Whoa! They’ll never be able to afford to replace all this!
Photos of about 25 destroyed Russian military vehicles (mostly tanks)
https://www.reuters.com/news/picture/trails-of-destroyed-rus…
There must be about a billion rubles worth of destroyed military equipment shown here.
I can’t think of a way to make money off of this unless someone knows of something the Russians will have to buy from the West in order to rebuild their military once the boycott ends.
I can’t think of a way to make money off of this unless someone knows of something the Russians will have to buy from the West in order to rebuild their military once the boycott ends.
There won’t be shortage of scrap iron in Ukraine for a few years to come. You can recover quite a bit of gold from the electronics. Some museum pieces?
The Captain
There won’t be shortage of scrap iron in Ukraine for a few years to come.
That should lower the input costs for steel manufacturers (assuming it can be used).
DB2
In the first image, someone took some paint and wrote “Wolverines” on the disabled tank barrel. If you know where that comes from, it is quite fitting. I’ve seen several pictures like that on various websites.
If you like pictures of destroyed equipment, check this out:
https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/02/attack-on-europe-docum…
These guys document every photo or video of destroyed or captured equipment and keep a running total. The Russians have lost and unbelievable amount of gear, and that’s just what we have photos of.
Wiki tells me Russia attacked with about 120 battle groups, and each battle group has about 10 tanks and 10 tracked infantry fighting vehicles (BMP). So roughly 1,200 of each type. They have documented losses of 531 tanks and 561 BMPs. Which means the Russians have gotten completely mauled. If we round up to include undocumented losses, it is not crazy to suggest Russia has lost over half of its original armor and of course quite a few trained crews.
If you like pictures of destroyed equipment…
If it’s Russian equipment, I LOVE IT!
The Captain
is showing his bias