Russia’s new Ground Forces chief urges drastic cuts in tanks | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “Russia’s newly appointed chief of Ground Forces said on Thursday Russia would do well with half the number of tanks it has today.
‘Currently, there are 20,000 tanks of all modifications in service but the actual requirement is half that number,’ Col. Gen. Alexander Postnikov said.
Postnikov said the country’s Ground Forces needed new armor and new tanks to match the best foreign analogs.”