The T-80B Was A Great Tank—In 1978. Now It’s The Latest Obsolete Vehicle To Join The Russian War Effort.

A T-80B in its heyday. Wikimedia Commons In 1978, Soviet tank-maker Omsktransmash took the basic T-80 tank, which had appeared just two years earlier, and added a new turret with a better autoloader a...

In A Few Years, The Russian Army Could Run Out Of Tanks. What Happens Then?

Russian president Vladimir Putin visits Uralvagonzavod in 2015. Wikimedia Commons Two or three years. That’s how long the Russian army might have before it runs out of tanks, according to one estimate...