David Axe writes about ships, planes, tanks, drones and missiles. When the Russian army first began running low on modern tanks, just a few months into its wider war on Ukraine, it pulled out of ...

Russia’s new BMPT “Terminator” is a novel type of armored vehicle with multiple weapons and may represent the next stage in armor evolution. BMPTs have reportedly been performing well in Ukraine, ...

Deployment may be intended to develop and test field tactics for the BMPT alongside the T-90M and BMP-2M Russian manufacturer Uralvagonzavod reported on 1 December that BMPT tank support vehicles have ...

“We’re going to push through our front lines…(with) speed, surprise, and overwhelming firepower.” — Lt. Col. Henry Mucci, The Great Raid film, 2005. The First Chechen War of December 1994 to August ...

When one reads or hears the phrase “The Terminator,” chances are almost certain that he or she will think of the blockbuster sci-fi/action-adventure film series starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, that ...

In what is becoming a regular feature of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a weapon billed by the Kremlin as unstoppable has been… stopped. The latest example is the BMPT Terminator, Moscow’s ...

Virtually none of Russia’s armored platforms have performed well in Ukraine. That includes Russia’s infantry fighting vehicles. However, its BMPT “Terminator” has reportedly been somewhat more ...

The BMPT Tank Support Fighting Vehicle, known for years as “Terminator”, has officially received a new name in Russia: “Spiridon” (Спиридон in Russian). The change was announced by Uralvagonzavod, a ...

The Russian T-14 main battle tank is the most prominent member of the Armata family, the vehicle series incorporates a host of new fighting machines. A tank support fighting vehicle based on the ...

Chechen fighters utterly pwned the Russian Federation’s tanks during the Battle of Grozny, targeting the vehicles’ thinly-armored roofs with RPGs from rooftop sniper nests. Russia’s go-to ...

A 90th Guards Tank Division BMPT providing fire support to T-72 tanks during a March 2021 exercise in Russia's Central Military District. (Russian MoD) Russia's RIA Novosti news agency on 18 May ...