![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “The maneuver force has means to prevent attacks in the threatened area in order to prevent an enemy breakthrough on the axis of the main attack, eliminating the threat of being flanked and exploiting an enemy flank or boundary,” according to Grau and Bartles.Ĭonsidering what the Russians must do to win a full-scale war in Ukraine-and what the Ukrainians must do to prevent the Russians from winning-it’s not at all clear that 1,200 deployed tanks is enough for the Russians, and that 900 active tanks is inadequate for the Ukrainians. That means keeping tank battalions in reserve for larger “maneuver counterattacks” aimed at preventing the invaders from exploiting gaps between dug-in units and cutting their lines of communications ahead of the decisive artillery barrages. “Short counterattacks augment the defense of the security zone,” Grau and Bartles wrote.Īt the same time, the Ukrainian army must thwart the Russian army’s efforts to isolate Ukrainian forces so that Russian artillery can destroy them. It’s not for no reason that the Ukrainians in the seven years since Russia invaded Crimea and Donbas have dug hundreds of miles of trenches and countless bunkers for infantry and dugouts for vehicles.īut active defense requires that the tanks be ready, on short notice, to motor out of their dugouts and mass with nearby armor for a destabilizing counterattack against the invaders. ![]()
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