

But unfortunately it’s light armour, which makes them unsuitable.” “Their armament is good, their observation instruments are very good. “They are used for supporting fire, because of their light armour,” he said. The commander of a battalion of the 37th Naval Infantry Brigade, the pseudonymous Major Spartanets, described his observations of these French tanks on the battlefield during their current deployment in the Donetsk region.

Armour too light: a Ukrainian officer believes that the AMX-10 RC tanks delivered to Ukraine by France and currently being used in Kyiv’s counter-offensive are unsuitable for frontline attacks.
