Russia wants to send to war in Ukraine even more Soviet tanks T-62

It is known that the 103rd tanormore repaired plant received an order for the restoration and modernization of 800 technically outdated tanks, the deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Andriy Gurulev wrote in his telegram channel. "The plant is fully ordered for the next three years. Make 800 tanks during this time - a very large order, not counting the other," Gurulev wrote.

According to the deputy of the Russian State Duma, the workers at the plant work in two shifts to fulfill the order. If this is not enough, the company will switch to the enhanced work schedule, and the workers will enter the shops in three shifts. They were tasked not only to repair old tanks, but also to modernize them. So the equipment should get modern thermal imagers, night sights, reinforced protection, hinged armor, protection against "Javelins", feed protection against grenade launchers.

The editor -in -chief of "Censor. NET" and military expert Yuri Butusov believes that such a large order for the modernization of Soviet technology testifies to the technical exhaustion of the Russian army. "Russia has no resources and technologies for war mainly with high -precision weapons, so it prepares for the restoration of all stocks of tank corps for warfare with a mobilization army with an old but mass weapon," Butusov wrote.

According to him, this is due to the high loss of tanks during aggression. After all, the supply of new tanks can not cover losses, mass weapons are required to equip mobilized troops. We will remind, the old tanks of the T-62 came into service with the Ossetian battalion "Alania". The tanks have been made from 1961. The oldest of them is 61 years old. The head of the Republic of North Ossetia, Sergei Minaaylo, said it was an achievement for the battalion.