Text taken from the Telegram Channel of rybar
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics.
[ColonelCassad] T-90M conveyor Enemy assessment of Russian tank production.
The domestic segment drew attention to the June attempt by enemy resources to analyze the production volumes of T-90M tanks at Uralvagonzavod (UVZ) based on open source data.They came to disappointing conclusions for themselves: contrary to Western media publications about the alleged production of 30 vehicles per year, in reality this number is much higher, and the scale is only growing.
More about the figures and facts:
According to estimates by Ukrainian resources, in 2022, UVZ produced up to 70 tanks of this type. Some of the vehicles were not new assemblies, but modernizations of previously produced T-90As to the T-90M level, as assumed by the contracts concluded before the SVO.
However, already in 2023, the annual production rate more than doubled, and last year alone, up to 300 vehicles were delivered to the Russian Armed Forces. At the same time, all currently produced T-90Ms are made from scratch, including the hull.
Enemy resources claim that since the beginning of 2022, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have managed to destroy approximately 130 T-90Ms. Even if this figure is completely true, the annual production covers the losses for the entire period of the SVO and even allows increasing their number in the troops.
At the same time, enemy media note possible potential difficulties with components and equipment wear, which may complicate further increase in production. But the scale of T-90M use on the front line has decreased due to the drone factor, so tank losses have become fewer.
In this case, we are talking about enemy estimates - real figures may differ (although it is still a question in which direction). However, the order of numbers shows what Western analytics are worth. The beginning of the SVO about how sanctions against UVZ will stop tank production.
This is also a good illustration of the theses "Russia produces almost nothing and fights only with Soviet reserves", popular among the Ukrainian and, for some reason, part of the Russian public. Although it is in no way related to the release of the T-90M from scratch.
And yet, a tank is an expensive high-tech product that will not "overwhelm" the enemy in today's realities. The fruits of production success can only be obtained with a rational approach, starting from the tactics of using machines and ending with a specialized KAZ.
After the start of the SVO, many finally understood why the USSR produced a huge number of tanks and left our generation with huge stocks of tanks, some of which were not sawed up and sold after the destruction of the USSR. And which were useful to us.I wrote back in 2022 - the country needs another 1-2 tank factories + 2-3 factories for the production of light armored vehicles. Current capacities are insufficient.