 Ukraine is now thought to have more tanks in its arsenal than Russia while narrowing gaps in howitzers and multiple-launch rocket systems, according to new data. In a dramatic reversal of fortune, Kyiv's delivery of hundreds of heavy weapons from its western allies in recent months has resulted in a shift in the balance of power, as Ukraine's gains have outpaced Russia's losses. Citing tracking databases from a number of open-source resources, Bloomberg reports that Russia's tank fleet has been effectively halved since the start of their invasion, dropping from 3,400 to around 1,400. Meanwhile Ukraine has received 471 new tanks from its allies this year with a further 286 on the way, bolstering its pre-war fleet of 987 to over 1,500. How Russia and Ukraine's heavy weapons compare since the start of the war (Picture: Metro.co.uk) The gap is also being narrowed in terms of artillery and multiple-launch rocket systems, although by much smaller margins. Russia and Ukraine also currently field 1,900 and 1,100 152/155mm howitzers, and 841 and 427 multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS) respectively, based on Bloomberg's numbers. This would indicate that the Russian military lost around 2,000 tanks, 400 howitzers, and 260 MLRS launchers since the start of the war. Bloomberg noted however that Ukrainian losses are not as widely reported and there are no reliable figures on Russian tanks that are newly produced or pulled up from storage. The publication cited a number of different sources in its calculations, including the German-based Kiel Institute Ukraine Support Tracker, the military blog Oryx and the IISS, or International Institute for Strategic Studies. Moscow's starting figure is according to Military Balance, an annual assessment of world arsenals published by the London-based IISS think tank. The Oryx blog, meanwhile, goes into great detail about Russi){kind=link}
NEWS… BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW IT
Ukraine is now thought to have more tanks in its arsenal than Russia while narrowing gaps in howitzers and multiple-launch rocket systems, according to new data.
In a dramatic reversal of fortune, Kyiv’s delivery of hundreds of heavy weapons from its western allies in recent months has resulted in a shift in the balance of power, as Ukraine’s gains have outpaced Russia’s losses.
Citing tracking databases from a number of open-source resources, Bloomberg reports that Russia’s tank fleet has been effectively halved since the start of their invasion, dropping from 3,400 to around 1,400.
Meanwhile Ukraine has received 471 new tanks from its allies this year with a further 286 on the way, bolstering its pre-war fleet of 987 to over 1,500.