According to media reports, more than 900 tanks aided by the United States and NATO will be aided to the Ukrainian army in a few days. The United States asked Eastern European countries to provide assistance to the Ukrainian army with T-72 tanks to use to block the Russian offensive in the Donbass region.
According to statistics, there are now 116 T-72M4 tanks in the Czech Republic, 105 T-72M1 tanks in Hungary and 721 T-72M1D and T-72M1Z tanks in Poland. Many of these T-72 tanks have been modified by NATO standards and differ from the original T-72 tank with some differences.
For example, the Polish version of the upgraded T-72 tank, digital fire control system, integrated Israeli-made gun commander thermal imaging sight. In addition, the captain and driver are equipped with new low-light night vision goggles. Some also have the SAVAN15 fire control system of the French SAGEM company, and also install the global satellite positioning and navigation system, the advanced RRC-9500 radio communication system and so on.
The Ukrainian army was very familiar with these Soviet tanks and could immediately form combat effectiveness. These T-72 tanks have been improved by NATO standards and surpass the original Ukrainian tanks in performance. Once these more than 900 T-72 tanks enter the Donbass front, it will greatly help the improvement of the combat effectiveness of the Ukrainian ground troops.
Ukrainian media reported that British-aided Harpoon anti-ship missiles have arrived at the Ukrainian port of Odessa. Shore-based Harpoon anti-ship missile systems have the advantages of strong concealment, maneuverability and long range. Harpoon missiles fly close to the target mainly close to the sea, so it is difficult to detect. At the last moment, the missile will suddenly lift off and then dive and attack.
In the more than 20 years since the Harpoon missile was introduced, there have been more than a dozen major improved versions. In actual combat, the success rate is as high as 95%. In all the wars, the first actual battle was in the Iran-Iraq War, when the US military launched Harpoon missiles to destroy the Iranian frigate "Sahand" and an armed speedboat. In the 1986 Battle of Libya, five Harpoon missiles sank 3 Patrol Boats and 1 Suchinachka-class corvette. In the Gulf War 1 Harpoon missile destroyed 1 Iraqi mine-laying ship and so on.
Harpoon anti-ship missiles have three most important roles for the Ukrainian army, the first of which is to liberate the main force of the Ukrainian army in Odessa. The presence of Harpoon anti-ship missiles could make it less likely that The Russians could land in Odessa. The Ukrainians could throw the main force from Odessa into the battlefield of Kherson.
At the same time, the Ukrainian army had the ability to threaten the Russian logistics supply fleet in the port of Mariupol, Berdyansk. Finally, the Ukrainians had the ability to attack the ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Kerry without Sevastopol. But if the Ukrainian army wants to fully master the Harpoon anti-ship missile, it will take at least a certain amount of time.
Under the guidance of the United States Military Advisory Group and the Ukrainian General Staff, the Ukrainian Army in the Donbass region. The positions used are all constrictive postures, rather than glyph-shaped ladder arrangements. In order to avoid exposing defects in the case of losing air supremacy. At the same time, the Donbass Ukrainian army clustered at the bottom of the large deep position, in Dnipropetrovsk. The Ukrainian army in the direction of Kiev could directly enter Dnipropetrovsk to support the Ukrainian army in the Donbass region by short surprise attacks and flank attacks in deep positions. The assistance of the United States and Eastern Europe to more than 900 improved T-72 tanks will greatly enhance the armored strength of the Ukrainian Army in the War of Attrition in Donbass.
It is necessary to completely gnaw down the deep positions of the Donbass U-Army and protect the logistics line of the Russian Army in Iyyum. The Russian army is still too small and too scattered. Although, the Russian army has sent the Internal Guard, the National Guard, and the Special Police force to the battlefield. But these forces have counter-terrorism and policing as their main task. The field combat capability is certainly inferior to that of the Russian Army's battle group.
After all, the main task of the Russian army's internal guards, special police and other units is to arrest a small number of armed elements and gun criminals. Compared with the field battlefield where tanks and armored vehicles run rampant, anti-tank missiles are everywhere, and artillery groups are bombarded, the offensive battlefield is still very different.
Even the most advanced weapons depend on who is in their hands, and if there is no large number of formed veterans, it is often a ragtag crowd. In the second phase of the Russo-Ukrainian War, it was mainly to fight Russia and Ukraine, who had more experienced veterans and could not withstand the losses of the large-scale war of attrition.