![]() Because the enemy is most likely to be in front of a tank, most of the weight of the armor is put on the ‘frontal arc’ to stop threats from ahead. However, tank armor is not the same from all angles. So it seems unlikely that something like a 30mm cannon, which can only penetrate about 45 mm or armor at typical combat ranges, would be able to do more than scratch it. This armor was designed to defeat the 105mm guns of NATO tanks, and early anti-tank missiles like Dragon and TOW. Its frontal armor is slanted to give an effective thickness of over 500 mm (20 inches) of steel plate, or at least ten times as much as the BTR-4. The T-72B3 is one of Russia’s most modern main battle tanks, a 45-ton steel beast with a 125mm cannon capable of destroying other tanks at long range. This is one of the most modern tanks in the invasion. NATO nations are sending dozens of state-of-the-art battle tanks to Ukraine, a move Russia has described as a dangerous escalation of the conflict.Russian T-72B3 main battle tank in Moscow. The Kremlin ordered production of 2,300 of the tanks by 2020, but this was later stretched to 2025, according to Russian media reports. “Eleven years in development, the programme has been dogged with delays, reduction in planned fleet size, and reports of manufacturing problems.” “Production is probably only in the low tens while commanders are unlikely to trust the vehicle in combat,” the British military said. It also said any deployment of the T-14 would likely be “a high-risk decision” for Russia and one taken primarily for propaganda purposes. In January, British military intelligence reported Russian forces in Ukraine were reluctant to accept the first tranche of the tanks because of their “poor condition”. The tanks have a maximum speed on the highway of 80 kilometres per hour (50mph), the agency said. The T-14 tank has an unmanned turret, and its crews remotely control the armaments from “an isolated armoured capsule located in the front of the hull”, RIA reported. The tanks have been fitted with extra protection on their flanks, and crews have undergone “combat coordination” at training grounds in Ukraine, RIA on Tuesday quoted an unnamed source close to the matter as saying. Russia has begun using its new T-14 Armata battle tanks to fire on Ukrainian positions “but they have not yet participated in direct assault operations”, the RIA state news agency reports. ![]()
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