re: Russia Unveils New Main Battle Tank, Among Other Things

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by the time they got to Germany their military would be stretched thin and their supply lines and support troops would be fighting for their lives vs the local forces.

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Poland has a little over 100,000 active duty troops with about 1,000 tanks, 2,000 AFVs, 1,200 pieces of artillery, 200 helecopters. They have only 112 fighters.

Russia on the other hand has almost 400,000 active duty in just the army alone. As for hardware:

2,500+ tanks (almost 13,000 in reserve)
3,200+ AFVs (16,500 in reserve)
2,800+ APCs (5,000 in reserve)
5,700+ pieces of artillery
1,500+ SAM systems


and as for the Russian Air Force....

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n 2012, the Air Force was made up of:

38 fighter squadrons (7 operating MiG-29s, one operating the MiG-29S, 2 operating the MiG-29SMT, 7 operating the MiG-31, one operating the MiG-31B, 4 operating the MiG-31BM, 7 operating the Su-27P, 8 operating the Su-27SM, 1 operating the Su-27SM3 and Su-30M2, 1 operating the Su-35S, 1 operating the Su-30SM)
15 bomber squadrons (9 operating the Su-24M, 2 operating the Su-24M2, 4 operating the Su-34)
14 assault squadrons (10 operating the Su-25, 4 operating the Su-25SM)
9 intelligence squadrons (operating the Su-24MR, and various UAVs)
13 training and testbed squadrons

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If Russia wanted, they could swallow Poland today.