Being low on usable T-80s& 90s makes the tactic even more attractive to the Russians. If the 62s don't overwhelm the Us on their own roll what working 80s and 90s they have in the hope the 62s soaked up all U's anti-tank missiles.
Not saying it's going to work but such a tactic it would fit a pattern.
Putin has maybe just one more throw of the dice to end this on anything remotely in the ball park on his terms.
Except the numbers aren't working out.
The Russians are bringing T-62s back, but they can't bring them back in the numbers needed to make flood tactics even remotely successful against this generation's anti-tank missiles. Put them up against the Leopards, Challengers, and Abrams that the Ukranians are getting, and the T-62s will die like Iraqi armor did -- at distances they can't hope to either engage or even see their opponents.
Hell, even the Bradley Fighting Vehicle's Bushmaster can kill a T-62.
And let's not even being to talk about the "tactics" the Russians have used. Armor unsupported by air, artillery, infantry, or even sufficient numbers of their own armor... Essentially the Russians have been using them piecemeal, not in the flood tactics used by the Red Army in World War II.
It's almost as if the writers for The Walking Dead are the ones designing strategy for the Russians.
OK! Listen up! We're going in blind, making a LOT of noise, no personal protection, and for the love of God do NOT look to either side or behind you!
