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Common sense tells me when I have seen Israel and USA go thru Russian tanks for 50 years like a can opener with a bad attitude that no matter what any one says or writes Russian and USSR tanks were inferior in a major way to western tanks. M1 Abrams - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia...

People seen in the Iraq war what happened to soviet tanks built during the cold war, american tanks went thru them like a can opener with a bad attitude. The USSR did not produce two types of tanks as far as armor was concerned,, one with good armor for the Russians and one with bad armor for...

http://defensetech.org/2011/11/14/video-russias-t-90m-main-battle-tank/ Here are those upgrades according to a tipster: "¢Improved front and side armor protection against kinetic energy and high-energy anti-tank rounds. "¢ New V-93 1130hp diesel engine. "¢A new version of the Kontakt-5...

Another big differance is when a tanks fails its on the ground when an aircraft fails the chances are is its in the air, big big differance.

Can you back that up that the Russians wont be using the French sight which they bought the license to produce in 2010. M1A1/2 Abrams Main Battle Tank, United States of America « Robert's Fool Does any one then me see any inconsistancy in the fact that Russia is suppose to build effect IRST...

Its kind of hard to believe until recently 2010 that Russian Tanks even the T90 did not have thermal sights due to lack of Russian Technology, they do now but Russia had to buy the rights to build thermal sights from the French. Russia to start licensed production of foreign military...

Sensor Fuzed Weapon - 1000 Pound Smart Cluster Bomb - YouTube Are you sure you want to be in a tank in the 21st century.

Quote from Iraqi tanker, "During the Iraq Iran war the tank was my friend I even slept in it, but in this war I wanted to be as far away from the tank as possile because you knew you could die any second you were near the tank. Ever time we heard a plane we ran." In my country if you hit me...

In the Gulf and Iraq war we saw entire Iraqi Division of Armor destroyed in place by aerial weaponry, that was over ten years ago and planes carry even more and more effective weapons against tanks today and will even be more so tomorrow. Infantry and observers can just call for ground support...

You seem rather abusive, but then I seem that indicates a lack of rational thinking, so thats your problem. Is the Tank Really Obsolete? by James Dunnigan November 11, 2002 For several decades, the main battle tank has been declared obsolete. Like the battleship, another weapon that...

In July 2009, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that they will reduce the total number of tanks in active service in the military from 23,000 to 2,000. (And down from an astonishing 65,000 at the end of the Cold War.) These will be based in two separate tank brigades and more than 20...

During the Gulf war, US the Airforce and marine pilots effectively destroyed an entire Iraqi tank division, in about 3 hours. These were the finest main battle tanks that russia could make-not some cheap export model. However, without air cover, a $2 million tank is a sitting duck. The...

Technology has reached the point where its much easier and cheaper to build weapons to destroy tanks then its to improve armour an tank defense. There may be a place in modern warfare for tanks if you have superior air power, other wise they are nothing but targets.

Did you hear that the Polish government bought a thousand septic tanks? As soon as they learn to drive them, they're going to invade Russia. I doubt if Poland has the technology to buiild an antimissile defense for tanks, matter of fact I doubt if any one can build an antimissle...

You are not going to be able to build tanks large enought to defeat spigot mortars sprinciple, With modern electronics and miniaturisation smart anti-tank mortar rounds, these can be man in the loop systems requiring laser illumination and guidance or of the fire and forget variety with...

The battleship USS Missouri was active until 1992 but it was obsolete by 1942. Same for tanks, its not only that cheaper technology can defeat tanks, but that they can do it enmass.. No matter the Armour, no matter the defensive systems, there are going to be cheaper technological weapons...

Dont you think it is time to quit makeing excuses for Russian Equipments, excuses are for women and children, not men fighting war. 500 migs crash, this excuse, US takes out 2000 tanks, that excuse, US takes out targets in Baghdad, the most heavily defended city by Russian antiaircraft...

""level of the Russian and Ukrainian tanks to the match level of "western" machines"" Thats an assumption that varies from reality. In the Iraq US tanks went through Russian tanks like a knife through butter. It was never expected that Iraq with thousands of tanks would actually win, but...

I would not invest much in tanks, like the air craft carrier and not stealth air crafts they are on the way out. The Tank Is Dead, Long Live The Tank by James Dunnigan December 31, 2011 Has it really happened this time? Is the tank on its way out? For several decades the main battle tank...