"Venezuela refurbishes legacy vehicles to maintain army capabilities"
Wilder Alejandro Sanchez
Land Warfare
Shephard Media
12 July, 2021
Originally published: https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/landwarfareintl/venezuela-refurbishes-legacy-fleets/
The Venezuelan Army participated in high-profile parades on 24 June and 5 July to demonstrate not only the strength of the armed forces, but also their apparent ingenuity. After spending billions of dollars during the Hugo Chávez years on Russian defence technology, international sanctions and an ongoing economic crisis mean that Caracas can no longer afford state-of-the-art military equipment to sustain its armed forces. As a consequence, the army is repairing and refurbishing old vehicles and equipment, obtained in the pre-Chávez years, to expand its arsenal and maintain deterrence capabilities.
The equipment that participated in the parades included AMX-13 and ...
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