Russian T-90 Tank From Ukraine Mysteriously Appears At U.S. Truck Stop [View all]

Russian T-90 Tank From Ukraine Mysteriously Appears At U.S. Truck Stop

The tank was apparently captured by Ukraine last fall, but it is unclear how or why it ended up in Louisiana.
byHoward Altman| PUBLISHED Apr 13, 2023 3:52 PM EDT

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/russian-t-90-tank-from-ukraine-mysteriously-appears-at-u-s-truck-stop

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Someone left a Russian T-90A tank, which open source intelligence (OSINT) trackers say was captured by Ukraine last fall, on a trailer after the truck hauling it broke down and pulled into this truck stop off U.S. Interstate 10. An employee at Peto's and the individual who first posted the images on Reddit shared them with The War Zone.

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Whoever was hauling the tank had to go back to Houston and get a new truck and asked if they could store it at Peto’s, said Mott, adding that she is not concerned about security.

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It is clearly not fully kitted out, but it has at least some explosive reactive armor containers on the turret. It also has the "dazzlers" at least still fitted from the Shtora-1 self-protection system. Its various machine guns have been removed.

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The Ukrainians have captured many weapons systems that can provide highly useful information for FME, including various advanced electronic warfare systems and missile components. Ukraine was already a long-established top source of FME hardware for U.S. intelligence before the full-on war broke out. Sending back captured systems would be a very likely arrangement between Ukraine and U.S. intelligence sources, as we have pointed out since the war begun.

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