Comments by "" (@tomk3732) on "Are tanks to blame for Russian failures in Ukraine?" video.

Umm, Russians paid very good attention to all lessons in tank warfare. This shows in Ukraine. Thanks to heavy reliance on tanks and APCs as well as artillery and tactical air power Russians demonstrated their tiny force can prevail or at least stop much larger enemy force - which itself has lots of tanks. I.e. tanks are force multiplier. If you can have one tank vs. 3 infantrymen armed with say NLAWs Ukraine clearly shows that Tank rules. You would need significant #'s advantage to hold the tanks and even more to attack tank heavy forces.
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@tonysu8860 But how can infantry clear these enemy nests if they do not have tank support? This is why tanks are with infantry and are used as fire support. Some get lost but your infantry wins.
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@andyo8141 Sure it is excellent strategy by Russia! Tank is a force multiplier. They do not need to send large army and take large casualties, they can take small casualties while enemy takes on massive casualties. If they run out of tanks then they can have light infantry on infantry action. Remember both sides started with same # of tanks.
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@fluffymadsquirrel5946 By May 9th Donbass troops better be encircled or Putin will be angry. If Putin is angry Russia will at least partially mobilize and war will be pre-longed a bit more. But I think by 9th they should at least be on their way to close the pincers. Ukraine is clearly loosing this war and nothing much can save it. It can only pre-long the war - something US is busy at.
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War in Ukraine has shown that tanks rule! This is why everyone in EU is scrambling to get more tanks.
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Ukraine had over 10,000 guided missiles of their own including 6000 modern ones. also maybe roughly 100,000 unguided missiles of various types. Add to it NATO help of well over 4000 and 10,000+++. Yet despite all of this Russians still have tanks and destroyed more UA tanks.
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@johnrambo3831 No, you?
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This is why everyone is buying record #'s of tanks at break neck prices. Poland just spent billions to get 250 Abrams tanks. Signed few days ago. ATGM proven, as in other wars before this, to be no match for tanks. Even outnumbered 3:1 a tank heavy unit mops up ATGM armed light infantry. This was proven again and again and again in Ukraine.
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@andyo8141 Umm, we see latest trend is to buy more tanks - your numbers are from before the war. Poland NOW is buying more tanks. Germany NOW is getting more tanks. Even UK ordered upgrades now to its old tanks. 3:1 is called math. Russia invaded with just 100k Russian troops. This was supplemented by at most 70k Donbass militia, half of which was low quality conscripts. Maybe 10k, at very most 15k of Chechens from National Guard. So generous figure is at most 190k. Both sides started with roughly same number of tanks and APCs. Ukraine army at the start had 250k plus they recalled 50k reservists just before the war. When war started they did general mobilization of all forces and no male between 18-60 can leave. So if Russian Donbass forces could double in size, why cannot Ukrainian forces. Heck - even in Kiev there were Ukrainian reports of 1000s of rifles and other stuff given away. So if you double UA force of 250+50 you get 600k - which is 3:1. Officially Ukrainian reserves on paper are 900k. But I doubt they can / could use that many soldiers.
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