The Russian army will receive over 240 modern tanks

"This year, the military units of the Ground Forces are receiving more than 240 modern and modernized tanks," the statement says.

As specified, we are talking about the T-72B3M, T-80BVM and T-90M "Breakthrough" tanks.

Earlier, the editor-in-chief of the National Defense magazine, military expert Igor Korotchenko, in an interview with the PolitExpert publication, spoke about the advantages of the improved T-90M Proryv tank.