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On 05/05/2015 10:25, Rod Speed wrote:


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On 05/05/2015 07:01, harryagain wrote:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-message-field


Now why are the Russians coming up with a new tank at this time I
wonder?



As it says in the article, this is part of a ten year programme. The
T-80, which is the main tank used by the Russian Army, was first shown
in 1976, although it is really only a development of the much earlier
T-64. It is outclassed by the MBTs of other major nations. The later
T-90, which came out in 1993, was a low-cost development of the T-72
and was mainly intended to equip allies.

The T-14 Armata is a completely new design with some interesting
features, not least the fact that it would not be a large step from a
digitally controlled tank, operated from an armoured crew capsule, to
a remotely operated tank.

None of which is any use when they are so vulnerable from the air.

The tank has a multi-barrel 30mm AA cannon, to engage drones or
helicopters, and it is claimed to be able to intercept and shoot down any
incoming missile that is travelling at up to 3,000 mps.

Easy to claim.

Whether it can live up to the claims remains to be seen.

Indeed.

And even if that works, an MBT is completely useless now.

In any case, the Russians are not noted for worrying too much about a few
losses.

There is still the problem with what you are going to do with it.

The T-34 was a good tank, but what made it a war winner was that the
Soviet Union could produce three medium tanks for every one that Germany
could build.

And then the world moved on, just like it always
does and MBTs became completely irrelevant.

That ****wit Putin hasn’t even noticed.