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?

The war in Ukraine is driving new interest in wheeled armored vehicles, but it's also putting their weaknesses on display

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Army Stryker soldier
A US soldier cleans under a Stryker vehicle at a barracks in Germany in February 2022.

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Israel's war with Hamas shows why even 50 years of upgrades can't make tanks invulnerable

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A destroyed Israeli tank in Gaza City on October 7.

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The US Army needs tanks to win a war in the Pacific, but it knows the Abrams isn't the right tank for the job

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A US Army M1A2 Abrams tank at Fort Stewart in Georgia in December 2016.

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Ukraine's 'free-spirited use' of anti-tank missiles is wrecking Russian armor, but it doesn't mean the tank's days are over

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Ukrainian troops with anti-tank missile launchers at a ceremony in Kyiv in November 2018.

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Tank battles in Ukraine are putting several generations of 'crappy Russian armored vehicles' and their flaws on display

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Two destroyed Russian tanks on a city road.
Destroyed Russian tanks on display in Kyiv in August.

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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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Russia T-14 Armata tank
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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