Why did the Armata supertank fail?
A military expert explains The Armata tank was supposed to be the main combat vehicle of the Russian army — a striking force for breaking through enemy defenses. An unmanned turret, an armored crew capsule, a 125mm cannon, the Afganit active protection system, and the Ternovnik radio-absorbing coating. For more than ten years, propaganda emphasized the invulnerability of the tank, which was supposed to cause panic among NATO generals and soldiers.