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Russia Is Refitting Old T-72 Tanks For The War In Ukraine. 

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Russia Is Refitting Old T-72 Tanks For The War In Ukraine.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2023/01/28/russia-is-refitting-old-t-72-tanks-for-the-war-in-ukraine-but-its-running-out-of-optics-for-their-crews/?sh=9565b1a2eb56

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The T-72 stows its main-gun ammo in a carousel that’s situated underneath the turret. A direct hit can set off the ammo, resulting in a catastrophic explosion that destroys the tank, kills the three-man crew and often sends the turret flying high into the air.

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It should come as no surprise that the Russian army’s armor corps seems to be devolving back to the 1980s. The Russian army widened its war on Ukraine with thousands of reasonably modern T-72, T-80 and T-90 tanks—and quickly lost more than 1,500 of them to Ukrainian artillery, anti-tank missile teams and, yes, tanks.

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Zim : Entire article is at the link.
And, the article is more about how Russia is scraping the bottom of the barrel looking for tanks to send to Ukraine - and their problems with acquiring the latest high tech 'gun-sights' for them.




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