Zerstörter russischer T-55A in Korenevo, Kursk-Front.

I remember when the first pictures of the T55 that was destroyed that some idiot on twitter was saying how the T55s will never be used in direct combat and they were always going to be used as makeshift dumb artillery because Russia has soooo many old tank rounds that it just makes sense to use them like that…. Well…

quality equipment

Couple of questions for the tank nerds:

Am I right in thinking that this antique not only lack reactive armour blocks, there’s not even any sign of an attempt being made to retrofit it?

Also, what are the three vaguely pillow-shaped things lying on the side deck? They look to me like old-fashioned metal fuel tanks, but surely not even the Russians are dumb enough to carry around extra fuel on the outside of a tank.

why is that russian posing like it’s not theirs?