The Soviet Union’s MT-LB tracked APC was named based on the Cyrillic acronym “multi-purpose tractor, light armored.” Introduced in the 1960s, it was effectively a mechanical successor to the mules and ...
An MT-LB-12 in 2022. In 1944, the Soviet Union’s state defense committee ordered the country’s industry to develop a better anti-tank gun—one that could penetrate the armor of the latest German tanks.
A recent video posted by Ukraine’s military shows an MT-LB armored tractor of Ukraine’s 67 th Mechanized Brigade with an old 85-millimeter D44 gun on top. Gunners hop up onto the vehicle’s roof to ...
Remember those 80-year-old naval guns that Russian marines bolted to 70-year-old armored tractors and rushed to the front line in Ukraine starting this spring? It always was obvious that the ...
A Russian unit that conducted an aborted advance on Ukrainian forces left behind vintage military vehicles that had been patched up in a do-it-yourself style, it has been reported. Russia's 39th ...
"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The Soviet Union’s MT-LB tracked APC was named based on the Cyrillic acronym “multi-purpose tractor, ...