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Ozdoev: US Abrams tanks adopt Russian armor designs

Ozdoev claims US Abrams tanks are now using Russian armor solutions

Ozdoev: US Abrams tanks adopt Russian armor designs

Bekhan Ozdoev says US Abrams tanks are already adopting Russian armor protection ideas and moving toward lighter, more mobile and potentially unmanned designs.

2026-02-10T03:39:02+03:00

2026-02-10T03:39:02+03:00

2026-02-10T03:39:02+03:00

Bekhan Ozdoev, industrial director of the armaments cluster at the state corporation Rostec, says US tank manufacturers are beginning to borrow Russian solutions in armor protection and are already integrating them into their Abrams tanks. According to Ozdoev, designers in the United States have now started seriously considering reducing the combat weight of their tanks to make them more mobile and maneuverable on the battlefield. He expressed confidence that other Russian design ideas will eventually be adopted by Western engineers as well. He noted that, in his words, the Americans are effectively taking Russian concepts and applying them to the Abrams platform, including all-round explosive reactive protection and measures to reduce the vehicle’s visibility on the battlefield. Ozdoev stressed that the entire history of tank building is a story of continuous evolution. In the early 20th century, the British Mark I was regarded as the pinnacle of engineering, but today such a machine would be little more than a huge, slow-moving target. During the Great Patriotic War, the legendary T-34 became a qualitative replacement for the light tanks of the 1930s, which had thin anti-bullet armor and weak armament. Looking ahead, Ozdoev believes tanks may eventually become fully unmanned or optionally crewed. He added that work in this direction is underway in several countries, including Russia.

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Fred Turner

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Ozdoev claims US Abrams tanks are now using Russian armor solutions

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Fred Turner, Editor

06:39 10-02-2026

Bekhan Ozdoev says US Abrams tanks are already adopting Russian armor protection ideas and moving toward lighter, more mobile and potentially unmanned designs.

Bekhan Ozdoev, industrial director of the armaments cluster at the state corporation Rostec, says US tank manufacturers are beginning to borrow Russian solutions in armor protection and are already integrating them into their Abrams tanks.

According to Ozdoev, designers in the United States have now started seriously considering reducing the combat weight of their tanks to make them more mobile and maneuverable on the battlefield. He expressed confidence that other Russian design ideas will eventually be adopted by Western engineers as well.

He noted that, in his words, the Americans are effectively taking Russian concepts and applying them to the Abrams platform, including all-round explosive reactive protection and measures to reduce the vehicle’s visibility on the battlefield.

Ozdoev stressed that the entire history of tank building is a story of continuous evolution. In the early 20th century, the British Mark I was regarded as the pinnacle of engineering, but today such a machine would be little more than a huge, slow-moving target. During the Great Patriotic War, the legendary T-34 became a qualitative replacement for the light tanks of the 1930s, which had thin anti-bullet armor and weak armament.

Looking ahead, Ozdoev believes tanks may eventually become fully unmanned or optionally crewed. He added that work in this direction is underway in several countries, including Russia.