{"id":53331,"date":"2023-10-08T20:39:31","date_gmt":"2023-10-08T18:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=53331"},"modified":"2024-10-08T00:06:38","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T22:06:38","slug":"the-total-destruction-of-the-most-modern-tank-that-russia-is-using-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2023\/10\/08\/the-total-destruction-of-the-most-modern-tank-that-russia-is-using-in-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"The total destruction of the most modern tank that Russia is using in Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Russian army continues to suffer heavy losses of armored vehicles in its invasion of Ukraine, including its most modern tank.<\/p>\n

The mystery of the T-14 Armata and the old tanks that Russia is sending to the front<\/a><\/rel>
\nNew humiliation for Russia: Ukraine captures a T-90M, the most modern active Russian tank<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n

Currently, on a theoretical level, the most advanced Russian tank would be the T-14 Armata, which Russia said it had sent to Ukraine in April<\/strong>. The reality, as usual, differs greatly from the Kremlin's propaganda: so far not a single image of a T-14 Armata has been seen in Ukraine<\/strong>, something that could be explained by the numerous problems that this tank has<\/a>. Instead, Russia is shipping more obsolete models, such as the T-54, T-55 and T-60.<\/p>\n

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A Russian T-90M delivered to the Taman Motorized Rifle Division in April 2020 (Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense<\/a>).<\/div>\n

The absence of the T-14 Armata means that the most modern tank of the Russian army in Ukraine is the T-90M Proryv<\/strong>. Russia does not have many of these tanks still in active use. In February 2020, the Russian media Vedomosti.ru published that between 2017-2019, Russia signed three contracts for T-90M tanks with a total volume of more than 160 vehicles<\/strong>, but deliveries appear to have slowed down , probably due to the shortage of electronic parts caused by Western sanctions on Russia.<\/p>\n

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The T-90M is currently the most modern tank active in the Russian army, which still does not show images of the announced deployment of the problematic T-14 Armata in Ukraine (Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense<\/a>).<\/div>\n

The prestige of the T-90M was already affected last year. In May 2022, Ukrainian forces managed to destroy a T-90M for the first time<\/a>, specifically in the Kharkiv region. The vehicle shown then was seriously damaged and completely burned, but the tank structure remained intact.<\/p>\n

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The T-90M destroyed by Ukrainian forces in the Kharkiv region in May 2022 (Photo: Oryxspioenkop<\/a>).<\/div>\n

In September 2022, Ukraine captured an intact T-90M for the first time<\/a>, in a new humiliation for the Russian army. So far, according to data published by Oryxspioenkop.com<\/a>, Russia has already lost 45 T-90M (3 of them captured by Ukraine), a fairly high number<\/strong>, if we take into account that in May 2023 the estimates<\/a> were that The Russian army could have 100 T-90M in active service. Today Ukrainian Front<\/a> has released a video showing the total destruction of one of those tanks:<\/strong><\/p>\n