Russians are afraid to use T-14 "Armata" tanks in battles against the Armed Forces-British Intelligence (Photo)
The department reminds that earlier Russia has carried out work on the preparation of a small number of combat tanks T-14 "Armat" for the first prompt deployment of the said equipment in Ukraine. However, Russian troops involved in hostilities in a neighboring country reluctantly accepted weapons because of its extremely unsatisfactory technical condition.
"It is unclear what the characteristics of" Armat "have caused such a reaction, but over the last three years Russian officials have publicly described problems with the engine and thermal imaging systems of the T-14,"-continued the British scouts in their report. Separately, the department notes that in 2021, the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergey Shoig called the "experimental and industrial" batch of T-14 tanks, whose serial issue is scheduled a year later.
Therefore, given the above, the scouts come to the conclusion that all Armatha -deployed in Ukraine will not meet working standards for new equipment. Recall that at the end of December, Russian propagandists announced the tanks of the T-14 "armature" tanks, which are considered in the Russian Federation by one of the most modern. Fighting vehicles have established dynamic protection "Malachite" and the complex of active protection "Afghanite", which should counteract anti -tank missiles.