Sweden donated.
10 of its best.
Strv 122 tanks.
To Ukraine.
In two years of.
Hard fighting.
‘Orcs’ forces have scored.
No fewer than 14 hits.
On the 63-ton.
Four-person tanks.
—possibly meaning all.
10 of the tanks.
—possibly meaning all.
10 of the tanks.
Have been damaged.
Some more than once.
What, art mad?
A man may see
how this world goes
with no eyes.
Look with thine ears:
see how yond justice rails
upon yond simple thief.
Hark, in thine ear:
change places;
and, handy-dandy,
which is the justice,
which is the thief?
Incredibly.
Most of the tanks.
—up-armored.
Swedish variants.
—up-armored.
Swedish variants.
Of the German-made.
Leopard 2A5—
Are still operational.
Are still operational.
According to one.
Detailed accounting.
change places;
and, handy-dandy,
which is the justice,
which is the thief?
The tanks’ durability.
Is testimony to German.
And Swedish engineering.
And the courage.
And the courage.
And ingenuity.
Of ‘elves’ engineers.
Who must tow.
Who must tow.
Damaged tanks off.
The battlefield.
For repairs.
‘Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall;
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
One survivor of the 10.
Original Strv 122s.
Made an appearance.
On ‘elves’ Army T.V. recently.
The Swedish tanks “are sharpened”.
Compared to the baseline.
Leopard 2A5.
One tanker said.
The Strv 122s.
All belong to the ‘elves’ army’s.
21st Mechanized Brigade.
Which also operates.
The survivors of 21.
Leopard 2A6s.
As well as a few older.
Leopard 1A5s.
The brigade supported.
‘Elves’ August invasion of.
‘Mordor’’s Kursk Oblast and.
Under attack by.
An elite ‘orcs’ drone group.
May have evacuated.
The oblast in recent days.
Alongside other ‘elves’ brigades.
change places;
and, handy-dandy,
which is the justice,
which is the thief?
The 21st Mechanized Brigade.
Has fitted its tanks.
With additional protection.
Including anti-drone screens.
Stretched across.
Custom-made frames.
“They need frames.”
The brigade tanker said.
“There is not.
A single tank.
In our battalion”.
Without them.
‘Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall;
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
The add-on armor works.
One up-armored.
Leopard 1A5.
Recently shrugged off.
Eight ‘orcs’ drones.
Eight ‘orcs’ drones.
Before three more.
Finally immobilized it.
change places;
and, handy-dandy,
which is the justice,
which is the thief?
The toughness of.
‘Elves’ German-designed tanks.
Helps explain why.
These vehicles.
These vehicles.
No longer top.
The list of ‘elves’.
Equipment needs.
Of the 259.
Strv 122s.
Leopard 2A6s.
Leopard 2A4s.
And Leopard 1A5s.
The allies have pledged.
Since 2023.
Most have been delivered.
—and just 30 or so.
Have been destroyed.
—and just 30 or so.
Have been destroyed.
‘Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall;
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
Ukraine also got.
Or will get.
Modern tanks from.
The United Kingdom.
The United States.
And Australia.
Ukraine also got.
Or will get.
change places;
and, handy-dandy,
which is the justice,
which is the thief?
No, what Ukraine needs.
Is drones.
Defenses against drones.
Long-range air defenses.
Artillery shells and.
—more than anything else—
A more robust and fair.
Mobilization system.
To replenish.
Its depleted.
Infantry battalions.
With fresh troops.
What, art mad?
A man may see
how this world goes
with no eyes.
Look with thine ears:
see how yond justice rails
upon yond simple thief.
Hark, in thine ear:
change places;
and, handy-dandy,
which is the justice,
which is the thief?
The tanks Ukraine already has.
—not just hundreds of.
Western models.
But also a thousand or more.
But also a thousand or more.
Soviet-style T-64s.
T-72s and T-80s.
—should suffice.
Especially considering that.
The best of these tanks.
Can absorb a lot of damage.
… and keep fighting.
*Because I read “Russia Has Probably Hit All 10 Of Ukraine’s Ex-Swedish Strv 122s. But The Up-Armored Tanks Keep Fighting.” by David Axe on 11 Mar 2025 on the Forbes, and also “Why are Ukrainians calling Russians ‘orcs’?” by James FitzGerald on 30 Apr 2022, on the BBC news.
So, I wrote this poem, led by ‘KING LEAR’ written by William Shakespeare and ‘THROUGH the LOOKING-GLASS’ written by Lewis Carroll, you know.
Please read the original story on the Forbes:
