The Army 2024 arms fair in Moscow began today with display of seized armored vehicles and tanks belonging on American, British, German and other Western supporters of Ukraine.
With its theme as “Special military operation,” (Russian term for the Ukraine invasion), the show is dedicated to Russian equipment used against Ukraine besides displaying military hardware seized during the current war.
Western generosity has seen Ukraine receive some of the best armor currently in use by NATO countries. Their destruction in Ukraine has blunted some of the aura of invincibility attributed to Western equipment from use in Iraq, Libya, Lebanon and other ill-equipped adversaries.
Among the seized armor and tanks on display at Army 2024 include German Leopard tanks, U.S. M1A1 and A2 Abrams, British Challenger tanks, Australian Bushmaster armored vehcles and equipment from Canada, Turkey besides Ukraine.