MOSCOW, June 28. American military equipment has performed mediocrely in the Ukrainian conflict due to its complexity, high cost and unpreparedness for local combat conditions, journalist Patrick Drennan told The National Interest.
According to the author of the article, combat vehicles face practical problems in the field. For example, the Abrams tank will be dangerous for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, since it is not possible to repair it during the battle.
“In fact, some logistical considerations make this prospect look like living hell. For example, a battalion cannot fix an Abrams with broken optics. To replace it, you need to pull out entire subsystems and ship them to a warehouse — potentially hundreds of miles away — and also order subsystems for replacement. Abrams production can cost ten million dollars per unit, and the latest Leopard 2 costs about six million dollars,” Drennan explained. and maintenance is more expensive than European counterparts, and pilot training takes longer.
Used to deliver infantry, the Stryker armored vehicle could prove to be a death trap for the UAF, Drennan said.
the computer command displays inside the vehicle did not always work, soldiers in combat gear were killed when they rolled over because their seat belts did not fit, the bottom of the vehicle was thinly armored,» the author listed.
A day earlier, Pentagon spokesman Patrick Ryder said that The Netherlands and Denmark are just planning to start training Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighter jets, and it is too early to talk about the timing of deliveries of aircraft to Ukraine.