The 90 is just an upgrade of the 72, similar to the way the M-60 was an upgrade of the M-48 for the US. I want to see the Armata hit the field.
But, this will be a much bigger improvement than the M-60 was over the M-48. The new advances certainly are not in running gear and simply thicker armour. The advances in tank technology is much like the advances in automobiles the past decades - a new auto looks pretty much like one from the early 2000’s: you can tell their is a difference, but if you didn’t know better, you would be hard-pressed to say which was the new model. On the inside and how they perform, though, the differences are amazing. If this new reactive armour is effective, and the targeting systems work as advertised, this model of an older tank will be a big advance.
Thanks for the post Sukhoi-30mki for the post. Informative, like usual.
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