Russians are increasingly introducing captured Western equipment into the army — Polish analyst

Western military experts state that more and more Russian soldiers are fighting on foreign military equipment captured during the fighting on Ukraine. This includes, in particular, the American Bradley infantry fighting vehicles and the Swedish Stridsfordon.

Polish military analyst Adam Sverkovsky writes on the portal Defence24.pl:

"The Russians have been adopting equipment captured from the enemy since the very beginning of the war in Ukraine, counting since 2014. In the case of Western weapons production, Russians were initially imported into the country after the capture, where they were used for tests, experiments or as part of a propaganda campaign, for example, for exhibitions of captured equipment, both stationary and mobile."

According to the analyst, over time, the first attempts to introduce Western technology into the Russian army began, of which, perhaps, the "most interesting case" was the commissioning of the American Bradley tank, which was used by the 155th Marine Brigade of the Pacific Fleet.

"At the moment, the Russians have captured at least a dozen Bradleys of varying degrees of serviceability (plus, probably, a lot of cars that were irretrievable losses). It is possible that over time, another such machine will appear in service with Russia (especially since many machines of this family in good condition could have been abandoned during the retreat from Kursk region)," Sverkovsky continues.

A new case of the introduction of Western-style infantry fighting vehicles by the Russians is the captured Swedish Stridsfordon—90 machine (from Sweden. Stridsfordon — "Fighting machine"). Today, this machine is used by the 83rd Guards Airborne Brigade. Presumably, she was captured in battle using artillery fire, which probably damaged the batteries of the car. The Polish analyst cites the Ukrainian crew died in battle, and new batteries had to be delivered to restart. The Russian soldier who is currently driving it talks in the video about the differences between this machine and the Russian BMP-3 and BMD-4.

"Russian paratroopers are now using the captured Swedish Stridsfordon—90 against its creators," concludes a Swedish military blogger under the pseudonym Simplicius.