The article highlights the substantial challenges facing Russia's tank fleet, which has suffered 10,683 losses, including destruction, damage, and capture, in Ukraine by April 2025. Main tank models such as the T-80 and T-72 depict ongoing issues, including design flaws and maintenance failures. The T-80, with significant losses due to mechanical issues, has seen Russia struggle to produce replacements. Meanwhile, the T-72's modernization efforts are inadequate to replenish the dwindling numbers, alongside considerable losses for the more advanced T-90 model. This situation underscores major operational weaknesses within Russia's military.
As of April 22, 2025, Russia has lost around 10,683 tanks in Ukraine-destroyed, damaged, abandoned, or captured. It's a staggering number that shows just how brutal the war has been for Russia's armored forces.
Most of these numbers come from open-source intel, verified footage, and battlefield reports. The bottom line is that Russia is losing tanks faster than it can replace or repair them-production covers only about 30% of what's being lost.
T-80s have taken the biggest hit, with over 1,000 confirmed destroyed by late 2024. Nearly two-thirds of recent Russian tank losses are T-80s, even though the T-72 is technically more common.
Russia is trying to replace losses with upgraded T-80BVMs, but can't build them fast enough to keep up. Instead of building new T-72s, Russia is trying to modernize old ones, but they're not doing it fast enough.
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