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World War 3: Russia digs in, flies old Soviet flag! Deploying its newest weapon systems into Donbas/Kiev Ukraine!

Video March 9, 2022 Hutchins AAron

T-72B3 flying the old flag of the U.S.S.R.! Near the village of Rybinskoye. Notice this vehicle is marked with an ‘O’.

Perhaps because of the capture of documents revealing a massive offensive against Russia, Russia is now flooding the Donbas and Kiev Areas of Operations (AO) with more and newer military equipment. What I found interesting is that one of the videos shows Russian BMP-2s carrying old Soviet Union flags!

This ‘V’ marked tank is the latest T-90M.

I think the ‘V’ indicates Kiev AO. Posted 09MAR2022, masses of BMP-2s, T-72B3s, BM-21 Grads, 2S3s:

‘V’ marked T-72B3.

Posted 07MAR2022, ‘V’ marked support vehicles pour into Kiev AO, Ukraine:

Posted on 06MAR2022, ‘V’ marked BMD-2s, T-72s, MTLBs:

‘V’ marked T-90M and BMP-2:

In the Donbas AO, ‘Z’ marked newer military gear is coming in. I think the ‘Z’ is from a new Russo-Ukrainian word ZaНАШИХ, or За НАШИХ (ZaNASHIKH), which means For Ours. This is a way of saying the Donbas area is Russian. It could also mean For Victory, which is Зa ПОБЕДУ, or ZaПОБЕДУ (ZaPOBEDU).

Armored train.

An Armored train was used to evacuate foreign civilians from Kherson Oblast of Ukraine to the city of Armyansk of the Republic of Crimea. The ‘silly-vilians’ are from Turkey, Ukraine, Egypt, Azerbaijan, Pakistan, Sweden, Italy, Brazil, Morocco and India.

BM-27 rocket launcher.

Donbas AO. Posted 08MAR2022, 2S19-M2 Msta-S and 2B26 (‘grad’ rockets on a Kamaz 5350 truck?):

‘Z’ marked Kamov 52 double rotary wing gunship in action, posted 09MAR2022:

World War 3: RUSSIA HAS PROOF BIDEN/NATO/UKRAINE PLANS TO ATTACK RUSSIA! PLANS ARE DATED JANUARY 2022!

WAR IN UKRAINE TO START IN MARCH? U.S. ARMY OFFERS BIG BONUS TO RECRUITS WHO CAN SHIP-OUT QUICK! IT’S ALL ABOUT THE GAS!

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Ukraine Battle Damage 2022: Armor, abandoned or destroyed

Video March 6, 2022 Hutchins AAron

Armored vehicle destruction from the end of February 2022 to 06MAR2022.

An abandoned British made Saxon armored car, that was being used as an ambulance by Ukrainians.

Ukrainian Azov militia T-72.

T-64 or T-72?

BTR-3DA, Kharkov Oblast.

Abandoned BTR-70.

BTR-80.

Destroyed BRDM-2, abandoned BTR-80.

BRDM-2.

Video of destroyed Donbas militia (indicated by the ‘Z’ on the hull skirts) T-64BV (which was probably captured from Ukrainian forces):

T-64BV, the identifier is the small steel rimmed road wheels.

What’s left of two Ukrainian T-64BV, near Volnovakha.

T-64BV turret, near Volnovakha.

The T-64BV turret ring seems to be suspended in mid-air.

T-64BV burns in the city of Melitopol.

Smoldering BMP.

BMP-1.

Near Volnovakha, Ukrainian BMP-1Ksh.

What’s left of a BMP(?) in the Mykolaiv/Nikolaev Oblast.

Abandoned BMP-1 near the village of Bogdanovka.

Video of abandoned trucks near Kherson:

A dead Ural truck with likewise human cargo in the bed.

BTR-80, the ‘digital’ camo is typical of that used on Ukrainian vehicles.

Video, abandoned Ukrainian BMP-2 getting stripped of weapons by the Donbas militias:

Burning 9K33 (NATO reporting name Gekko) anti-aircraft missile launcher on Ukraine’s Korotych air base.

Ukrainian 9K33 (Gekko).

Near Severodonetsk, Ukrainian T-72.

Abandoned Ukrainian BTR-60.

Video, abandoned Ukrainian BRDM-2 in the city of Shchastya:

Near Volnovakha, Ukrainian BRDM with 9P148 antitank missile launchers, looks like they fired-off three of the missiles before abandoning the vehicle.

