In the Russian Federation tanks end: the media explained why the first generation of T-72 is still in conservation (video)

They produce no more than 50 a month and, in order to fill the gap, roll out the tanks of the cold war, which are in the warehouses of long -term storage, update them and supply them to the forefront with new ones (tanks that are for conservation, can be seen from the satellite, it is easy to calculate) . The list of recovered includes T-55 of the 50s of issue, T-62 60s, different T-72 and T-80 in the last decades.

But it, as a rule, does not have the oldest T-72-original T-72 "Ural" and T-72A early 70s. They have a thinner armor and a rougher fire control system. After 28 months from the start of the full-scale war, the T-55 reserves decreased by 31%, T-62-by 37%, and T-80B-by 79%. But only 9% T-72 was removed from conservation. "Russians" do not remove T-72A/Urals in large quantities, "said @highmarased analyst.

Restoration is extremely time consuming and expensive The Kremlin spends money on the restoration of 70-year-old T-55 and 60-year T-62, not T-72 (which is 50 years old)? The T-72 charging machines are installed, and one is difficult to maintain a member of the crew. However, the problems are related to this. The latest Russian tanks should be restored, like very old simple tanks. But the old ones are more complicated-T-72 "Urals" and T-72A-it looks like not.

According to Richard Vereker's analyst, the oldest T-72 accounts for 10% of Russian T-72 losses. This should be expected, given how little outdated tanks are used on the front line. But this, again, leads to several destroyed T-72 "Urals" and T-72A on a monthly basis. Old tanks will end at the current rate. The rest of the T-72 of the first generation may never leave large fleet where they slowly rust.

According to journalists, in the Russian Federation, they probably despair to find something that deserves modernization, in a pile of 46 tonne rust structures that were once good T-72 "Urals". At the same time, analysts do not believe that the time will come when the tanks in the Russian Federation will end at all, "but the tank park will slowly and steadily shrink, which will affect the offensive opportunities," - said HighMarsed.