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[Mig Eater]

Which one do you think the Russians should have as their main battle tank?

T-90
T-80UM2 "Black Eagle"
T-95

The T-90 is the best Russian tank atm but the T-80UM2 or the T-95 was planed to replace it at the end of 90’s. Dew to financial problems & budget cuts neither has been put into production tho. There is no concrete information regarding the T-95 & a lot of what you can find on the net is mainly speculation & rumours. The T-80UM2 on the other hand has had several prototypes built & could go into production as soon as the financial situation becomes more stable.

[Andre27]

Which one do you think the Russians should have as their main battle tank?

T-90
T-80UM2 "Black Eagle"
T-95

The T-90 is the best Russian tank atm but the T-80UM2 or the T-95 was planed to replace it at the end of 90’s. Dew to financial problems & budget cuts neither has been put into production tho. There is no concrete information regarding the T-95 & a lot of what you can find on the net is mainly speculation & rumours. The T-80UM2 on the other hand has had several prototypes built & could go into production as soon as the financial situation becomes more stable.

Like you said, the T-95 is little more than rumors. The Black Eagle is a technology demonstator so i think the best choice is the T-90.

[Mig Eater]

Some sources say it’s a demo tank, some say it’s for export only & others say it planned to be the next Russian MBT. The sources that call it a demo normally refer to the version shown at Omsk 97 armaments exhibition, which was basically a T-80U with a new (mock) turret. But at Omsk 99 a new version was shown with a new hull & fully working turret, that version is generally believed to be in competition with the T-95 for the job of being the next MBT. No one but the top bass in the military know what the full story is tho as pretty much everything about it is classified.

[mevitar]

i would also say that the best choice is the T-90, after all, there is no guarantee what tank will replace it in the future, and even if it would be the T-80UM2, i strongly doubt it could replace all T-90's until 2010, or even 2020

[Mig Eater]

Spoil sports I was looking forward to making a voxel of the Black Eagle, spent the whole day looking it up too. I guess I'll make the T-90 instead tho...

BTW the T-90 is a heavy modified T-72 used as stop-gap until a new MBT is put into production (i.e. the T-80UM2/T-95) & currently only makes up around 3% of Russia’s total tank force...

[Az3r^]

yeah id go for the T-90 as the timeline is set like 10 years from now.

however a Black Eagle Create tank maybe ?

[wilmet]

isn't there a variant of the T-80 thats better than the T-90? can't remember...

[Andre27]

isn't there a variant of the T-80 thats better than the T-90? can't remember...

There are several, but they're all from the Ukrain

[Mig Eater]

That’s the T-84 & it's debateable if it's better or not...

[DAA]

I would love to see the black eagle tank ingame.

[Allied General]

meh u could have them as crate unions of as a capture factory type reward or stolen tech lol

[LEGO]

t90 is designed mostly for export.
and as an upgraded t72, i don't think it's better than early t80

and any body know that stealth T-2000 or so ?(not that in Terminator )
it will be more likely to survive the USAF, and would be a good high-tech tank in this near future mod.

see here:
http://www.xjjjb.com...ntent_67787.jsp
pull the page down, there are other 2 down side

Edited by LEGO, 26 April 2006 - 01:10 AM.

[wilmet]

my chinese is a little rusty