Russian vs. Western-made tanks in the Ukraine war

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Tanks are the apex predator on Ukraine's battlefields, with modern Western tanks facing off against Soviet-designed relics. But which country has the power?

Russia is keeping its newest weapons out of Ukraine, likely fearing a combat loss would ruin their reputation

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Russian T-14 Armata tanks drive during the Victory Day Parade in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, June 24, 2020.
Russian T-14 Armata tanks drive during the Victory Day Parade in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, June 24, 2020.

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Russia's new tank — its T-14 Armata — is probably too expensive to use in Ukraine, top weapons maker says

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A Russian T-14 Armata tank participates in a Victory Day Parade night rehearsal on Tverskaya street on May 4, 2022 in Moscow, Russia.
A Russian T-14 Armata tank participates in a Victory Day Parade night rehearsal on Tverskaya street on May 4, 2022 in Moscow, Russia.

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The new T-14 tank Russia has been bragging about? We haven't seen it 'a single time,' Ukraine's military intel chief says

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A T-14 Armata tank during a rehearsal for the Victory Day parade in Moscow's Red Square in May 2015.

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Russia has lost more than 2,200 tanks in Ukraine, and it may be reaching the limit of its ability to 'rebuild' older ones

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A Ukrainian soldier checks a wrecked Russian tank outside a village east of Kharkiv in April 2022.

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