Video, burning Ukrainian BTR-4E:

Burned-out BTR-4E, abandoned Kozak-2 armored car.

World War 3: UKRAINE ABANDONS THEIR BTR-4ES WITHOUT A FIGHT!

Battle Damage: IRAQ 2003

Vehicle I-D: Ukraine’s BTR-3DA

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Vehicle I-D: More abandoned vehicles, more ‘V’s & ‘Z’s, white/red arm bands, and Hinds with invasion stripes?

Video March 5, 2022 Hutchins AAron

Russian Defense Ministry video, posted 05MAR2022, showing an abandoned Ukrainian army camp near the village of Radensk, Kherson Oblast. The capturing force vehicles are marked with ‘Z‘ indicating Donbas Area of Operation (AO). The troops are wearing white arm bands on their left arms. The intact Ukrainian vehicles now in the hands of the Donbas are BMP-1s, BTRs, BRDMS and T-64BV, plus crates and crates of various ammo:

Video report posted on 05MAR2022, the liberation of the town of Trekhizbenka by Russians who are wearing white bands on their left arms and Russian ‘liberation’ armbands on their right shoulder. Some soldiers are wearing white bands around their right leg. Video shows packages of 12.7mm ammo and RPG rounds left behind by Ukrainians. Villagers tell the reporter the Ukrainians took military control of their town in 2014. It appears the Ukrainians gave-up the town without a fight:

Yet another abandoned Ukrainian BTR-4E, along the Kharkiv-Poltava highway, 04MAR2022.

Video posted 04MAR2022, Russian vehicles (BTRs, BMP-1, 2S3 SP guns) marked with ‘V‘ indicating Kiev AO (apparently near the cities of Bucha, Gostomel [Hostomel?] and Irpin’):

A Donetsk militiaman (indicated by his red arm band) with a NATO Javelin antitank missile, abandoned by retreating Ukrainians, 04MAR2022.

Video posted 03MAR2022, ‘Z‘ marked Donbas AO 2S1 self propelled artillery guns:

‘Z’ marked 2S1.

Invasion stripes? This Hind rotary wing gunship is marked with a ‘Z’, indicating Donbas AO.

This video, posted 01MAR2022, shows Donetsk militia (Donbas AO) wearing red bands on their left arms, their vehicles are marked with ‘Z‘ and some have red cloth tied to them. They have just overran a Ukrainian checkpoint, which includes an abandoned T-64BV:

Vehicle I-D: WHAT HAPPENS WHEN BOTH SIDES USE THE SAME WEAPONS? Operational markings of Russia/Donbas militias.

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Vehicle I-D: What happens when both sides use the same weapons?

Video March 4, 2022 Hutchins AAron

Ukraine is the birthplace of Russia. Today’s larger Russia expanded out of Ukraine. In the 20th Century the new Union of Soviet Socialist Republics allowed the creation of a separate Soviet Republic of Ukraine. It was during the time of the Soviet Union that Ukraine became a major manufacturer of weapon systems for the U.S.S.R. In 1991, Ukraine lead the collapse of the Soviet Union by declaring independence. Then there was the creation of the European Union (EU). Both the EU and NATO have been actively involved in ‘behind-the-scenes’ influence of the Ukrainian government, for decades now. Despite that, even today Russia and Ukraine use the same type of major weapon systems. How do you tell them apart during combat?

This T-64BV is not marked, but carries large Russian and Donbas militia flags.

Russia has obviously thought about that because their ground vehicles, along with the military ground vehicles of Donetsk Republic and Lugansk (Luhansk) Republic have been given unique operational markings. They look like Latin alphabet letters but are not. They also indicate the Area of Operation (AO); North in Kiev Oblast, or South in Donbas.

Video from the end of February 2022, Donbas-Lugansk Republic militia and their trucks, BMP-1s and 2S1 SP Guns, all marked with ‘Z’, waiting for orders to move-out:

Somewhere in Donbas.

In the Southern, Donbas area of operation (AO), Russian, Lugansk and Donetsk tracked and wheeled vehicles are marked with a ‘Z’.

Ukrainian made KrAZ armored car, in use by local Donbas forces.

Video of Russians meeting with Lugansk Republic troops, 03MAR2022:

T-64BV somewhere in Donbas.

Video report, posted on 03MAR2022, Ukrainian Ground Forces abandoned a T-64BV, Lugansk Republic forces quickly claimed it by spraying ‘Z‘ symbols on it, and working to repair it for their own use (it was one of two abandoned T-64BVs, the video also shows an abandoned BRDM-2):

Abandoned Ukrainian T-64BV, now in the hands of the Donbas militias as indicated by the ‘Z’ painted on the skirts.

