Russia needed armor so badly that its biggest film studio donated 36 Soviet-era tanks that were used as props

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• Russia's biggest film studio said it helped shore up the Kremlin's losses in 2023 with 36 aging tanks.
• Mosfilm's head told Putin that it donated 28 T-55 tanks and eight PT-76 tanks to the defense ministry.
• Russian troops have used similar, aging tanks as fire support on the battlefield.

As Russia hunts for more war gear, its biggest film studio has stepped up — with movie props.

The director general of Mosfilm, Karen Shakhnazarov, met with Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Wednesday to discuss the studio's profits and film capacity.

They spoke mainly on their aspirations for the company, with Shakhnazarov boasting that Mosfilm was on par in scale with Hollywood firms like Warner Bros. and Universal.



Then, Shakhnazarov ended the conversation on a note about the war in Ukraine.

"By the way," Shakhnazarov said, according to a transcript published by the Kremlin. "In 2023, we handed over 28 T-55 tanks, eight PT-76 tanks, six infantry fighting vehicles, and eight trucks we had in our military department to the Armed Forces."

Russia needed armor so badly that its biggest film studio donated 36 Soviet-era tanks that were used as props​

Mosfilm's director general, Karen Shakhnazarov, said the studio donated 28 T-55 tanks and eight PT-76 tanks to the defense ministry in 2023.

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