A photo of a train loaded with the T-80 (T-80U, to be precise) tanks was uploaded to Twitter on July, 25, 2015. Those tanks had an indicative ‘Kontakt-5’ explosive reactive armor attached. The photo has a description text: “Saratov [Russia] train station – a train of tanks”.
It’s noteworthy that the same kind of T-80 tanks with ‘Kontakt’ armor started to be shipped to the Ukrainian armed forces from a Kharkov engineering plant after the repair and modernization activities:
– The Ukrainian army got the first unique T-80 tanks (in Russian)
– T-80 tanks which will be shipped to the front line till the end of the month are repaired in Kharkov (in Russian)
Taking into account the information above, we can assume that the Russian invaders are preparing a new operation of T-80 tanks transferring to the ‘Novorossiya’ militants where they will be claimed as the ‘captured’ ones.
The alike case happened the last year when the Russians moved the T-64 tanks to Donbas. Those tanks had been removed from the Russian army inventory and written off from the storage bases. Later militants said that the tanks were the war booties abandoned by the Ukrainian servicemen:
– ‘Truckers-2’ — Motorists of the Southern Military Command
– ‘Truckers’ from ‘Rublevka’ – 147th Automotive Logistic Support Battalion
– Transportation. Multi-Discipline Experts (in Russian)
– ‘Donetsk Express’ – Identification of Russian Inventory Moved to Donbas (in Russian)
– Russian Inventory Transportation Workflow: How Do They Do It? (in Russian)
Original article by Mihail Net translated by Oleksandr Klymenko
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6 Responses to “Where Do Russians Send T-80 Tanks?”
07/28/2015
Panzer T-80 der russischen Streitkräfte werden aus Naro-Fominsk zur ukrainischen Grenze verlegt. - InformNapalm.org (Deutsch)[…] Typs „Kontakt“ zur Grenze der Ukraine durch die russischen Streitkräfte. Im Material „Wohin werden russische T-80 mit dem dynamischen Schutz „Kontakt“ gebracht?“ (englisch) haben wir eine Vermutung angestellt, dass diese Vorgehensweise dem Ziel dient, eine […]
07/28/2015
Russian T-80 Tanks Are Moved from Naro-Fominsk to Ukrainian Border - InformNapalm.org (English)[…] with the attached reactive armor ‘Kontakt’ to the border of Ukraine. In the article “Where Do Russians Send T-80 Tanks?” we made an assumption that these actions were intended to ‘legalize’ another part […]
07/29/2015
Russian T-80 Tanks Are Moved from Naro-Fominsk to Ukrainian Border | Tank Nut Stan[…] T-80 tanks with the attached reactive armor ‘Kontakt’ to the border of Ukraine. In the article “Where Do Russians Send T-80 Tanks?” we made an assumption that these actions were intended to ‘legalize’ another part of the […]
07/30/2015
The 4th Armor Division is Ready to Wade - InformNapalm.org (English)[…] us remind you that recently a train loaded with T-80U tanks was spotted in Samara. Also we disclosed the Russian T-80 tanks which were moved from Naro-Fominsk to the Ukrainian […]
07/31/2015
Russische T-80 Tanks worden verplaatst van Naro-Fominsk naar de Oekraïense grens | InformNapalm.org (Nederlands)[…] reactieve bewapening ‘Kontakt’ naar de Oekraïense grens verplaatste. In het artikel “Where Do Russians Send T-80 Tanks?” maakten we de veronderstelling dat deze acties bedoeld waren om een ander deel van de militaire […]
08/03/2015
4. Gardepanzerdivision ist bereit durchzuwaten. - InformNapalm.org (Deutsch)[…] Erinnerung: vor kurzem wurde in Samara ein Zug gesichtet, der eine große Anzahl von Panzern T-80U transportierte (englisch). Es wurden auch T-80U – Panzer der russischen Streitkräfte registriert, die zur […]