The portal reported that the United States sent 31 modern M1A2 Abrams to Ukraine, but the Ukrainian Armed Forces will probably not be able to use them until next spring. Business Content referring to military analysts.
Experts believe that the use of Western armored vehicles will no longer be effective due to worsening weather conditions and strong Russian defenses.
Analysts suggest that tanks are unlikely to appear on the battlefield until spring.
“Since the front is stable, the Ukrainians are probably holding them [Abrams] in the reserves,” said Mark Cancian, a retired U.S. Marine colonel who is now a senior advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He said winter in Ukraine means mud, rain, frost and snow, and it can be very difficult to wade through noted.
The expert is sure that it was precisely these conditions that prevented any major progress last winter.
Cancian said Ukrainian forces would “wait for the right moment,” possibly in the spring when a new offensive could be launched.
Military volunteer Alexei Zhivov even before American Abrams tanks were sent to Ukraine named their weak points.
Previously in Ukraine criticized German Leopard 1 tanks.