DrainBamage
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... and the joke of the Armata gets even funnier. From 2,300 tanks by 2020, to 330 tanks by 2020, to 100. Honestly I'd be surprised if they build those 100.
More than three years after Russia’s T-14 Armata tank made its widely touted and much scrutinized public debut, the country has made it clear it has no plans at present to buy more than 100 of them. The design’s ballooning cost has forced the Kremlin to focus its efforts on upgrading its T-72, T-80, and T-90 tanks, instead.
As an added bonus they are using the same line they did when announced canceling production of SU-57:
“We can … boost the series production [of the T-14] when needed and stay ahead of our colleagues, so to speak,” Deputy Prime Minister Borisov had claimed in 2017. He also described this as a "trump card" Russia could play at any time.
Source = Russia Can't Afford Its New T-14 Armata Tanks, Turns To Updated Older Designs Instead
More than three years after Russia’s T-14 Armata tank made its widely touted and much scrutinized public debut, the country has made it clear it has no plans at present to buy more than 100 of them. The design’s ballooning cost has forced the Kremlin to focus its efforts on upgrading its T-72, T-80, and T-90 tanks, instead.
As an added bonus they are using the same line they did when announced canceling production of SU-57:
“We can … boost the series production [of the T-14] when needed and stay ahead of our colleagues, so to speak,” Deputy Prime Minister Borisov had claimed in 2017. He also described this as a "trump card" Russia could play at any time.
Source = Russia Can't Afford Its New T-14 Armata Tanks, Turns To Updated Older Designs Instead