Introduced in 2014, the T-14 Armata is set to become Russia's frontline main battle tank. Less than 800 T-90s are in Russian Army inventories, although the number of tanks is expected to eventually reach 1,400. T-90As have been fitted with the Arena active protection system designed to detect and destroy incoming rocket and missiles, but it's unknown how many vehicles have actually received the system. ![]() The tank has a crew of three, weighs 46 tons, and has a top speed of 37 miles per hour. It can also fire the Refleks laser-guided anti-tank missile with a range of over three miles. ![]() ![]() The T-90A is an updated version of the 1970s-era T-72 tank, armed with a 2A46 125-millimeter main gun smoothbore main gun that fires anti-tank shaped charge and armor-piercing discarding sabot rounds. The T-90A main battle tank is the only one Murray listed that arms adversaries of the United States-Syria and Russia.
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