Tanks and armored vehicles deployed during the former Soviet Union more than 50 years ago
It has been discovered that the Russian military, which has suffered from a lack of equipment due to a war with Ukraine for over two years and 10 months, is even mobilizing tanks from the former Soviet Union, which were used as movie props, into the war.
According to the U.S. Wall Street Journal (WSJ) on the 21st (local time), the CEO of Mos Film, Russia’s largest film production company, met with President Vladimir Putin at the Moscow Kremlin last month and handed over 50 military vehicles, including tanks and armored vehicles from the 1950s that the production company owned, to the Russian military. He announced that he would donate to .
This equipment has been used by film companies as filming props. In the 1960s, the Soviet government donated it to the production company and used it for 60 years.
According to the Moscow Times, the Mosfilm storage facility contained 28 T-55 tanks, 8 PT-76 light tanks, 6 infantry fighting vehicles, and other military equipment.
The representative of the film company told President Putin, “We found out that there was a need (for movie props), so we contacted the Ministry of Defense, and they (the military) took the equipment.”
However, it is not yet known whether this equipment has actually been deployed on the battlefield. It is known that most of them require maintenance for at least several weeks before they can be used again.
WSJ commented, “The fact that armored vehicles that have been away from the battlefield for over 50 years are returning to the Russian military after decades is a clear example of how Russia is currently experiencing a serious shortage of armored vehicles.”
The media reported that Russia is estimated to have lost a total of 11,000 military vehicles, including 3,600 tanks, in this war. This figure is equivalent to Russia’s production for 15 years as of pre-war standards.
Park Tae-geun, Donga.com reporter [email protected]
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