One of the biggest takeaways from the Ukraine War is that russia has sucked at making main battle tanks for a lot longer than anyone was willing to admit even in western defense circles.
One of the biggest takeaways from the Ukraine War is that russia has sucked at making main battle tanks for a lot longer than anyone was willing to admit even in western defense circles.
This was foreseeable.
It’s one thing to develop a new tank. It’s something different to improve the first models to be ready for mass production and deployment.
While this phenomenon isn’t unique to Russia is was probable that the limited Russian (as opposed to former SU) arms industry would be able to develop and mass produce a completely new tank plattform within a few years… especially given that Russia at the same time started a war which consumes more and more ressources.