![]() HRH Prince Feisal, the Supreme Commander of the JAF, Chairman of the Joint Chief-of-Staff Gen. Constructed in 1942 as one of several ammunition storage facilities located far enough inland to be safe from Japanese attack, yet close enough to western posts and ports to facilitate the shipment of supplies, SIAD is home to a number of older M60 tanks.Īn M60A1 tank from the Royal Jordanian Armed Forces fires a round at a range in Wadi Shadiyah during a massive military demonstration in front of dignitaries and media, May 18. Yet, Russia is hardly alone in maintaining older platforms.Īt the Sierra Army Depot (SIAD) in Herlong, California, the United States Army stores vast quantities of military hardware. Moscow simply doesn’t have newer platforms, notably the T-90M or the T-14 Armata, in significant numbers so it is relying on the older tanks to do the fighting. The Kremlin had maintained large numbers of the Cold War T-62, and other armored vehicles, for a time when they might be needed. ![]() ![]() The Russian Army has lost scores of tanks, and the situation has gotten so bad that aging and largely obsolete T-62 MBTs are now being deployed to Eastern Ukraine. Russia’s arsenal of main battle tanks (MBTs) is reported to be twice as large as that of the United States – or at least it was. ![]()
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