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​Defense Express’ Weekly Review: the IS-3 Tank was Spotted, russia Intercepted Non-Existent Ukrainian GLSDB, UralVagonZavod Makes 20 Tanks per Month but russia Has a Separate Battalion for the T-34-85 Tanks

Russian ammunition depot on fire / screenshot from video
Russian ammunition depot on fire / screenshot from video

Digest of Defense Express on the main events of the week

Russian IS-3 tank that could be the next reinstated vehicle was spotted

Recently, russia had reinstated a whole echelon of the T-54 and the T-55 main battle tanks (MBTs). There were plenty of assumptions about the next vehicles russia would take from the dumps. One of the candidates was the T-10 (IS-8) heavy tank. It had been produced in 1954-1966 and decommissioned in 1993 (7 years before the T-54 MBT).

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The IS-3 heavy tank somewhere in russia / open source

But the photos appeared on the network show the IS-3 heavy tank. It was produced in 1945-1946 and decommissioned in 1973.

Read more: Chronicle of the russian federation Crimes in Ukraine (April 2023)

Russia has already intercepted the GLSDB that Ukraine doesn’t even have

The Ministry of Defense of the russian federation reports on the interception of Ukrainian GLSDB. But the thing is, Ukraine has not received it yet.

“18 rockets for the M142 HIMARS and 1 GLSDB were intercepted by the air defense forces during the day,” reads the report.

But the first GLSDBs will arrive no sooner than in 9 months, as they have to be produced first.

Ukraine’s military destroyed russia’s depot and equipment near Bakhmut with one strike (video)

An ammunition depot and military equipment of the russian invaders were eliminated with one shot near Bakhmut due to cooperation of scouts and artillerymen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

30k workers of UralVagonZavod make only 20 tanks per month

The Kremlin literally “threatened” that the russian military-industrial complex would be able to supply the russian army with 1,600 tanks in a year. However, russia’s production barrier is way lower than that.

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The tanks production at UralVagonZavod / open source

Russia has been preparing the T-34-85 tank crews since 2021 and even has a separate battalion in the Katemir Division

After the Kremlin announced plans to repair and put back into service 1,600 tanks, russian propaganda went even further and spread an idea of new tank division of the T-34-85 tanks taken from pedestals.

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The T-34-85 tank of the Armed Forces of russia / open source

The T-34 medium tank was considered as the next reinstated russian tank, taking into account the fact that the russian federation had bought 30 T-34-85 tanks from Laos in 2019, which were meant to be used on parades, filmmaking and battle reconstruction. But the vehicles were united into a separate battalion as part of the 4th Guards Kantemirovskaya Order of Lenin Red Banner Tank Division.

Read more: Chronicle of the russian federation Crimes in Ukraine (March 2023)