Recently, the Russian army managed to retreat, but left Ukraine with a precious "gift". According to reports, the Ukrainian army recently discovered a T-90M tank abandoned by the Russian army on the Eastern Front, which has been called "the most advanced tank in service in Russia". Once this tank falls into the hands of the United States, it can trigger unpredictable consequences.
According to the Moscow Times, as the Ukrainian army continues to attack in the Kharkiv direction, the Russian army is accelerating its retreat to the Donbas direction and has to abandon a large number of heavy equipment such as armored vehicles and trucks. Recently, during the advance of the Ukrainian army, a T-90M main battle tank was found in the forest, almost intact, which had been "masked" by the Russian army. The "Z" mark on the tank indicates that it belongs to the "special military operation unit" of Russia. Photos released by the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine show that the tank can be said to be almost brand new, and it is not even rusty. Ukrainian soldiers even got inside the tank, took a lot of photos and posted them on the Internet. Ukraine also issued a statement calling on the owner of the tank to identify himself as soon as possible, indirectly stating that the Russian army should surrender as soon as possible, which is undoubtedly an insult to the Russian army.
This T-90M tank is different from the earlier T-90A, because the T-14 tank cannot be put into service for a short time, so the T-90M is currently the most advanced and powerful active main battle tank in the Russian army. According to the Global Tank News website, only more than 20 T-90M tanks are currently available for combat, so this time the losses are quite large for Russia. The incident also revealed for the first time the internal technical details of the T-90M, which is considered a "late-production version" because its thermal imaging sight changed from the "Pine-U" to the domestic PNM-T, which was changed due to Russia's inability to continue importing "Pine-U" sight components in the face of Western semiconductor industry sanctions. In addition, the tank is also equipped with advanced technology and equipment such as the third-generation reactive armor "Relikot", the new "Karina" combat information integrated control system and the upgraded 2A46M-5 gun, and these technologies have also been applied to the T-14 main battle tank, including automatic remote control weapon stations, information interactive systems, etc.
Although the Ukrainian army may not return to service with this tank, but hand it over to the United States for more assistance, this tank undoubtedly has a huge attraction for the United States. After all, the T-90M is the strongest tank currently equipped by the Russian army, and as soon as the United States gets acquainted with its technical details, the "weakness" of the strongest tank of the Russian army will be directly revealed. In addition, many of the tank's technologies are also used in the T-14 main battle tank, including an automatic remote-controlled weapon station and an information-based interactive system.
Although Ukraine had previously handed over the wreckage of the downed and captured Su-35 fighter to the United States, it was only wreckage. And this time it was a full-fledged T-90M tank that could provide the United States with unprecedented technical intelligence. It is puzzling why the Russian army did not destroy the tank according to procedure before the hasty retreat. Some commentators believe that it may be because Russia was still cherishing luck at the time, believing that they might counterattack in a short period of time, and therefore did not want to destroy this expensive tank. However, in the end, the tank was taken by the Ukrainians. If Russia continues to "waste" expensive military equipment in this way, then no matter how much money Putin earns from gas sales, it will not be enough to compensate for this "profligacy" of officers and soldiers at the front.