UK Military of Defense Russia has overall lost over 3,600 main battle tanks and nearly 8,000 armored vehicles since it began its invasion in February 2022, the U.K. defense department said.

Moscow has stepped up efforts to refurbish old equipment, including Soviet-era tanks used as props in films, after losing an estimated 11,000 armored combat vehicles in the Ukraine war.

An up-armored GAZ-69. The GAZ-69 was one of the earliest Soviet off-road vehicles. The first example of the 3,500-pound, four-wheel-drive truck rolled off the assembly line at the Molotov plant in ...

So far, Russia has relied heavily on its vast stockpiles of Soviet-era equipment. Only about 25% of its armored vehicles currently come from new production.

Russian Victory Day Parade 2025: All three main Russian MBTs, including the T-80BVM here, now have near-fully protected hull sides using ERA, and include rear-mounted ERA. (TV Zveda/Russian MoD) ...