Of all the types of Western-type tanks in the Ukrainian army, only the M1A1 provided by the United States has not been destroyed for a long time.
This is not because of how good the performance of the M1A1 is, but that its delivery time was too long, and it was delayed until September 2022 before it was shipped to Ukraine.
This point is stuck too well, and the "big **" of Ukraine is nearing the end.
Now that the M1A1 tank battalion is in place, will it still be in battle?
The answer is no.
M1A1 did not participate in the war and could only hide in the back as "not bad King Kong".
Since the predecessor of the M1A1 was the 47 Infantry Division, as soon as the tanks of the American army arrived, this unit was sent to Avadiivka, and the M1A1 was transferred to the front line.
Note: The 47 Infantry Brigade was originally armed with a "Leopard 2A6", but now there is very little left, and it can only be merged with the remaining STRV-21 of the 122 Infantry Brigade.
However, at the critical juncture of the fall of Avadiivka in February, the 47 infantry did not rush to the front line, but judging from the pictures leaked on the Internet, M1A1 did come to Avadiivka from behind the Ukrainian army.
And just a few days ago, the 47th Infantry Brigade specially released a combat video of the M1A1 and officially announced the news of the entry of this combat vehicle into the battlefield. According to the location on the map, M1A1 is located in the village of Bertizi, west of Stepovo, and it is oriented to the Russians ** inside the village of Stepo.
The 47th Infantry Brigade also proudly stated that the Russian army had been in the battle for more than a month until they wanted to discover the location of the M1A1.
Sometimes, it's okay to pretend, but you also have to put some thought into it.
More than a month has passed since the battle of Avadiivka.
Russian troops occupied the "Tsar's Hunting Ground" on January 20 and crossed the "Garbage Mountain" into the city in early February to give the Achengwu army a final assault.
Soon, the 3rd Brigade in the coking plant lost resistance, and the 110th Regiment in the city was also crushed.
And now, what about the 47th Infantry Brigade?
Why did the ** people gain the upper hand after your M1A1 joined the battlefield?
The 47th Infantry Brigade did not tell them that when Acheng was captured, their main forces were north of Acheng, and the battle of M1A1 was nothing more than a "lone wolf", firing a few shots on the battlefield, collecting some information, and then returning to his hiding place.
There is no point in such a battle, there is no point, and there is no way to save or delay the fall of Avadiivka.
However, the 47th Infantry Brigade was very happy and deliberately showed it off on the Internet. And the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, in this war, provided sufficient support for the 47 Infantry Division and M1A1.
February 23.
However, only three days later, the Russians announced that they had destroyed an M1A1 tank.
At first, the image was blurry, and then a surveillance video of the M1A1 was sent, as well as a destroyed drone, which confirmed that it was the M1A1.
Intelligence from the Russian side indicates that the Russian side is clearly aware of the presence of M1A1 "lone wolves" in the Bertizi-1 area, so it has intensified its surveillance of the area.
M1A1 has been hiding in bunkers since the last time it returned to the lair, and immediately after taking off on the 26th, it was spotted by Russian reconnaissance drones.
Then he was "greeted" by a downed drone, and then hit by an anti-tank gun, which can be described as "furious".
The first to kill the M1A1 was the 15th Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Russian Second Army, and this time the battle was completed by the drone reconnaissance team.
As we said in our reports two days ago, the Ukrainian army had previously lost an M1150 tank in the area, while the 21st Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Second Army was victorious.
In the battle of Avadiivka, Russian ** Putin had already reported to him about the 30th motorized infantry brigade of the 2nd Army, three motorized infantry brigades of the 41st Army and the 90th Guards Tank Brigade, but did not mention these two brigades.
In fact, these two brigades are in Donetsk, but they are in charge of the north, and now the successive victories of these two brigades are enough to show that the ** army group has advanced towards Donetsk, which has greatly improved the combat effectiveness of the front.
Now we are talking about the M1A1, a total of 31 units, which could be incorporated into a Soviet tank brigade.
Judging by the current performance of the 47 Infantry Brigade, their tactics are like "lone wolves", and it is difficult to say whether this tank unit will be able to reach the Avadiivka theater of operations smoothly, maybe only one company, maybe more troops.
So, whether the M1A1 will still fight on the front line is a question of concern.
For example, the "Challenger 2" supported by the United Kingdom, since Lobodine lost one, it has not been able to hide, I hope this time the M1A1 is not as timid as the "Challenger 2".
Shoot when it's time to shoot, one or two is not enough, you have to have a few more, so it's interesting.
The destroyed M1A1 appeared not too far from the Russian army. If the ** people do a good job, maybe they will be able to recapture those fragments before the war is over.
Of course, it is impossible for the Ukrainian army to watch the Russians drag the destroyed M1A1, and in the days to come, it is very likely that the two will fight for the damaged M1A1.
This is not because of how good the technology of the M1A1 is, but because its position in the Middle East has been broken. But in the war between Russia and Ukraine, the war machine of the West is shaped by militants to the gods, and striking and capturing such ** is an additional advantage for them.