Ultimately, T-90 losses in Syria show that any tank whether T-90, M-1 or Leopard 2 is vulnerable on a battlefield in which long-range anti-tank guided missiles have proliferated.
But you would only know that if you followed the many less well publicized videos depicting the destruction or capture of T-90s by rebel and government forces.
Syria Showed that Russia’s T-90 Tanks Can Be Killed
When Moscow intervened in Syria in 2015 on behalf the beleaguered regime of Bashar al-Assad, it also transferred around thirty T-90As to the Syrian Arab Army.
Here s What You Need to Remember: Of course, a small number of T-90s was not going to have a great impact on a sprawling civil war that had been raging for years. However, Janovský still see lessons to be drawn from the situation. “The regime was also lucky that rebels never got any modern ATGM that has top attack mode which would reliable kill T-90.” Examples such of top-attack weapons include the Javelin missile, and the TOW-2B.
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When Moscow intervened in Syria in 2015 on behalf the beleaguered regime of Bashar al-Assad, it also transferred around thirty T-90As to the Syrian Arab Army, as well as upgraded T-62Ms and T-72s.