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The T-90 is Russia’s most-advanced tank, with the base model entering service in 1992. Production ramped up in the late-2000s.
The T-90M is the latest version of the tank, first entering service in 2016.
Russia is thought to field around 1,000 of all T-90 variants, compared to around 5,000 T-72s - the tank the T-90 is based on and which has done the bulk of the fighting in Ukraine.
The incredible footage emerged as Russian tanks, trucks and artillery are amassing in southern Ukraine. Putin’s forces are seeking to tighten their grip on the region amid a valiant counter-offensive by Kyiv.
The Kherson region near Crimea has been under Kremlin control since March 2 after a bloody six-day battle, with Russians driving north from the occupied peninsula.
Yet the invaders have faced intense pushback by Ukraine over recent weeks, with Kyiv now confident it will liberate the region by September.
According to the British Ministry of Defence (MoD) daily intelligence update this morning: ‘Long convoys [...] continue to move away from Ukraine’s Donbas region and are headed southwest.’
1700+ Russian tanks destroyed? Most have 3-man crews, don’t they? That would be about 5,000 casualties, assuming the tanks were manned and operating when destroyed. Surprisingly, crew members sometimes get out of these things alive.
But, that’s a lot of sad government “letters back home” to an unhappy girlfriend, wife, or family. This war can’t be overly popular, on either side.
“The T-90 is Russia’s most-advanced tank”
I take it you’re not so impressed with the T-14 Armata?