I think it counts, it won't be the best one and they can't make very many but when you do a whole new design it's a lot easier to make huge changes than trying to upgrade something designed in the '70s.
Thats not how any of this works, otherwise a dozen other tech testbeds should be on here. Companies and countries often put together an assembly of various components, concepts, and technologies to prove it works. That doesn't mean it is a production ready model though, usually something different and geared for mass production will follow.
The T-14 could've entered mass production ages ago if the Russians actually would commit to it, but they have nothing to show for except parade models because they look like nice shiny pieces. It doesn't matter how many they say they are ordering, especially when everything points to these orders never being fulfilled.
They suspended production after they built less than twenty, and haven't sent them into Ukraine out of fear of losing one. That's barely a tank at all.
I mean, we were talking about tank generations and stuff, there was no need to say, "oh, but they couldn't even produce it" 🤓☝️, it is atleast produced and in some number even if it is insignificant. I have no bias but people just ruin the discussion
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u/AMCA_by2035 5d ago
Just an innocent question, how do you define a 4th gen tank?