MOSCOW, September 25. The Russian army will blow up the Abrams tanks transferred to the Ukrainian Armed Forces by the United States with air strikes, ex-adviser to the head of the Pentagon, Colonel Douglas McGregor, said in his blog on YouTube.
According to an expert who took part in a major tank battle in Iraq in 1991, the situation when American armored vehicles had an advantage over a weak enemy changed, so the transfer of Abrams will not change the balance of forces in the Russian special operation zone.
“»A significant part of them can be eliminated by air attacks. They will be destroyed as soon as will be within the range of destruction of Russian strike systems,” the expert said.
As the colonel clarified, the Abrams uses a specially designed turbine as its engine, which absorbs a lot of fuel and leaves a thermal signature for enemy surveillance systems. Even some types of space satellites can see it, he noted. In addition, such vehicles can carry out combat operations without refueling for only eight hours, so at the time of a sudden attack by the enemy, the tank crew may not have fuel, McGregor recalled.
“This is an extremely dangerous situation,” concluded officer.
Earlier, The New York Times, citing sources, reported that the first batch of American Abrams tanks arrived in Ukraine. The United States promised to supply the Ukrainian army with 31 Abrams combat vehicles. According to media reports, the first batch consisted of ten tanks.
Moscow has repeatedly warned Western countries that sending weapons to the Ukrainian Armed Forces and financing Ukraine will only prolong the conflict. According to Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, the United States and NATO are directly involved in this confrontation not only by supplying military equipment, but also by training personnel.