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Old October 14th, 2023, 09:40 AM
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Default Re: Question about Ukraine OOB...

Poor don and andy...

Looks like the Russians pulled some BTR-90 pre-production prototypes and used them up in Ukraine.

https://twitter.com/praisethesteph/s...74425119367238

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A very rare 🇷🇺#Russian BTR-90 wheeled IFV first spotted on the battlefield, allegedly near #Avdiivka, #Donetsk oblast.

The BTR-90 is a wheeled IFV designed in 1993, armed with a 30mm 2A42 autocannon, a 7.62mm PKT machine gun, a 9M113 Konkurs ATGM and a 30mm AGS-17 automatic grenade launcher. It never made it into the Russian Army's armament.
https://twitter.com/AndreiBtvt/statu...67191849107695

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First ever BTR-90 in action. Less than a dozen made and stored in Russia #38 research institute

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The BTR-90 was adopted by the Russian Armed Forces by Order of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation No. 324 of June 9, 2008.
Defense Minister of the Russian Federation No. 324 of June 9, 2008, but it was not mass-produced
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