![]() Oleg Nikishin/Getty Images What is the T-14 Armata? The problem-plagued T-14 is reluctantly being accepted by Russian commanders in Ukraine, the British defense ministry said on Wednesday. ![]() ![]() In an intelligence update published on Wednesday morning, the MoD once again looked at Russian preparations for the first possible deployment of the main battle tank in combat.īut Russian forces deployed in Ukraine have been "reluctant to accept the first tranche of T-14 allocated to them because the vehicles were in such poor condition," the MoD wrote in a Twitter post.Īlthough the ministry could not confirm the details of the reportedly lukewarm reaction to the tank from Russian command, it suggested that a slew of delays and problems likely contributed.Ī Russian T-14 Armata tank participates in a Victory Day Parade rehearsal in Moscow on May 4, 2022. Images published by the ministry on Twitter showed two T-14 Armatas in southern Russia at a facility "associated with pre-deployment activity" for Ukraine. Russia has likely been considering whether to send a first wave of its new main battle tanks to Ukraine, the MoD said on January 19. Since the 1940s, the world had become accustomed to Russian tanks that essentially evolved from the Soviet T-34s and T-55s of the 1940s and 1950s to the T-72s and T-90s of today.The T-14 Armata tank, once labeled by a senior British army official as "the most revolutionary tank in a decade," is being reluctantly accepted by Russian commanders in Ukraine, the British defense ministry (MoD) said on Wednesday. European countries may develop the Main Ground Combat System tank - if they can muster the political unity and funding - but at best, the MGCS won't appear until 2035. Since the Armata was made public in 2015, Russia's next-generation tank has worried Western analysts, who fear it might dominate NATO's main battle tanks - such as the M1 Abrams, Challenger 2, and Leopard 2 - which are Cold War-era designs dating to the 1980s.Īfter the failure of the Future Combat System project, America's next tank is likely to be just an upgraded Abrams. Previously, only a scale model of the vehicle had been displayed at the IDEX trade show in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, in 2021, which led to "about six countries" expressing interest in the T-14, Rosoboronexport said. Russian T-14 Armata tanks prepare for the Victory Parade in Red Square on May 9, 2015. ![]() Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. ![]()
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