In the Northern Kiev Oblast AO the vehicles are marked with a ‘V’. Video of ‘V‘ marked Russian BMPs, BRTs and T-72B3s entering the Kiev Oblast of Ukraine from Belarus, the road sign gives the location away as the Gomel (Homiel) Oblast, Belarus-Kiev Oblast, Ukraine border crossing (heading towards Chernobyl Exclusion Zone?), 03MAR2022:

When you see a Western news report about Russian activities, if they are talking about Kiev AO (Area of Operation), but the images show vehicles with ‘Z‘ on them then the images are actually from the Donbas AO.

New Cold War 2022: RUSSIAN T-72B3M LIVE FIRE CRIMEA!

UKRAINE ABANDONS THEIR BTR-4ES WITHOUT A FIGHT!

Vehicle I-D:

2S1, FROM COLD WAR TO UKRAINIAN BORDER CRISIS!

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New Cold War: Russian ops in Tajikistan, 2021 vid-fest

Video February 5, 2022 Hutchins AAron

“This year, we conducted 11 joint exercises through the Collective Security Treaty Organization and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.”-Colonel General (U.S. equivalent Lieutenant General) Alexander Lapin, Central Military District, December 2021

In Russia’s Central Military District there were 11 wargames held in 2021. They spread across Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. The wargames also included military units from Armenia, Belarus, China, India and Pakistan.

This covers some of what went down in Tajikistan.

Russian Defense Ministry video, January 2021, first Mi-24P & Mi-8MTV5-1 operations of the year:

Russian Defense Ministry video, January 2021, first live-fire gunnery of the year; T-72s (notice the T-72 T-C is wearing a damn Pandemic face mask!) & BTR-82As:

Russian Defense Ministry video, February 2021, live-fire gunnery for mechanized infantry:

Russian Defense Ministry video, March 2021, all those BTRs and T-72s are thirsty:

A full-on wargame was held in Tajikistan, at the end of April 2021, involving more than 3-thousand-5-hundred Russian and Tajik personnel.

Russian Defense Ministry video, April 2021, Sukhoi 25s arrive for the games:

Russian Defense Ministry video, April 2021, BM-21 Grad rocket launchers (the Russian word translates to ‘flamethrower’):

Russian Defense Ministry video, April 2021, load, aim and fire your BM-21:

Mi-8MTV5-1s were busy working training sorties along with Mi-24Ps. Central Military District photo.

Russian Defense Ministry video, April 2021, Mil 24P (NATO reporting name Hind-F):

Russian Defense Ministry video, April 2021, 2S1 (aka M-1974, aka SAU-122):

Russian Defense Ministry video, April 2021, T-72 gunnery, from the point of view of the crew:

Russian Defense Ministry video, April 2021, more T-72 gunnery:

Russian Defense Ministry video, April 2021, 2S3 (aka M-1973, aka SAU-152):

Russian Defense Ministry video, April 2021, BTR-82A:

BTR-82A, in the Khatlon region at the Kharb-Maydon training ground. Central Military District photo.

1-thousand targets were set-up for the August 5-10 wargame in the Khatlon Region, on the Kharb-Maydon training ground.

Anti-tank rocket launchers. The Russian word translates as ‘flamethrower’, this is confusing because in English a flamethrower is a different type of weapon.

The scenario of the August Tajikistan wargame was that the Central Asian country was invaded. About 2-thousand-5-hundred personnel from Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan took part, with about 5-hundred vehicles.

T-72, Central Military District photo.

In November, Russian troops from the 201st Military Base in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, got to try out their new 5.45mm AK-12 assault rifles during the Cobalt 2021 wargame. Central Military District video:

New Cold War: Live fire video as RUSSIAN BTR-82A & BMP-3 WARM-UP THEIR GUNS!

Vehicle I-D:

2S3 AKATSIYA (2C3 АКАЦИЯ), COLD WAR TO UKRAINE BORDER CRISIS!

2S1 self propelled artillery gun, FROM COLD WAR TO UKRAINIAN BORDER CRISIS!

Cold War Battle Damage: THE HIND-END OF DESERT STORM

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Soviet era Armor used by NATO: Bulgaria, plus the Bulgarian BMP-23

Video March 15, 2021 Hutchins AAron

Michigan Army National Guard photo by Specialist Alan Prince, 18JUN2019.

