Ukraine strikes again! Successful counter attack Bakhmut. Major road under control.-The Russian Dude

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3. It's got some drive train issues

They got things like the heat/radar shielding right and that's about it. The electronics, state of the art for Russia, are about 20 years behind the west even when they work and they're glitchy. The auto loader fires at less than half the rate of a human loaded tank and the isolation of the crew compartment, while improving the odds of surviving a serious hit, also prevents the crew from accessing the breech should the engine be knocked out, ending the auto loading ability.

The only one confirmed in Ukraine is in Luhansk, probably the safest oblast right now, and just across the border from Russia, where it can likely be retrieved very quickly should the Ukrainians get too close, they don't want one of these things to be captured. Most likely, it's there for propaganda purposes, "see? Only the best for our soldiers!"

Had this thing worked as advertised and had it met production goals, it might be terrifying. As it is, it's a target for the Ukrainians to figure out the best way to kill it.