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Captured Ukrainian Leopard and T-72 Tanks, Marder IFV on Display in Moscow

The Russian Defense Ministry announced that an exhibition of captured weapons and equipment seized by Russian forces during the special military operation will open on Poklonnaya Hill on May 1 and last for a month.
Sputnik
Trophy German Leopard 2 tanks and Marder IFVs as well as Ukrainian T-72s and BTR-80s have been brought to Moscow's Poklonnaya Hill, Sputnik’s correspondent reported. The Marder and Leopard vehicles are now visible behind a fence. Both vehicles feature the German flag.
The Leopard 2 tank was delivered by a repair and evacuation group to a Central Military District repair unit from the Avdeyevka area in mid-April. The Marder IFV was evacuated from near Avdeyevka at the end of March.
The exhibition will feature more than 30 units of military equipment from the United States, Britain, Germany, France, Turkiye, Sweden, South Africa, Finland, Australia, Austria, and Ukraine. In addition to the aforementioned Leopard and Marder, visitors will be able to get acquainted with a US Bradley IFV, Sweden’s CV90, and a French AMX-10RC armored combat vehicle.
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A Patria Pasi XA-180 armored personnel carrier (APC), AMX-10 RC armored fighting vehicle, and a Mastiff protected patrol vehicle are pictured before the opening of an exhibition of foreign-made military equipment captured during Russia's military operation in Ukraine, on Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow, Russia.

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A German Marder 1A3 infantry fighting vehicle is pictured before the opening of an exhibition of foreign-made military equipment captured during Russia's military operation in Ukraine, on Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow, Russia.

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A German Leopard 2A6 main battle tank is pictured before the opening of an exhibition of foreign-made military equipment captured during Russia's military operation in Ukraine, on Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow, Russia.

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A German Leopard 2A6 main battle tank is pictured before the opening of an exhibition of foreign-made military equipment captured during Russia's military operation in Ukraine, on Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow, Russia.

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A High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), also known as Humvee, front, is pictured before the opening of an exhibition of foreign-made military equipment captured during Russia's military operation in Ukraine, on Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow, Russia.

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An M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, center, is pictured before the opening of an exhibition of foreign-made military equipment captured in the course of Russia's military operation in Ukraine, on Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow, Russia.

Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the exhibition at Poklonnaya Hill will arouse great interest among Russians, as "they should see the defeated vehicles".
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