Self propelled artillery 2S1 Karamfil (Russian name Gvozdika, Гвоздика, carnation) Novo Selo Training Area, June 2019.

U.S. Army photo by Captain Erica Mitchell.

The 2S1 has a 122mm howitzer. It is based on a stretched MTLB hull.

Bulgar music video of 2S1s doing their thing, 12JUL2017:

USA photo by Specialist Samantha Hall.

Column of BTR-60PBs on the Novo Selo Training Area, 13JUN2019. Notice that the exhaust system on the Bulgarian BTR-60s is different from the original BTR-60 design.

USA photo by Specialist Samantha Hall.

Rear view of two BTR-60PBs (Brone-TransporteR, Броне-TранспортеP, Armored Transporter) on Novo Selo Training Area, 12JUN2019.

USA photo by Captain Erica Mitchell.

BTR-60PB, Novo Selo Training Area, 11JUN2019.

USA photo by Sergeant Ashley Gillons, 11JUN2019.

BTR-60 tags along with a Bradley.

Michigan Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Robert Douglas, 10JUN2019.

2K12 Kub (NATO reporting name SA-6 Gainful) Bulgarian National Air Defense Training Center, June 2019.

Ohio Army National Guard photo by Captain AAron Smith, 12JUN2019.

The 2K12 missiles are facing over the rear of the hull, June 2019.

Michigan Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Robert Douglas, 13JUN2019.

2K12 launching a medium range radar guided anti-aircraft missile.

U.S. Army photo by Sergeant Thomas Mort, 12JUN2019.

Video by Laurens Vermeire, 2K12 live fire, 18JUL2017:

NATO video, 2K12 live fire, 18JUL2017:

Ohio Army National Guard photo by Captain AAron Smith, 12JUN2019.

Ohio National Guard Sergeant First Class, of the 174th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, walks past a 9K33 (NATO reporting name SA-8 Gecko), June 2019.

USA photo by Staff Sergeant Brandon Ames.

MTLB during NATO Saber Guardian/Strike Back, 05JUN2019.

USA photo by Staff Sergeant Brandon Ames.

USA photo by Sergeant Ashley Gillons.

Notice the use of rubber mats to protect the asphalt road.

USA photo by Sergeant Ashley Gillons.

U.S. Marine Corps video by Corporal Kelly L. Street, MTLB mortar carriers (incorrectly identified by the USMC as BMP-23!), 13JUL2016:

USMC photo by Corporal Kelly L. Street.

Launching a round from a MTLB mortar carrier, 13JUL2016.

USA photo by Specialist Jacqueline Dowland.

Bulgar MTLBu leads a MTLB, 25JUN2015.

USA photo by Staff Sergeant Matthew Keeler, 25APR2018.

Bulgar infantry dismount their BMP-1, Anevo Training Area, 25APR 2018.

USA photo by Staff Sergeant Matthew Keeler, 25APR2018.

“Mount up!”

USA photo by Specialist Thomas Scaggs.

BMP-1 (Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty, Боевая Машина Пехоты, Combat Vehicle Infantry) during combined arms live fire exercise titled Peace Sentinel near the village of Koren, 19JUL2017.

USMC photo by Corporal Justin T. Updegraff.

Bulgar BMP-1s play follow the leader to a USMC M1A1, 28OCT2015.

USA photo by Sergeant Paul Sale, 25OCT2012.

Bulgar BMP-1s ‘invade’ Hohenfels, Germany, 25OCT2012.

Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Megan Zander, 02FEB2020.

Bulgarian 2S1 based BMP-23, Hohenfels, Germany, February 2020.

Army National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Gregory Stevens, 02FEB2020.

USA photo by Specialist Julian Padua, 02FEB2020.

South Dakota National Guard photo by Sergeant Fiona Berndt, January 2020.

Bulgar designed and built BMP-23s ‘invade’ Hohenfels, Germany, 25JAN2020.

USA photo by Staff Sergeant True Thao, July 2019.

BMP-23, live-fire exercise during Platinum Lion at Novo Selo Training Area, 17JUL2019. In the above photo try to locate the World War Two era T-34 based SU-85/SU-100, being used as a gunnery range target.

USA photo by Staff Sergeant True Thao, July 2019.

USA photo by Staff Sergeant True Thao.

