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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCool! the army (+active citizens) captured more abandoned Russian military equipment
than than the 🇺🇦 state procured eight years.
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#Ukraines Defense minister said today that the army (+the many active citizens) managed to capture more abandoned Russian military equipment (trophies) than than the 🇺🇦 state procured eight years. No one gave 🇺🇦 more weapons than the state of aggressor.
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Cool! the army (+active citizens) captured more abandoned Russian military equipment (Original Post)
tblue37
Mar 2022
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AntiFascist
(13,698 posts)1. Maybe they can turn a few Russian soldiers while they're at it n/t
PortTack
(35,796 posts)2. He is also telling Ukraines not to destroy stuff, that they can use it.
EX500rider
(12,042 posts)3. That's a Russian Pantsir-S1 in the pic, not cheap $13 million+
It is a short to medium range ground-based air defence system, wheeled, tracked or stationary with two to three operators. Its air defense consists of automatic anti-aircraft guns and surface-to-air missiles with radar or optical target-tracking and radio-command guidance.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantsir_missile_system
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantsir_missile_system
tanyev
(48,113 posts)4. Remember, folks, they're tax free!

pecosbob
(8,140 posts)5. Towing a stolen artillery piece behind a Ural...pretty epic.
