Well, kind've deals with the previous comments as I turn to the "
vaunted" T-14 ARMATA.
Has anyone besides me noticed we haven't heard a
darn thing about the
ARMATA since early
May when apparently the
14 sent into "
combat" were used in an
artillery role which was
unverified except by Moscow?
Or prior to that which
has been verified even by Moscow that the frontline units that were assigned to use them basically found the tanks
flawed in many aspects of operations and sent them back?
You should've as I know I posted articles related to both issues along with a handful of others.
I haven't checked but I suspect we have them operational which would make that a travesty.
Well, we have the first news of them since about May.
Moscow has withdrawn them for "
unspecified" reasons only saying that "
testing is still ongoing" so they are gone and
never were spotted on the
battlefield.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world...9e273c6c&ei=19
It has also been
several months since the
T-90M (As was reported here.) has seen combat in the Ukraine frontlines as well. We know they've gotten a
handful of new ones, but all are believed to be in
Crimea as coming from various sources.
Just checked
ORNX with no news on
ARMATA and
No Change for the
T-90M the last (
Of 2/1st in Sep 2022. ) captured on
03 Dec. 2022.
I will gladly take the bet that the second is "
stateside" or at the very least
under our control and the other in the hands of our
European allies to include the Ukraine. Those two captures represent an
Intelligence coup for the West and will provide valuable insights to the
ARMATA as well.
After the ARMATA showing somewhere near the Ukraine (Actually they were near the border in Crimea.) I don't believe we'll see them
operational before mid-2024 if then or at all.
To the contractors
they rule the military case in point, we had a situation with the navigation system which "was dying" but
our techs broke it down and kept that system running a little beyond it's normal "spin down" process.
Today they're not authorized nor are they for the most part trained to do so beyond making Adjustments, PMS, Maintenace and swapping out circuit cards. Anything like what we dealt with has to be done by the contractors responsible for the equipment.
Regards,
Pat
