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Author: onepoorguy 🐝  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Let’s See If This Pans Out for Putin
Date: 08/15/25 11:39 PM
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You obviously don't keep track of these things. I do. I'm something of a military wonk. Frankly, you don't know what you're talking about. I don't mean that as an insult, just a statement of you knowledge of these things. My sources are even more wonk-ish than I am.

Really? Where are the battlefield photos of T-34s and Il-2 Sturmoviks flying overhead?

No T-34s. But they are (or have been) removing artillery from WWII. It is unclear if they are refurbing them, or scavenging for spare parts. We know that they are being removed from storage, but that is all satellite data tells us. However, we have seen some T-54s and T-55s in Ukraine. That dates back to the late 40s / early 50s. They can't produce nearly enough T-90s, especially the latest version. So they've been fielding whatever they can get running. The oldest I could find mention of was a T-54. T-62s and T-64s are a bit more common, which are from the 1960s.

The last chart I saw, the Russians had lost T-72s (mostly from the 70s) most frequently, and then T-80s, and then T64s. They don't have a lot of T-90s, so numerically that haven't lost that many. But, as a fraction of all T-90s, they've lost a lot of them.

As for "dudes", Russia is losing more of them faster. Estimates vary, but you can ballpark an average at about 80K Ukrainians killed vs 250K Russians. Wounded is about 400K vs 750K. Sure, if the Russians keep killing Ukrainians, eventually there won't be any. But they also will sustain losses, and need to persevere long enough for there to be no Ukrainians left that can operate a drone or fire a weapon. Genocide. Which I did mention previously.

It's highly unlikely they will stick it out that long.

You won’t because you can’t.

I won't because you went off on an irrelevant HRC tangent. Other than stating it was irrelevant to the topic at hand, there really doesn't need to be anything else said.
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