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Subscribe to RSSRussian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin dropped by an arms exhibition today, where he got behind the controls of a T-90AM tank.
Replacing the T-72 at a cost of around $4 million each (118 million Rubles), this is the latest heavy artillery vehicle to be unveiled in Russia's military fleet.
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Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin listens to a guide as he stands atop a T-90AM tank.
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Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin gets into a T-90AM tank during a visit to an arms exhibition in Nizhny Tagil, Russia, on Sept. 9.
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sits inside a Russian T-90AM tank during his visit to the Russian armament exhibition 'Expo Arms-2011.'
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Aside from the pictures, Pravda had a better article last month:
http://english.pravda.ru/russia/politics/08-04-2011/117507-russia_new_tanks-0/
My only real question is, will it be as much or less of a flaming deathtrap than the T-72 was and will Russian soldiers over the height of 5' 5" be able to operate them?
I think they would've been much better off (from a military perspective) with the Leopard, but Mother Russia demands the pride of developing and fielding her own tanks.