T-72: How some Russian tanks in Ukraine are doomed by a “jack-in-the-box” flaw (washingtonpost.com)

> For the U.S. military, Hamilton said, “if the tank is destroyed and the crew survives, you can make another tank more quickly than you can train another crew.” For Russia, “the people are as expendable as the machine,” he said. “The Russians have known about this for 31 years — you have to say they’ve just chosen not to deal with it.”