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To: Spktyr

The one in the foreground is a late model BTR possibly a BTR-70. The burning vehicle is a BMP infantry fighting vehicle. I suspect most of the so-called “light tanks” noted by ill informed journalists are BMPs. A vehicle with tracks and a turret is not always a tank. Even my frau knows that but she is not a journalist.


113 posted on 02/24/2022 5:30:04 PM PST by bravo whiskey (Annie Savoy : The world is made for people who aren't cursed with self awareness. )
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To: bravo whiskey

There don’t seem to be any obvious visible distinguishing markings and both sides still have these exact types in service to this day. Without markings or enough surviving visible equipment on the outside to tell variations apart, there’s no way to tell whose they are. There’s nothing obviously “Russian only, not Ukranian” in terms of the hull shapes. It could literally be either sides’ vehicles.


115 posted on 02/24/2022 5:36:46 PM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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