Sorry to derail, but any thoughts on how the new Russian T-14 tank stacks up against the modern US Abram? Would Canada even have anything to match against it?
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The T-14 Armata is expected to enter service next year. The Russian army plans to deploy as many as 2,300 of these new tanks by 2020, although the IISS cautions that this “ambitious target is unlikely to be met.”
But the Armata possesses a more powerful gun than its British equivalent, the Challenger 2, and probably a surer ability to protect itself and survive on the battlefield. “Assuming Armata is successfully developed and enters service, Western land forces should be very concerned,” said Brigadier Ben Barry, a land warfare specialist at the IISS.
“Armata has two revolutionary elements: first of all it’s been designed from the outset with an unmanned turret and that turret may well have the capacity to accept a larger gun in future. Secondly, it’s been designed with an integral active protection system which shoots down incoming anti-tank missiles.”
http://news.nationalpost.com/news/wo...-blocking-tank
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Thank you
LChoy