Russia has only one battle tank manufacturer, UralVagonZavod. It can produce 200-250 new tanks annually. To compensate for the loss of thousands of tanks in Ukraine, Russia is refurbishing tanks manufactured in 1950-1960.
, and that the number could decrease due to sanctions on military and dual-use products:
“Russia has only one tank factory left: UralVagonZavod, a huge complex built in the 1930s. But financial mismanagement and huge debts have slowed modernization. … Russia can only build 20 new tanks a month … And production may be hampered by shortages of parts. Semiconductors, the computer chips that control modern tanks, are in particularly short supply.”on March 25 headlined: “Russia’s Dreams of Producing 1,500 Tanks a Year as a Loss of Reality: What Is the Maximum the Kremlin Can Count On.
It reported that in 2021, the Russian Armed Forces received only 250 new or upgraded main battle tanks. In 2022, Russia put its factories on round-the-clock shifts and introduced norms similar to those imposed during 1918-1921, the period of “War Communism.” “[A]s reported by Russia’s Minister of Defense Shoigu himself: draconian methods led to only a 30% increase in the production of weapons and military equipment in 2022,” Defense Express wrote.Since last February, the Russian army has had losses in Ukraine
, around half of its best tanks, according to the International Institute for Strategic Studies, a U.K.-based think tank.
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