Here Is How Russia Is Making Old Tanks Deadly Tools of War
Kyle Mizokami
Security, Europe
They may be old—but they still work.
The high cost of the Armata tank, combined with Western sanctions over the 2014 invasion of Ukraine, will likely limit Russia’s ability to field large numbers of the tank. The Russian Armed Forces are facing obsolescence on many fronts, from fighters to tanks and a new generation of armored vehicles.
In recent years Russia’s new tank, the T-14 Armata, has attracted an intense amount of interest from the outside world. A “clean-sheet” design, it is the first entirely new tank announced in years and the first entirely new Soviet or Russian tank …read more
Source: The National Interest
