19.07.2023
T-14 Armata Tested in Ukraine Combat, Russia rolls out new batch of Putin’s ‘Best Tank In The World ‘
‘Tanks withdrawn from front after performance test.’
©CRUX 2023
T-14 Armata Tested in Ukraine Combat (video)
‘Tanks withdrawn from front after performance test.’
I see no evidence whatsoever of any combat testing in Ukraine. Just a carefully choreographed video that could have been shot anywhere.
Supposedly it was on the southern front, but I’ll have to see if I can get some confirmation.
The source is very dodgy too. Crux publish a lot of pro russian crap, and are based in India, so that’s no surprise.
Only other July source I’m finding is this:
I read a few articles claiming it has been used in Ukraine, but only to fire on Ukrainian positions, not in actual combat. These reports are all from russian sources, so hardly reliable. Even if true, using a tank as glorified artillery, is not combat testing.
Indeed. They are using their museum pieces as artillery, too. That’s no real combat for a tank.
Yes it’s what I’m finding too is a high likelihood of kremprop.
“Even if true, using a tank as glorified artillery, is not combat testing.”
~ I completely agree with you.
Military TV quotes a ruscist source(RIA) saying “Russis has begun using it’s T-14 Armata battle tanks to fire on Ukrainian positions ‘but they have not yet participated in direct assault operations’.” Author goes on to say “… concrete visual evidence to substantiate these claims remains elusive.”
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Concrete proof will be present when we see the first one launching its turret into the sky.
It would be worth wasting a Storm Shadow on one of these. Better still would be to capture one, then send it to the US, to analyse the latest invisible weapon.
I think a Storm Shadow would be too valuable to waste on this piece of junk.
Yeah, and reading about the tank, the maximum range for it’s main gun is 12km, well within HIMAR’s range. So I don’t see this junk getting anywhere near the front lines, or even in Ukraine.
A simple drone with an anti-tank grenade strapped onto it can make it propel its turret into low orbit. I’m waiting for the first videos about the first T-14 going up in flames. But, I don’t think that the mafiosi will keep it in the danger zone for long. Unless they’re getting desperate for modern tanks, even with flaws.