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The Russians Bolted 1950s Naval Guns To Armored Tractors—And Produced Nearly Useless Combat Vehicles (www.forbes.com)
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It’s apparent the Frankenstein’s monster of a combat vehicle is even less than the sum of its crude components.

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[–] rayyyy@kbin.social 21 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Russia ditched communism for capitalism, and yachts, and stuff.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

One might even say corporatism, given their direct rulers are the billionaires who came out on top in the rush to scavenge the corpse of the USSR.

[–] Dee@lemmings.world 14 points 2 years ago

given their direct rulers are the billionaires

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Stalinism is not communism but yeah basically true.