T-14 Armata

[Sarmatian]

EVIDEDENCE FOR A HORRIBLE CULTURE OF BADNESS AND UNDERPERFORMING THAT CAN NEVER GET ANYTHING RIGHT!!!!1111

Yeah, that reminds me of an Austrian guy who had thoughts on the similar lines.

Russian military stuff is actually quite good. A lot of bad press comes from bias, as you said, but even more comes from performance of stuff based on Russian stuff.

Serbia had 11 MiG 29's in 1999. They were no match for NATO fighters, they barely launched a rocket. But, that doesn't take into effect the real reasons.

1) Overwhelming inferiority in numbers
2) The fact that only few could actually fly
3) Crews got only a fraction of flight hours they should have had
4) They were old versions, with old and obsolete equipment in them
5) They were basically held together with some rope and bubble gum

Similar reasons can be given for how and why Russian military stuff tend to under perform (in Iraq and so on). Those were basically the only field tests of NATO made equipment versus Soviet/Russian made equipment, and that is often enough for lazy journalists.

Military production remained almost corruption free, even in the days of the Soviet Union, because the political and military elite remembered their near death experience during WW2, and because Russian firms and state make a whole lot of money selling that equipment around the world.

P.S. I have no idea how good this particular (or any other bar those used in ww2) tank is.