Since the beginning of 2022, the threat of war between Russia and Ukraine
has continued to heat up. Russia and Ukraine continue to prepare their
militaries to deal with the eventuality.
This comparison of the military strength of Russia and Ukraine is based on
data from Global Firepower in 2022.
Launching Globalfirepower.com on February 8, 2022, Russia ranks second with
a power index score of 0.0501.
While Ukraine is ranked 22nd with a strength index score of 0.3266.
Ukraine's land power has been defeated by Russia. It is known that Ukraine
has 2,596 tanks, while Russia has 12,420 tanks.
The tanks owned by Russia consist of various types, one of which is the T-14
Armata. This tank was exhibited at the Victory Day military parade 9 May
2015.
The T-14 Armata tank is called the strongest tank in the world. The T-14
Armata is armed with a 2A82-1M 125 mm smoothbore cannon which can be used to
launch anti-tank guided missiles.
The Russian tank manned by three people can cover a maximum distance of 500
km at a speed of about 90km/h. In addition to the T-14 Armata, Russia has
tanks that scare its enemies, including the T-90, T-80, T-72, T-64.
Meanwhile, Ukraine has a tank that is well known in the world, namely the
Oplot-M Tank. This tank was developed by the Kharkiv Morozov Machine
Building Design Bureau (KMDB) for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The MBT can destroy ground-based and low-flying aerial targets. The Oplot-M
is a modernization of the T-84 Oplot MBT.
The Oplot M is armed with a 125 mm KBA-3 smoothbore gun, a KT-7.62 coaxial
machine gun (PKT) and a KT-12.7 anti-aircraft machine gun.
