The Hi-Tech T-14 Armata Battle Tank

Another of Putin’s New Russian Army innovations is the T-14 Armata Tank. This is a revolutionary upgrade on the cold-war era tanks. Costing about $4 million apiece, it is a marvel of contemporary deadliness.

The T-14 has reduced the number of crewmen to three by an automatic cannon-loading system. Innovative layered armor technology gives it higher protection. A computer-driven anti-missile defense system, and a patent anti-radar system turn it into an unlikely seeming 48-ton stealth weapon. Operators no longer have to sit on top of the ammunition, and a flushing toilet further raises morale. It outmatches any tank Ukraine is likely to be able to throw at it, and under the wings of a beast like the T-14, a battalion of infantrymen would be unstoppable as they raced across the landscape.