The Cuban army gave a second life to the T-34 and T-55 tanks
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The Cuban army is in no hurry to get rid of the already obsolete equipment that was once delivered to the Liberty Island by the Soviet Union. Cuban craftsmen give this technique a second life. It is reported by "Rossiyskaya Gazeta".
Legendary, but already obsolete Soviet Tanks T-34 and T-55, delivered by the Soviet Union, received a second life in Cuba. At local defense enterprises, which were also built with the help of the USSR, they were turned into mobile anti-aircraft systems and self-propelled artillery mounts.
The air defense units of the Cuban army are armed with anti-aircraft missile systems C-75 and C-125. Given the fact that the experience of recent military conflicts suggests that stationary installations do not last long, the Cubans came up with the idea of installing Soviet air defense systems on the chassis of the T-55 tanks. It is not known whether the "filling" of the systems was finalized or changed and whether work was carried out in this direction at all, but the resulting SAMs on a tank chassis received freedom of maneuver.
But on the basis of the T-34-85 tanks at the disposal of the army, Cuban designers created several types of self-propelled artillery mounts. The fact is that in the arsenal of the Cuban army there are almost no self-propelled guns, the bulk is towed artillery. Now, the 2-mm howitzer D-1, the 2-mm gun M-3 and the 122-mm anti-aircraft gun KS-30 will join the few Soviet self-propelled guns 130С46 "Carnation" and 100С19 "Acacia". All of them are mounted on the chassis of the T-34 tank.
As stated in the Ministry of Defense of Cuba, this military equipment is not only demonstrated at military parades, but also actively participates in exercises, showing that it is too early to write it off.
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