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- Thousands of tanks have been destroyed in Ukraine since Russia attacked last year.
- Most of the tanks each side is using were designed and built during the Cold War.
- Many of the vulnerabilities revealed in those tanks' decades of service are on display in Ukraine.
Tanks have been a defining feature of land warfare for over a century, and the war in Ukraine is no exception.
Thousands of tanks and armored vehicles have been destroyed since Russia attacked in February 2022. An unusual feature of that fighting has been that both sides are using the same or similar models of tanks.