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15 countries with the largest combat tank inventories (2026)
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Innerworld lemmy.world Innerworld@lemmy.world
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Typotyper sh.itjust.works Typotyper@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2024-08-25
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Russia with 5000 tanks is a bit of a stretch given the past 4 years of drone footage we've been watching
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P00ptart lemmy.world P00ptart@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-07-26
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Typotyper wrote:
Russia with 5000 tanks is a bit of a stretch given the past 4 years of drone footage we've been watching

Well it was over 10k I believe.
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Typotyper sh.itjust.works Typotyper@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2024-08-25
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P00ptart wrote:
Well it was over 10k I believe.

But look what they were counting as tanks. 1950s versions and newer tanks which had being robbed and cannibalized. There's a reason they are sending crappy older tanks into Ukraine.
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nosuchanon lemmy.world nosuchanon@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-06-11
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Drones have made tanks more obsolete.
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P00ptart lemmy.world P00ptart@lemmy.world
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Typotyper wrote:
But look what they were counting as tanks. 1950s versions and newer tanks which had being robbed and cannibalized. There's a reason they are sending crappy older tanks into Ukraine.

Yup, and the T14 isn't as advertised. But I'd say you're likely right and that number is quite inflated.
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