I went to my favorite place for Plumbing, Warren pipe and supply, in Michigan and purchased a new reliance hot water heater. Well, this past November, the hot water tank started leaking and rupturing.

The only new tank manufacturer in Russia, the Uralvagonzavod plant in Nizhny Tagil, produced about 200 T-72B and T-72B1 tanks upgraded to the T-72B3 standard and 60-80 T-90M tanks in 2024, reports ...