The Russian army is fighting new tanks in Ukraine and can receive up to 1500 units a year - expert

Russia replenishes its army with tanks removed from storage, renovated and those that have time to make. All factories can give about 120 tanks a month together. Today, four Russian tank plants can publish armies about 120 tanks a month. These include-new, removed from the T-62, T-54/55, T-72, T-80 and T-90 in various modifications. An expert on armored vehicles, an officer of the tank troops retired by Nikolai Salamakh, told about it in a comment to the focus.

"All together factories can give about 120 tanks a month, that is, about 1400-1500 units. . A full-scale invasion of Ukraine began with about 3700-3800 tanks in the state, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces, all this number has already been destroy Storage and repaired, " - explains Salamakh. The expert specifies that only four profile plants are currently engaged in Russian tanks in the Russian Federation.

Yes, Uralvagonzavod, in addition to T-90M tanks, it also modernizes the T-72B to modify T-72B3. Today's capacity for T-90m is about 100-120 units per year. The Plant in Strelnu, under St. Petersburg, also modernizes T-72B to modify T-72B3. In Omsk, T-80B tanks are upgraded at Omsktransmash to modify the T-80BM. 103 Armored repair plant in Atamonka (Chita region) deals with storage and overhaul of T-62M tanks.