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While most of the attention is paid to flashy procurements such as nuclear submarines and stealth fighters, rejuvenation of the land forces is a significant priority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A\u00a0total of 20 trillion rubles was allocated in 2011 (at that time, the value of the program was around $700 billion), with about\u00a016 percent of that money, or 3 trillion rubles, dedicated to land forces acquisitions.\u00a0<br\/> \u00a0<br\/> &#8220;The central problem is that all of the land forces need attention,&#8221; said Henry Boyd, a military expert at the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) in London. However, Russia has not been able to make much procurement headway. \u00a0<br\/> \u00a0<br\/> According to Ruslan Pukhov, director of the Center for the Analysis of Strategies and Technologies, a Moscow-based defense think tank, the Defen<span class=\"rte rte-comment\">s<\/span>ce Ministry was not satisfied with the Soviet-designed tanks and assorted vehicles industry had on offer.\u00a0<br\/> \u00a0<br\/> Instead, the industry for the past several years has been working on designing a new offering of land platforms, known as the Armata Universal Combat Platform,\u00a0which includes\u00a0a new battle tank, the T-14, and a variety of armored personnel carriers and infantry fighting vehicles.\u00a0<br\/> \u00a0<br\/> &#8220;Current wars on Russia\u2019s borders and other places show that the current platforms are very vulnerable to all types of munitions \u2014 anti-tank and air-to-surface \u2014 and we need to protect people,&#8221; Pukhov said.\u00a0<br\/> \u00a0<br\/> The new platforms ditch Soviet-style design philosophies, <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">for weapons platforms, <\/span>which prioritized cheap and easy-to-produce tanks that could be made in massive quantities to overwhelm enemy platforms.\u00a0<br\/> \u00a0<br\/> Instead, the Armata platform places a clear premium on crew survivability by separating the crew compartment from the munitions compartment and main gun,\u00a0which is controlled remotely from the forward compartment. The Armata platform also reportedly sports advanced composite armor not seen on current designs.\u00a0<br\/> \u00a0<br\/> &#8220;For the first time in our history we don\u2019t have a huge reservoir of people,&#8221; Pukhov said, explaining the shift in approach to platform design.\u00a0<br\/> \u00a0<br\/><span class=\"rte rte-comment\">But a <\/span>Although new platforms have been a key focus of Russian land forces modernization, they are extremely expensive<span class=\"rte rte-comment\">,<\/span> and Russia\u2019s economic crisis is forcing the Defense Ministry to adjust procurement forecasts.<br\/> \u00a0<br\/> In March, Deputy Defen<span class=\"rte rte-comment\">s<\/span>ce Ministry Yury Borisov said <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">that <\/span>Armata turned out to be much more expensive than anticipated \u2014 a claim manufacturer UralVagonZavod has since attempted to refute \u2014 and would force the military to buy fewer of them.<br\/> \u00a0<br\/> President Vladimir Putin has said on numerous occasions, including at the May 9\u00a0Victory Day Parade, when Armata was officially unveiled, that Russia would buy 2,300 of the new tanks.\u00a0<br\/> \u00a0<br\/> However, according to Vadim Kozyulin, a military expert at the Moscow-based PIR Center think tank, most of the armored vehicle procurements by 2020 will be modernized Soviet and early post-Soviet designs.<br\/> \u00a0<br\/> &#8220;This means the land forces will get modernized T-72B3 tanks, BMP-3 and BTR-82 armored vehicles \u2026 the Russian industry is familiar with them and capable of doing this work effectively,&#8221; Kozyulin said.<br\/> \u00a0<br\/> Beyond the need to modernize its weapon\u00a0platforms, one of the major problems facing the Russian land forces <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">in <\/span>is the quality of personnel.\u00a0<br\/> \u00a0<br\/> The Russian military is focusing on creating a hybrid land force \u2014\u00a0<span class=\"rte rte-comment\">, <\/span>not completely reliant on conscripts, but not fully volunteer\u00a0\u2014\u00a0<span class=\"rte rte-comment\">, at <\/span>which <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">it <\/span>has been partially successful, Pukhov said.\u00a0<span class=\"rte rte-comment\">b <\/span>But these efforts have been stifled by a lack of quality non-commissioned officers, <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">Pukhov said <\/span>he continued.<br\/> \u00a0<br\/> &#8220;We still have a huge problem with NCO corps. 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