Cheap tires and bad maintenance. Great thread right below this:
This is a thread that will explain the implied poor Russian Army truck maintenance practices based on this photo of a Pantsir-S1 wheeled gun-missile system's right rear pair of tires below & the operational implications during the Ukrainian mud season.🧵
— Trent Telenko (@TrentTelenko) March 2, 2022
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Reason for the stagnation of Russia's military fleet has been found. Their vehicles used poor quality Chinese Huanghai YS20 tires, which are imitations of the American Michelin military tires. Those 🇨🇳 tires can't drive in the mud. 🇨🇳 knockoffs contributed to "anti-war" effort. pic.twitter.com/ruYbudDRzq
— Northrop Gundam 💙🇺🇦💛 (@GundamNorthrop) March 3, 2022
How cheap Chinese tires might explain Russia's 'stalled' 40-mile-long military convoy in Ukraine https://t.co/VoRAqQFjfZ via @TheWeek
— Cindy fowler (@Cinnataz17) March 3, 2022
They are a bad Chinese copy of the excellent Michelin.
Good commentary on China Inc, and the awful rot of their model. Those tires ain't Michelin or Goodyearhttps://t.co/ijQHjjhQNX
— Macro Twain (@macrotwain) March 3, 2022
Sad! 