Final Conclusion. The T-90A overpowers the M1A2 Abrams in speed, range and armor, but the M1A2 Abrams has a better engine. And the armament can be draw, because the T-90A main gun is autoloader and has an longer effective range than M1A2 Abrams, but the M1A2 Abrams secondary weapon carry a lot more than T-90A.
Overall the Russian Armata might be slightly superior in terms of crew survivability due to its protected crew cell and entirely isolated ammunition. The Abrams is armed with a 120 mm/L44 smoothbore gun.
The T-90 is the Russian Army's current Main Battle Tank, and it was created from the successful features of the preceding T-72 and T-80 series. It is known to be one of the best-protected tanks in the world and one of the most heavily equipped battle systems.
The M1A2 Abrams, with all its upgrades, has to be considered the best tank compared to the Leopard and the Black Panther. To be sure, as a US-based publication, we could be biased. But no other tank has been so battle-tested and seen as a top-notch force multiplier in combat like the formidable Abrams.
The main anti-tank weapons of the T-90 are also armor-piercing subcaliber shells (3BM-42 and 3BM-42M) and the Reflex-M guided weapon system with 9M119M and 9M119M1 missiles, which ensure the destruction of M1A1NA tanks in all areas of the frontal projection at a distance of up to 5000 m.
However, the carnage of the mighty Russian T-90 raises concerns about its potential. Though figures vary, data from Ukraine Armed Forces claim that Russia has lost about 698 tanks as of April 7, 2022, Kyiv Independent informed.
Final Conclusion. The T-90A overpowers the M1A2 Abrams in speed, range and armor, but the M1A2 Abrams has a better engine. And the armament can be draw, because the T-90A main gun is autoloader and has an longer effective range than M1A2 Abrams, but the M1A2 Abrams secondary weapon carry a lot more than T-90A.
A second round fired from 700 yards, bounced off, and the offending T-72 was blasted. The third T-72, at a range of roughly 400 yards, fired a round, which left a groove in the armor of the Abrams. It, too, was destroyed by a shot fired through a sand berm.
The tanks were destroyed by U.S. forces in order to prevent any trophy-claim by the Iraqi Army. A total of 23 M1A1s were damaged or destroyed during the war. Of the nine Abrams tanks destroyed, seven were destroyed by friendly fire and two intentionally destroyed to prevent capture by the Iraqi Army.
The T-90M tank, which is one of the newest additions to Russia's T-90 series, is the most technologically advanced battle vehicle within Russia's frontline arsenal, according to The Drive, and was first issued to Russian military divisions in the spring of 2020.
The T-90M tank reportedly sent to the Ukrainian front is a model developed by the Ural Design Bureau of Transport Engineering and is considered the most advanced version of the T-90 family of tanks.
The Americans lost only 18 Abrams tanks, with nine taken out of service due to damages, while another nine were destroyed completely. Moreover, the United States didn't lose a single tank crew member during the first Gulf War. Since then, U.S. allies have ordered hundreds of the various Abrams models.
Slovenia had further pledged to send 30 to 40 M-84s, a Yugoslavian variant of the T-72, to help Ukraine. Though the Biden administration has made it clear that no M1 Abrams tanks would head to Ukraine, the U.S. will supply NATO allies including Poland with the MBT in the coming years.
Since most of the readily available RPG-7 rounds cannot penetrate M1 Abrams tank armor from almost any angle, it is primarily effective against soft-skinned or lightly armored vehicles, and infantry.
Russia has lost more than 1,700 tanks in Ukraine - Sandboxx.
'As pretty much everyone else answering this question has pointed out… the A-10 can fairly easily destroy a tank. As can anything else slinging either an AGM-65 Maverick or an AGM-114 Hellfire.
The article argues that its engine is more powerful than an Abrams tank due to its having a better thrust-to-weight ratio, meaning that a 1,500-horsepower Armata engine drives a 55-ton tank, whereas an Abrams 1,500 horsepower turbo gasoline engine powers a heavier tank at 70-tons.
Credit: General Dynamics Land Systems. Abrams M1A2 SEPV3 (System Enhanced Package) is the latest upgraded version of the Abrams main battle tank. Credit: US Army. An M1A2 SEPV3 tank performing live-fire demonstration at Aberdeen Providing Ground.
Javelin strike on a Russian T-90A tank. A video clip, which appears to have been recorded by an unmanned aerial vehicle, shows the sheer power of FGM-148 Javelin missiles and how they easily destroy Russian armored vehicles.
According to Oryx's figures, half of the tanks Russia has lost have not been destroyed or damaged by the enemy but have been captured or abandoned. Experts put this down to logistical failures, and incompetence by Russian troops.
Russia's famed T-90 takes a hit
In fact, reports claim Russia's famed T-90 has been destroyed by Ukrainian forces. A T-90 tank was destroyed in Ukraine's Kharkiv Oblast region. Russia's defence ministry said the tank was hit by the American Javelin anti-tank missile system near Izyum.