“The deeper Russia will dig into long-term storage the worse will be the state of that equipment - resulting in a lot more work and parts needed to make that equipment operational.”
“Russian T-80BV tanks in poor condition removed from storage without Kontakt-1 ERA bricks and likely heading to a repair plant in Russia.”
https://twitter.com/Rebel44CZ/status/1664945814664273920
In early April Russia had ~942 T-80s of all types in storage.
Its was not possible for me to count the number of them on the train.
Here are some comments from the Twit thread:
A) I expect that to happen depending on the availability of parts needed for reactivation/repair/maintenance because it is better to have 10 operational tanks than 30 broken ones. Obviously, with tanks in the worst shape being stripped for parts first
B) How many more tanks do you think Russia will be able to recover from its reserves? Considering T-54 and younger models. After all, at some point in time there has to come a moment when they will have nothing more to get out of the reserves?
C) Still a decent number. Lot of T72s that should be upgradeable, plus older stuff though Russia doesn’t like using those as a tank. Should have at least a 1k more semi-modern. Plus ~250/year in new production. Sometime in 2024 is when I would expect a serious crunch to occur.
D) I think the rusty wreck of T-72M1->T-72EA transformation was said to take EA roughly 4 months.
So we could see these vehicle on the frontlines in autumn.
E) The minimum amount of work on this stuff is replacing all bearings and sealings. That takes weeks, maybe even months.
F) The most expensive parts were stolen first or simply never purchased because or corruption. Will be a hell of a job to get those to any working state.
Been sold on the black market I imagine along with radiators to make booze and wiring for scrap