Russian Armour and Fighting Vehicles

This book covers the various designs of tanks and armoured fighting vehicles in current use in the war in Ukraine.

These include original Soviet equipment like the T-72 and T-80 plus newer designs such as the T-90.

Russia has large stocks of armour as a legacy of the Soviet Union.

However, many are older modes stored in poor conditions.

The tank design team at state manufacturers Uralvagonzavod have produced modern designs such as the T-14 Armata, however, the forces deployed in Ukraine still rely heavily on older equipments such as the T-72B3.

The conflict has also exposed the vulnerability of Russian armour to NATO-supplied anti-tank weapons, from countries including the UK.

This has led to heavy losses while many armoured vehicles have simply been abandoned due to poor morale and logistics.