The thinly-protected, 1950s-vintage BTR-50 might not be the worst vehicle the Russian army has sent in a direct assault on Ukrainian positions, but it’s probably the oldest. And while it’s safer for ...

It seems the Russian army is reactivating old tracked fighting vehicles. As in, really old. In late February, photos circulated on social media depicting BTR-50Ps on heavy military flatbed trucks ...

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Recent photos show Russia is dredging deep into its huge inventory of rusting Soviet armored vehicles to reactivate BTR-50P amphibious armored personnel carriers, which were built over a half century ...

Russian troops involved in Moscow’s disastrous attempt to retake the Ukrainian town of Avdiivka were sent into battle in obsolete, 70-year-old vehicles, photos of the battle wreckage suggest.

One year into its invasion of neighboring Ukraine, Russia’s Ground Forces increasingly resemble a traveling museum, with “new” replacement vehicles dating back to the mid-20th century. Armored ...