Key Points and Summary - While Ukraine fields a mix of Western and Soviet-era tanks, its own homegrown T-84 Oplot is rarely seen on the battlefield. -The T-84 is a major upgrade over its Soviet ...

Before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, analysts largely agreed that the role of main battle tanks in future combat would decrease over time. But two years of warfare in Eastern Europe have shown that ...

Back in May, Ukraine’s defense minister Oleksii Reznikov donned the heavily padded TSh-4 cap of a Soviet tanker and was seen riding in the driver’s seat of one of Ukraine’s very few T-84U Oplot ...