Ukraine has destroyed an ultra-rare Soviet-era armoured vehicle that was first field-tested by the Russians at Chernobyl.
Battlefield footage shared on social media appeared to show the Ladoga nuclear command vehicle being targeted by a Ukrainian drone.
The vehicle was designed in the seventies to move senior Kremlin staff around in the event of a nuclear attack.
The Leopard 2 was designed in the 70s. So for battlefield vehicle designs, that is not necessarily outdated. Most fighter aircraft in use today were desgigned in the 70s: Su-27, MiG-29, sure, we think they’re old, but the F-16, F-15, F/A-18 are the roughly the same age.
Well yeah, but Soviet designs tended to be outdated by year 10 of being issued. Also Western Equipment got modernised constantly.
Sure they’re designed in the 70s, but the ones currently in service are usually not pulled out of a museum, like this one.
They’re also usually updated, and not left how they came out of the factory.
The interesting bit is not that the Ladoga is an old vehicle, it’s how incredibly rare it is. It must have been pulled from deep storage or a museum somewhere.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024/03/27/the-ladoga-was-the-soviet-unions-plush-nuclear-war-command-vehicle-a-drone-just-blew-one-up-in-eastern-ukraine/
It speaks volumes to the state of their armed forces to be resupplied with such a vehicle.
Soviet warfare has always been a meat grinder and outdated equipment.
They hold Chernobyl and we know at least one is in the red yard at Chernobyl so guess where this one is probably from, I’d hit it with the fun meter to see how many giggles per hour is emiting.
The Rashists left Chernobyl after one of their crazy units dug in a radioactive forest, and the Ukrainian staff of the closed power plant scared the Rashists of all possible consequences.