Sine_Fine_Belli@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 年前Russia has depleted its tank stocks: the industry is not covering combat lossesmilitarnyi.comexternal-linkmessage-square192fedilinkarrow-up1928arrow-down112
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minus-squareA_norny_mousse@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·1 年前I seem to remember they were using actual WW2 tanks?
minus-squareJohnDClay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·1 年前Yup. Not because they were out of more modern tanks yet at that point, but because the more modern tanks took longer to refurbish. But now they really are scraping the bottom of the barrel.
minus-squareA_norny_mousse@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 年前Yeah, I was wondering. One would suppose 80 yo ordnance is the bottom of the barrel. Thanks for clarifying.
I seem to remember they were using actual WW2 tanks?
Yup. Not because they were out of more modern tanks yet at that point, but because the more modern tanks took longer to refurbish. But now they really are scraping the bottom of the barrel.
Yeah, I was wondering. One would suppose 80 yo ordnance is the bottom of the barrel. Thanks for clarifying.