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This yields a balance of immediately available tanks of about 4:1 in the Red Army's favour. The T-34 was the most modern in the world, and the KV series the best armoured. The most advanced Soviet tank models, however, the T-34 and KV-1, were not available in large numbers early in the war, and only accounted for 7.2% of the total Soviet tank ...
This includes modified captured tanks. T-III (T-3) - captured Panzer III; T-IV (T-4) - captured Panzer IV; T-V (T-5) - captured Panther tank; SU-76i - captured Panzer III modified to mount an 76mm S-1 gun on a tank destroyer configuration. SU-85i - captured Panzer III modified to mount an 85mm D-5S-85A gun on a tank destroyer configuration.
Russia: As of 19 December 2023 at least 1 has been lost in the Russian Invasion of Ukraine. [216] As of 10 May 2024 at least 1 has been lost in the Russian Invasion of Ukraine. [44] 1L122 Garmony: Air surveillance radar: Unknown Russia: Portable version is supplied. [217] Nebo-SV/S Nebo-M Air surveillance radar Soviet Union Russia
Lipatkin's IS-2 tank supporting infantry in Berlin, 27 April. After Kursk, 1st Tank Army participated in the Proskurov-Chernovtsy Operation, the Lvov-Sandomierz Operation, the Vistula-Oder Offensive, and the Battle of Berlin. It was awarded a Guards title and became the 1st Guards Tank Army in April 1944, and Katukov was promoted to Colonel ...
In order to give them the required speed, cruiser designs sacrificed armour compared to the infantry tanks. The Soviet fast tank (bistrokhodniy tank, or BT tank) classification also came out of the infantry/cavalry concept of armoured warfare and formed the basis for the British cruisers after 1936. The T-34 was a development of this line of ...
The "Armata" Universal Combat Platform (Russian: Армата) [8] [9] is a Russian advanced next generation modular heavy military tracked vehicle platform. The Armata platform is the basis of the T-14 (a main battle tank), the T-15 (a heavy infantry fighting vehicle), a combat engineering vehicle, an armoured recovery vehicle, a heavy armoured personnel carrier, a tank support combat vehicle ...
IT-1. Kubinka tank museum. The IT-1 (Russian: Истребитель танков–1 - 'Istrebitel tankov–1', lit. 'tank destroyer-1') was a Soviet Cold War missile tank based on the hull of the T-62. The tank fired specially designed 3M7 Drakon missiles from a pop-up launcher. It saw a very limited service between 1968 and 1970.
The Kurganets-25 is designed to be a successor to the BMP-3 Russian tracked troop carrier which fulfills a similar role as Western designs like the American M2 Bradley and British Warrior. The Kurganets-25 is based on the Armata Universal Combat Platform while being lighter than the T-15 Armata "heavy IFV" based on the same and similar to the ...