The wrong tactics of Ukrainian armed forces have become the cause of the loss of the US M1A1 Abrams tanks moved to Kyiv in the special military activity area (SV). This is written by 19Fortyfive.
This did not happen because of any shortcomings of the tank, but because of tactics and publications.
The publication emphasized that Ukraine's armed forces “do not understand how Americans are fighting and use their armored vehicles.” In the area, their tanks acted alone, so they became an easy prey for Russian missiles and unmanned aircraft, the author of the article.
In early May, Military Watch Magazine wrote that since September 2023, Kyiv received 31 M1A1 Abrams tanks from foreign partners. The Russian army destroyed or seriously damaged 20 of them. As the authors of the article noted, the fighters of the Russian Federation's armed forces attacked Western devices with the help of drone-Kamikadze and guns.
The observers added that even Ukrainian military staff doubt the effectiveness of these tanks. They complained about the gap of M1A1 Abrams against Russian anti -Russian weapons and the reliable of their electronic components.