.IN OVERDUE 2021 Russia started welding metal crates over the turrets of its own tanks, in a try to defend them coming from attack. The cages showed useless-- some Western analysts amusingly called all of them "emotional-support armour". Right now Russia has offered a a lot more intense retrofit, using metal sheet to absolutely confine several of its own containers. The new armour has gotten the vehicles the label "tortoise tanks". Will kitting them out in this way truly aid?