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In a move laden with strategic significance, the Russian military has transferred a captured American-made M1A1 Abrams main battle tank, seized from Ukrainian forces, to the renowned Uralvagonzavod facility for a comprehensive “reverse engineering” program.
The Russian military has sent a U.S.-made M1A1 Abrams tank, captured from Ukrainian forces, to the Uralvagonzavod tank manufacturing plant for the purpose of reverse engineering.
U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan has openly acknowledged that the Abrams tanks supplied by the United States to Ukraine have not delivered the expected impact on the battlefield.
A senior U.S. military officer has acknowledged the country’s pride, the M1A1 Abrams tank, is not prepared to face the realities of warfare as seen in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Recent reports from the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict claim that 20 out of the 31 American-made M1A1 Abrams tanks supplied to Ukraine have been destroyed.
Russian military observers claim that since being deployed to the battlefields of Ukraine in February this year, 14 out of the 31 M1A1SA Abrams tanks supplied by the United States have been destroyed by Russian forces.
When first deployed to Ukraine, the M1A1 Abrams tanks supplied by the United States were hailed as a “game changer”—a military asset poised to shift the dynamics on the battlefield by providing Ukrainian forces with a significant advantage.
In April, the United States was compelled to withdraw the M1A1 Abrams tanks it had donated to Ukraine from the front lines due to intense threats from Russian suicide drones, FPV and Lancet.
Alongside the German-made Leopard 2A6 tanks, the American-made M1A1 Abrams tanks captured by Russian forces from the battlefields in Ukraine represent a significant “war trophy” for the Russian military.
Social media videos from Russia have displayed Russian troops pulling out a heavily damaged M1A1 Abrams tank, valued at $10 million (RM45 million) and weighing over 70 tons, from the battlefield in Ukraine.