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Desperate Russian Forces Are Sticking 80-Year-Old Naval Guns On 70-Year-Old Armored Tractors
Forbes ^
| Mar 4, 2023
| David Axe
Posted on 03/05/2023 6:45:56 AM PST by Renfrew
The Russian army is welding 80-year-old gun mounts, originally built to arm patrol boats, onto 70-year-old armored tractors—and sending them to Ukraine to get captured by the Ukrainian army.
The up-gunned, tracked MT-LBs are further evidence of the Kremlin’s worsening equipment crisis as it struggles to make good its losses in Ukraine.
Which is why the Kremlin is pulling out of long-term storage hundreds of 50-year-old T-62 tanks, 60-year-old BMP-1 fighting vehicles and 70-year-old BTR-50P armored tractors. These awkwardly up-gunned MT-LBs just further underscore the Russians’ growing desperation.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 0000spamspamspamspam; 000spamspamspam; 00spamspam; 0spam; davidaxe; davidaxelol; desperate; desperateruzzians; globalistpropaganda; keywordtroll; militarygenius; motherrussia; putin; sovietdreams
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posted on
03/05/2023 6:45:56 AM PST
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Renfrew
To: Renfrew
Now that is just sad propaganda.
2
posted on
03/05/2023 6:48:04 AM PST
by
wildcard_redneck
(Biden will mess up the Ukraine worse than Afghanistan.)
To: Renfrew
Cool! I want one of those!
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posted on
03/05/2023 6:50:23 AM PST
by
glorgau
Comment #4 Removed by Moderator
To: Renfrew
China is salivating over their future ‘northern resource zone’...
To: Renfrew
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posted on
03/05/2023 6:53:38 AM PST
by
stanne
To: Renfrew
Mad Max kinda stuff
KOOL !
To: Renfrew
chudo-oruzhiye / чудо-оружие???
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posted on
03/05/2023 6:56:14 AM PST
by
Chode
(there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
To: Renfrew
LOL, you propaganda freaks are pathetic.
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posted on
03/05/2023 6:56:53 AM PST
by
JoSixChip
(2020: The year of unreported truths; 2021: My main take away from this year? Trust no one.)
To: Renfrew
They are probably good for laying smoke screens if they can get those old diesels started.
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posted on
03/05/2023 6:57:36 AM PST
by
caver
To: stanne
A B-52 actually works and does what it was designed to do.
To: Renfrew
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posted on
03/05/2023 6:59:30 AM PST
by
BobL
To: wildcard_redneck
Looks like they. are sending old arms to war. We are still using 70 year old B52s and the M16 is is getting close to 6o years old. I guess we have Desperate arms also.
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posted on
03/05/2023 6:59:42 AM PST
by
mountainlion
(Live well those that did not make it back.)
To: wildcard_redneck
Every.single.time. The ukes do something, the media reports it as “Russia”
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posted on
03/05/2023 7:00:12 AM PST
by
silverleaf
(It’s not propaganda just because you disagree with it. )
To: Renfrew
Mechanical things last...Look at the folks who collect cars...fix them up and show them. Wish I still had the roll down windows on my car...and that little side vent. We didn’t need air conditioning with that little vent.
Comment #16 Removed by Moderator
To: Renfrew
Please explain how these contraptions, operated by a private Russian military corporation, were enough to chase the NATO equipped Ukrainian military out of Bakhmut, under a hail of artillery?
To: Renfrew
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posted on
03/05/2023 7:03:00 AM PST
by
nuconvert
( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
To: Renfrew
I think Ukraine is this close to winning this thing. Lets send over a few more billion dollars to close the deal. Visa/Mastercard/AMEX/Discover/Diner Club accepted.
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posted on
03/05/2023 7:08:44 AM PST
by
frogjerk
(More people have died trusting the government than not trusting the government.)
To: Farmerbob
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posted on
03/05/2023 7:09:25 AM PST
by
stanne
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