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CityPop@lemmy.today to World News@quokk.au · 4 days ago

Russia revived “previously unrecoverable” engines to restore 5,100 Cold War tanks

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Russia revived “previously unrecoverable” engines to restore 5,100 Cold War tanks

euromaidanpress.com

CityPop@lemmy.today to World News@quokk.au · 4 days ago
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Two contracts at separate Russian plants brought back engines once written off, completing the restoration of Cold War-vintage tanks the Kremlin had given up on.
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    I meant that Ukraine is decimating Russian oil production.

    I feel like I read somewhere that modern tanks run on jet fuel?

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      AFAIK only Abrams do.

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        And some T-80s

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          Really? That’s interesting, I just lookup up checked wikipedia and indeed they can use it. TIL.

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      I thought jet fuel and diesel are similar.

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        I dunno really. Abrams have a turbine engine that is optimized for jet fuel but can run on “most” fuels.

        Most tanks have a diesel piston engine.

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