Uralvagonzavod, which employed 30,000 people last year, was added to the EU’s list of Russian companies subject to sanctions because “the T72B3 tanks supplied to the Russian armed forces were used by Russia during the illegal invasion of Russia. Ukraine in 2022.
The historic factory that made the Red Army great Its origin dates back to 1931, when it was founded on the basis of the Soviet leadership’s second fiveyear plan. During World War II it became the main center of development and production of armored vehicles for the Red Army and with 25,266 units built contributed significantly to the production of the T34 tank, the use of which by Soviet forces played a crucial role in the eventual victory over the Nazis Troops.
In the second half of the last century, until the dissolution of the Soviet Union, it continued to produce tanks for the Red Army and for the Warsaw Pact allied nations, and then still today for the Russian Federation.
Ukrainians “capture” wrecked vehicles to block spare parts For the invasion of Ukraine, the Russian army used armored vehicles on a large scale. However, the Ukrainian armed forces managed to neutralize and destroy a large number of them: according to a group of Dutch military analysts published on the Oryx website, at least 1,423 armored vehicles, including 263 tanks, 262 troop carriers. Aware of the shortage of spare parts, the Ukrainian Armed Forces also tend to salvage all decommissioned Russian armored vehicles so that they cannot be salvaged and used to repair others. With Uralvagonzavod standing still, it could be even harder to get them back in action.