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Sep 12 4 tweets 2 min read
Probably made some mistakes but my quick count from this thread:
Captured:
8 MT-LB
6 BTR-82
1 BTR/comm variant
2 T-72 and 1 tank
2 BMP-2 (one may be in UA service)
1 Msta-B
3-4 Msta-S
1 2S3 Akatsiya
1 Ural truck
2 KamAZ trucks
Destroyed:
TOS-1A
T-72 and 1 tank
BMP
Ural
I overcounted the destroyed T-72 tank. It is actually just the hull of the destroyed TOS-1A.

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