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Sponsored by Ground News: Compare news coverage. Spot media bias. Avoid algorithms. Try Ground News today and get 40% off your subscription by going to Please note one audio correction in the pinned comment regarding BMP-3 losses. The war in Ukraine has long become one of attrition and endurance, where the status of the competing forces is arguably more important than individual pieces of terrain changing hands. In this piece, leveraging the work of various people and sources, we look at what we can determine about the status of Russian equipment stocks and active vehicle fleets in 2024, and try to project potential paths forward and establish a baseline for comparing against Ukrainian forces in a coming episode. Patreon: Reading and Sourcing: Given the topic, I think it only right to first acknowledge some of those whose data and work have been used in this work and in the work of others: Covert Cabal (including his most recent feature on RU tank storage levels) HighMarsed (@HighMarsed) Jompy (@Jonpy99) AS-22 (@AS22_im) for GBAD counts As well as others that I have mentioned in the past or in this video Plus, of course I need to flag the value of the work of the VC loss database teams behind Oryx, Warspotting and Lostarmor (which I have referenced in several videos as a check against other data sets Other relevant sources: Baseline pre-war equipment figures per Military balance for commonality with other episodes IISS - Russian T-90m Production #:~:text=These figures suggest an average,when it launched its assault. Dr. Jack Watling and Gary Somerville - A Methodology for Degrading the Arms of the Russian Federation Dr Jack Watling - In Ukraine, Russia is Beginning to Compound Advantages Russian media on threat posed by Finland in NATO Russian warning of 'proportional response' to NATO in Finland Referenced imagery/reporting on Russian presence on Finnish border #:~:text=by: Yle magazine-,80% of the Russian troops from the border,Finland were transferred to Ukraine&text=Russia has deployed most of,with the Finnish newspaper Yle. Featured PZH-2000 image and reporting on hedgehog armour T-80 Image compilation Reporting on usage of BTR-50 M-46 image included Caveats & Comments: All normal caveats and comments apply. In particular – I would like to note as always that this material has been created for entertainment purposes and is not intended to be a complete or comprehensive examination of the topic in question and should not be relied upon to inform financial or other similar decisions. Timestamps: 00:00:00 — Opening Words 00:01:19 — What Am I Talking About? 00:03:35 — Losses 00:13:49 — Does Quality Matter? 00:17:59 — Storage 00:37:45 — Production 00:42:30 — Production & Reactivations 00:53:46 — Trend And The Evolving Force 00:57:30 — The Path Forward 01:03:07 — Channel Update
