Commentary
Western tanks will “burn like all the rest,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said.
The statement by Pesckov must be viewed in the context of the dozens and dozens of articles speaking glowingly about how great Leopard and Abrams tanks are, how easily they will dispatch Russian tanks, and how they will ensure victory for Ukraine over Russia. Russia disagrees
Still, while Russia isn’t quaking in fear of the U.S./NATO tanks that will be entering battle, neither is it ignoring them. Indeed, in response to the United States’ and its NATO allies’ donation of tanks to Ukraine, Russia is reportedly forming tank-killer groups (TKGs) whose focus will be on destroying and/or capturing any modern armor provided to Kyiv by the United States and its NATO allies. To this end, on April 9, Russian Armed Forces Combat Training Center head Yevgeny Arifulin revealed Russia’s study of the weaknesses and strengths of NATO tanks that has been used by Col. Gen. Ivan Buvaltsev to create “methodological recommendations” that will be used to train the TKGs in how to destroy Western tanks….