{"id":1466197,"date":"2022-05-06T08:30:25","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T12:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1466197"},"modified":"2022-05-06T08:32:00","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T12:32:00","slug":"russias-most-advanced-operational-tank-was-just-lost-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russias-most-advanced-operational-tank-was-just-lost-in-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia\u2019s Most Advanced Operational Tank Was Just Lost in Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frussias-most-advanced-operational-tank-was-just-lost-in-ukraine%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1466197&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"css-itqiyo\">\n<div class=\"css-tomq47\">\n<h2 class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-h6 css-1k6vyop\">The first confirmed loss of Russia\u2019s most advanced operational tank is another blow to the Russian Army\u2019s eroded image.<br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-ptqbdt\"><span class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-button css-1xe71i0\">by<\/span><span class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-button css-gonh1q\"><\/span><span class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-button css-gnnxwx\">May 4, 2022 9:24 PM<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MuiBox-root css-1k6rbu\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Russian T90M Tank DESTROYED UKRAINE\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/uploads\/2022\/05\/05\/T90M-DESTROYED-UKRAINE.jpg?auto=webp?auto=webp&#038;optimize=high&#038;quality=70\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/uploads\/2022\/05\/05\/T90M-DESTROYED-UKRAINE.jpg?auto=webp?auto=webp&#038;optimize=high&#038;quality=70&#038;width=640 640w, https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/uploads\/2022\/05\/05\/T90M-DESTROYED-UKRAINE.jpg?auto=webp?auto=webp&#038;optimize=high&#038;quality=70&#038;width=750 750w, https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/uploads\/2022\/05\/05\/T90M-DESTROYED-UKRAINE.jpg?auto=webp?auto=webp&#038;optimize=high&#038;quality=70&#038;width=828 828w, https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/uploads\/2022\/05\/05\/T90M-DESTROYED-UKRAINE.jpg?auto=webp?auto=webp&#038;optimize=high&#038;quality=70&#038;width=1080 1080w, https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/uploads\/2022\/05\/05\/T90M-DESTROYED-UKRAINE.jpg?auto=webp?auto=webp&#038;optimize=high&#038;quality=70&#038;width=1200 1200w, https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/uploads\/2022\/05\/05\/T90M-DESTROYED-UKRAINE.jpg?auto=webp?auto=webp&#038;optimize=high&#038;quality=70&#038;width=1920 1920w, https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/uploads\/2022\/05\/05\/T90M-DESTROYED-UKRAINE.jpg?auto=webp?auto=webp&#038;optimize=high&#038;quality=70&#038;width=2018 2048w, https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/uploads\/2022\/05\/05\/T90M-DESTROYED-UKRAINE.jpg?auto=webp?auto=webp&#038;optimize=high&#038;quality=70&#038;width=3840 3840w\" title=\"T90M DESTROYED UKRAINE\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"MuiBox-root css-i9gxme\">\n<div class=\"MuiGrid-root MuiGrid-container MuiGrid-spacing-xs-2 css-i0amj6\">\n<div class=\"MuiGrid-root MuiGrid-item MuiGrid-grid-xs-12 MuiGrid-grid-md-8 css-7vczw4\">\n<div class=\"MuiBox-root css-10757gk\">\n<div class=\"container MuiBox-root css-11ucsrf\">\n<div class=\"css-cdb705\">\n<div class=\"MuiAvatar-root MuiAvatar-circular css-1d9y4h0\" title=\"Joseph Trevithick\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Joseph Trevithick\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/jtrevithick-e1611929871528.jpg\" class=\"MuiAvatar-img css-1hy9t21\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-cdb705\">\n<div class=\"MuiAvatar-root MuiAvatar-circular css-1d9y4h0\" title=\"Tyler Rogoway\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Tyler Rogoway\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/thedrive-tyler-rogoway.png\" class=\"MuiAvatar-img css-1hy9t21\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MuiBox-root css-1ia6l13\">\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 css-crj2xj\">The war in Ukraine has had its fair share of embarrassments for the Kremlin. From the sinking of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/the-war-zone\/russias-black-sea-flagship-has-exploded-off-ukraine\"><em>Slava<\/em> class cruiser <em>Moskva <\/em><\/a>in April to the infamous 40-mile-long <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/the-war-zone\/44702\/russia-expands-strikes-deep-into-western-ukraine\">Russian military convoy holdup<\/a> near Kyiv seen earlier in the conflict, Moscow has had little to cheer about in terms of projecting competent military strength. The latest hit comes via visual evidence that a Russian T-90M Proryv-3 (Breakthrough-3) \u2014 a modern and rare main battle tank \u2014 has been destroyed on the battlefield by Ukrainian forces.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 css-htz1a0\">Shared on Twitter by <em>The Kyiv Independent\u2019s <\/em>defense reporter Illia Ponomarenko, the image, dated May 4, shows what appears to be the remnants of a T-90M tank, still smoldering after a direct hit somewhere within Ukraine\u2019s northeastern Kharkiv Oblast. Andriy Tsaplienko is seen reporting in the foreground.