It is armed with a 23-mm gun, 9K111 Fagot (Фагот, bassoon) anti-tank guided missile launchers (NATO reporting name AT-4 Spigot), and 9K32 Strela-2 shoulder launched anti-aircraft missiles (NATO reporting name SA-7 Grail).

USA photo by Sergeant First Class Osvaldo Sanchez.

Bulgarian BMP-23s, October 2009. The BMP-23 is not based on the BMP-1 or BMP-2, but on the 2S1 hull.

Video of BMP-23s during a public demonstration of force, 08OCT2009:

Soviet era Armor used by NATO: BULGARIAN T-72

Soviet era Armor used by NATO:

POLAND

Emerald Flag: RUSSIA INVADES FLORIDA?

Vehicle I-D:

ARMURĂ ROMÂNIA

Soviet era Tanks used by NATO:

SLOVENIAN M84

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Vehicle I-D: Even more Ukrainian Tanks Украинская танки українські танки

Video January 30, 2021 Hutchins AAron

Wisconsin Army National Guard photo by Specialist Jared Saathoff, 13NOV2019.

T-64BV, November 2019.

Wisconsin Army National Guard photo by Specialist Jared Saathoff, 13NOV2019.

BMP-1, November 2019.

USA photo by Private First Class Zachery Perkins, 13SEP2017.

BTR-80 and BMP-2, September 2017.

U.S. Army photo by Sergeant Kyle Larsen, 26SEP2019.

BTR-4E tags along with U.S. HMMWV, September 2019.

California Army National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Eddie Siguenza, 20SEP2019.

BTR-80.

Tennessee Army National Guard photo by Sergeant First Class Walter E. van Ochten, 29JUL2015.

Rear end of a BTR-80, July 2015.

Tennessee Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Timothy Massey, 28NOV2018.

Rear view of BTR-70, November 2018.

U.S. Army photo by Christoph Koppers, 08JUN2018.

T-84 at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, June 2018.

USA photo by Markus Rauchenberger, 06JUN2018.

T-84, Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, June 2018.

New York Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Alexander Rector, 14FEB2018.

Ukrainian Army T-64B tank fires a round during a training exercise at the Yavoriv Combat Training Center, February 2018.

Music video, New York Army National Guard trains on Ukrainian T-64B, February 2018:

New York Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Alexander Rector, 14FEB2018.

Canadian Forces photo, 16JUN2017.

BTR-80, June 2017.

U.S. Army video report, June 2017, about how Ukraine is being brought over to The Dark Side, I mean being trained up to NATO standards:

USA photo by Specialist Javon Spence, 12MAY2017.

T-64BV, Grafenwoehr, Germany, May 2017.

Video by Matthew Oldham, T-64BV live-fire, Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, May 2017:

Oklahoma Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Anthony Jones, 17FEB2017.

Installing the 30mm barrel of the BMP-2, February 2017.

USA photo by Captain Scott Kuhn, 23JUN2016.

BMP-2, June 2016.

USA photo by Staff Sergeant Adriana M. Diaz-Brown, 01APR2016.

Air droppable and amphibious BMD (Boyevaya Mashina Desanta), April 2016.

Canadian Forces photo, 05NOV2015.

BTR-80, November 2015.

Vehicle I-D: Ukraine’s BTR-4E

Vehicle I-D: Ukraine’s BTR-3DA

Vehicle I-D, 2020: UKRAINIAN ARMOR

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Vehicle I-D: Armură România

Video January 21, 2021 Hutchins AAron

Former Soviet Bloc member Romania became a member of NATO in 2004.

One of the first operations as a member of NATO was to deploy troops to Iraq in 2007. Video of Romanian TAB-B33 Zimbru (Romanian built BTR-80) heading out for patrol in Iraq, April 2007:

U.S. Army photo by Staff Sergeant Brendan Stephens, 15OCT2008.

In 2008, Romanian troops operated U.S. made armored HMMWV (High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle), as well as their BTR-80s (aka TAB-B33 Zimbru [Aurochs, or wild cattle]) while patrolling outside the city of Nasariyah, Iraq.

Camp Dracula, Dhi Qar, Iraq, 01DEC2008. USA photo by Specialist Donte Baltimore.

Since July 2006, Romanian troops have also been working alongside U.S. troops in Afghanistan. U.S. Army video from 16OCT2010, showing Romanians training for deployment to Afghanistan:

U.S. Army (USA) video report from 2009, revealing that the U.S. Army has expanded into Romania:

The UROVESA VAMTac (Vehículo de Alta Movilidad Táctico) looks like a U.S. HMMWV, but it is actually made in NATO-Spain.

