Still the best place for an international buyer to acquire Soviet military equipment is the Czech Republic. To purchase Soviet military equipment in Russia, foreigners need to get a certificate that the decommissioned military equipment has no cultural value, a spokesperson for the Association of All-Terrain Vehicles told RBTH.Ī large amount of decommissioned military equipment is on sale in former Soviet republics, such as Ukraine and Belarus. The legendary T-34 may be bought for $230,000.Īnother dealer offers the Soviet T-62 for $100,000, and even military jets, such as the Su-17 and the MiG-23. It offers the T-72, the main tank of the Soviet army for about $400,000. In Russia, the Association of All-Terrain Vehicles is one such dealer.

What weapons will Russia get before 2025?Īrmored vehicles such as tanks and armored personal carriers (APC) can be purchased via companies that specialize in the sale of such military equipment. Items on sale include transport vehicles, military jeeps, and even auxiliary ships. Russia’s Ministry of Defense is selling decommissioned equipment at its auctions and exhibitions, but armored vehicles are not a part of the offerings. Iraqi soldiers probably stole them from Kuwait during the invasion of the country in 1990.Įbay has restrictions on selling military equipment and various weapons, but the website, in some cases, allows the sale of decommissioned military equipment. In one of the fuel compartments, Mead found five gold bars. On Ebay he acquired an ex-Iraqi army Type 69, a Chinese copy of the Soviet T-55 medium tank, but got much more than he bargained for. Nick Mead, a British collector and owner of Tanks-A-Lot, a UK-based tank restoration business, recently made a surprisingly lucrative purchase. Whether it’s a legendary T-34 or T-72 tank or infantry vehicles of the Airborne Troops, many decommissioned Soviet military vehicles are on sale in Russia, former Soviet republics and Eastern Europe.

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