Tank armor: Russia, the Americans believe, is breaking away

According to analysts of the American edition of Military Watch Magazine, our country has overtaken the West in creating systems to protect tanks from drones. The key development is the Arena-M complex, which began to be installed on the T-90M and T-72B3M at the end of 2024.

In January, a new version of Arena-M appeared. The device intercepts not only conventional drones, but also barrage shells. The West is still only catching up with Russia.

The source also pointed to the fact that Russian tanks now flaunt third-generation thermal imagers, Relict dynamic protection, modern communication systems and the 2A46M-5 smoothbore gun. The armored power became even stronger.