Old Abrams is better than T-90 "breakthrough". As tanks from the US will ensure the success

There will be up to eight cars in the first party, and 31 tanks are planned to be sent. Usually the Armed Forces battalion has 30 to 60 tanks. Before the Ukrainian military begins to use tanks in battles, they will take a 10-week course of study at the army base Grafenver in Germany. The Pentagon assures that old tanks will have similar opportunities to M1A2, they will be equipped with a 120-mm gun and a 50-caliber machine gun.

Important technologies and a secret armor from impoverished uranium will be removed from the tanks. Some M1A1 models have an update: a system of situational awareness has been improved and fire power is increased. The tanks are supplied with the infrared sighting system of the front examination (FLIR) and an additional tactical information system. "M1a1 is as lively and maneuverable as more modern options," the US Army said.

M1A1 proven themselves during the Gulf of War, during which Iraq annexed Kuwait. And since 2010, heavy M1 Abrams have been used in Afghanistan. The head of the Ukrainian Center for Security and Cooperation Sergey Kuzan considers the old M1A1 Abrams the best than the Russian T-90 "Breakthrough" tank. The machine is not old in the classic sense, he notes. "M1A1 is better than any Russian tank. Even if it is removed from the depleted Uranus and the secret electronics.

Cuzan believes that American M1a1 Abrams will show themselves in Ukraine better than German "leopards". In weather soil weather, heavy tanks weighing about 60 tons - what is needed to promote plain terrain and withstand the strikes of Russian anti -tank weapons. The 120mm gun from the German concern Rheinmetall is quite powerful, no worse than any Leopard model. If the season of rains and snow starts, the tanks are almost unrealistic, they will simply not pass on the soil.

Another problem is to provide Abrams tanks with the necessary infrastructure for maintenance and repair in Ukraine. According to Kuzan, the car is clearly more complicated than the German Leopard. Abrams stands a gas turbine engine, similar to a jet, and in Leopard - a traditional diesel, such as trucks. "It is better to compare with British Challenger, although we haven't seen them in the fighting.

Despite the small number of American tanks that are supplied, it will be an increase in the Armed Forces for counter -offensive. Under good conditions, a breakthrough with a demining can be made by September. , communications and optics will ensure the success of Abrams at the front, " - summarized the expert. Western experts in conversation with the Financial Times newspaper noted that Ukraine will now be useful in the battlefield "not in the defense sphere", but simply reliable machines.

"Pentagon has a tendency to buy the most advanced protection systems. And other countries often need something that can do combat work," explained the manager of the military consulting firm Beacon Global Strategies Josh Kirshner. The US armed forces suffer from the fact that weapons systems much exceed the defense budget due to excessively complex technologies.

"M1 Abrams is a stunning tank, but it provides an American way of warfare, which requires all logistics in the world," said Red Ace, a professor of military College of the US Army, Red Ace, Jon Nadol. Abrams also requires a permanent supply of a large number of spare parts. "Knowledge of Volkswagen Beetle car repair will not necessarily give the experience of repairing the F1 race car," said Senior Defense Policy Research Fellow in New York International Relations Council Stephen Beldl.