Medvedev called the pace of arms production in Russia impressive

In 2023, the Russian industry produced more than 600 tanks, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said during a visit to the Prudboy combined arms training ground in the Volgograd region.

He called such a pace of the defense industry impressive and recalled the experience of the Great Patriotic War. The video was published on the official page of the politician in the social network “Vkontakte”.

Medvedev also called “fantastic” the level of output for most items of military equipment and weapons. “If we take the most significant things: shells, cannon artillery, the release of tanks, then these figures are very impressive,” Medvedev said and specified that more than 600 tanks were produced this year alone. At the same time, the deputy chairman of the Security Council stressed that “we have something to do.”

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