Last year someone posted the Russians are even rehabbing some T-55 tanks.
They make good targets now just as they did back then...................
Russia appears to be about to use a new weapon against Ukraine - but it’s not a jet or missile, but rather a 75-year-old biplane transport plane.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7I3Illsuqg
Makes me feel better about my ‘82 Shovelhead . . .
I love the clean classic lines of the T54.
There ought to be some T-34’s around in decent condition
Dig deep
The best stuff in the museums are the heroes of WWII: T-34s with their powerful 76.2mm main guns ... run, run away!!
The Ukrainian “tank cemetery” Kharkiv Tank Repair Plant is only 20 miles from the Russian border.
0 miles on them.
And yet the western world STILL has to give Ukraine billions and billions and billions in dollars and equipment. Something just doesn’t seem right to me.
Somebody better tell the USAF about the dangers of using old weaponry. Those B-52s ain’t getting any younger.
Reality:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JITMO4WUuaE
Mar 16, 2023
Update on Russian military operations in Ukraine for March 16, 2023:
- Russian warplanes intercepted and apparently clipped the propeller of a US MQ-9 drone carrying out surveillance near Crimea;
- The US has no means of recovering the drone, though Russia may have an opportunity to recover it;
- While the drone operated in international airspace according to the US, it was collecting intelligence on behalf of Ukraine as part of ongoing hostilities, as a party of the conflict and thus threatening Russian national security;
- Bakhmut continues to face encirclement;
- The Western media has begun admitting to the grim deterioration of Ukraine’s forces under the weight of Russia’s strategy of attrition;
- Ukraine has lost the majority of troops trained by NATO over the last 8-9 years;
- Ongoing NATO training is rushed, incapable of meeting or exceeding Russia’s pool of trained manpower;
- Ammunition and weapons are also admittedly running out;
- Ukraine may or may not be diverting reserves for an upcoming spring offensive to instead fight in Bakhmut;
- Any possible counteroffensive around Bakhmut might indicate just how badly deteriorated Ukraine’s forces have become;
Wonder if anyone here realizes the M1 Abrams Tank design is now 50 years old and the first ones rolled off the assembly lines in the late 70’s...
Before you crow too loudly, you might want to check out the age of our B-52 fleet.
T 34’s against Abrams?