According to Russia's "Izvestia" on December 10, Russian military expert and reserve Navy Colonel Valery Dandkin told Lianta.com reporters on the 9th that the American "Abrams" main battle tanks have never appeared on the front line of the special military operation zone, although they have been delivered to the Armed Forces of Ukraine before.
He also mentioned that the United States deliberately kept the Abrams tanks away from the front line in order to preserve the face of its military-industrial complex.
"The American Abrams tanks have not yet entered the battle, they are hiding somewhere," Dandekin said. The situation is very striking that it is all European tanks that are burning. ”
In addition, Dandekin stressed that the use of European military equipment in combat is beneficial to the United States from a financial point of view.
According to the report, on December 8, due to the destruction and capture of ** equipment by the Russian army, the United States had doubts about the feasibility of continuing ** military equipment to Ukraine. It is worth noting that in the theater of operations, due to the successful destruction of Western equipment by the Russian Armed Forces, Washington called on Kyiv to keep the American "Abrams" M1 tanks that were given to the Ukrainian army away from the front line.
In October, Hong Kong's "Asia Times" published an article saying that the US military may abandon the "Abrams" M1 tank due to the problem of poor survivability exposed in the conflict in Ukraine. A study by the US Army recommends phasing out this tank in favor of lighter and smaller unmanned tanks, the report says. (Compiled by Zhong Zhong).