7elevenses t1_iujp3x8 wrote
Reply to comment by 5kyl3r in How Russia Pays for War: Despite the current level of sanctions, trade with some nations has shrunk surprisingly little and positively boomed with others by UserNamesCantBeTooLo
Ladas are completely irrelevant to their war effort. OTOH, the information that Russia can't produce tanks came from Ukraine back in March. The latest information from Ukraine is:
>Uralvagonzavod, one of the largest tank producers in the world, has weathered sanctions against Russia and kept producing cheap tanks, which are now used to invade Ukraine.
Which sort of makes sense. The idea that Russia would make their tank production dependent on Taiwanese chips sounds very very unlikely.
5kyl3r t1_iuk12ax wrote
well there's something missing in their part chain, as they've been sending ancient tanks in the last couple months, and even getting more from belarus
7elevenses t1_iuk1cxt wrote
They're a country of over 100 million people and one of the largest arms producers and exporters in the world. They can make the parts they're missing. IMO this is all just wishful thinking.
5kyl3r t1_iuk2mx6 wrote
and you forget their top down corruption and negligence causing a lack of maintenance. they've been falling apart (listen to the recent intercepted calls from the last two weeks, they're all complaining about it), not to mention three of their jets crashed IN RUSSIA, due to failures, likely resulting from all of the above
and i'm stating a fact, go look at all the footage from the last 2-3 months. the tanks are getting older and older. they can't even get uniforms for the conscripts but you think it's wishful thinking to believe they're starting to run out of newer tanks?
they will always have a set number minimum they'll keep on hand for the defense of their borders, so running out doesn't mean russia has zero new tanks. it means they're running out of the ones they're willing to lose
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