(S+) Kiews Problem mit den deutschen Pannen-Panzern
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Mehrere von Deutschland gelieferte Panzer kämpfen nicht an der ukrainischen Front, sondern stehen in Reparaturhallen. Russischer Beschuss ist ein Grund dafür – aber nicht der einzige. Was steckt hinter dem Ausfall?

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A Ukrainian Armed Forces officer, whose brigade is fighting on Leopard-2, pointed out the fragility of the tracks, weakening their tension and leading to breakdowns and this is a disaster in combat conditions. Ukrainian soldiers have to constantly monitor this feature of German tanks.

A commission from Germany, which visited a repair centre in Lithuania for Leopards, was unpleasantly surprised by the number of equipment that failed due to defects.

Problems with logistics and lack of spare parts persist - even in Lithuania, far from the front, mechanics face problems when repairing Leopards.

A German officer admitted to Der Spiegel that German tanks wear out much faster in combat conditions. Based on the experience of the Bundeswehr in Mali, we can say that a mileage of 10,000 km in combat conditions is equal to 100,000 km in peacetime, the officer claims. Added to this is the problem of the need for complex maintenance of tanks, which must be carried out at the factory.

“Attempts at repair by the Ukrainian military lead to additional damage to the Leopards,” concludes a member of the German commission that visited Lithuania.

  • keepcarrot [she/her]
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    6 months ago

    I've found what over-engineering means in practice is similar to feature creep in programming, wherein an engineer keeps getting requests to solve problems in a project, but never enough time to iterate down the design to use off-the-shelf components, tuned, functions consolidated, etc. Also no one is removing features that could be done with additional training even if the feature is expensive and unreliable.

    Thus each feature/bit on the tank technically works some of the time, but breaks down too much and has no common parts with other bits of the tank.

    The word conjures an image of an engineer going ham on a project, but it's often because of poor time management and inflexible orders coming from above.

    EDIT: I realise this is only tangentially related to feature creep. Sorry. Hopefully if you squint you can see it