Russia Ukraine war, page-97087

From Forbes November;
The aging T-62s did little to slow the Ukrainian brigades that attacked in the south and east six weeks ago. Indeed, the geriatric tanks now account for a significant proportion of Russia’s armor losses. As of Sept. 1, the Russians had lost just one T-62. By Oct. 19, they’d lost 34—30 of which were intact when Ukrainian forces overran them.Total Russian tank losses on Oct. 19 were a whopping 1,392, of which 801 were destroyed.By contrast, the Ukrainian army as of Sept. 1 had written off 249 tanks, mostly T-64s. That’s a little more than a tank a day for the first six months of the war. The Ukrainians’ loss rate ticked up only slightly, to two tanks a day, as brigades advanced in the south and east. By Oct. 19 the Ukrainian army had lost just 320 tanks: 176 of them destroyed.The Ukrainians in the last six weeks have lost 71 tanks and captured 194. In other words, the counteroffensives have resulted in a net gain in armor holdings for Kyiv. As the war grinds into its eighth month, Russia has fewer modern tanks by the day—and Ukraine has more.


No doubt if modern western tanks are sent to Ukraine some will be destroyed. But the Russians arent doing well at combating the old soviet tanks Ukraine has. Western main battle tanks are vastly superior to the soviets in armour and defensive capabilities. And I doubt you will see Ukrainian crews of these machines abandon them like the Russians are know to desert theirs leaving them be repurposed for the opposing side.