#Soviet Tanks

Russian soldiers have long followed a grim battlefield ritual: rather than riding inside armored vehicles, they ride atop them. While this might seem reckless, it’s often a matter of survival.

Following the 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Russian military-industrial complex (MIC) has been operating in “long war” mode—pushing production higher while grappling with mounting shortages of modern components, brain drain, and reliance on increasingly outdated Soviet-era stockpiles