Russia has lost more than 2,200 main battle tanks since invading Ukraine in February last year.
Russian storage depots are deep, but they don't have an unlimited supply of armor to throw into a new fight.
In fact, Russia is rebuilding tanks rather than building them, and their capacity to do so may be reaching its limit.
Russia has vast stockpiles of old tanks, from T-90s barely 20 years old to rusting T-62s from the 1960s.
More importantly, Russia's supply of old tanks for rebuilding is showing signs of running down.
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