New brigades with western equipment. Ukraine unprecedentedly expanses its army [ANALYSIS]

The large amount of Western equipment - the promised respective 100 pieces of combat vehicles - transferred at a time and more unified than before, allows for a more planned and rational application. alternatively of “patching” holes after losses and creating hybrids with a large amount of equipment in a brigade or even a battalion, 1 can be tempted to form more uniform tactical compounds, which will let rational usage of equipment and, above all, will improve all logistics - both in the operational and repair dimension, as well as evacuation-repair, finally, supply (lubricants, fuel, ammunition, spare parts, etc.). While - which is apparent - attention is focused on the transfer and combat usage of NATO equipment, the key in a prolonged war is its appropriate operation, servicing and repair of equipment.