We'll all have a hearty guffaw at the Rooshun's expense, but recall that in the 1970s only about half of our domestically deployed M-60 tanks were expected to even make the railhead just ten miles away in the event of a general war in Europe.The first major tank to be developed in Russia since the collapse of the Soviet Union abruptly grounded to a halt during a rehearsal for Moscow’s big May 9 Victory Day parade, Reuters reports.
The incident occurred yesterday during the final dress rehearsal of the highly anticipated 2015 military parade in Red Square, commemorating Soviet Russia’s victory over the German Third Reich in the Second World War. The parade is expected to involve 16,000 troops, 145 aircraft, 190 armored vehicles and a number of new missile systems (see: “‘Arma Virumque Cano’ – Parades and Militarism in Asia”).
According to the Moscow Times, one of eight T-14 — the world’s first series-produced third generation main battle tank, based upon the new Armata universal chassis system — suddenly stopped in front of the GUM department store while crossing Red Square with its engines still rumbling.
Some of the comments about the incident at Sipsey Street Irregulars are interesting...