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The high-water mark of the Russian Empire.
War is horrible but one might chuckle a bit seeing French, German, British and US tanks on the battle fields again. Role swap a bit but still, Axis and Allies. >

Germany on the right side this time! >

They’ve been on the right side since 1991 imo, but this is certainly nice. Let see what Ukraine can do with these things. >

I meant in the context of a European conflict. >

By breaking the first rule which is never go to war with an army of utterly corrupt drunkards, Putin became the worst military leader in History. >

I think it's hilarious that Ukraine is scoring kills against the Russian navy while they themselves don't have a navy.  Putin is without a doubt the worst dictator I've ever heard of. >

Aha! But you HAVE heard of him! >

And here I half expected his tanks to be made of wood. >

Sounds silly, but it's better than nothing and acts as a kind of soft armor. >

totally.    not much different than the hillbilly armor US troops put on hmmwvs in Iraq.  
There are stories of some of the seals and SF putting body armor on the cloth doors to stop shrapnel and small arms fire. >

tanks and armored vehicles are what decide authority in a war. Whoever's tanks are located in a specific region is who controls that zone. That's what Ukraine needs to destroy to ultimately end the occupation. If they can get all the opposing tanks out, shoot down any aircrafts, and place their own tanks in, then they've defended ukraine and they've won.

After months of reluctance, the US and Germany reportedly plan to send tanks to Ukraine, in what Kyiv hopes will be a game-changer on the battlefield.
US President Joe Biden's administration is expected to announce plans to send at least 30 M1 Abrams tanks.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has also reportedly decided to send at least 14 Leopard 2 tanks.
Russia's ambassador to the US blasted the news as "another blatant provocation".
Ukrainian officials have said such shipments could help its forces seize back territory from the Russians.
Until now, the US and Germany have resisted internal and external pressure to send their tanks to Ukraine.
Washington has cited the extensive training and maintenance required for the high-tech Abrams.
Berlin has expressed caution about Nato becoming a direct party to the war with Russia.

russia is full of shit, they don't want a larger war, they can barely handle ukraine, they aren't going to go to war with the rest of the world over a province of 30 million people. They don't have anything to threaten us with. Without an army to defend themselves they'd be as good as dead. If they attacked NATO they'd be over. They'd meet a swift end. We'd be forced to do a decapitation strike if early warnings detected nuclear missiles. >

Supply of modern NATO MBT’s will also hasten the pace of any Ukrainian counter offensives in the coming months. Russians won’t have the capability to stop a rolling column of NATO armour. Coupled with HIMARS and hopefully longer range missiles like ATACMS Ukraine can reach its full offensive capability >

Not before time.  I hope this brings a new level of terror to the invaders. >

When was the last time you checked? Was it in a paper encyclopedia? >

I was always amazed at those old school atlases  we had growing up in the 70'S. The USSR was huge
Seemed to take.up half the northern hemisphere.