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Russian tanks aren't a representative of a modern tank as among other things they have crappy active defense - it is all about electronics. Israel's is a good o
by trhway 4y ago
Russian tanks aren't a representative of a modern tank as among other things they have crappy active defense - it is all about electronics. Israel's is a good one, and their tanks survive multiple shots by actively killing incoming RPG warheads and the likes.
Also Russian tanks are on the light side as they can't manage a powerful enough engine required, ie gas turbine of 1500hp+. The best they have so far managed is 1000hp diesel on may be 200 tanks by now, the rest is old one 800hp. Thus their tanks have armor lighter and of older type than say Abrams.
And there is huge area of discussion about integration of all weapons on the battlefield - without such integration any weapon loses its efficiency tremendously - and Russian military is very bad at integration, and tanks in isolation are much weaker target as opponent much easily finds the window opportunity.
- int_19h 4y agoHave Israeli tanks ever faced Javelins tho?
- aerostable_slug 4y agoThey have faced formidable ATGMs including Kornet E, and have suffered losses. Time will tell how effective their hard-kill countermeasures will prove to be.
- cturner 4y agoNot a direct answer, but an advantage of Israeli armour is that they only need to deploy locally. This means less penalty for armour than US systems which are designed to be carried in air transports for foreign deployment, or Russian units designed around train transport. The Israeli Namer IFV weighs more than twice as much as a Bradley IFV, and can carry more troops.
- trhway 4y agoJavelin is on a higher end. A most advanced Russian tank - T-90M - available in the army (while T-14 "Armata" is supposed to be more advanced it isn't available in the army really) was taken out by a side hit from a much lighter/simpler/cheaper "Carl-Gustaf" which a good modern active protection system should be able to shoot down relatively easy.