Tennessee Army National Guard learns to shoot the Cold War era Soviet 12.7mm heavy machine gun on the Babadag Training Area, Romania, 13AUG2009. Photo by Sergeant Marla Keown.

Live prep & fire video, by Sergeant Ellis McDaniels, TR-85M1 Bizonul (The Bison) invade Grafenwoehr, Germany, June 2014:

TR-85M1 blasting away on Grafenwoehr, Germany, 13JUN2014. USA photo by Captain Sandra Stover.

Romanian Armed Forces video of tank live-fire, from point of view of the top of the turret: https://fb.watch/3b_7nPPEy8/

Romanian MLI-84M on Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, 27JUN2014. USA photo by Gertrud Zach.

A modified BMP, the Romanian MLI-84M Jder (Marten), in Germany, 2014.

In 2015, the U.S. issued MRAPs to Romanian troops operating in Kandahar, Afghanistan. USA photo, 02MAR2015.

In 2015 Romania expanded its NATO role by deploying additional troops to Afghanistan. Romanian troops operate U.S. made Oshkosh M-ATV MRAP (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected).

Photo by Sergeant William Tanner, 18APR2015.

TR-85, Smardan Training Area, Romania, April 2015.

Video, PMA T-55 bridge layer in action, 2015:

Romanian Armed Forces video of bridge tank operation: https://fb.watch/3bZYmB3S-C/

USA photo by Sergeant William Tanner, 18APR2015.

MLI-84Ms drive around a German made Gepard (Cheetah) anti-aircraft tank, April 2015.

USA photo by Sergeant William Tanner, 18APR2015.

TABC-79/ABC-79M on Smardan Training Area, Romania. USA photo by Sergeant William Tanner, 18APR2015.

Once called the TABC-79, the Scout/Recon vehicles are now called ABC-79M.

DMT-85M1. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Corporal Melanye Martinez, 07DEC2015.

A DMT-85M1 engineer vehicle, based on the TR-85M1, December 2015.

(Click/tap here to see my alma matter Idaho/Montana/Oregon National Guard’s M1A2 SEP live fire in Romania, from 2016)

T-55. USMC photo by Sergeant Kirstin Spanu, 28SEP2016.

From September 2016, a T-55AM (aka TR-77-580).

USA photo by Sergeant Timothy Villareal, 15JUL2017.

Romanian BMP ambulance conversion, July 2017.

Video by Staff Sergeant Michael Zahnow, how to cross a Romanian river (the Danube):

TAB-71/BTR-60. USA photo by Specialist Emily Houdershieldt, 19JUL2017.

BTR-60 (TAB-71) just outside Ramnicu Valcea, July 2017.

Video, BTR-70 (aka TAB-77) from 2017 maneuvers:

Video, by Specialist Jacob Banuelos, TR-85 live fire, Smardan Training Area in December 2017:

USA photo by Sergeant Jeremiah Woods, 30MAY2019.

TAB-77 (BTR-70), May 2019.

USA photo by Staff Sergeant True Thao, 20JUN2019.

Piranha-3 crosses the Danube river during Saber Guardian 2019.

Video, by Specialist Drake Chandler, of NATO Saber Guardian 2019 wargames, Romanian Swiss made Piranha cross a pontoon bridge:

Saber Guardian 2019 music video, by Michigan National Guard Specialist Brian Pearson and Romanian Captain Mariana Dinu:

More live fire video, Saber Guardian 2019, TR-85 and T-55 (TR-77-580):

Photo by Sergeant H. Marcus McGill. Piranha joins a U.S. convoy to the Black Sea for Exercise Rapid Falcon, 19NOV2020.

More Romanian Armed Forces videos: www.facebook.com/Romanian.Armed.Forces/videos

Soviet era tanks in use by NATO: POLAND

NATO: MiG-21

World War Three, 2016: SNAKE RIVER Militia M1A2 SEP, LIVE FIRE ROMANIA!

MONTANA Militia ENJOYS BEING THE ‘BAD GUY’ IN ROMANIA!

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Vehicle I-D: Armura Moldovan, in a Cold War created country that could go Hot any second!

Video January 11, 2021 Hutchins AAron

Moldova is not a member of NATO, but has joined the North Atlantic Cooperation Council making it an official NATO ‘partner’. NATO ‘partner’ countries are located all across the Earth, not just in the North Atlantic (the original justification for the creation of NATO was to form a joint defense system for countries in the North Atlantic).