This is a pretty interesting blog.
http://www.thesovietarmourblog.blogspot.com/
They have some pretty in depth evaluations of Soviet tanks and APC's (just added the T-80 a few days ago). Seems to be relatively unbiased. Thought it may be of interest to some of you.
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Posted: Monday, February 29, 2016 - 07:21 PM UTC
Looks pretty informative, thanks.
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Posted: Saturday, March 05, 2016 - 07:28 AM UTC
Bookmarked that one, for sure!
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Posted: Saturday, March 05, 2016 - 08:08 AM UTC
Fantastic reference work there!
thanks for sharing.
thanks for sharing.
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Posted: Saturday, March 05, 2016 - 08:13 AM UTC
This is a great website with plenty of useful info on Soviet/Russian armor.They even get into the details that can be very useful.
Posted: Saturday, March 05, 2016 - 09:33 AM UTC
Thank you for the link, I've started to have a read but will go back when I've got more time.
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Posted: Saturday, March 05, 2016 - 11:11 AM UTC
Thank you !... love references like this site.
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Posted: Saturday, March 05, 2016 - 12:02 PM UTC
Very interesting, indeed! Thanks for sharing!
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Posted: Saturday, March 05, 2016 - 07:19 PM UTC
Yeah, I really enjoy this blog. Love the level of detail they go into on their subjects. Just wish they did more than one article every two months!
One thing it does is to give me new respect for Russian / Soviet tank designs. You see a lot of slagging on this site and others that these tanks were "crap". In reality, they had some cutting edge features (along with some obvious shortcomings). It's fascinating to see how they charted such a different course than NATO designs.
One thing it does is to give me new respect for Russian / Soviet tank designs. You see a lot of slagging on this site and others that these tanks were "crap". In reality, they had some cutting edge features (along with some obvious shortcomings). It's fascinating to see how they charted such a different course than NATO designs.
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Posted: Saturday, March 05, 2016 - 08:59 PM UTC
Is there a list of other vehicles to read about ? or is it just one vehicle at a time ? great article blog by the way
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Posted: Thursday, June 09, 2016 - 05:17 AM UTC
They just updated it, latest subject to get the in-depth treatment is the BMP-2. Reinforces my opinion that this track was highly under-rated. For it's intended role, it's a pretty darned good IFV.
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Posted: Thursday, June 09, 2016 - 08:45 AM UTC
I just scaned their T-72 section... the author seems cant identify which is T-72A and which is T-72M/M1 in his photo description.....photos are good...but wrong description of them could be lethal...
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