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Russia revived “previously unrecoverable” engines to restore 5,100 Cold War tanks (euromaidanpress.com)

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[–] _fryerDan@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 days ago (2 children)

That sucks

[–] inari@piefed.zip 26 points 3 days ago

The upside:

The strategic frame, in Jompy's closing assessment: "The loss of the vast Soviet legacy stockpiles means the capability to quickly regenerate after high attritional warfare won't be there anymore for Russia, and they'll have to change their approach to mechanized warfare." Russia is committing the recoverable end of its Cold War inheritance to this one war. There will not be another.

[–] chocrates@piefed.world 19 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, but modern Russian tanks break down a lot, these ate going to be a nightmare. Plus the armor is so old munitions probably slice through them.

Plus diesel is a problem all over Russia now.

Still better for Ukraine if they weren't there.

[–] Mihies@programming.dev 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Do the newer tanks run on something else than diesel, or did you just mean that fuel is a general problem?

[–] chocrates@piefed.world 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I meant that Ukraine is decimating Russian oil production.

I feel like I read somewhere that modern tanks run on jet fuel?

[–] Mihies@programming.dev 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

AFAIK only Abrams do.

[–] real_squids@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

And some T-80s

[–] Mihies@programming.dev 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Really? That's interesting, I just ~~lookup up~~ checked wikipedia and indeed they can use it. TIL.

[–] TBi@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I thought jet fuel and diesel are similar.

[–] chocrates@piefed.world 1 points 2 days ago

I dunno really. Abrams have a turbine engine that is optimized for jet fuel but can run on "most" fuels.

Most tanks have a diesel piston engine.