Video of an unfortunate polar bear in Russia spray-painted with “T-34,” the name of a famous World War II Russian tank, has sparked outrage from wildlife experts.

Russia has imported 30 T-34 tanks from Laos -- because it needs them for military parades, exhibitions, and making movies. The T-34 is a Soviet tank icon, used in conflicts from 1940 until as late ...

The T-34 was designed as a low-cost vehicle to be mass-produced in large numbers. By the time of the German invasion, the Soviets had about 1,000 of the new tank. Many thousands more soon followed.

The T-34 first made waves during Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union, known as Operation Barbarossa. The initiative, which launched in mid-1941, saw the Red Army confront their enemy with T-34s ...

It helped to win World War II. Now it's beating box office records. The Soviet T-34 tank had its moments of glory during the battles to drive Hitler's troops from the USSR during the Second World War.

While the T-34 may have been a formidable powerhouse in its heyday, the tank’s presence at Moscow’s Victory Day parade further emphasizes Russia’s diminishing stockpile of heavy weaponry.