Not survivable in Donbas, Ukraine's Main Battle Tank has massive problems. At the most recent Tank Games, only a pitiful handful of planned dozens of shells were actually fired, even after a year of preparation, because the "autoloader" mechanism is worthless.
For now, troops are still hunkered down in old T-64's in Eastern Ukraine well away from the front lines. Fifty (50) T-84s were foisted off on poor Thailand and are rusting away unused.
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However, even vaunted German Leopards are blowing up right and left in Syria under militant ATGM onslaughts. Is the day of the tank, over?
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