The three-man crew sits in an armored capsule inside the already heavily armored tank, providing increased protection over past tanks. Armata is armed with a 2A82-1M smoothbore gun, 57-millimeter grenade launcher, and 12.7-millimeter machine gun, all mounted in an unmanned turret. The Russian military has also taken the opportunity to use Syria as a testing ground for a variety of brand new weapons, including the Su-57 “Felon” fifth generation fighter and the Uran-9 robotic weapons carrier.Īrmata largely breaks with that path.

Russia, which views Damascus as a client state and warm water port for the Russian Navy, has supported Syrian President Bashar al-Assad with weapons and Russian military forces. Russia is currently backing the Syrian government in a nearly 10-year-long war against separatist forces. They were used in field conditions, in Syria, so, we took into account all the nuances.' Denis Manturov, Minister for Industry and Trade told a state news show, “Yes, that’s right. Russian state media site TASS reports that Armata tanks were sent to Syria by the Russian government. Moscow originally boasted it would have thousands of Armatas by 2020, but a half decade of production delays means it has at best a handful of the new fighting vehicles. The Russian government has revealed that its new T-14 Armata main battle tank was shipped to Syria for use under “field conditions.” Armata, a brand new tank design, was apparently shipped to Russian forces in Syria but it is not clear if the tank actually saw combat.

Moscow is supposed to have 2,300 of the tanks by now, but delays have meant that only a handful are operational.Russia’s new T-14 “Armata” tank was shipped to Syria for testing purposes.

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