Yes, those are T-14 Armatas. In fact they're quite simple to distinguish: Armatas are the only tank in the Russian inventory which uniquely has 9 tracked wheels, whereas the T-72 and T-80 have 8 wheels on each tracked side. T-62 and T-64 also have 8. The Armata was designed with 9 for the first time to accomodate its much larger size, wh…
Yes, those are T-14 Armatas. In fact they're quite simple to distinguish: Armatas are the only tank in the Russian inventory which uniquely has 9 tracked wheels, whereas the T-72 and T-80 have 8 wheels on each tracked side. T-62 and T-64 also have 8.
The Armata was designed with 9 for the first time to accomodate its much larger size, which now puts it in league with the Abrams, Leopard, Challenger, etc which likewise all have 9 owing to their length and size. As you can see in the train video, the tanks have 9 wheels so they're Armatas.
Right! Got you! Didn't see that video link. And even if I had seen it, I can't view it because it is non-accessible from Darkest Mordor, where I am resident.
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Non-accessible here on Chrome as well. I then used a VPN on Chrome and saw the Bitchute video. I sincerely doubt that that clip was shot in the Rostov oblast. meaning Rostov-on-Don. The winters there are quite mild, and if they do get a snowfall there, it quickly thaws after a few days. However, it could have been shot in the region of the other Rostov northeast of Moscow, "Great Rostov", which is still under snow, as is Moscow right now.
I was like "9 wheels? I thought the Armata had 7 road wheels..?" Then I had the aha moment...Simplicius is counting the drive and idler sprockets as wheels... the internet nit-pickers will downgrade his blog pronouncements accordingly!
Yes, those are T-14 Armatas. In fact they're quite simple to distinguish: Armatas are the only tank in the Russian inventory which uniquely has 9 tracked wheels, whereas the T-72 and T-80 have 8 wheels on each tracked side. T-62 and T-64 also have 8.
The Armata was designed with 9 for the first time to accomodate its much larger size, which now puts it in league with the Abrams, Leopard, Challenger, etc which likewise all have 9 owing to their length and size. As you can see in the train video, the tanks have 9 wheels so they're Armatas.
I was referring to this photo at the head of the article.
Where are the "tracked wheels"?
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Those are Bumerang IFV's. The Armatas are in the linked video right before that.
Right! Got you! Didn't see that video link. And even if I had seen it, I can't view it because it is non-accessible from Darkest Mordor, where I am resident.
Interesting, Bitchute is not accessible in Russia at all?
D.M. Pennington
08:45 (12 minutes ago)
I can't get it on Yandex browser. I might be able to get it on Chrome, using a VPN. I shall give it a try.
D.M. Pennington <moscowexile@gmail.com>
08:57 (1 minute ago)
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Non-accessible here on Chrome as well. I then used a VPN on Chrome and saw the Bitchute video. I sincerely doubt that that clip was shot in the Rostov oblast. meaning Rostov-on-Don. The winters there are quite mild, and if they do get a snowfall there, it quickly thaws after a few days. However, it could have been shot in the region of the other Rostov northeast of Moscow, "Great Rostov", which is still under snow, as is Moscow right now.
"it is non-accessible from Darkest Mordor, where I am resident."
Mordor on the Potomac?
Nah — Mordor on the Moskva, the Orc capital.
I was like "9 wheels? I thought the Armata had 7 road wheels..?" Then I had the aha moment...Simplicius is counting the drive and idler sprockets as wheels... the internet nit-pickers will downgrade his blog pronouncements accordingly!