So in fact, Russia might have as few as 3,800 repairable tanks in reserve. There also are a couple hundred new-ish T-90s in storage, most of which should be in reasonably good condition. Maybe half the 3,000 T-80s realistically can be restored. The open-source analyst assumed just a third of the 6,900 stored T-72s are recoverable. The problem is, most of those tanks are lined up tread-to-tread in outdoor parks, where they’ve been exposed to rain and cycles of cold and hot that have rusted metal, rotted rubber and degraded sensitive optics. But one open-source analyst counted 10,000 T-72s, T-80 and T-90s in the war reserve. Novaya Gazeta estimated there are 8,000 “preserved” tanks. It’s a matter of intensive debate just how many recoverable tanks Russia has in storage.
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