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  1. They will start refurbishing the poor and worse ones… They don’t need perfect condition, just a running engine so it can move forwards and then build a shed on top. They’ve already been fielding tanks where the gun can’t even be fired.

  2. That’s in storage bases. A lot were moved to factories for refurbishment, a lot are in repair shops and a lot are in active duty, still. And the tanks in poor condition can still be refurbished, at a larger cost, and with more work.

    The important change is that for most of this year the aggressor stopped the combat use of tanks to a large extent.

  3. Surprising would be if they still have good tanks in storage. They have to work to fix not good one for some time.

  5. When a cheap little drone can blow out a tank literally grounded this campaign to a halt.

  8. They are going to raid museums soon and bring out rusty T34s lmao.

  9. I think that 2026. will be hard for russians. Low fuel, equipment reaching its limits and tomahawks.

  10. they make a dozen or so per month…maybe orcland can buy tanks back from India? 🙂

  11. One could argue that the number of russian tanks in “good condition” has been the same throughout the war.

  12. Really? I thought a dirt bike was the superior assault vehicle. At least according to all the russians

  14. Keep in mind they still do produce tanks just not nearly enough to replace losses. It’s not like they only have tanks that were in storage and no way to make more.

  15. From observation it would appear tanks are largely useless on their own given a small drone can disable them.

  16. Those are tanks mostly from the sixties, sitting in the outside since decades. Restoring such an antique costs a lot of resources. Even if they make it drive again, it will not have modern optics or fire control systems. It’s just a slow APC with robust armour, but still a death trap that can be taken out by drones after a few minutes in the kill zone. Might as well just leave those museum pieces in the Siberian mud.

  17. Would not be surprised if they are saving the remaining functional ones for a “domestic use” contingency as their citizens – who are increasingly struggling to make ends meet and will soon be walking to work in the Russian winter since there is no gasoline – begin to realize that, indeed, everything is *not* going to plan…

  18. They still have plenty of tanks in storage but it’ll take longer to reactivate them and upgrade them for combat this is excellent news

  19. So all tanks Russia fields from now-on are only the new ones from the factory. This should reduce their offensive capability in the coming months.

  20. You can watch WW2 tank restoration videos on YouTube. There is a lot involved. For museums they don’t need the main gun to be in firing condition… barrel erosion, the auto loader. That’s a lot of precision equipment.

    In war the turret needs to traverse, the electronics, radio, optical sights have to be battle ready. If it was parked in a junkyard/graveyard…. lots of the delicate parts are probably beyond repair or been previously canabalized. What about the transmission, suspension, wheels, bearings, tracks sitting outside it in the mud for a decade. There are a lot of parts that need to work pretty hard to move 40 tons around in combat.

    If they are committed to that type of program, then it sounds sort of desperate.

  21. Freeing the world of the last vestiges of the Soviet war machine’s massive stockpiles of threatening armor and arms is reason alone to support Ukraine and ensure they have a peaceful future.

  22. But but a vatniK in YouTube comments said russiA will produce tanks faster than it loses

  23. This is huge. 

    Even if they field these without functioning guns they will be flaccid on the battlefield. 

    Tanks only pull their weight when they can destroy hard targets. 

  24. Just to be a devil’s advocate here, I’m very skeptical of assessing a tanks maintenance/function via satellites.

  25. As hopeful as this news is, we should never underestimate the enemy.. not much to estimate the Russian military but still..unfortunately they still have the superior number in terms of meat bags and the higher ups don’t give one shit about them if they die or not.

  26. No worries, they just revived the mounted cavalry units. ‘And the horses make themselves!’

  27. To be honest, barely any armies can boast about having a lot of active tanks in decent condition. There is always something broken, in need of fixing, or improving. This does not even have to apply only to tanks.

  28. Took the Soviets decades to build that stockpile…

  31. No armour, no navy, a defeated air force only good for lobbing bombs hundreds of km’s behind the lines, and no fuel… They better hope their supply of meat puppets doesn’t dry up too…

  32. covert cabal on youtube did a tremendous effort to count stored tanks on satellite images

  34. See kids, that is what happens when you leave your stuff outside in the sun and the rain.

  35. So, are you telling me they wouldn’t be able to resist an invasion?

    (scratches chin a Napoleonic way)

  36. Are tanks even that relevant now? Doesn’t the drone armies sort of negate their effectiveness?

  37. To be fair, the “Tank”, much like the Battleship, is a relic of a different age of warfare.

    Drone warfare has changed the game, and the future of battlefields will never look the same.

    Heavy armored gun platforms are just too expensive, too juicy of a target when air superiority is not controlled.

    Expect the future of warfare to be (relatively) inexpensive, fast moving units, to take control of areas cleared out by drones.

  38. I cannot believe they’ve lost over 1500 t-80s alone…what an embarrassment.

  39. If the US invaded right now through Alaska they would reach the Urals in under a year.

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