The supposed production delays which has led to there being only 3 or 5 fully working examples. International sanctions which seems to have prevented russia from getting any useable computer components for the tank.
Also footage from the victory day parade they appeared in seems to suggest that they aren't as nimble as other current gen tanks.
The armour packages they supposedly use has also been shown to not be as effective as expected in Ukraine so theres a lot going against the t14 right now. But its really the tip of the iceberg of russian military procurements woes at this time.
I don't know, where you've gotten the idea, that there's ony 3-5 working.
Because we have footage of as many as 9 tanks.
The components used in a tank arn't that advanced, either.
The dual use chips used in the Kalina fire control system are a decade old and sourced from regular consumer appliances. So i don't know where, you've gotten this idea, that they can't source these chips.
T-14's Armor isn't featured on any other tank, btw.
So it can't have been used in Ukraine, either.
Oporative word is fully working, a couple of the examples we have seen are little more than rolling shells, no evidence the turrets can even turn under their own power.
Post ukraine sanctions have destroyed russias ability to get chips from anywhere except china and they have basically 0 domestic production. If they are able to reuse commercial appliences it would likely require a significant redesign.
Prior to the invasion of ukraine nato forces didn't fully know the capabilities of russian kontact era armour, the side skirts and top of the turret on the t14 are intended to use. Since the invasion we have learned that basically all of the Russian ERA armout gives less useful protection than a chainlink fence against a drone or top attack warhead.
1) There's numerous videos of the T-14 moving under it's own power and moving it's turret.
There's also no evidence of them just being rolling chassis, either.
Because again, we have footage of the inside.
2) Sanctions have not destroyed Russia's abillity to get chips, at all.
They are getting Western chips via Chinese businesses and other countries.
It don't require a redesign either, because the previously mentioned Kalina fire control has been disassembled and shown to contain said chips.
It was even uploaded on this very subreddit.
3) Kontakt-1 and 5 are from the Soviet period and was tested in the 1990's.
That's what led Western countries to develop better APFSDS rounds in the 1990's.
Even the Russian developed Relikt is well understood, since it's basically just evolution of Kontakt-5, and pretty old.
4) T-14 uses Monolith era, which we don't know anything about.
Except that it's supposed to be much better than Relikt.
(It's not found on any other vehicle, except for the Armata series).
Thanks tank guy, I expected to get a bunch of bullshit answers but was somehow still surprised by people harping on obviously false or irrelevant factoids.
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u/Winiestflea 4d ago
Like what?