Comments by "Mortablunt" (@Mortablunt) on "Why the UK Challenger Tank is So Hot Right Now" video.

  1. The Russian T90A now has that beat with a 6 km shot using a gun launched ATGM.
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  2. The way Russia defenses work is they are flexible and designed to get progressively deadlier the deeper you push. This kind of simple thrust would work against the Ukrainians whose policy is to shove everything on the of contact, but the Russians have a bit more art than that. And if that armor thrust gets past the first line all the worst for it because now there’s an even larger list of means to kill it and it’s now surrounded by hostiles. You saw this during the fall offensive, particularly in Kherson, where Ukrainian forces could penetrate miles only to end up isolated and destroyed.
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  3. Can't wait to see these on my Telegram with the turret popped off.
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  4. One is KIA already. Russians understand how to handle cats.
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  5. Russian tank production is roughly 2 new tanks per day and 3 refurbished tanks per day. They are actually gaining armor as this conflict goes on.
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  6. The first Leopard had been killed already. These western tanks are from the 80s or even 70s. T72B3, T80B/M/U, T90 anything are all more modern.
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  7. Artillery go brrrrrrrr
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  8. First Leopard has already been killed.
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  9. Russian flexible defense doctrine actually counts on attempting to make bypasses and breakthroughs. The first line of defense is infantry in small dug in positions. These aren’t very heavily armed but they have heavy artillery Support on standby. So an attacking force is going to want to try to get past them and out of the kill box as soon as possible. Welcome to the second one of defense which is quick response armor and air assets coming in from the flanks, and of course more artillery. So an attack and either slow down to engage these and get hit by the artillery or they can keep running and get blasted from the side. Welcome to the third line of defense which is an actual 45 trench line complete with even more assets and artillery. An attack can try to make it through obstacles and fortifications, but this time there is no way to bypass. So whether you wanna head long at fortifications which feature artillery kill zones air assets and heavy weapons plus fortified infantry or you can try to go back to where the armor is waiting for you where you can drive back out the front to where the artillery is still waiting and get shot by ATGM on your retreat. Russian defenses are far more clever than the simple Ukrainian approach of cramming everything on the front mine.
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