T-90 main battle tank made of concrete erected in Vietnam

Vietnamese tankers creating a full-scale concrete T-90 main battle tank.

Chinese social media Weibo users posted footage showed that Vietnamese tankers with his own hands have built the first-ever monument of a Russian-made T-90 tank.

The interesting thing is the new monument fully made from concrete.

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An unusual monument was built by servicemen of the 201st brigade of the Vietnamese People’s Army in their unit. It became the world’s first monument to a Russian tank of this type.

It is worth mentioning that Vietnam has operated 64 T-90S third-generation main battle tanks delivered from Russia in 2019.

The People’s Army of Vietnam has received the first batch of T-90S main battle tanks (MBTs) from Russia in January, 2019.

In July 2017, the Russian News Agency TASS has announced that Russian Company Uralvagonzavod will supply 64 T-90S/SK main battle tanks to Vietnam.

The T-90S tanks are likely to be used as replacements for the aging T-55s, few of which remain operational.

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