Ukraine has just five or six copies of one of its best tanks—the T-84 Oplot. That’s enough for just one platoon. But when you’re fighting for your country’s survival, one T-84 platoon is better than ...

The story follows Ukraine’s T-84 line from its Soviet roots in the T-80, the shift to diesel power, and Kharkiv’s attempt to build an independent turret and production chain after the USSR collapsed.

Tank warfare is periodically declared obsolete in the face of the latest portable anti-tank weapons and the difficulty of transporting heavy vehicles to the battlefront. Just don’t tell that to ...

The T-84 Oplot-M is Ukraine’s latest Main Battle Tank. While it hasn’t seen combat service in the Ukrainian military, the type contains many advanced features. But the Oplot is hardly a clean slate ...

Built as Ukraine’s answer to Soviet-era armor, the T-84 Oplot was meant to symbolize a new generation of domestic tank design. But after years of limited production and near-obscurity, the vehicle was ...

Ukraine ambassador to Thailand Andrii Beshta on Wednesday reassured the army his country would be able to deliver in March next year the remaining 39 T-84 Oplot tanks Thailand ordered following delays ...

Back in May, Ukraine’s defense minister Oleksii Reznikov donned the heavily padded TSh-4 cap of a Soviet tanker and was seen riding in the driver’s seat of one of Ukraine’s very few T-84U Oplot ...

Ukroboronprom has finally shipped the BM Oplot MBT ordered by the US three years ago. The single BM Oplot main battle tank (MBT) ordered by the US in 2018 is finally on its way across the Atlantic, ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The T-84 Oplot tank has been part of the Ukrainian army’s arsenal since 2009 – but just how much firepower do they bring to the battlefield? We ...