Western armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are not adapted to the conditions of the Northern Military District, said the head of UVZ

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Western armored vehicles supplied to the Armed Forces of Ukraine are not ready for battles in Ukraine, said General Director of Uralvagonzavod Alexander Potapov.

Restoring Western armored vehicles in the field is difficult, Potapov noted.

The specific pressure of Western tanks is higher, which makes them less suitable for the current conditions of the theater of operations, the head of Uralvagonzavod added.

MOSCOW, October 11 – RIA Novosti. The Western armored vehicles supplied to the Ukrainian Armed Forces are not ready for battles in Ukraine, and their restoration in the field is difficult, Uralvagonzavod CEO Alexander Potapov told reporters.

“What’s wrong with our competitors? When I talked about SPPM (assembly points for damaged vehicles - ed.) and repair teams, we established the restoration of equipment in the shortest possible time, in the field. Imagine: we had both Leopard and Abrams. How long will they be restored and in what conditions? Then evacuation. The same ARVs (armored repair and recovery vehicles - ed.). It’s one thing to drag 50-52 tons, and another - 60 plus,” Potapov said.

According to him, all the equipment used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces is known to the Russian side.

“It is also worth considering that the specific pressure of Western tanks is much higher. And in this theater of military operations, with its soils, they have nothing to do here,” added the head of Uralvagonzavod.

According to him, over the four and a half years of the Northern Military District, tanks have changed, and combat experience is accumulating.