Russian and Ukrainian troops are outfitting their tanks and fighting vehicles with crude cages.
Facing growing explosive threats, often from above, Russian and Ukrainian vehicle crews are constructing their own extra layer of defense.
Collectively, both sides have lost thousands of tanks, infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs), and armored personnel carriers (APCs).
But videos and photos of the Russian cages tell and different story, as they appear to look more temporary and perhaps not as well planned.
Other images of Russian MT-LB armored fighting vehicles show the cages appearing to look more flimsy and without much structural integrity.
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Mary, Gian Gentile, RAND's, Gentile
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