Posted on Mar 14, 2023
Desperate Russian Forces Are Sticking 80-Year-Old Naval Guns On 70-Year-Old Armored Tractors
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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.
Desperate Russian Forces Are Sticking 80-Year-Old Naval Guns On 70-Year-Old Armored Tractors
Posted from forbes.com
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good day Brother William, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blessed day!
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Now, the Russian MT-LB/2M-3/7 might have an anti-aircraft role—which, of course, would obviate the armor problem. But the vehicle lacks a radar to guide its gunfire. So if it is an air-defense system, it’s a bad one.
It’s not hard to see why the Russian army has resorted to up-arming MT-LBs and sending them to the front. After losing more than 9,000 tanks, fighting vehicles, trucks and howitzers in the first year of its wider war on Ukraine, the Russians are running low on modern armored vehicles—and they can’t build new ones fast enough to make up for it.
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."
..."Now, the Russian MT-LB/2M-3/7 might have an anti-aircraft role—which, of course, would obviate the armor problem. But the vehicle lacks a radar to guide its gunfire. So if it is an air-defense system, it’s a bad one.
It’s not hard to see why the Russian army has resorted to up-arming MT-LBs and sending them to the front. After losing more than 9,000 tanks, fighting vehicles, trucks and howitzers in the first year of its wider war on Ukraine, the Russians are running low on modern armored vehicles—and they can’t build new ones fast enough to make up for it.
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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This conflict must really be taking a toll on the Russians available armor, Good!
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