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Comments by "" (@tomk3732) on "Why have Ukrainian ATGMs destroyed so many Russian tanks?" video.
@orion3253 When I was young in Germany in 80s all Germans were convinced it would take around 4 weeks for Soviets to take West Germany. Four weeks. To prevent such total collapse NATO used nuclear mines and planned to simply blow up large portions of Germany. Other plans called for nuking deep inside Soviet lines - thus Soviets had multiple shadow bridges few km from real bridges. As for Afghanistan, after Soviets left the government survived for almost 3 years. When US left the government made it almost three weeks. Think about it. And if you ever ask Taliban about the two, they will say how much respect they had for Soviets and how little for US - seen it on camera - while in US sitting next to US veteran.
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@m1a1abramstank49 Ukraine lost more than 2x as many tanks as Russia - 1000s of lighter vehicles. well over 100k troops killed. It was like war thunder - you should look at videos from failed UA offensive in Kherson - 100s of wrecks. 1000s killed. All seen from a Russian drone. Look at all recent UA videos from your favorite channels - do you see lots of UA tanks? No? Where did they go? Why do you see F-150 with makeshift rocket system used on a helicopter? Why so many trucks? What happened to their tanks?
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Russian engineering. Takes very little time to mop up any NATO tanks.
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@drewschumann1 Sure after 1990s when there was no Soviet Union, but say in 1985 the idea was to totally use nukes - 100s of them right away - NATO planned to use over 300 nukes and Soviets over 200. There was not even close to the number of NATO troops in Germany to stop Warsaw pact advance - in conventional war NATO would easily be pushed all the way to Spain. The advantage was in many instances 5:1 or more.
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@bear76009 There was FAR more respect for Soviet Puppet than for US puppet. Soviet Puppet fought hard when Soviets left - what did US puppet do? They folded immediately. Their president running with bags of cash.
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@bear76009 For being mopped up they sure kill a mountain of mops ;) By same account US got mopped up in Vietnam.
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Yeah but each of these aligators probably killed dozens of Ukrainian vehicles costing dozens of millions and probably well over 100 lives.
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@puma2334 Stugna is a copy of Kornet - its a Russian / Soviet system. Its a good system. But I would not go as far as to say Kornet and its many copies are "the best".
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By far biggest killer of armor is artillery. Here Russia has huge advantage and thus inflicted huge losses on Ukraine whom has very few tanks left and now is mostly light infantry.
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@drewschumann1 Clearly military thought the same way as they would not have a nuclear minefield and plans to escape beyond the pyrenes.
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@drewschumann1 Oh this is easy - look at Iraq / Saudi Arabia / Afghanistan / Syria. You better slow down with popcorn it could get unhealthy! Most NATO tanks destroyed were US made -- i.e. M1 Abrams. Destroyed == no longer economical to fix.
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@begood5085 yes UA copy of Kornet. There are like dozen copies world wide. There is a copy made in Iran and North Korea.
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That is now happening to Ukraine - most of their attacks are now shattered by Russian artillery before they even get to the half line. Most Ukrainian soldiers now die before even seeing a Russian!
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