The Ukrainian army fires a captured Russian tank T-80 at the Russian position in Donetsk region, Ukraine, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022.
The Ukrainian army fires a captured Russian tank T-80 at the Russian position in Donetsk region, Ukraine, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022.
  • Russia's tank force — once seen as formidable — is being ripped apart by the Ukrainian military.
  • Western officials say Russia has likely lost up to half of its tanks on the battlefield, if not more. 
  • Military experts told Insider that this is because Russia doesn't know how to use them properly.

Russia's tanks were once seen as fearsome, formidable threats, but the war in Ukraine shows it doesn't know how to use them.