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2019-12-13 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Russian military gets upgraded T-80 tanks

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Posted by Fred 2019-12-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Talk about polishing a turd...

But for 3rd world countries fighting against other ex-Soviet gear, it is a good choice.

Posted by DarthVader 2019-12-13 00:16|| 2019-12-13 00:16|| Front Page Top

#2 So, did they ever fix the problem where the autoloader tries to rip off the gunners arm? I know they SAID they did but we're talking russians here.

Posted by Silentbrick 2019-12-13 01:04|| 2019-12-13 01:04|| Front Page Top

#3 The biggest problem for the Russian Military has been design standards operational procedures set by politicians.(Of course we have that problem in the US but to a lesser extent). The Russians designed their tanks to be overhauled and a depot level. For an example, if you wanted to do a major repair on the engine you had to pull the turret off at a traveling depot. They had some good engineers and techs, but they had trouble keeping them after the collapse of the economy.

Posted by Gomez Flugum6633 2019-12-13 01:27|| 2019-12-13 01:27|| Front Page Top

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-12-13 03:28|| 2019-12-13 03:28|| Front Page Top

#5 ...And I'm sure those everything-and-a-bag-of-chips T-14 Armatas will be in service any time now, you betcha.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2019-12-13 05:15|| 2019-12-13 05:15|| Front Page Top

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