...good performance on the road and in an off-road context, since the performance characteristics of the British vehicle, in certain situations, exceed those of the contemporary BTR vehicles used by the Ukrainians. The interviewed soldier claimed that AT-105, in off-road conditions, turned out to have better mobility than the BTR-4 platform. The second example shows that AT-105 4x4 vehicle has all-terrain capabilities which are no worse than those of the track-chassis platforms (2S3 Akatsiya), while on hardened surfaces the vehicle is even more mobile....Arra tökéletesek voltak, amire a 80as években szánták.
+az UA-k is jól tudták használni, nem most kapták hanem 2013-ban
“Useless” Saxon Vehicles Surprisingly Useful In Ukraine. Kiev Benefits From The “Cost-Effect” Ratio
**Procurement of the decommissioned British AT-105 Saxon armoured vehicles by Kiev initially was seen as a surprise, and then it was vividly criticized. The carriers, referred to as junk, had an opinion of being useless, weakly protected by armour or even unstable (prone to tip over). Meanwhile...defence24.com
The carrier also exhibited its resistance to faults, covering thousands of kilometres and accumulating quite impressive mileage. There are also some obvious problems pertaining to the spare parts, but in comparison with the maintenance and logistical issues faced by the Ukrainian Army, the aforementioned concerns seem to be quite minor.
They were satisfied with the fact that the side armour of the hull was able to stop a B-32 7.62×54R armour piercing round, shot at the vehicle from the SVD sniper rifle at a distance of 20 meters.
Szerintem ezek elég jó tulajdonságok egy ~40 éves cucctól
Szóval én nem vonnék teljesen párhuzamot Irak és Ukrajna inváziója között. A Szaddám vezette Irak nem egyenlő Ukrajnával.
