As Russia destroys a large number of army equipment aided by Western countries on the battlefield in Ukraine, Russia has also taken the opportunity of the Victory Day parade on Red Square to drag a large number of Western equipment to Moscow for display. Among the army equipment that Russia displayed to aid Ukraine from Western countries, the M1 Brahms main battle tank produced in the United States also appeared. The United States has long regarded this type of main battle tank as a myth, but soon after it appeared on the battlefield in Ukraine, Russia directly used the tank's main gun to destroy it, and of course, Russia has also used drones to attack the M1 BrahMos main battle tank many times.
At the same time that Russia showed the wreckage of the Brahms main battle tank, judging from the information disclosed by the media, Taiwan Island has purchased the M1A2 main battle tank from the United States, and a large number of night vision equipment has been added to the M1A2 main battle tank, making this type of main battle tank have a stronger night combat capability. Taiwan's military procurement project, codenamed "Ruijie Project", purchased 108 M1A2 main battle tanks from the United States, but in 2024 will only complete the delivery of the first batch of 38 units, in fact, in 2018, when Taiwan tried to seek the purchase of this type of combat vehicle from the United States, the United States had shut down the production line of the M1 series of main battle tanks, and the M1A2 main battle tanks purchased by Taiwan Island were also completely in accordance with the actual combat needs of Taiwan Island, and the United States customized the version for it.
The United States wants to complete the delivery of M1A2 main battle tanks to Taiwan, but now the United States has also made it clear that it will not use C-17 strategic transport aircraft, and the first batch of 38 M1A2 main battle tanks provided to Taiwan will be transported to Taiwan by sea, which means that a large number of main battle tanks will appear in civilian ro-ro ships. Unlike Russia, at present, all C-17 strategic transport planes and C-5 transport planes in the United States belong to the combat sequence of the US Air Force, so if these strategic transport planes are dispatched to deliver M1A2 main battle tanks to Taiwan, then there will be a direct landing of US military planes on Taiwan, and even if it is a transport plane without any armed capability, the United States does not dare to try it easily. On the other hand, Russia has An-124 transport planes and Il-76 transport planes from Volga Dnieper Airlines, so Russia can also use these civil aircraft more conveniently in the process of delivering some large weapons and equipment, because these civil aircraft have long been responsible for special cargo delivery tasks.
When the United States provided a large number of weapons and equipment to Ukraine, the United States used Boeing 747 civil cargo aircraft, but it is obvious that equipment such as main battle tanks is difficult to be transported by civil aircraft, so the United States must use strategic transport aircraft such as C-17, but in the process of American aid to Ukraine, C-17 strategic transport aircraft will not land in Ukraine, but appear in Poland and other countries, and finally complete the delivery of weapons and equipment to Ukraine by land.
Taiwan is trying to reverse the situation with 108 M1A2 main battle tanks, and to find an advantage in front of the PLA landing force, but judging from the actual combat results of the current Russian battlefield, the M1A2 main battle tank is also vulnerable in front of UAVs, even if the version that Taiwan has is more advanced, and at the same time enhances the performance of multiple systems such as night vision, the PLA can also use cruise missiles and joint operations of reconnaissance and combat UAVs to destroy these M1A2 main battle tanks. Text/Iris