Europe to Redraw Military Map With $20B Plan to Rush Tanks East in Hours, Not Weeks
united24media.com
The EU is investing $19.66 billion to upgrade transport networks for faster troop and equipment mobility in response to the threat from Russia.

The European Union is drawing up a $19.66 billion plan to overhaul its road, rail, and bridge networks to cut the time it would take to move tanks, troops, and military equipment across the continent in the event of war with Russia, said EU Transport Commissioner Apostolos Tzitzikostas in comments to the Financial Times on July 29.

The effort aims to reduce transit time from “weeks or months” to just “a matter of hours, maximum a matter of days,” Tzitzikostas said.

“We have old bridges that need to be upgraded. We have narrow bridges that need to be widened. And we have nonexistent bridges to be built,” Tzitzikostas warned, highlighting the current infrastructure’s inability to support heavy military machinery like tanks, which can weigh up to 70 tonnes—nearly double the load European roads and bridges are typically built for.

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  • ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    7 months ago

    This is not about the NL, Western Europe has built its infra to carry Western tanks during the Cold War, this is about the East.

    A western tank like a Leopard weighs twice of what a T72 does, because it prioritises crew survivability over that of the vehicle.

    Soviet tanks are much smaller since they would rather have you not hit the tank at all, the tradeoff is that if you do, it cooks the crew.