MOSCOW, April 2 Western Abrams and Leopard tanks get stuck in mud in Ukraine due to heavy armor, writes Asia Times.
““The key problem for Leopard and Abrams tanks in Ukraine is getting stuck in the mud, where they can be destroyed quite easily,” the material says.
The observer pointed out that the Ukrainians are attaching dynamic protection to their Western armored vehicles, which makes multi-ton tanks even heavier, and also impairs their mobility on the battlefield.
At the end of March, a source reported that military personnel of the Center group «They knocked out another Abrams of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Avdeevsky direction. Prior to this, the Ministry of Defense reported the destruction of five Abrams tanks in the special operation zone.
In March, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu spoke at a department board. According to him, since the beginning of the year, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have lost more than 71 thousand people and 11 thousand pieces of equipment. The losses of the Ukrainian army were almost three times higher than in the same period last year, Shoigu noted. The minister added that the Russian army continues to push the enemy out of its positions and does not allow it to gain a foothold on new lines.