chocrates comments on Russia revived “previously unrecoverable” engines to restore 5,100 Cold War tanks

[–] chocrates@piefed.world 4 points 4 months ago (5 children)

I meant that Ukraine is decimating Russian oil production.

I feel like I read somewhere that modern tanks run on jet fuel?

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[–] Mihies@programming.dev 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

AFAIK only Abrams do.

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[–] real_squids@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

And some T-80s

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[–] Mihies@programming.dev 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Really? That's interesting, I just ~~lookup up~~ checked wikipedia and indeed they can use it. TIL.

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[–] TBi@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago (1 child)

I thought jet fuel and diesel are similar.

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[–] chocrates@piefed.world 1 point 4 months ago

I dunno really. Abrams have a turbine engine that is optimized for jet fuel but can run on "most" fuels.

Most tanks have a diesel piston engine.

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