Russia needed armor so badly that its biggest film studio, Mosfilm, donated 36 tanks that had been used as movie props, including the aging T-55, to Russia's defense ministry.

The director general of Mosfilm, Shakhnazarov said, according to a transcript published by the Kremlin. "In 2023, we handed over 28 T-55 tanks, eight PT-76 tanks, six infantry fighting vehicles, and eight trucks we had in our military department to the Armed Forces."

Mosfilm's website says the studio has over 190 armored vehicles, armored personnel carriers, and self-propelled guns

Figures from Dutch open-source tracking group Oryx say that Russia has lost 10,888 armored vehicles since the war began, including 3,558 tanks.

https://www.businessinsider.com/russian-mosfilm-studio-donated-soviet-tanks-t55-pt76-ukraine-war-2024-11