Russia is returning outdated T-62 tanks to service because of mounting gear losses in its full-scale warfare towards Ukraine and a scarcity of contemporary army gear, Ukraine's army intelligence (HUR) mentioned on June 28.
"The important thing elements limiting the flexibility to provide fashionable armored automobiles in Russia are a scarcity of commercial capability and a scarcity of imported high-tech elements," the company mentioned.
In line with HUR, the restoration of T-62 tanks is primarily carried out at a facility within the village of Atamanovka in Russia's far-eastern Zabaykalsky Krai.
Russia transferred 21 T-62 tanks from its jap army district to the European a part of the nation, the intel claimed.
HUR mentioned that Russia’s stockpile of Soviet-era tanks from the Nineteen Seventies is being depleted, whereas most T-62s are even in worse situation after a long time of open-air storage with out upkeep.
A few of these tanks will also be used on the entrance as stationary firing factors to strengthen defensive positions.
"On account of a extreme scarcity of contemporary important battle tanks such because the T-90M and T-72B3M, the deployment of T-62s is seen as a brief however needed measure," the assertion learn.
For the reason that begin of its full-scale warfare in February 2022, Russia has misplaced 10,970 tanks, Ukraine's Common Employees mentioned in its newest replace on June 28.
The Kyiv Impartial couldn’t confirm these numbers.
The Kyiv IndependentThe Kyiv Independent news desk