Russia and Ukraine have turned to improvised armor solutions to give their tanks extra protection. But Moscow, in recent weeks, appears to have taken this a step further with an innovation. Its new ...

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 ...

The third Russian turtle tank. Russia’s “turtle tank”—an old T-72 with a drone-resisting armored shell installed on top of it—wasn’t a one-off. The Russians clearly are building a host of turtle tanks ...

Soldiers from the 413th Regiment of the Drone Forces Raid struck a Russian "tank-turtle" on one of the hottest sectors of the ...

June 4, 2024: In April the Russian forces in Ukraine were seen operating modified tanks called Turtle Tanks, to create a vehicle route that is clear of landmines. Since April several more of these ...

The Ukraine war is doing for the evolution of weapons and tactics in modern war what conflicts like the Spanish Civil War did ...