{"id":47292,"date":"2022-05-05T20:58:05","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T18:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=47292"},"modified":"2022-05-08T07:01:39","modified_gmt":"2022-05-08T05:01:39","slug":"ukraine-humiliates-russia-by-destroying-one-of-its-most-modern-tanks-the-t-90m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2022\/05\/05\/ukraine-humiliates-russia-by-destroying-one-of-its-most-modern-tanks-the-t-90m\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine humiliates Russia by destroying one of its most modern tanks: the T-90M"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today marks 10 weeks since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the Russian Armed Forces have suffered a new humiliation. This time on land.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2022\/05\/03\/russia-already-lost-600-tanks-while-ukraine-is-receiving-hundreds-of-tanks-from-poland\/\">Russia already lost 600 tanks, while Ukraine is receiving hundreds of tanks from Poland<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2022\/04\/23\/the-tanks-that-the-uk-plans-to-send-to-poland-in-order-to-deliver-t-72-to-ukraine\/\">The tanks that the UK plans to send to Poland in order to deliver T-72 to Ukraine<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/oryxspioenkop\/status\/1521893220430622721\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oryxspioenkop posted this photo<\/a> of a war reporter near a destroyed Russian tank in the Kharkov region:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52052902800_eebd21c98f_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Expanding the image of the tank, <strong>what we see is a T-90M, the most modern model in the Russian Army's armored park<\/strong> (if we exclude the T-14 Armata, which is not yet in service).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52051364682_88747eabe9_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This Wednesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TankDiary\/status\/1521915491475935232\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tank Diary<\/a> identified the model in the photo by the characteristic remote-controlled turret equipped with a machine gun that the T-90M carries next to the commander's hatch.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\" style=\"margin:20px 0 20px 0;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What appears to be a destroyed Russian T-90M near Kharkov, Russia has so few of these tanks that any loss is a big one. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BWcUC1eTUC\">pic.twitter.com\/BWcUC1eTUC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TankDiary (@TankDiary) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TankDiary\/status\/1521915491475935232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 4, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>The T-90M Proryv is a modernized version of the T-90A<\/strong>, itself derived from the original T-90, which made its appearance in 1992. Like its predecessors, it has a 125mm 2A46M-5 cannon and is powered by a more powerful, plus<strong> a redesigned turret with additional armor<\/strong>. Here we can see it in a photo published by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vitalyvk\/status\/1512012396637872131\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vitaly Kuzmin<\/a> on April 7.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52051364657_32c7ea2cfb_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tass.com\/defense\/1143785\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Deliveries of the T-90M began in April 2020.<\/a> The official Russian agency Tass noted then: <em>\"<strong>The Proryv is outfitted with a new multi-channel sighting system that allows employing weapons at any time of day or night<\/strong> and, as its major advantage, it can exchange data with other vehicles in real time. <strong>The T-90M's armor features special anti-slip coating similar to that used on the latest T-14 Armata tank.<\/strong>\"<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52052441348_5ae6a310c2_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The first official event in which the T-90Ms already in service participated was<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vitalykuzmin.net\/Military\/Dress-rehearsal-of-2020-Moscow-Victory-Day-Parade\/i-gtm96NR\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Moscow Victory Parade on May 9, 2020<\/a>, commemorating the Allied victory in World War II in Europe.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TankDiary\/status\/1505307465109417990\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">According to this report published by Tan Diary on March 19<\/a>, <strong>in September 2021 Russia had only 2,573 active tanks<\/strong>, that is, they are actually in service in an organized unit (a tank battalion, regiment, brigade, etc.) and that are not undergoing field tests (as is the case with the T-14 Armata). Of them, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oryxspioenkop.com\/2022\/02\/attack-on-europe-documenting-equipment.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Russia has already lost 606 in Ukraine, according to the latest data from Oryxspioenkop.com<\/a>. As we already saw in Defense and Aviation on April 14, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2022\/04\/14\/russia-has-already-lost-more-than-500-tanks-in-ukraine-this-affects-its-military-forces\/\">the Russian tanks deployed in Ukraine would be about 1,400<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52052453243_c21d785e11_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As seen in the graph,<strong> in September Russia only had 8 active T-90Ms<\/strong>, so the loss of just one is serious damage. In total, <strong>Russia has already lost at least 20 T-90 tanks<\/strong>, including different variants, in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>However, the most punished model of the Russian armored fleet in Ukraine is precisely the model on which the T-90 is based. According to data from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oryxspioenkop.com\/2022\/02\/attack-on-europe-documenting-equipment.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oryxspioenkop.com<\/a>, <strong>Russia has already lost at least 364 of the 1,903 T-72s it has in total in Ukraine in 10 weeks.<\/strong> The humiliation that Russia has suffered with the destruction of that T-90M is symbolic, but <strong>the loss of almost a fifth of its T-72s in less than two and a half months is even more humiliating.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Likewise, <strong>Russia has already lost at least 114 of its 443 T-80s in Ukraine, that is, a quarter of the total.<\/strong> And that, I repeat, in just 10 weeks. If this war continues, Russia will end up having serious problems covering the already enormous losses it is taking in its armored fleet.<\/p>\n<p>---<\/p>\n<p><small>Main photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vitalykuzmin.net\/Military\/Dress-rehearsal-of-2020-Moscow-Victory-Day-Parade\/i-gtm96NR\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vitaly Kuzmin<\/a>. A T-90M at the Victory Parade in Moscow on May 9, 2020, when the first units of this tank, already in service since April of that year, were presented.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today marks 10 weeks since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the Russian Armed Forces have suffered a new humiliation. 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