Following the delivery of a new batch of 35 M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams tanks, Poland’s Land Forces now have more than 300 M1 Abrams tanks supplied by the U.S.

Estimates indicate that by 2030 the country will have 366 U.S. Abrams, 360 K2s, 235 Leopards, and 150 PT-91 Twardys, while it is also working with the U.S. to establish production capabilities for Abrams spare parts.

This force could smash russia to pieces, especially given how degraded the russian military is at this point. Russia can produce 1000 tanks fairly quickly but their tanks are critically flawed and there is no cohesive institutional attempt to actually keep tank crews alive and upskill them continually in the russian military… whereas for Poland each of those ~1000 tank crews are and will be highly trained and treated as valuable, skilled professionals.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jtkg2DEpalg

A good rundown of the Sepv3 Abrams, it is definitely a biased perspective but it is very thorough and conveys well why russian design lineage tanks are categorically outclassed by these in technology, doctrine and crew protection.

  • DdCno1 ( DdCno1@beehaw.org ) English
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    23 days ago

    Since when were Abrams deployed against Iran? Also, Poland bought these on the open market from the US, just like they bought German and South Korean tanks, because they want to have a powerful tank force to defend themselves against Russia. Poland is an independent country, not a vassal of the US.

    Not to mention, the whole US involvement in the Iran war under Trump and Kegsbreath is kind of like if you hand a toddler a loaded gun. The kid will probably do some damage, but not in a desirable way. Trump inherited the most powerful military in the world, but just like with his dad’s inheritance, he has absolutely no clue on how to use it and completely squandered its potential.

    Not only would a different administration not have attacked Iran like this (or at all - Israel has been annoying the US with the idea for decades, until they found a moron who fell for it), even if they did, they wouldn’t have bungled it this much. The best weapons, intelligence, training and logistics in the world won’t help if you are systematically gutting military leadership and replacing it with sycophants, if you’re ignoring the advice of experts, leaving local allies unprepared and in the dark - and reveling in inane machismo, hatred and bloodlust instead of using even an ounce of strategic thinking.

    Hell, they let sailors on an aircraft carrier suffer for months without resupplies in an idiotic attempt to hide the loss of a vital resupply base (which of course backfired). That’s the kind of “saving face” behavior you’d expect from vain autocrats the likes of Putin and Xi, not a Western nation.