Posted on 04/16/2023 8:12:12 AM PDT by dennisw
The photographed tank appears to be from the 1950s with no modern upgrades
The first of several hundred 70-year-old Soviet-era Russian tanks appears to have been deployed to Ukraine, as the Kremlin desperately replenish its depleted resources.
An image appeared on Friday which showed a T-55 Soviet tank located in Zaporizhzhia, an oblast in southern Ukraine, weeks after they were videoed on their way to the war-torn country.
The photographed tank appears to be from the 1950s and shows no modern upgrades - suggesting that Russia is shipping the decrepit machinery in an attempt to aid its war effort.
The news comes after the first of Britain's elite Challenger 2 and Germany's Leopard 2 battle tanks arrived in Ukraine to take on Vladimir Putin's invaders.
The news will give a boost to Kyiv's forces ahead of an expected Ukraine offensive which may prove to be a major turning point in the war.
The decerped tanks lugged with obsolete technology and machinery may total around 300, estimates of old Soviet stores have suggested.
Forbes reported that the image shows the same active infrared optics that a 1950s T-55 would possess and appears to show no upgraded or reinforced armour.
READ MORE: How America's Abrams, Germany's Leopard 2 and Britain's Challenger compare to Russia's outdated T-72 tanks
Instead, the Soviet-era tanks will have to battle through war-torn Ukraine with their original thin sheet of steel armour.
Retired Australian army general Mick Ryan highlighted the mismatched tanks in his recent Substack newsletter.
'The Ukrainians, with the infusion of Western aid, have improved the quality of their tanks and other vehicles.
'The Russians, having lost much of their best kit in the first year of the war, are turning to much older tanks and armored vehicles drawn from Cold War stores.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
The image which appeared on Friday shows a T-55 Soviet tank located in Zaporizhzhia, an oblast in southern Ukraine
Russian T-55 tanks appear to have been brought out of storage and deployed to Ukraine. They were last pictured in Arsenyev, Primorsky region
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I thought Putin crapped his pants and fell down some stairs or that he has cancer? Now we’re told that he’s just “desperate”. What an insane world when you realize that everything the media has said for decades is nothing but lies and propaganda.
PING!!!!!!!
Yes! Putin is losing. No more tax dollars to the dancing homosexual comedian.
It’s got a decent gun that would be useful for putting holes in buildings.
No denying these things are now showing up in Ukraine.
They are there for a reason. What is that reason?
Note the same bs complaints from your side when T62s started showing up last year. And then a bunch were captured (on video) when the Russians fled the Kherson bridgehead. No denials anymore. But still no reasons from your lot.
Most if not all we’ve been told about Ukraine is a lie, it’s just the latest example which is unbelievable to me that so many people buy into the lies after Covid, 20 years in Afghanistan, Iraq, Vietnam, etc....just about everything over the last 50 years or more has been lies meant to get us involved in pointless wars.
The answer is Why not?
Using those T55s is part of their doctrine.
They have many, many thousands of them in motorpools all over their territories.
Simple bullet proof deisel engines in a small, low-profile target with with a big cannon. If the targeting system goes down, it can be hand cranked.
Sorry you’re now considered kind of a forum idiot these dayss dennis - but you kinda deserve it.
The Russians are killing the Ukes at a rate of 7:1 according to the recently-leaked papers. Does this mean that the Russians are losing?
To be used as...?
These things are death traps on that battlefield. Anything will kill them, with a high probability. A waste of men. So why take the trouble to send them?
Smart. Utilize T-55 tanks as mobile artillery in overwhelming numbers.
Why waste any more of the good stuff?
Yes. The whole story may or may not be true. But the Ukes have zero air power, and if they are running out of anti-tank weapons, even an old tank has little to fear as it roams through cities turned to rubble.
Yup, surrender quickly, that will deter China.
As for the "dancing homosexual" I always thought it was interesting that Litvinenko was poisoned after he accused Putin of being a pedo.
Litvinenko inquiry: Former-KGB agent accused Putin of being a paedophile
“Using those T55s is part of their doctrine.”
Clown...... As if you or any Putinsta here would every get into one in a million years. If Putin press ganged you, you want to be in a more modern Roooosky tank.
T55 tank’s “armor” is sheet steel.
LOL, well if you don't care about your soldiers, sure.
It is accurate when it has a drone overhead directing its fire onto targets. Both sides seem to be doing this but it seems like Russia is doing more of it. There’s not many places to hide when drones are hovering overhead all the time.
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