The T-14 and Su-57 are held in reserve, in case of a NATO attack. After all why use up your best equipment, when you can use assets with a shorter lifespan. Granted the troops wish they had better stuff, but using up the soon to be obsolete, preserves the tip of the spear.
but using up the soon to be obsolete, preserves the tip of the spear.
Meanwhile, we are using up our best equipment.
There are approximately 15 SU-57. 10 test birds and 5 production.
There are less than 30 T-14 tanks currently in the Russian inventory.
Those numbers aren’t doing squat in the face of NATO.
They are both prototypes and only a few examples have been made - T-14s need to accompanied by tow trucks, unreliable and have the same flaw as the antique T-64 - T90 series.
SU-57s are too expensive to make more of than a dozen of so, and have only been used briefly in combat once and that in the traditional Orc doctrinal role as flying artillery.
The Orc troops don’t wish they had better stuff, but just stuff - they are running out of everything including tanks. The only thing the Orcs have in abundance are artillery shells.