More than 5,000 tanks: what military equipment stocks are on bases in Russia - analysts (photos)

According to Defense Express experts, the Russian army currently has a significant stock of military equipment and weapons, so it is still able to conduct large -scale fighting against Ukraine for a long time and to threaten the whole event. Since the beginning of the full -scale aggression of Russia against Ukraine, military analysts have raised questions about the reserves of heavy equipment that Russia has inherited after the collapse of the USSR.

It is difficult to answer these questions, but analysts of the Defense Express information and consulting agency have published statistics, which makes some assessment of how many equipment and weapons can be on the storage facilities of Russia as of the end of 2023. The portal experts provide data in the open access (archival information, satellite images) and therefore consider them to be realistic.

From these data, according to Defense Express analysts, it follows that the Russian army now has a significant stock of military equipment and weapons, so it is still able to conduct large -scale fighting against Ukraine for a long time and pose a threat to the whole event.

Experts from the Polish portal Defense 24 estimate as of the end of October 2023, the Russian Federation Pank potential of 5450 tanks of different types, although Defense Express analysts believe that due to the current loss of Russian invaders in the battles in Ukraine, this tank armada has now decreased significantly.

Detailing tanks by their types is not given, but there are storage bases: for infantry fighting vehicles and landing vehicles, 3677 cars are accounted for in storage in the Russian army as of the end of October. Similarly, there are no types of storage, and it is as follows: in relation to this equipment on the storage bases of the army of the Russian Federation, then here experts of Defense24 cite figures at the end of February 2024.

According to them, Russian invaders could have 2961 SAUs and 6786 units of towed artillery. SAU breakdown on storage bases: towing artillery: Recall that Focus wrote that the US is urgently purchasing systems for the fight against EAGLS drones that will protect US military bases from air threats in the Middle East.