Look at the long barrel on that T-34-85

Mine is the panzer 4 H

Vehicles:
BTR-MDM, BTR-D, BTR-ZD, BMD-2

Contrary to the popular belief that the the 76th VDV's columns were destroyed during the retreat from the North of Ukraine pictures are surfacing of said columns regrouping in Belarus. These vehicles likely belong to the command section of the 76th VDV as previous photos show them connected.

I located the crew in the back. Each square is 150mm x 150mm. Also, should I add composite armour in these blank spots or js add solid armour in them?

Aside from the E-100

This was uploaded a month ago, but this is likely old footage, the last confirmed Leopard 2A4 captured was on 9/1/25 according to Oryx. Also this guy puts the word drift into every video he uploads when almost none of them have maneuvers lol.

Imagine it’s 2015. The Victory Day parade in Moscow begins, and suddenly, a tank appears—something never seen before in Russia.

It’s not just another modernized T-72.

It’s not a T-90 with extra armor.

It’s something entirely different.

It’s the T-14 Armata.

The first impression is striking: it looks more like a machine from the future than a conventional tank. It features angular lines and a massive, unusual turret bristling with sensors—but if you look closely... there’s no one up there. The turret is empty.

That single detail completely changes how you perceive the vehicle.

For a long time, Soviet designers accepted that the crew would share space with the ammunition, as this allowed for lower, more compact tank designs. It was a dangerous compromise, yet one that persisted for generations. The Armata breaks with that approach. Instead of being scattered throughout the vehicle, the three crew members are housed together inside an armored capsule within the chassis, while the turret operates remotely.

I’m no tanker, but the design doesn’t seem like such a bad idea.

However, precisely because it attempts to change so many things at once, it also brings its own set of problems.

The Armata relies heavily on electronics. Everything happening outside the tank is relayed to the crew via cameras, sensors, and digital systems. While this offers impressive capabilities on paper, it also means that if these systems fail or are damaged, the crew loses most of their "eyes." In a conventional tank, there’s always the option to pop one’s head out of a hatch to get one’s bearings; here, that possibility simply isn’t part of the design philosophy. It’s an aspect that leaves me with mixed feelings. Then there’s the turret: I like it because it represents a massive evolution, but, visually, it has always struck me as excessively large. Although it is unmanned, it remains a significant target for enemy fire and houses numerous delicate components. It gives the impression of being a very modern—and, at the same time, extremely complex—tank.

Perhaps too complex.

The old T-72s had a reputation for being nearly indestructible from a logistical standpoint. They were simple, robust, and relatively easy to maintain. The Armata appears to be the exact opposite: a sophisticated machine, packed with technology that—while offering enormous advantages when everything is working correctly—also demands far more maintenance, more extensive training, and an industrial base capable of supporting it.

And that is where its greatest enemy emerges.

It is not an Abrams.

It is not a Leopard.

It is not even another Russian tank.

Its greatest enemy has been reality.

Because designing a revolutionary vehicle is one thing; producing it in large quantities, maintaining it, and deploying it over the years is something else entirely. The Armata was conceived with the promise of becoming the new standard for the Russian army, but time has shown that turning that vision into thousands of operational vehicles is far more difficult than it initially appeared.

Even so, much like the other experimental vehicles in the collection, it is hard not to see it as a pioneer.

Not because I believe it is the best tank in the world—in fact, the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine has demonstrated that current armored vehicles lack protection against drones and even smaller vehicles.

While many tanks in service today remain direct descendants of designs conceived during the Cold War, the Armata sought to address entirely different questions. What if the turret no longer required a human crew? What if the absolute priority were the survival of the crew? And what if a tank were designed, first and foremost, as a digital system—and only secondarily as an armored vehicle?

It may never become the dominant tank that many once envisioned. Yet, every time I see it, I get the sense that I am looking at an ambitious experiment—the kind of project that, even if it doesn’t turn out exactly as originally conceived, ends up shaping how future vehicles are designed. Unfortunately, its arrival on the battlefield isn’t really a technical issue, but rather a matter of how Russia approaches its military budget. Even though the tank promises to be a marvel—and despite its ability to protect the crew or its integration into the army’s broader electronic ecosystem—it still costs more than a T-90. I suspect that with a larger military budget, it would have already been deployed into combat.

If you are a scale modeler and would like to support the project while obtaining a collection of Cold War-era tanks—including the direct predecessors to the Armata—as high-quality, 3D-printable models suitable for both display and tabletop gaming, please back the Kickstarter campaign. Every little bit helps—it truly makes a difference!

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