A T-62 lays a smokescreen in 1984. Wikimedia Commons Russia’s tank shortage has gotten so dire that the United Kingdom for one believes the Russian army’s best tank formation, the 1st Guards Tank Army...
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The Russian Army Is Running Out Of T-72 Tanks—And Quickly
A Russian army T-72B. Russian defense ministry photo Russia’s tank shortage is worse than some observers previously thought. The Kremlin’s stocks of its most numerous tank, the Cold War-vintage T-72, ...
Take A 60-Year-Old T-62, Install New Optics, Send It To Ukraine To Get Blown Up
A Russian T-62M that the Ukrainian army captured in late 2022. Wikimedia Commons The Russian army is making half-hearted efforts to upgrade some of the 60-year-old T-62 tanks it has deployed to Ukrain...
Ukraine Is Going To Run Out Of T-64 Tanks
An upgraded Ukrainian T-64BV with modern optics and reactive armor. Wikimedia Commons The Ukrainian army went to war with around 800 active T-64 tanks. In the 11 months since Russia widened its attack...
The Ukrainians Are Converting Worthless Russian Tanks Into Priceless Engineering Vehicles
A Ukrainian BREM-1 recovers a Russian T-72. Via social media The Ukrainian army finally has found a good use for at least some of the dozens of ancient Russian army T-62 tanks it has captured. The Ukr...
Super-Upgraded M-55S Tanks Have Arrived In Ukraine
An M-55S in Ukrainian service. Via social media The first video has appeared online depicting the Ukrainian army’s ex-Slovenian M-55S tanks. The video depicts what appears to be a four-person M-55S cr...
The Ukrainian Army Captured Dozens Of The Russian Army’s Old T-62 Tanks—And Is Now Sending Them Back Into Battle
An ex-Russian T-62 in Ukrainian colors. Via social media After losing a thousand of its best T-80 and T-72 tanks in Ukraine, the Kremlin early this summer began pulling 50-year-old T-62s out of long-t...
The Russians Are Losing 10 Tanks A Day As The Ukrainians Advance
An ex-Russian T-90 in Ukrainian service. Ukrainian defense ministry The Russian army has been losing 10 tanks every day on average since the Ukrainian army launched twin counteroffensives in eastern a...
Why Ukraine Capturing So Many Antique Tanks Is Bad News For Russia
You can find old Soviet T-62 tanks in museums all around the world, but the Ukrainians are increasingly capturing them on the battlefield. This is an indicator of just how deeply Russia is having to d...
Ukraine Is Capturing Russia’s Old T-62 Tanks. Will It Use Them?
A Ukrainian commando with a captured Russian T-62. Ukrainian defense ministry photo After losing around 700 tanks in Ukraine through this spring, the Russian army began pulling 50-year-old T-62 tanks ...
Slovenia Is Giving Ukraine Some Very Old Tanks. But Age Can Be Deceiving.
M-55S. Via Globalsecurity.org Slovenia has announced it’s sending to Ukraine some very old tanks. As in, 70 years old, if you’re simply dating the original design. But age might be deceiving in this c...
For Ukrainian Drone Crews Hunting Russian Tanks, Some Attacks Require More Luck Than Others
Social media capture Separate attempts by Ukrainian drone-operators to knock out Russian vehicles in Ukraine illustrate different approaches to do-it-yourself air raids. Both raids involved commercial...
Russia’s Ancient T-62 Tanks Are On The Move In Ukraine
T-62s in southern Ukraine. Social media capture After losing more than 700 of its best T-72, T-80 and T-90 tanks in Ukraine in the first three months of fighting, the Russian army got pretty desperate...