Forbes: What happens when you lose 20,000 armored vehicles? Russia straps anti-drone screens to 75-year-old Stalin trucks

Mar 30, 2025 - 04:00
Forbes: What happens when you lose 20,000 armored vehicles? Russia straps anti-drone screens to 75-year-old Stalin trucks

Forbes: What happens when you lose 20,000 armored vehicles? Russia straps anti-drone screens to 70-year-old Stalin trucks

In a startling development highlighting Russia’s growing equipment shortage, Forbes reports that vehicles dating back to the early 1950s now appear in combat zones along the Ukrainian front.

The GAZ-69—an off-road vehicle first manufactured in 1952—has been spotted in active combat areas, with at least one modified with anti-drone screens.