Russia’s vast Soviet-era military stockpiles are “drying up,” forcing its Ukraine war machine to become critically dependent ...

Russia has also lost two-thirds of its pre-war inventory of tanks to Ukraine, along with 32 medium-to-large naval vessels.

The original tank weighed 32 tonnes. Ours will be about 20 tonnes heavy. It is interesting how many original parts of the Great Patriotic War tanks have been used to make this running replica.

In total, Nazi Germany built just under 50,000 tanks during the war, while the US built more than 100,000. The Soviet Union built nearly 120,000 tanks.

But the armored vehicles have not provided major tactical gains for Ukraine. In a "war of drones," tanks are the No. 1 target, a Ukrainian soldier told CNN.

Andrew Ford, the staff member who drove the Jackson while decked out in World War II-era fatigues, takes the responsibility of driving the machines seriously. “A tank is trying to hurt somebody. It ...