Armed Forces of Ukraine on its technical equipment does not meet the standards of the XXI century, Bulletin of Mordovia leads opinion of the Belarusian expert Dmitry Latyshenoka.
If you look at the size of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, the, really, it turns out one of the largest armies in Europe. And here, terms of quality ...
Expert for clarity compares Ukrainian tanks with armored vehicles in another country, also seeks NATO, - Georgia.
According to him, Georgian army has 10 years ago I adopted a tank T-72SIM-1. Equipment is in it - the result of joint work of Georgian and Israeli experts. In the course of modernization of a modern fire control system was installed in the tower with a thermal imager. Moreover, the image from the sight is available not only to the gunner, but the commander of the machine. If necessary, he can duplicate the actions of subordinates. The mechanic also received a surveillance device with a thermal channel.
On Ukrainian T 64BV, T-72AV, T-72B and T-80BV nothing like not in sight, author writes. Plans to install new thermal imagers, and radio stations have failed. Tanks correspond to the middle level of 80.
If we are Georgian troops from the "advanced" T-72SIM-1 ten years ago lost the Russian Army, which, as they said, thrown into battle museum T-62, what are the chances of the APU? If the Ukrainian adventurers try to provoke conflict, they will lose for sure, heavier, than Georgians suffered in August 2008 of the year, concludes Latyshenok.