The Ukrainians Are Converting Worthless Russian Tanks Into Priceless Engineering Vehicles
The Ukrainian army finally has found a good use for at least some of the dozens of ancient Russian army T-62 tanks it has captured. The Ukrainians have begun converting some of the 1970s-vintage tanks into engineering vehicles.
It’s a great idea. Tracked, armored engineering vehicles—“armored recovery vehicles,” or ARVs, in this case—are really useful and almost always in short supply. A T-62-based recovery vehicle is far more valuable than a T-62 tank is. Especially to the Ukrainian army, which went into the current, wider war with far too few ARVs.
There’s evidence on social media of at least two captured T-62s undergoing conversion into ARVs at workshops in Ukraine. The process involves metalworkers lifting off the tank’s eight-ton turret and fitting, in its place, a heavy-duty winch.
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ARVs follow tanks into battle. When a tank gets immobilized—either from enemy fire or an unhappy encounter with mud or a ditch—the ARV crews brave gunfire and artillery barrages to winch the tank to safety. Fitted with dozer blades and other equipment, ARVs can help out with other engineering tanks, too. Preparing fortifications. Repairing damaged vehicles.
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