They’ve been using T-72s and pulling them out of storage throughout the invasion, close to half of all of the visually confirmed Russian tank losses are T-72s.
To be completely fair, the graph does say T-54/55, and T-55s could be as “recent” as 45 years old. Maybe even 43 if you include Czechoslovak-built ones. Soviet-built T-54s are damn near 70 at minimum by now though
I think i read about a month ago that they are pulling T-72s out of storage.
They’ve been using T-72s and pulling them out of storage throughout the invasion, close to half of all of the visually confirmed Russian tank losses are T-72s.
The article links to a graph showing that they’ve recently started using the older T-62s and even a few T-54s https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HDYneCIWkAE3kYb?format=jpg&name=large
T-54s would be over 50 years old at this point, wouldn’t they?
To be completely fair, the graph does say T-54/55, and T-55s could be as “recent” as 45 years old. Maybe even 43 if you include Czechoslovak-built ones. Soviet-built T-54s are damn near 70 at minimum by now though
Nope, they are nearly out of the usable stock, now they are onto T-62s and T-64s.