Russia has over 1500 battle tanks and 4000 in a storage — analysts

Anatoliy Gerashchenko

Source: online.ua

As of February 2024, the Russian Army has 1,750 main battle tanks: from the outdated T-55 to the modern T-80 and T-90. Another 4,000 are in storage.

Russia has tanks for another three years of war with Ukraine

According to the International Institute for Strategic Studies, during the two years of the war with Ukraine, the Russian army lost more than 3,000 tanks.

What is essential to understand is that the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine declared 6,424 destroyed enemy tanks as of the morning of February 13, 2024.

According to analysts, the aggressor country has enough lower-quality armoured vehicles in warehouses for replacement, which means the Russian Federation will withstand another three years of heavy losses.

In addition, it is noted that Russia has been able to trade quality for quantity, removing thousands of old tanks from storage at a rate that sometimes reached 90 tanks per month.

Western experts draw attention to the fact that the Armed Forces of Ukraine have also lost a lot of equipment. Still, Kyiv's international partners support the Armed Forces' reserves while improving their quality.

Russia's existing stockpile means that Russia can potentially withstand about three more years of heavy losses and replenish tanks, even if they are of a lower technical level, regardless of its ability to produce new equipment, the report said.