Re: T-34 tanks abd Cuba

I said that Cuba must cannibalize its Soviet tanks to keep them going.  Alberto Gutiérrez comments: "Cannibalization is a normal procedure in Cuba. Most machinery there is old or neglected. I read some short accounts of the maintanance problems with civilian aviation, but I don't have an update of the military lack of spare parts. According to my sources of information, once Cuba had more tanks than Brazil. A disproportionate number, not related to the size of the country and its defense. A few Cuban tanks ( made in Russia, of course) ended up in Africa".