Russians will fight with tanks from Mosfilm
14 November 2024 12:22
The Mosfilm film studio has provided the Russian army with armored vehicles from the 1950s that were stored in its warehouse for the war in Ukraine. Mosfilm CEO Karen Shakhnazarov said this during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin, reports "Komersant Ukrainian"
“This year, we provided charitable assistance worth eight million, including six million for the needs of the SCO. By the way, in 2023, we handed over 28 T-55 tanks, eight PT-76 tanks, six armored personnel carriers and eight tractors to the armed forces, which were stored at our military-technical base. I found out about the need for this equipment, contacted the Ministry of Defense, and they took these vehicles,”
– said the head of the film studio.
“We are proud of Mosfilm!”
– Putin replied.
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Israeli-Ukrainian military commentator Yigal Levin noted that the tanks transferred were enough for an entire battalion.
“In fact, Mosfilm had tank battalion-level equipment in its warehouse, albeit rather old models that were actively used, for example, in the Six-Day War and the Vietnam War. The PT-76 has not yet been seen on the battlefield in Ukraine, although the Russians abandoned this equipment relatively recently, in 2010,”
– he commented.
Meanwhile, as reported by , Russia has assembled a group of 50,000 soldiers for a counteroffensive in the Kursk region.
