Russian governor puts bounty on Western tanks
Soldiers can earn up to $43,000 for capturing a working Leopard main battle tank
The governor of Zabaikalsky Region in eastern Russia has offered soldiers from the province a chance to earn bounties on NATO tanks captured or destroyed in Ukraine. The governor's announcement came as a private company offered a similar reward for captured Western-made armor.
In an order signed on Friday, Governor Alexander Osipov declared that any local soldier who managed to seize a Leopard tank “in working condition” could earn 3 million rubles. A bounty of one million rubles will be paid to anyone who destroys one of these German tanks, while those assisting with a successful capture will be paid $7,150 and those assisting in the destruction of a Leopard will earn $2,240.
A sum of 1.5 million rubles will be paid for the successful capture of an American M1 Abrams tank, with destruction paying 500,000 rubles. As with the Leopards, smaller bounties are offered to assisting...
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