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    6 months ago

    Speaking to CNN, Ukrainian crews working on the tanks say the Abram M1s are not as robust as touted. “Its armour is not sufficient for this moment,” said one crew member with the callsign Joker.

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    The tanks usually come equipped with “secret” uranium armour, but the US donated modified versions with Chobham armour, the composite ceramic and steel protective material developed in Britain in the 1960s. The move was likely made out of fears the uranium armour could end up in Russian hands.

    Ruzzianz cannot haz uranium 🤡🤡🤡

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        6 months ago

        Yup, lots of it apparently: NATOpedia link. Kazakhstan is the largest producer by far and Uzbekistan is a large producer as well. Iirc, during soviet times, Kyrgyzstan had a closed off, uranium producing town.