The Ukrainian military has repurposed a Soviet-era BTM-3 engineering vehicle into a machine for laying barbed tape as part of their defensive strategies.

Ukraine’s 28th Mechanized Brigade has converted a Soviet-era BTM-3 engineering vehicle into a machine for laying lines of barbed tape. Originally built to dig trenches on a chassis with T-54 elements, the vehicle was repurposed through welding and battlefield improvisation. #Ukraine

🇺🇦🤙 BTM-3 engineering vehicle, converted by soldiers of the 28th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces into a barbed tape laying machine. This ancient Soviet vehicle, with chassis elements from a T-54, was originally designed for trench digging, but thanks to welding and a creative approach, it was given a new purpose.