David Axe

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Ukraine’s 33rd Mechanized Brigade Has Some Of The Country’s Best Tanks—But No Fighting Vehicles To Support Them

By: David Axe

The 33rd Mechanized Brigade’s armored trucks work best on an urban battlefield. Its tanks work best on open terrain. How do you square that circle?

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Ukraine’s Leopard 1 Tanks Could Arrive Just In Time to Help the Ukrainian National Guard Mop Up Russian Stragglers

By: David Axe

Ukraine’s long-anticipated 2023 counteroffensive could be imminent. It’s possible it’ll kick off before the 100 Leopard 1A5 tanks that a German-Danish consortium is preparing arrive in Ukraine.

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To Protect Tanks From Bomb-Dropping Drones, Deploy Scouts—And Arm Them With Rockets Or Microwave Guns

By: David Axe

Inexpensive drones dropping tiny bombs greatly have expanded the area of the battlefield where tanks are most vulnerable.

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The Ukrainian Air Force Formed A New Strike Squadron—By Arming Reconnaissance Bombers With British Cruise Missiles

By: David Axe

A photo that Ukrainian defense minister Oleksii Reznikov posted on Wednesday depicts an Su-24MR taking off with a Storm Shadow missile under its right shoulder.

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The Ukrainians Are Turning Captured T-62 Tanks Into Heavily Armored Support Vehicles

By: David Axe

The BMPT-62 combines a T-62’s 33-ton hull—with its 580-horsepower diesel engine and 100 millimeters of armor—with the turret and autocannon of a BMP-2 fighting vehicle.

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Ukraine’s Ex-Dutch F-16s Could Wreak Havoc On Russian Air-Defenses

By: David Axe

With the F-16, the Ukrainian air force can start shooting anti-radar missiles in the mode that lends the missiles the greatest accuracy.

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Ukraine’s Allies Could Give Away 50 F-16s. As It Happens, That’s Exactly How Many F-16s Ukraine Needs Right Now.

By: David Axe

While many NATO countries operate F-16s, just a few are in a position to give away flyable fighters, fast.

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With F-16s, Ukrainian Pilots Can Finally Beat Back Russia’s MiG-31s

By: David Axe

F-16s firing AIM-120s are at a range disadvantage compared to MiG-31s firing R-37Ms. But much less of a disadvantage than what the Ukrainian air arm currently suffers.

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Russia Has Lost 2,001 Tanks In Ukraine

By: David Axe

Russia and its allies have lost at least 2,001 tanks in the first 15 months of Russia’s wider war on Ukraine, according to Oryx.

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Finland Built Six Special Vehicles For Breaching Enemy Defenses—And Gave Most Of Them To One Of Ukraine’s Weirdest Brigades

By: David Axe

The Leopard 2R is a Leopard 2A4 tank that Finnish firm Patria transformed into a specialized engineering vehicle whose main role is to punch a hole in fortifications.