“Russia’s Use of WWII Tanks: Analysis and Updates on the T-55 and T-34”

2023-05-09 08:54:49

Russian netizens directly hit the T-55/54 old tank on the train and transported it to other places.Figure: Taken from Twitter

[Newtalk新聞] The Russian army has previously been witnessed transporting the T-54/55 tanks, which were in service in 1948 and are currently in storage, to the front line. According to satellite images in April, Russia did remove dozens of tanks from the Far East warehouse where the T-55 tanks were stored. Experts believe that if armored combat is carried out in open terrain, the T-55 tank will “lose every fight” when it encounters a NATO tank, and it will be at a disadvantage.

According to a report by CNN on the 8th, the open source intelligence website Oryx stated that since the Russian invasion, the Russian army has lost more than 1,900 tanks, almost 2/3 of the original total. Moreover, it is difficult for Russia to build new tanks under international sanctions. In April, a satellite of the United States’ Marsar Technology captured dozens of old tanks that Russia took out of military equipment warehouses in the Far East, which made the outside world believe that the Russian army continued to transport tanks from World War II to the front line.

John Delaney, director of the Imperial War Museum in Duxford (Duxford), pointed out that the T-55 may still be used. “Static defensive positions” would be very effective.” Due to the shortage of troops in the Russian army, it is difficult for undertrained soldiers to complete the complex operations of modern tanks. Delaney believes that at this time, the easy-to-use features of the T-55 will allow conscripts to learn to operate tanks faster.

Trevor Taylor, Director of the National Defense and Security Project of the Royal United Kingdom’s United Kingdom’s United Services Institute, mentioned that Ukraine currently has more advanced NATO equipment, which is superior in terms of armor, range and mobility. Taylor believes: “If the Russians still use the T-55 in the face of Western weapons, they must expect very heavy casualties. If a one-on-one fight with a Panther or Challenger tank, the T-55 will kill every time. will lose.”

And this is not the first time since the Russo-Ukraine War that Russia has allowed “World War II veterans” to return to the front line. Previously, T-34 tanks from World War II were also found in the area near Bakhmut, Ukraine, and the vice chairman of the Russian Federation Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said the T-34 has been modified to take on any Western tank.

It also appeared on Twitter that people “modified the car” to ridicule the current situation of the Russian army, put a small T-34 on their Mitsubishi box car, and held high the Soviet flag.

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The T-34 tanks during World War II were sent to the front by the Russian army to make up for the loss of military equipment. Picture: Taken from Twitter @JamesLLandi

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