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 css-htz1a0\">News of what appears to be the first T-90M tank destroyed in Ukraine should lift the spirits of the Ukrainian forces, given its status as the most technologically advanced and capable tank within Russia\u2019s frontline military arsenal. The initial batch of production T-90M tanks were only issued to the 2nd Guards M. I. Kalinin Taman Motor Rifle Division of the 1st Guards Tank Army in the <a href=\"https:\/\/defense-update.com\/20200420_t90m.html\">spring of 2020,<\/a> with recent estimates suggesting that <a href=\"https:\/\/militarywatchmagazine.com\/article\/russia-finally-deploys-high-end-battle-tanks-to-ukraine-what-the-advanced-t-90m-s-presence-could-mean\">only 100 or so<\/a> models are currently in service in total. The much-hyped, but still not proven, T-14 Armata main battle tanks, aren&#8217;t yet ready for frontline combat and are in <em>very<\/em> short supply. This is mainly due <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/the-war-zone\/22600\/russia-cant-afford-its-new-t-14-armata-tanks-turns-to-updated-older-designs-instead\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">to the financial realities of producing<\/a> a brand new tank and the development it takes to make it actually work as promised. So, the Uralvagonzavod-designed T-90M serves as an important update to the T-90 line of tanks, first introduced in the early 1990s as a direct outgrowth of the T-72. The T-90M follows the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalsecurity.org\/military\/world\/russia\/t-90m-proryv-3.htm\">T-90MS Proryv-2<\/a> (Breakthrough 2), an upgrade of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/the-war-zone\/21417\/iraqi-armored-brigade-ditches-u-s-m1-abrams-for-russian-t-90-tanks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the export-centered T-90S variant<\/a>, which was revealed in 2011.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 css-htz1a0\">The tank\u2019s destruction reflects Moscow\u2019s readiness to commit such <a href=\"https:\/\/defence-blog.com\/russia-sending-its-newest-tanks-to-ukraine-border\/\">high-end materiel in battle.<\/a> This comes amid Russia\u2019s wider concentration of its forces in the east of Ukraine, in a bid to further exert control over the eastern Donbas region. Early evidence that Russia may have committed some of its limited supply of T-90M tanks to the conflict began to surface in April. Video evidence released by the National Guard of Russia (Rosgvardia) on April 25, which has since circulated on social media, revealed a crudely concealed T-90M tank in Kharkiv Oblast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 css-htz1a0\">While losing any of its prized T-90M tanks is obviously a blow, the Russian Army has had to deal with other issues related to its tank arsenal during the conflict. In particular, older Soviet-era tanks, including the\u00a0T-72 and T-80 models, which have been used widely in the invasion, have suffered from a much-publicized \u2018jack-in-the-box\u2019 effect due to how rounds for the tank&#8217;s main gun are stored internally in the hull. This often results in the turret violently separating from the rest of the vehicle hull if an attack causes that ammunition to cook off.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 css-htz1a0\">Boasting an improved 2A46M-4 125mm smoothbore main gun in a modernized turret, the T-90M is encased with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.military-today.com\/tanks\/t90m.htm\">advanced armor-protection<\/a> and countermeasures capabilities. Relikt built-in explosive reactive armor (ERA) is designed to protect against shaped charges and minimizes the impact of armor-piercing fin-stabilized discarding sabot (APFSDS) rounds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 css-htz1a0\">Additionally, the tank features <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/the-war-zone\/43648\/ukrainian-troops-test-javelin-missile-against-russian-cage-style-improvised-tank-armor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">slat armor<\/a> in places and can also be equipped with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/the-war-zone\/14334\/in-syria-us-army-mine-clearing-sappers-helped-clear-the-path-to-raqqa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">net armor<\/a>, both of which are designed to improve its defenses against rocket-propelled grenades. Its countermeasures include smoke grenade launchers, which can further help to conceal it, including from infantry with anti-tank weaponry. Major sensor and fire control enhancements make up the heart of the T-90M upgrade, as well as an advanced remote weapon station. The tank&#8217;s environmental and propulsion systems, as well as its ammo handling system, are all upgraded, as well. These upgrades don&#8217;t seem to have helped the T-90M in question, which stands as the first confirmed loss of the type.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 css-htz1a0\">Regardless of why T-90M tanks do not appear to have been used in the conflict until more recently, photos of Russia&#8217;s most advanced operational tank, destroyed on Ukrainian soil, won&#8217;t sit well with the Russian Army, the image of which as a feared combat force has degraded to a degree few would have imagined over the last two and a half months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 css-htz1a0\"><em>Contact the editor: Tyler@thedrive.com<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first confirmed loss of Russia\u2019s most advanced operational tank is another blow to the Russian Army\u2019s eroded image. byMay 4, 2022 9:24 PMThe war in Ukraine has had its<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":489,"featured_media":1481848,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1466197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1466197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/489"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1466197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1466197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1481848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1466197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1466197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1466197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}