russian Tank Losses in Ukraine Have Dropped Sharply | Defense Express (en.defence-ua.com)

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Take note of how many T90s arent sent to the frontlines, the stockpile forms the basis for any military decision they make.

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[-] Skua@kbin.earth 19 points 17 hours ago

They've been using T-72s and pulling them out of storage throughout the invasion, close to half of all of the visually confirmed Russian tank losses are T-72s.

The article links to a graph showing that they've recently started using the older T-62s and even a few T-54s https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HDYneCIWkAE3kYb?format=jpg&name=large

[-] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 3 points 7 hours ago

T-54s would be over 50 years old at this point, wouldn’t they?

[-] Skua@kbin.earth 4 points 6 hours ago

To be completely fair, the graph does say T-54/55, and T-55s could be as "recent" as 45 years old. Maybe even 43 if you include Czechoslovak-built ones. Soviet-built T-54s are damn near 70 at minimum by now though