Perhaps a little clarity on the Russian
T-54 tank usage.
And based on the
ORNX numbers for the
T-54/55 tanks I feel they
both are being used as
indirect artillery support as the below video suggests for the
T-54.
I base this on the current
ORNX numbers for
all reporting items they cover to show that a
total of only 14 of the above tanks have been reported.
Unless you want them as artillery units
MAYBE you might just want to save yourself a couple of Russian slots.
Neither have been upgraded for the current war.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/news...on/vi-AA1AKE7Z
(This is less than a day old.)
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/202...ian-T-55-tanks
To better support the "
MAYBE" by
contrast I looked to the next tanks which would be the
T-62 and up. Again from
ORNX.
5 T-62 Obr. 1967: (1, destroyed) (2, destroyed) (3, destroyed) (4, destroyed) (1, captured)
2 T-62 Obr. 1972: (1, destroyed) (1, abandoned)
135 T-62M: (1, destroyed) (2, destroyed) (3, destroyed) (4, destroyed) (5, destroyed) (6 and 7, and so forth...
46 T-62M Obr. 2022: (1, destroyed) (2, destroyed) (3, destroyed) (4, destroyed) (5, destroyed) (6, and so forth...
36 T-62MV: (1, destroyed) (2, destroyed) (3, destroyed) (4, destroyed) (5, destroyed) (6, destroyed) (7, and so forth...
The above fall under the
SOVIET banner to indicate they had only
minor improvements made to them if at all.
10 T-62MV Obr. 2022: (1, destroyed) (2, destroyed) (3, destroyed) (4, destroyed) (5, destroyed) (6, and so forth.
39 Unknown T-62: (1, destroyed) (2, destroyed) (3, destroyed) (4, destroyed) (5, destroyed) (6, and so forth...
The above two fall under the
RUSSIAN banner.
And note this is why
almost a 100% of my refs to include the "
vaunted" JANES use this site as the data is
verifiable and more importantly to me and I'm sure most
legitimate of the refs like is if it's in the "
Unknown" category there is no guessing of which model it is
so it is what it is which is again "
Unknown" period.
Wasn't going to do this but here you go after this this you're on your own to check deeper this for "
GP"...
3 T-64A: (1, destroyed) (2, destroyed) (1, damaged)
92 T-64BV: (1, destroyed) (2, destroyed) (3, destroyed) (4, destroyed) (5, destroyed) (6, destroyed) (7, and so forth...
2 T-64BVK: (1, destroyed) (2, destroyed)
1 Unknown T-64: (1, destroyed)
All above
SOVIET era again.
All after start with
T-72 "URAL" at (1) and goes way up after that as you can imagine.
I would think again
T-54/55 would be
wasted slots again in the current war
unless used as indirect artillery and Russia all ready has enough of that to include a
new system that just came on line.
https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/0...equipment.html
My
final point is also for all the articles saying that the
T-54/55 tanks have fought in all these battles over the last almost two years just doesn't wash with reality of the numbers lost for both types
especially as compared to the T-62/64 tanks that arrived on the front about the same time.
Also you can find online some indicating that both the
T-55 is
very similar to the
T-62 even the main gun design are about the same. This also includes the size of both tanks. The one way to distinguish a difference is I believe it was that they have the same number of road wheels however unlike the
T-55 the front roadwheel is separated from the rest and on the
T-62 the gaps between the roadwheels that increase towards the rear roadwheel (
Hopefully I believe that's how it was and I didn't "
reverse" the tanks .).
My recommendation and your call.
I'm staying "
independent" in the tanks I'm working on however, and we've discussed this
many times over the years and that is are we going to keep
TI/GSR at 60 for tanks etc. due to game map constrictions and
overall all game play?
I have
NO PROBLEMS with this as is just wanted to see where
your thinking is on the matter. You can
answer here or PM me if you wish for this topic.
THANKS!
Regards,
Pat
