Russia could be resorting to Soviet-era tanks after losing thousands of armored vehicles in Ukraine, according to reports.
may be turning to T-54/55 tanks that had been in long-term storage, according to reports. Production of the tanks, which were introduced by the Soviet Union just after World War II, ceased in the early 1980s.
ISW cited photos of the tanks apparently being transported by rail from a storage facility in Russia—by Georgia-based research group Conflict Intelligence Team on Wednesday—while saying that"social media sources speculated that Russian forces may deploy them to Ukraine." "Russian armored vehicle losses are currently constraining the Russian military's ability to conduct effective mechanized maneuver warfare in stalling offensives in Ukraine, and Russian forces may be deploying T-54/55 tanks from storage to Ukraine to augment these offensive operations and prepare for anticipated mechanized Ukrainian counteroffensives," the ISW report states.
"The Soviet Union produced tens of thousands of T-54/55 tanks after the Second World War," it continues."The Russian military will likely experience greater numbers of casualties by fielding these older tank systems in Ukraine. The deployment of inferior equipment to replenish the Russian military's ability to conduct mechanized maneuver warfare may prompt a further degradation of Russian manpower in Ukraine.
A Soviet-era T-54 tank is pictured being lifted for transport by a pro-Russia militant in Donetsk, Ukraine, on July 7, 2014. U.S.-based think tank Institute for the Study of War said on Wednesday that Russia might be pulling T-54/55 tanks from storage due to mounting losses of armored vehicles in Ukraine.ISW went on to say that the Soviet-era tanks"are highly vulnerable to many anti-tank systems available to Ukraine, not all of which are expensive.
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