The Russian Military Won’t Send Stealth Fighters Or Armata Tanks Into Ukraine
ByWesley CulpPublished2 hours ago
Russia Conserves its Newest and Oldest Equipment in its Invasion of Ukraine – Over the course of Russia’s invasion, Ukraine has become something of a testing ground for all sorts of Russian equipment, from aircraft to tanks, to electronic warfare tools. However, some systems appear to have remained absent from the fight, or at least not an obvious part of Russia’s invasion.
No T-14 Armata Tank
Some of Russia’s most advanced ground and air systems which it promoted as future workhorses of the Russian armed forces do not appear to have seen service yet on the battlefields of Ukraine. On the ground forces side, Russia’s T-14 Armata tank has been conspicuously absent from the conflict. Reportedly boasting an advanced autoloader-serviced 2A82-1M smoothbore main gun, the Armata’s design also features a protected crew capsule as an advanced digital firing system.
There are several probable reasons why the Armata has remained far from the battlefields of Ukraine. The first of these is that only a handful of prototype T-14 Armatas have been built, which means that the loss of one or several of the tanks would be particularly painful, and the project’s future prospects as a model the Russian government seeks to buy thousands of examples of and to sell abroad would be placed in jeopardy. Secondly, with a steep price tag of around $3.7 million per unit and certain highly technical components, replacing destroyed Armatas would be a heavy burden for Russia’s heavily sanctioned defense production base to bear.
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