Has Russia Given Up On The T-14 Tank?

T-14 Armata Tank. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

Insider: Russia is trying to sell other countries the new 'cutting-edge' tank that Moscow itself apparently doesn't really want to buy 

* Russia's state-run arms maker is marketing the new T-14 Armata tank for export. 

* The T-14 is considered highly advanced, with features said to match or exceed those of NATO's tanks. 

* But Moscow has reduced its own purchases of Armatas, raising doubt about its ability to build them. 

Russia wants other nations to buy its advanced T-14 Armata, but Russia itself doesn't seem that interested in the new tank. 

The Russian army has bought few T-14s, and the Armata has been largely absent from what should have been its baptism of fire — the Ukraine war. 

Nonetheless, Rosoboronexport — the state arms company that manufactures the Armata — tried to sell the new tank at Army 2022, a big defense trade show sponsored by the Russian government.  

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Update: T-14 Armata: Is Russia Ready to Give Up On Its ‘Best’ Tank? (19FortyFive)  

WNU Editor: These T-14 tanks are expensive. I suspect that the Russian Ministry of Defense made the decision that it is cheaper to modernize their existing tank inventories than to buy thousands of new T-14s.