UK says Russia deploys old main battle tanks with 'many vulnerabilities' to Ukraine

MADRID, 6 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Intelligence services of the United Kingdom have indicated this Monday that the Russian Army is deploying old battle tanks to try to compensate for its losses on the battlefield since the start of the invasion of Ukraine and has pointed out that they "present many vulnerabilities ".

"The Russian Army has continued to respond to heavy losses in armored vehicles with the deployment of T-62 main battle tanks dating back 60 years. There is a realistic possibility that even units of the First Tank Army, supposedly the main Russian force in tanks, be re-equipped with T-62 to make up for the losses", they have indicated.

Thus, they have stressed that the First Tank Army planned to have received T-14 Armata MBT tanks in 2021 and have emphasized that in recent days BTR-50 vehicles have been located on the battlefield, used for the first time. time in 1954, according to a series of messages published by the British Ministry of Defense on its account on the social network Twitter.

"Since summer 2022, some 800 T-62s have been taken out of storage and some have been fitted with sight systems that will most likely improve their effectiveness at night. However, these older vehicle types will present many vulnerabilities in the modern battlefield, including the absence of adequate shielding for modern explosives", they have settled.