Russians are complaining about the welding quality in the new body of the ‘Bukhanka,’ produced by the UAZ company, noting that this vehicle costs 1.5 million rubles (over $15,000).



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Posted by BigDeckBob

40 Comments

  1. I am somewhat certain the Ukrainian drone operators will be indifferent to the lack of quality control of orcish ground targets.

    After all, it’s a somewhat bold assumption of the Russian soldier that these vehicles will be around long enough to experience serious corrosion issues or increased wear & tear from their faulty production…

  2. Designing armoured vehicles as a „one way ticket“ with thin hull and bad armour is a very long tradition of the orcs.

  3. soviets mass produced t34 ruskies make bukhanka. nothing to see, just the nor.al russian downward spiral

  4. SetInternational4589 on

    Seeing as it will be a pile of burning wreckage sprinkled with barbecuing body parts pretty soon the quality of the welding should be least of your worries.

  5. FlamingFlatus64 on

    Are they saying that “Raisa the riveter” is doing a crap job? Maybe she just knows that van is on a one-way trip.

  6. You gotta look at it through the eyes of the Russian welder. Go chug some vodka until your BAC is .25 or higher and then they’ll suddenly look perfect.

  7. ToughTechnical8868 on

    I have some experience with these vehicles. The bad welding, huge gaps, leakages, spots where rain water can come inside, rust etc. are common with Bukhankas and nothing new. The quality was always bad. In Germany we did a complete overhaul with new Bukhankas to solve the major issues before they were send to the customer. But I bet because of the sanctions the quality is getting even worse. We always said: “A Bukhanka is never repaired. There is always work to be done.” Russian quality. Even the old models from Soviet times were better in quality.

  8. What do you expect, when so many of the skilled workers are already pushing up daisies in Ukrainian soil.

  9. SimpleMaintenance433 on

    15k is nothing for a vehicle these days, that’s about what you get for that sort of money, not to mention they’re considered disposable assets anyway, like a 1 or 2 time use tops

  10. That car was assembled with sheet metal from washing machines that they stole from the Ukrainians!

  11. As a child, (so, 30+ years ago) I was convinced that the Buhanka was manufactured by the same company as the Trabant

  12. 1.5 million or 5 million have the same chance to survive an FPV, why bother to put more money into them? They might as well continue using carts and motorbikes.

  13. Temporary_Potato_312 on

    Is someone complaining about my welds, don’t blame me my guide dog was on a pee break

  14. The factory was already shit before the war. And now they run on max speed because of orders from the Army. The quality don’t get better because of that…

    They probably also have management that says “these are going to be sent to the war effort, build quality is not our priority” to the workers.