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8. Not Directed At The OP...
Tue Jul 15, 2025, 05:17 PM
Jul 15

But I’m not sure why this is even being treated as if it’s a new development. Russia blew through a good chunk of their “modern” tanks early on, thanks to the saints*, Javelin and NLAW.

They’ve been pulling back inventory of old shit they sold to other countries and out of their own mothball yards. Hell, they’ve pulled out tanks from as far back as the late ‘40s through the ‘60s. Do they fare any better? Nope and not surprisingly, blow up even faster. That’s why you see the so-called turtle tanks; the ones with aluminum parking sheds on them.😂

St Javelin is not my creation. Just kind of borrowed the appellation that had been given to those weapons very early on. At any rate, St Javelin is also an actual company that sells St Javelin-themed clothes/gear and donates profits to help the Ukrainian military, etc. As of right now, 95% of what they sell is actually made IN Ukraine…

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