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I have been a proponent of the Russian tanks, given how their performance during the 1970s and 1980s was good in the middle east and how it slowly went downhill after that. The designs never kept up with the inherent … Continue reading Why are turrets blown off Russian tanks so commonly?
Intro- Everyone associated with defense was badly waiting for 9th of May 2015, for the Russian Victory Day parade. On this day, Russia was going to showcase a new tank, to be precise a family of armored vehicles which were being … Continue reading Armata: The armored vehicle of the future.
The Soviet Union had 1000s of tanks of various types and variants in its armies, designed to suite different set of requirements. Their tank formations were spearheaded by the T-80 which lead much larger numbers of slightly inferior T-72s and a … Continue reading T-90: The Genesis
The T-72 is one of the most widely used MBTs ever produced but has been slammed due to its dismal performance during the Iraqi campaign against the M1. This happened not because either one was overly superior, but because the M1 … Continue reading Countdown to tank battles of Iraq and T-72’s failure
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