Russia and Ukraine

[The Architect Of Fate]

There are rumours afoot (no real reporting) that Russia may soon deploy the T-14 Armata ‘super tank’. I’m not an armaments expert, but this doesn’t strike me as a major concern, because:

-The abysmal performance of Russian armour thus far in the war is as much a failure of logistics and tactics as it is the equipment. A new tank isn’t going to solve that.

-Ukrainians have shown themselves to be very, very good at locating and killing Russian tanks.

-While the actual number of T-14 available isn’t known with any certainty, Russia claims they’ll be able to deploy about 40 of them next year. This number doesn’t strike me as a game changer.

Boru

T14 suffers from the issue of there not being enough of them to make a difference and the fact Russia doesn't have the resources to build more or replace their losses. I think MR Putin should focus on feeding his troops and getting them some better guns than trying to use "wonder weapons" to win.