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Ukraine Separatists Fix Up Soviet Tank


Just a bit less modern than what the Ukrainian Army has....
Just a bit less modern than what the Ukrainian Army has....
Pro-Russian separatists in the Ukrainian village of Konstantynovka have managed to fix up a World War II-era tank at a war memorial and send it into combat, according to the Russian news agency Interfax.
"Our craftsmen have managed to start the engine of the IS-3 tank displayed on a platform in the park. The tank is being prepared and will engage in the combat soon," the press service of the unrecognized Donetsk People's Republic told Interfax.
If this is the tank in the video below, it's hard to say how effective this may prove to be:

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