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WarGamer

(12,509 posts)
Fri Sep 8, 2023, 08:55 PM Sep 2023

UA and Ru Combat losses since start of counter offensive... numbers.




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Both sides losing approximately 400 tanks, IFV, AFV and misc vehicles... since the counter attack began

Let those numbers sink in.

That's more than the famous Battle of Kasserine Pass in WW2...
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UA and Ru Combat losses since start of counter offensive... numbers. (Original Post) WarGamer Sep 2023 OP
Insufficiently distinct from parity for my likely. Igel Sep 2023 #1
This is not entirely surprising... VMA131Marine Sep 2023 #2

Igel

(35,390 posts)
1. Insufficiently distinct from parity for my likely.
Fri Sep 8, 2023, 09:41 PM
Sep 2023

If there's not at least an order of magnitude between Ukr and Ru losses (Ukr < Ru) it calls for at least another drink and another thought, "Too bad the possibly good brother died in the 1940s. Where's cholera when you need it?"

VMA131Marine

(4,159 posts)
2. This is not entirely surprising...
Fri Sep 8, 2023, 10:10 PM
Sep 2023

Military doctrine normally calls for the attacking force to outnumber the defenders by 2 or 3 to 1 when going on the offensive. It’s somewhat remarkable that Ukraine and Russia have sustained comparable losses considering that to conduct offensive operations the Ukrainians have to break cover and traverse heavily mined areas while Russian equipment can remain dug in and well protected.

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