No, I'am dead serious, something You never understand.
They might be able to roll over Poland but once they hit the German border with Western Europe's counter attack they will be reeling all the way back to Moscow.
This is what I'am talking about, a wishfull thinking.
Not only are there a couple thousand active late gen tanks in service, there are several thousand more either operational or surplus storage.
There are only tanks in numbers I provided, Germans sold off allmost everything they got in storage, UK don't have reserve tank fleet in storage, France also don't have nothing more beyond Leclerc tanks in numbers I provided, AMX-30 is a joke not a tank, just like Leopard 1, to fight against them Russians don't even need tanks, BMD-3's, BMD-4's and BMP-3's are more than enough.
All of them are upgraded beyond the level of any mainstream Russian T-72.
T-72B is from base designed to be equipped also with heavy dynamic protection, and only Germans have besides US, ammunition designed to defeat targets protected by dynamic protection.
Russia's tank situation is so dire, they just withdrew 100 T-90s for "careless operation."
It only shows that due to distance You not know anything about Russia.
That knocks them down to 200 semi-modern tanks and a couple hundred upgraded T-72s.
Of course, 200+ T-90, 400+ T-90A, ~300-400 T-80U tanks + several hundreds T-80UE-1 (T-80BW and T-80UD hybrid) + several thousands of T-80BW and several thousands of T-72B are really small numbers, T-90A's and T-80U's numbers alone are same or more than France and Germany have, and these vehicles have enough protection to withstand 90% of european anti tank weapons.
Even modernised French tank destroyers are more than a match for any unupgraded T-72 or T-80.
But there is one small problem, the tanks I provided numbers are all upgraded variants, in active service there are no not upgraded tanks.
With France fielding MILAN-ER with upgraded optics and Javelin ATGMs, even our anti-tank platoons would mop up the floor with their Soviet junk. Throw in all the Leos running around they don't have a prayer in hell.
And this is the typical, european arrogance, ignorance and wishfull thinking, thank god, there is still US military might there, and Americans actually know more than You military about ex Soviet and now Russian and Ukrainian military tech, they are far from such arrogance, ignorance and wishfull thinking.
It ain't the Cold War and it isn't the Soviet Union. It is backwater Russia who hasn't been able to field anything new since 1991.
I think You live in some room without any conncetion to real world, nothing new? You should read more.
If the EU was united under a Russian invasion, it would be a Super Power 5X as strong as Russia's rusted Soviet crap.
Wishfull thinking.
Half their listed air force is unserviceable, pilots don't even get enough hours for safe operation. The only thing to worry about is their IADs and that is less a factor in a Russian invasion.
Even the 2nd half is more than enough.
US totally bungled Iraq and now have an anti-US, corrupt do nothing government. As soon as they leave they will collapse.
At least Iraq have some goverment, and it is highly unlikely that it collapse or US forces fully withdraw, not to mention that Iraqi Army and security forces are better and better with every month and can handle on their own.
What we have in Libya besides chaos and high probability that control over country will be taken by religious fanatics... Bush at least had enough balls to at least try to rebuild Iraq, France will never send troops to Libya in case of fucked up situation, this is certain, because such operation demands not only involvement of light units, but also heavy units and strong logistics, something that only US in the whole NATO is capabale to do.
Libyan people took back their country and picked their own government, one that is actually responsive to public opinion. Libya is in no way comparable to the mess that was and will be Iraq.
We will see, but Your point of view is very naive I must say, but it's your right to belive in what You want to belive.