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2023-05-09 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Russia sends out just ONE tank on Victory Day parade as Putin's depleted military suffers continued losses in Ukraine: Deluded Vladimir says he wants 'peace' and accuses the West of waging 'real war'

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Posted by Skidmark 2023-05-09 09:51|| || Front Page|| [19 views ] Top

#1 After more than 80 years, the Fulda Gap is not said to be safe.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-05-09 11:15|| 2023-05-09 11:15|| Front Page Top

#2 I might save someone from the google:

Why was the Fulda Gap so important?

Fulda Gap | lowland corridor, Germany | Britannica
The Fulda Gap represented the shortest route (through the cities of either Fulda or Giessen) from the border between East Germany and West Germany to the Rhine River. Throughout the Cold War, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and Warsaw Pact military forces remained heavily concentrated in the area.

Posted by mossomo 2023-05-09 13:15|| 2023-05-09 13:15|| Front Page Top

#3 ...And that tank - I kid you not - was a single T-34.

The old parade units used to have even fairly recently a company or so's worth of tanks, but it was understood that these were strictly showpieces; with a lot of equipment missing or mocked up, not to mention those gorgeous parade colors. Would love to have been a fly on the wall when those showed up at the front...

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2023-05-09 13:16|| 2023-05-09 13:16|| Front Page Top

#4 I'll go out on a limb here and say, as far armor goes, Vlad may well be 'out of Schlitz.'

Posted by Besoeker 2023-05-09 13:22|| 2023-05-09 13:22|| Front Page Top

#5 Telling a T-14 Armata wasn't there.

Posted by DarthVader 2023-05-09 16:24|| 2023-05-09 16:24|| Front Page Top

#6 The old parade units used to have even fairly recently a company or so's worth of tanks

Destroyed tanks with St George ribbons painted on the sides have been showing up Ukraine.

Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-05-09 18:16|| 2023-05-09 18:16|| Front Page Top

#7 The T-34 is the Texas Rangers of tanks. One war, one T-34.

Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-05-09 22:39|| 2023-05-09 22:39|| Front Page Top

#8 I was told by someone in Europe that this sole tank was purchased from Laos.

Hyperbole? Bovine egesta? Pravda?

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