Re: Some thoughts on Soviet OOB. And questions.
That is hard to say. At the present time they are buying some T-90, modernizing some T-72B to roughly T-90 levels and IF money can be spared they want to modernize some
T-80BV as well. No serious plans to produce T-95 anytime soon.
Foreign customers are lining up for the T-90 but the more advanced Black Eagle was snubbed, probably because anybody willing to buy something more sophisticated than the
T-90/T-72 would be heading West anyway. This isn't a big incentive to begin the production of a new high tech tank in the current climate. Speaking of which while the economy is improving the new emphasis placed upon strategic weapons (missiles, submarines etc) is not going to make a lot of resources available for tank building anytime soon.
Bottom line, the T-95 might be produced at some point, but not,let's say, within the next five years for example.
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