• baldingpudenda@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      The poor engineers getting yelled at for not producing enough tanks just decide to build from WW1 blueprints using sheet metal and a lada engine. Probably runs on vodka

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          10 months ago

          But it’s also a way to guarantee that soldiers and technicians won’t mind working on and with it. Just look at the Tu-22