Russia and Ukraine

[Pat Mustard]

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

The other issue which would render the Armata not strategically significant; it's vapourware.