Of 190 Bradleys that US sent to Ukraine, about 10 were destroyed, some of them need repair, - WP
This is written by The Washington Post with reference to sources, Censor.NET reports.
"The United States has allocated 190 Bradleys, more than half of which have been delivered to operational units in Ukraine, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter. About a dozen Bradleys have been destroyed, a high-ranking representative of the US Department of Defense said." - the publication notes.
Data from the analytical site Oryx, which takes into account the loss of only the equipment for which there is video or photo evidence of damage, indicates that several dozen more machines received damage of varying degrees. Many of them have been repaired and have already returned to the battlefield. Some of them have to be sent to Poland for more serious repairs.
Thus, WP journalists recorded six cars being repaired in a wooded area, most of them were damaged due to the explosion of mines.
Some machines can only take a few hours to repair. At the same time, according to the soldiers with whom the publication spoke, they feel a lack of spare parts for repairs.
"Some of the machines are 'donors', meaning the Ukrainians remove usable parts from them to install them on other, less damaged Bradleys, and then fill the 'donor' machine with broken parts before sending it for more extensive repairs at a factory in of Poland, the military said.
One of the first obstacles to repairing and returning such vehicles to the front is a lack of spare parts, say the military.
A high-ranking interlocutor of the publication said that in many cases the Ukrainians used the machines exactly as they were taught during training in Germany: combined attacks, when infantry, armored vehicles and aviation act together.
