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The report by the commander of US forces in Europe, General Christopher Cavoli, claims that this year Russia is capable of producing 1,500 tanks, 3,000 armored vehicles and 200 Iskander armored personnel carriers, etc.
- the document prepared for the Senate says.
However, as indicated in the Polish edition of Defence24, these statistics for the Russian Federation include not only new cars, but also old equipment that has been repaired and upgraded. So, according to the author, the Omsktransmash plant is only engaged in improving the existing T-80.
It is noted that modern high-tech tanks cannot be produced everywhere and anywhere ("as the T-34 was once made"), but only in well-equipped enterprises with qualified personnel. Therefore, according to the author, new MBTs are produced only at Uralvagonzavod.
At the same time, the Ukrainian conflict has shown that in modern conditions, from the point of view of combat capabilities, it does not matter at all on what basis the "armored turtle" is built – on the platform of a modern tank worth several million dollars or on the basis of an old car that was withdrawn from storage after many decades.
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- gives a forecast in the Polish press.
As indicated, "the Russians have long noticed" that when installing continuous protection equipment (cocoon and trawl) on armored vehicles, it loses all the technological advantages provided by the new equipment, while retaining the ability only to fire at the front like a self-propelled gun. The survivability of the machine depends only on the time required for the arrival of the required number of enemy kamikaze UAVs.
- the author believes.
