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, ...
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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...
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...
Poland Made A Better Russian-Style Tank—And Gave It To Ukraine
Polish PT-91s during a 2017 exercise. U.S. Army photo The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 left the Polish army’s tank corps in a precarious position. Poland’s tankers long had ridden in Soviet ta...
Russia Is Refitting Old T-72 Tanks For The War In Ukraine. But It’s Running Out Of Optics.
T-72B1 Obr. 2022s. Via social media The Ukrainian army isn’t the only one getting new tanks. Well, new-ish. As Kyiv’s allies pledge more and more of the best NATO-style tanks to Ukraine’s war effort, ...
In This Russian Battalion, The Tanks Don’t Work And The Commander Is A Drunk Pyromaniac
A mostly non-working T-72 apparently belonging to the 2nd Motor Rifle Division. Via social media As Russia’s wider war on Ukraine grinds into its 11th month, the Russian army’s tanks are in bad shape....
Ukraine Needs Leopard 2 Tanks. Its Allies Are Getting Closer To Providing Them.
A German army Leopard 2. NATO photo In the space of a few days this week, France, the United States and Germany all announced they would donate to Ukraine powerful armored vehicles: French AMX-10RC sc...
New Reforms Will Keep India’s Russian-Built Arsenal Relevant…For A While
The Indian Army is reliant on Russian military gear. Copyright 2006 AP. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. India’s arsenal is in real troub...
Rare Show Tanks, Rusting On The Front Line, Are A Sign Of Russia’s Desperation
A wrecked T-72B obr. 2014. Via social media Eight years ago Uralvagonzavod Research and Production Corporation, a Russian manufacturer of armored vehicles, developed a new version of the classic T-72 ...
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...
It Seems Ukraine Is Struggling To Form Tank Brigades
A Ukrainian tank crew in action. Ukrainian army photo The Ukrainian army’s tank brigades are spread thin. That could help to explain why the army’s highly anticipated counteroffensive in southern Ukra...
The Russians Just Grabbed One Of The Ukrainians’ Rarest Tanks
A T-64BM Bulat on parade in 2008. Photo via Wikimedia Commons Russian-backed forces in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region have captured a very rare Ukrainian T-64BM Bulat tank. The roughly 100 Bulats tha...
T-72s To The Rescue? Ukraine’s 5th Tank Brigade Could Roll Into Battle Any Day Now.
Ukrainian tanks train in 2021. Ukrainian defense ministry The Ukrainian military’s success in sinking and damaging Russian warships could have a happy side-effect for Ukraine’s war effort on land. The...
Ukraine’s Shift To A New NATO Arsenal Is Unprecedented-And Inevitable
Ukraine will need 155mm guns—like this M777 artillery piece. ASSOCIATED PRESS Defending your country is hard enough. Managing to defend yourself while shifting from Russian-derived heavy weaponry to a...
Ukraine Has Mobilized Its Tank Reserves. They’re Already On The Attack.
3rd Tank Brigade troopers with an abandoned Russian T-80. 3rd Tank Brigade photo The Ukrainian army’s 3rd Tank Brigade reportedly has reached the battlefield around Izium, near Kharkiv in eastern Ukra...
Why Do Russian Tanks Explode Violently When Hit?
Sometimes in modern warfare it is not possible to tell whether a vehicle has been damaged or destroyed, as the only sign may be a small hole with burn marks. But this is certainly not the case with Ru...
When Tank Busting Goes Wrong
Still from video recorded by Ukrainian military in late March 2022. NLAW missile fired from window … [+] of building in Mariupol surges towards rear turret of a T-72B model 1989 tank. Ukrainian ...
Intense Combat Video Shows Ukrainians Take On Russian Tank At Point-Blank Range
Any video put out by one side involved in a conflict deserves to be treated with some caution; like the Russian video which supposedly showed a strike by their Kinzhal hypersonic missile which was act...