🎧 Cold War Origins of Tanks in Ukraine
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The war in Ukraine is being fought with tanks designed in the Cold War. The US Abrams. The German Leopard. The British Challenger. All have been sent to fight Russia’s soviet era machines. T-72s, T-62s, T-80s.
One year into the war in Ukraine we explore the origins of the tanks being used to fight the battle with David Willey of the Tank Museum.
Produced and edited by Freddy Chick, Senior Producer is Charlotte Long
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