Ukraine destroys 1970s Russian army vehicle tested at Chernobyl
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Rare nuclear command tank was being used on battlefield in latest sign of Kremlin shortages

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.

  • Hubi@feddit.de
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    4 months ago

    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.

    The result was the Ladoga. Kirovsky produced just a handful of the tracked vehicles—perhaps four or five. One spent some time in the fallout zone around the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl following the plant’s deadly 1986 meltdown. Aside from another that landed in a museum, the Ladogas then … disappeared.

    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.

    • Madison420@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      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.

      • Ulara@sopuli.xyzУкраїнська
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        4 months ago

        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.