The Australian company GaardTech showed on Twitter a static target of the Russian T-14 Armata tank, designed to be destroyed during training battles. The ChDambiev channel in Telegram drew attention to the picture.
"The well-known Australian company GaardTech from Brisbane, engaged in the production of static targets for the needs of the Australian Defense Forces, sawed down a movable mock-up of the Russian promising T-14 Armata tank," the user reports.
GaardTech’s Gen 5 Robotic Enemy Vehicle…..Guess the model…. Hint, it’s spicy. pic.twitter.com/gEPt64xItT
- GaardTech (@GaardTech) September 28, 2021
In September, the American publication 19FortyFive did not believe that the Russian military was talking about the T-14 Armata. "It is doubtful that the new vehicle was deployed in Syria in 2020. If she entered the Middle East theater of operations, she probably did not participate in the fighting. The Russians also boasted of a new tactic of using armored vehicles developed in Syria, which the T-14 is expected to be able to use. However, tank experts were not impressed by this "new" tactic," the publication said.
In July 2018, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov noted that the country's armed forces do not seek to massively purchase T-14 ARMATA tanks because of their high cost, preferring to increase the combat potential of existing military equipment through its modernization.
Ivan Potapov