Ukraine's Soviet-era tanks are getting stuck in the mud, falling apart, and frequently won't even fire, tank force commander says

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A Ukrainian T-64 tank moves outside the Bakhmut area in Ukraine's Donbas region on March 15, 2023.
A Ukrainian T-64 tank moves outside the Bakhmut area in Ukraine's Donbas region on March 15, 2023.

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Russia's elite tank unit was meant to get its most advanced armor. Instead, it's fighting with obsolete Soviet tanks from the '60s, UK intel says.

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Abandoned T-62 tank
A Russian T-62 tank in southern Ukraine on October 7.

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The German company that makes Leopard and Panther tanks wants to build a factory in Ukraine, report says

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A German Leopard tank on a Nato training exercise last year.
A German Leopard tank on a NATO training exercise last year.

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Putin's army can't figure out how to use tanks, and the battlefield in Ukraine is littered with burnt wrecks

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The Ukrainian army fires a captured Russian tank T-80 at the Russian position in Donetsk region, Ukraine, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022.
The Ukrainian army fires a captured Russian tank T-80 at the Russian position in Donetsk region, Ukraine, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022.

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Footage shows how Russian tanks and armored vehicles keep driving to their death at an infamous mine-filled crossroads

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An aerial view of Vuhledar, the site of heavy battles with the Russian troops in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 10, 202
An aerial view of Vuhledar, the site of heavy battles with the Russian troops in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on February 10, 202

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Russia repeated a battle tactic that failed miserably in Bucha and once again lost tanks critical to the war

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A photo of destroyed Russian tanks in the snow outside Vuhledar.
This image provided by the Ukrainian Armed Forces and taken in February 2023 shows damaged Russian tanks in a field after an attack on Vuhledar, Ukraine

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Video shows Russian soldiers complaining about 'incompetence' of their commanders and pleading directly to Putin for help

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Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers his speech during a meeting of the Federal Security Service (FSB) board in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023.
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers his speech during a meeting of the Federal Security Service (FSB) board in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023.

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Russia has just one tank factory churning out 20 tanks a month, with demand outstripping production by a factor of ten, says report

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Russia's main tank factory
UralVagonZavod, Russia's main tank factory, in October 2022.

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Russians hung out with US Army soldiers at a weapons expo and played with the missiles killing Putin's tanks in Ukraine

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Soldiers with the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team load a Javelin missile onto the Common Remotely Operated Weapons System on a Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle before a live-fire training exercise on April 28, 2022 in Fort Carson, Colorado.
Soldiers with the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team load a Javelin missile onto the Common Remotely Operated Weapons System on a Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle before a live-fire training exercise on April 28, 202

Russia is 'running out of munitions and has lost as much as 50% of its tanks' in Ukraine, senior US official says

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Destroyed armored vehicles and tanks belonging to Russian forces after Russian forces withdrawn from the city of Lyman in the Donetsk region
Destroyed Russian tanks and other armored vehicles in eastern Ukraine in October 2022.

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