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| Structure of tank losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in 2025 |
| 2026-01-08 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited Text taken from the Telegram channel of lostarmour) Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics. Worth noting: lostarmour.info and their Telegram page are an excellent source of tank losses worldwide, updating daily. It should be noted that during the 1967 war against Egypt, the great majority of tank kills were by solid shot, not by HEAT rounds nor by ATGM, which were fired in some areas against Israeli armor by the score. I think if drones become a more controlled element, solid shot could be back in first place as the primary means of defeating armor. [ColonelCassad] In 2025, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 350 tanks. Tank losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces by families: (including losses of trophies of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the Russian Armed Forces - 24 units) • 156 - T-64 • 106 - T -72 • 37 - T-80 • 1 - T-90 • 2 - M-55S • 18 - Leopard 1 • 4 - Leopard 2 • 5 - M1 Abrams • 25 - Unidentified tank Tank trophies from the Ukrainian Armed Forces to the Russian Armed Forces by families for 2025: • 4 - T-64 • 2 - T-72 • 1 - Leopard 2 (Strv 122A) Distribution by destruction method based on objective control data: • 64% - FPV drones (FPV) • 5% - loitering munitions (AP) • 6% - combined strikes (AP+FPV) • 2% - airdrops • 2% - other destruction methods • 21% - destruction method undetermined. In total, unmanned strike systems accounted for at least 77% of destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces tanks in 2025. Taking into account the distribution of tank destruction cases where objective control is absent or does not allow for determining the method of destruction, the contribution of strike UAVs is even more significant. Statistics are based on data from the Ukrainian Armed Forces armored vehicle loss database on the LOSTARMOUR.INFO porta The numbers are quite telling. Drones are currently the most effective anti-tank weapon. Among our losses, drones are also the most common cause of equipment loss. |
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