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

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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.

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Like I said before sure Russia would roll into Poland but they would deal with IED's and insurgent like tactics non stop on their supply lines. You also have Polish troops with real combat experience they are going against. The russian army of mostly conscripts who don't want to be there from the remote areas of the country would be in for a fight.

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Russia on the other hand has almost 400,000 active duty in just the army alone

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Not all are combat arms troops.

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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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and most of it is not modernized

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If Russia wanted, they could swallow Poland today.

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yes but it would be an absolutely dumb tactical decision