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\nT-54A MBT<\/p>\n
\nT-54A MBT<\/p>\n
The T-54\/55 series of tanks was designed in the aftermath of the Second World War. The series represents the worlds most produced Main Battle Tank (MBT), and the longest lived.<\/p>\n
The MBTs continue to serve in many African, Middle Eastern, and Asian countries that do not have the resources to buy modern, technologically advanced equipment. Several private companies even offer T-54\/55 armor and firepower upgrade kits.<\/p>\n
Russia is currently pulling theirs from the boneyard.<\/p>\n
The Russian military has lost more than 1,800 tanks since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine.<\/em><\/p>\n BY JARED KELLER<\/strong><\/p>\n The Russian military has lost so many tanks since its invasion of Ukraine began one year ago that it is apparently calling up ancient armored vehicles to make up for its current battlefield losses, according to open-source intelligence.<\/p>\n Based on undated photographs analyzed by the Conflict Intelligence Team (CIT), a train carrying T-54 and T-55 tanks \u2014 which were first produced by the Soviet Union in 1948 \u2014 departed from the 1295th Central Tank Repair and Storage Base in the town of Arsenyev in the Primorsky Krai region in Russia\u2019s far east. CIT is a Tblisi-based investigative organization that focuses on the Russian military.<\/p>\n The photos originated on the Russian social media network VK, although footage of the tanks being moved out of storage surfaced on outlets like DefenceBlog after CIT published its investigation on Tuesday.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n