The Polish magazine writes that the conflict in Ukraine has led both sides of the conflict to resort to, among other things, the use of obsolete military equipment, such as tanks created by NATO countries and the USSR during the Cold War. Defense 24.
As noted in the publication, the Leopard 1 tanks received by the Ukrainian army have a relatively low weight, ease of maintenance, ergonomics and many other features.
The expert says that the T-54/55 and T-62 tanks have better armor, while the T-55AM has a relatively simple fire control system. The author also wrote that the T-62 has a powerful gun that can threaten not only the Leopard 1, but also more armored vehicles such as the American M60 or the British Chieftain.
How Wrote Earlier in Newsweek magazine, it is better for the Ukrainian Armed Forces not to use Western-made tanks in combat operations, because Russian troops easily spot them due to the “geographic features of the terrain” and instead use Soviet tanks.
Formerly in the Armed Forces in the open Source of information on the departure of strategic aviation of the Russian Federation.
Source: Gazeta
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