Ukraine's Territorial Defence Forces have captured on of Russia's most modern tanks the T-90

[Swede]

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?s=20&t=40y4EU4-rNoL06_gCXzOQw Volunteers of Ukraine’s Territorial Defence Forces have captured on of Russia’s most modern and expensive tanks, the T-90.

[Iwasthere]

1. Now go put some holes in those ships that landed

[Aristus]

2. Wow. The presumed lack of maintenance on that thing is staggering.

If I or my tank crew had allowed our tank to get in that kind of condition, there would have been hell to pay. Our tank was always ship-shape and deployment-ready.

[Nevilledog]

3. What makes you say that?

I don't doubt it, I'm just really interested in the lack of maintenance in the Russian equipment.

[Aristus]

4. The front mudguards are missing, along with the tow-cable.

And the front headlight/convoy light assembly is gone. The housing is there, meaning it likely didn't get shot off; I'm guessing they were waiting for a new one when the invasion started.

[Nevilledog]

6. Thank you!

That's way more info than I expected.

[Aristus]

7. Tankers love to talk about tanks.

[mitch96]

5. I'm wondering if the CIA is willing to "buy it" if they don't already have one to study...nt