Drone footage of a($10M)American Abrams tank smoking near Berdyshy, Avdeevka direction. pic.twitter.com/1LUFFlNALI— Blackrussian (@Blackrussiantv) March 3, 2024
GAME CHANGER
Posted on 03/04/2024 7:29:32 AM PST by marcusmaximus
Vladimir Putin's military is unlikely to use its prized T-14 Armata tank in combat in Ukraine because it is "too valuable," an ally of the Russian president said.
The comments were made by Sergey Chemezov, the CEO of Rostec, the country's state-owned defense conglomerate, in an interview with Russian state-run news agency RIA Novosti, published Sunday.
Moscow is reported to have briefly deployed several of the main battle tanks for combat operations in July 2023, before they were withdrawn from the front line. The tank was once labeled by a senior British army official as "the most revolutionary tank in a decade."
"The Armata, in general, is a little expensive," Chemezov said. "In terms of functionality, it is, of course, much superior to existing tanks, but it is too valuable, so the army is unlikely to use it now. It's easier for them to buy the same T-90s."
Chemezov also said Russia's military needs more funds to produce new tanks and weapons.
"Now we need money to create new tanks, new weapons, perhaps cheaper ones. Therefore, if there is an opportunity to buy cheaper ones, why not," he said.
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Lol- “too valuable to use”- now that’s funny.
Yes, they are saving it for the next war. LOL
wars ain’t cheap
“The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the products of human labour. War is a way of shattering to pieces, or pouring into the stratosphere, or sinking in the depths of the sea, materials which might otherwise be used to make the masses too comfortable, and hence, in the long run, too intelligent.”
― George Orwell, 1984
“Oceania had always been at war with Eastasia.”
― George Orwell, 1984
“...the object of waging a war is always to be in a better position in which to wage another war.”
― George Orwell, 1984
“The war, therefore if we judge it by the standards of previous wars, is merely an imposture. It is like the battles between certain ruminant animals whose horns are incapable of hurting one another. But though it is unreal it is not meaningless. It eats up the surplus of consumable goods, and it helps to preserve the special mental atmosphere that the hierarchical society needs. War, it will be seen, is now a purely internal affair. In the past, the ruling groups of all countries, although they might recognize their common interest and therefore limit the destructiveness of war, did fight against one another, and the victor always plundered the vanquished. In our own day they are not fighting against one another at all. The war is waged by each ruling group against its own subjects, and the object of the war is not to make or prevent conquests of territory, but to keep the structure of society intact. The very word “war,” therefore, has become misleading. It would probably be accurate to say that by becoming continuous war has ceased to exist. The peculiar pressure that is exerted on human beings between the Neolithic Age and the early twentieth century has disappeared and has been replaced by something quite different. The effect would be much the same if the three superstates, instead of fighting one another, should agree to live in perpetual peace, each inviolate within its own boundaries. For in that case each would still be a self-contained universe, freed forever from the sobering influence of external danger. A peace that was truly permanent would be the same as a permanent war. This—although the vast majority of Party members understand it only in a shallower sense—is the inner meaning of the Party slogan: WAR IS PEACE.”
― George Orwell, 1984
“Capital Ship” has entered the land battle.
The T-14 Armata was developed for May 9th “Victory” parades in Red Square, not for battlefield use.
Lol!
I think they should retire the term “Weapon of War” for this tank, and rename the term for it “Too Valuableto Use”
How many times today are you going to post this,Eggman?
Too valuable to use except for “Victory” parades in Red Square.
Drone footage of a($10M)American Abrams tank smoking near Berdyshy, Avdeevka direction. pic.twitter.com/1LUFFlNALI— Blackrussian (@Blackrussiantv) March 3, 2024
GAME CHANGER
At this point, the Russians prefer to just blast away at Ukrainian frontlines to try to beat Ukraine and its army into submission.
When Russians capture cities, they wind up with rubble and very angry locals.
Why all the expensive and sophisticated parts then? Wouldn’t a near empty shell of a tank be more appropriate for show (and much less expensive)?
T-14 Armata stronk as bull! Kyiv in 3 days!
Video of the burning out of the third destroyed #American #Abrams tank.
The reputational losses of the American military-industrial complex are simply enormous. pic.twitter.com/jNTEjLynKt— Arthur Morgan (@ArthurM40330824) March 3, 2024
Laugh all you want, but Putin is kicking Ukrainians ass without it, so why would he risk it with NATao just chomping at the bit for a wider war. He’s probably saving it for when NATO tries to attack Russia.
And yet the front keeps moving west......
Obviously for the Russians their machines are worth even more than their own people.
Both the Russians and US are not using cutting edge weapons. The US is not using the strongest plates in their tanks. This in not WWIII yet.
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