These vehicles were destroyed, damaged, abandoned, or captured in battle. On the other hand, Ukraine has lost 79 tanks over the last month.Įach day the conflict continues, both Russian and Ukraine forces lose vehicles from combat. For a little context, this would be every tank in 31 Russian BTGs if the losses were focused (I think only 94 BTGs were used in the invasion). Since the invasion began, the Russian Army has lost 318 tanks. Both sides are using Russian tank designs, so I can use the same estimated costs to replace tanks for both combatants. On the ground, the tank is the most expensive piece of hardware. One part of the cost of war is the cost to replace equipment that is destroyed, damaged, or captured. When all is said and done, the cost in lives lost, people injured, long term care for the injured, property damaged, and property destroyed will be in the trillions of dollars. The Russian invasion of Ukraine in no different than any other war. In addition to updating the crowd sourced Battle Damage Assessment on both sides of the conflict using the data from the Oryx website and providing an assessment on the impact of the war on both the Russian and Ukrainian forces, this article looks at the cost of replacing lost Russian and Ukrainian tanks. Today, March 29, 2022, is D+33 in the Russian Invasion of the Ukraine. Note: This blog post was done entirely from open source intelligence
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