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- Russia has just one tank factory, which can produce around 20 new tanks every month.
- Demand for tanks is now outstripping production by a factor of ten, according to The Economist.
- Russia is losing around 150 tanks a month in Ukraine, and is becoming reliant on refurbished vehicles.
The British publication reported that Russia now has just one tank factory, UralVagonZavod, a massive 1930s-built industrial complex in eastern Russia.
It may be one of the largest tank manufacturers in the world, with Fortune estimating that it has 30,000 employees, but each month it is only able to produce tanks in the double digits, The Economist said, citing liberal Russian media outlet Novaya Gazeta.
That's nowhere near demand: one Western official told the publication that demand is outstripping supply by a factor of 10.
Russia is losing around 150 tanks a month in Ukraine, according to an analysis by open source intelligence platform Oryx. It has lost 1,779 tanks since February 2022, Oryx reported.
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