Russia welds outdated naval turrets to old armoured personnel carriers to make crude tanks as Vladimir Putin's forces face a growing arms shortage.
The crudely constructed vehicles are being used in a likely attempt to shoot down Ukrainian drones as the armed forces face a severe shortage of combat vehicles and ammunition.
New footage obtained from an undisclosed location shows a 25mm 2M-3 dual-barreled naval anti-aircraft turret being mounted on a Soviet MT-LB amphibious combat vehicle to create a new hybrid weapon.
This unit, which was built from parts dating back to 1945, can be seen being transported by rail, possibly to Ukraine.
Its 25mm guns were most likely procured from a naval patrol boat, an area in which Russia has a rare surplus, and its tracks may date back to the 1950s.
Military experts say Russia probably has to improvise from dwindling stocks to make up for destroyed or lost equipment in Ukraine.
According to Justin Crump of Sibylline, a company specialising in intelligence and geopolitical risk, Moscow is likely to have turned to naval turret because its navy is far less depleted than its battle-scarred ground forces.
"I suspect it was improvised from naval turrets because they had access to them and the relevant ammunition," he said.
The new vehicle could be used to combat the growing number of active Ukrainian drones or sent to a quieter section of the front line so that Russia could move more advanced equipment closer to the main battles." Taken from YAHOO/The Telegraph
The core statement of the article is that ship turrets with 25 mm twin guns are welded onto MB-LB in order to be able to use another weapon against Ukrainian drones. Individual parts were produced in 1945.
To compensate for the tank losses, T 62s (built in the sixties and sixties) were demothballed. Even BTR 50s, built from 1953 onwards, were put back into service.
