Building off the success of the T-72B tank, the Russian T-90 MBT improved the design by adding cutting-edge military technology. The T-90 began its service in 1993 and has participated in several ...

In the 1970s, the Soviet Union developed explosive reactive armor as a way of quickly adding protection to tanks and other heavier armored vehicles. ERA works by, well, exploding. When an incoming ...

Explosive Reactive Armor is a powerful defense system designed to protect tanks from incoming anti-tank weapons. When triggered, it detonates outward to disrupt the threat, but this reaction can be ...

Why does Russian explosive reactive armor (ERA) sometimes fail to explode when a tank is destroyed? In numerous images of destroyed Russian tanks, ERA blocks like Kontakt-1 and Kontakt-5 appear ...

Summary and What You Need to Know: The Russian T-90M, considered the most advanced main battle tank in Russia’s arsenal, has struggled to make a significant impact in the Ukraine war. -Despite its ...

Desperate to replace the scores of tanks it loses every month in its wider war on Ukraine, and equally desperate to give the replacement tanks a fighting chance of surviving their first encounter with ...