RT.com – Jan 30, 2023
Fores, a Russian chemical manufacturer, is offering bounties to soldiers for destroying M1 Abrams and Leopard 2 tanks in Ukraine. The news comes after Washington and Berlin approved the deliveries to Kiev last week.
American Abrams main battle tank in Georgia. Along with German Leopard II tanks, hefty rewards are being offered for their capture or destruction. Click to enlarge
“Russian servicemen that destroy or capture a German Leopard 2 battle tank or an American Abrams will receive a monetary reward,” the company said in a statement on its website on Friday.
“Fores will pay 5 million rubles [$70,700] for the first trophy. The payment for every next one … will be 500,000 rubles [$7,070].”
The company added that if Ukraine ever acquires F-15 and F-16 jet fighters, Fores would hand out a 15-million-ruble ($212,100) prize for the first downed aircraft.
The decision to transfer Western tanks to Kiev shows that NATO is not only delivering defensive weapons to Ukraine, which highlights the need for consolidation and support for our army. We have been doing this since the first days of [Russia’s] special military operation and will continue to support our servicemen.
Founded in 2000, Fores makes and sells proppant, a grainy substance used by oil and gas companies for fracking, according to its website. The company’s office is in Ekaterinburg, Russia.
On Sunday, Russian actor Ivan Okhlobystin, who is known for having hawkish views, announced a similar bounty on his blog. “Certain members of the big business community have authorized me to inform you that they are setting a 10-million-ruble ($143,900) prize for every destroyed Abrams,” he wrote.
Berlin said last week that it would supply Kiev with 14 Leopard 2s and has greenlighted deliveries of the German-made tanks from other European countries. Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that Germany and its partners were looking to supply 112 tanks in total.
Meanwhile, the 31 Abrams tanks pledged by the US must be assembled first. Politico reported last week that it could take “many months, or potentially years” before they roll onto the battlefield.
Russia has maintained that foreign weapons would lead to escalation, but will not change the course of the conflict. The Kremlin says that Western tanks in Ukraine will be treated as legitimate targets.
70K for destroying a NATO tank?
Before too long they’ll be available to buy on the dark web for around 5-10K depending on their age and condition…..plus 20% VAT for J.B and V.Z.
This is mistake! Dollar’s no good. Make it roubles.
Talking about tanks, I just saw this comment re Challenger Tanks on another site:
“Apparently there are some strings attached to the 14 challengers. The brits are asking their ukranazis not to use them where they might be captured and are teaching them how to tow off the burning remains so the russkies don’t steal the “secrets” of their design. LOL!!! that ought to inspire a lot of confidence!” – Poster NoSoFast
I’ll give creadit where it’s due… and say ONE thing for THICK Brits:
They’re a never-ending source of merriment… and I honestly dont know how I’d get through the day without that daily dose of belly-aching laughter!!
😂😅🤣
Yes Putin thats good . empty your soon worthless
Dollar stock + spare your rubles ! yankee power is
on decline .
If they destroy a tank and use a doctor to declare that everyone who died in it actually died of covid, then they would collect and extra 39,000$ for each carcass…
If capturing a tank—-and declare all its occupants sick with covid—-add another 13,000$ per symptom-ridden casualty.
This is the way to conduct a mercenary-driven conflict.
Blackrock has no comparable package.
If I built a tank, I would not put it near Russia, and I thought they were obsolete anyway, built by GB for WW1
They were weren’t they Lewis,
Rubbish from day 1. (The mark 1)
& about 25 years later, The other mobs Tigers & Panthers of the 2nd WW were being taken out by well operated P.I.A.T.’s
The German AV7 was too late & rubbish too in the later stages of WW 1.
My Tank, is !
robust, with an observation window, No turret, but a handy periscope arrangement that spouts water, & also huge ! The Goldfish love it.
But, I concede, The best tanks are the ones that will be turned into PLOUGH SHARES, That day can’t come quick enough for me,
just saying.
@unarmed wombat and others
For anyone who did not read the article in full here or at the original RT source:
The bountly WILL BE PAID IN RUBLES – why on earth would they pay their own soldiers in US bucks?? (and soon to be worthless at that).
Glenn Ashton–yes, the tanks only seem to be provocative, like the ones in Hungary that the Russians rolled in in 1956, making the locals hate Russia more than ever