricultural/large buildings/woods to hide them, & also provide dummy hide outs. The Ukrainians have had months to hide their own tanks there. There's only 14 tanks they have to disperse. I don't think that's beyond Ukraine military capability. At the front lines, yes, the military units are easier to spot, but It's still 80km/51m from closest point on Belorussian border to Kiev. They could be anywhere along the line or width, that's a lot of territory to cover. I'd agree on larger formations.
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Meat Salad Russians put far too much effort in for a feint. The back up support that didn't land shows this. They were meant to meet up with convoy & troops coming from north, but both were stopped. Believe it was a feint if you wish. It still didn't work.
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Meat Salad Your feint that wasn't a feint then.... They drove away because they liked a drive in the country, or because their plan had failed & they were driven out by the military situation? You don't retreat for no reason.
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You state that Britain needs to make tanks themselves, but go to the South Koreans? Britain already makes it's own tanks. What it needs to do, is reform the defence industry suppliers.
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T.Y 🙏🙏
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