Scooters, Bike, Cars Golf Carts Now 90% Of Russian Losses

Russian casualties and vehicle losses are now increasingly tied to the use of civilian vehicles, pressed into service as a desperate attempt to reverse, or at least reduce, the inordinate advantage Ukraine's attack drones enjoy on the battlefield. But the scale of the losses and the paucity of Russian gains suggest that these tactics are failing.

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David Axe reports in Trench Art:

The Russian armed forces are de-mechanizing. Unarmored vehicles now account for 90 percent of Russian losses along the front line of Russia’s 39-month wider war on Ukraine. For every tank or BMP fighting vehicle Russian regiments lose—and to be clear, they still lose hundreds of them every month—the regiments write off nine all-terrain vehicles, motorcycles, compact cars, vans, trucks, buses and even electric scooters that they’re pressed into front-line service as a desperate alternative to walking.

Unarmored vehicles now account for 90 percent of Russian losses along the front line of Russia’s 39-month wider war on Ukraine—down from just 25 percent a year ago.

For every tank or BMP fighting vehicle Russian regiments lose—and to be clear, they still lose hundreds of them every month—the regiments write off nine all-terrain vehicles, motorcycles, compact cars, vans, trucks, buses and even electric scooters that they’re pressed into front-line service as a desperate alternative to walking.

The Russian armed forces are de-mechanizing as losses of combat vehicles greatly outstrip the capacity of Russian industry to build new vehicles or regenerate them from long-term storage.