Since 2022, both Russia and Ukraine have lost enormous amounts of heavy equipment. Many militaries would have been burned out having suffered the kinds of losses Russia has, but with vast stocks of old Soviet armour and guns to reactivate and modernise, the Russian armed forces have consistently been able to regenerate and maintain offensive pressure on Ukraine.But no stockpile is infinite, and after more than 1,000 days, the fields of armour and artillery are looking much emptier than when the invasion began.This episode, we take a closer look at Russia’s storages, the trends behind their depletion, and try to estimate just how long Russia’s Soviet inheritance might last. The intention will then be to do an equivalent study on Ukraine in the future to enable a comparison of the two. Many thanks to the likes of Covert Cabal, Jompy and Highmarsed for their work on monitoring Russian equipment storages which was a critical input to this analysis.