A whole lot of the hardware shipped to Ukraine is surplus. That’s all ok with me. It shows that even western stuff of a couple decades ago is better than what Russia’s army is using. And a lot of the top of the line modern stuff has huge logistical problems with training, maintenance, and classified aspects. The composition of modern tank armor is classified - very impractical to hand that over to a foreign military without a whole system in place for tracking who has access to it. To put it simply, I wish the Ukrainians had a fleet of F35s, but I understand there’s no practical way for that to happen, so they’re going to get either old F16s, or Grippens, both of which are great for what they need. Same with tanks and many other pieces of hardware.
Even at the level of the riffles, looks like the Ukrainians have been upgraded to M4s or equivalents. The Russian rusty AK74s look so terrible in comparison.
