2023-08-09 13:14:58
Russia’s Vagzanovo Armament Field has a large number of sealed tanks, including T-72, T-62, T-54/T-55. (Photo/Vkontakte)
In May of this year, some photos and videos of Russian T-55 tanks sent to the front line began to circulate on the Internet, showing that Russia’s armored forces are getting more and more consumed, and they can only take out old stock tanks. Now these old stocks The tank is about half consumed.
The Moscow Times reported that satellite photos showed that Russia’s largest military equipment storage facility – Vagzhanovo military equipment depot (Vagzhanovo military equipment depot) has become more and more empty, with nearly half of the Soviet-era tanks and armored vehicles transported Leave.
The Vagzanovo Military Equipment Plant is located in the Autonomous Republic of Buryatia (the country’s largest geographical feature is Lake Baikal), covering an area of about 10 square kilometers.
According to reports, in November 2021, there were about 3,840 Soviet-era tanks and armored vehicles in the military equipment yard; but one year later, in November 2022 (eight months after the start of the war), there were about 2,600 tanks and armored vehicles left. , shipped about 40% more tanks in stock.
There are 10 indoor garages in this storage yard, which can store up to 400 vehicles; most of the armored vehicles are placed in the open air, and the maintenance environment is not good, so many vehicles have been corroded and damaged.
Therefore, most of the old tanks can no longer be used, and at most some usable parts are removed for repair, which makes the number of old tanks available in the stockyard much less than the actual number.
According to information from the Oryx open source intelligence website in the Netherlands, there were about 3,000 Russian tanks in active service before the war, but as of May 31 this year, Russia had lost 2,000 tanks.
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