Russia’s mine-clearing turtle tanks continue to evolve. But not fast enough to save them from predation—by Ukraine’s increasingly dangerous first-person-view drones and other heavy munitions. A turtle ...
Summary and Key Points: The ongoing war in Ukraine has forced both Ukrainian and Russian forces to innovate due to severe shortages in weapons systems. One such Russian innovation is the “turtle tank, ...
IN LATE 2021 Russia began welding metal cages over the turrets of its tanks, in an attempt to protect them from attack. The cages proved ineffective—some Western analysts jokingly dubbed them ...