 The Russians are relying on old T-55 tanks. Russia massively removes old T-55 tanks from storage and sends them to the front. Most likely they will be used as an auxiliary weapon on the second line. This was stated in a CNN commentary by a military expert, former US Marine Robert Lee. Some of these tanks will probably initially be used in the rear. So the tanks will not necessarily go forward but rather they will shoot from a long distance, he said. Military historian and weapons expert John Delaney in return suggests that the Russians can use the T-55 as a stationary firing position. You can use this tank to protect the front line from a counter attack, he said. Another reason to send more than 50-year-old tanks to the front is their ease of use, which is especially true when poorly trained mobilized ones begin to form the basis of the Russian army. At the same time military experts state the obvious. Faced with more modern tanks, which Ukraine uses in the counter offensive, the Russians will inevitably suffer very heavy losses. The use of the T-55 in such circumstances experts consider a step of desperation of the occupiers.