T-14 Armata

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T-14 Armata
In early May 2015, this Russian Army T-14 Armata tank was seen in public
Type	Main battle tank
Place of origin	Russia
Service history
Used by	Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
Production history
Designer	Ural Design Bureau of Transport Machine-Building, Uralvagonzavod[1]
Manufacturer	Uralvagonzavod[1]
Unit cost	400 million rubles (approx. $7.4 million)[2]
Produced	2015[3]
Number built	20[3]
Specifications
Weight	48 tons[1][4]
Crew	3[3][1]
Armor	44S-sv-Sh[5][1]
Main armament	125mm smoothbore 2A82-1M tank cannon[3] with 45 rounds (32 of them in the autoloader)[1]
Secondary armament	12.7 mm Kord (6P49) machine gun, 7.62 mm PKTM (6P7К) machine gun[6][1]
Engine	ChTZ 12Н360 (A-85-3A) diesel engine[7][1] 1,500 h.p., moderated to 1,200 h.p. in normal operation[1]

The T-14 Armata (industrial designation "Object 148") is a Russian advanced next generation main battle tank based on the Armata Universal Combat Platform. It was first seen in public (initially with its turret and cannon shrouded) during rehearsals for the 2015 Moscow Victory Day Parade.^[2]

Design

Rear and side view including the commander's hatch

Featuring a number of new designs, the T-14 represents a new generation of Russian tanks. One change from previous tank designs is that the commander does not operate from the turret, but rather from a position in front of the turret to the right of the driver. The T-14 has seven road wheels^[1] instead of the usual six on previous Russian and Soviet designs.
In addition to reactive armour the T-14 features an active protection system Afghani (Russian: Афганит). This system includes a millimeter-band radar to detect, track and intercept incoming anti-tank munitions, both hypersonic kinetic energy penetrators and tandem-charges.^[1] Additionally, the crew of three is protected by an internal armored capsule^[1] increasing their chance of survival in case of a catastrophic kill.
Also the main armament, the new 2A82-1M 125 mm smooth-bore cannon,^[3][8] differs from the 2A46 of previous Russian and Soviet tanks.
The secondary armament consists of a 12.7 mm Kord (GRAU index 6P49) machine gun with 300 rounds and a 7.62 mm PKTM (6P7К) machine gun with 1000 rounds.^[6][1]

Russia's newest tank stops during parade rehearsal

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MOSCOW (AP) — A state-of-the-art Russian tank, which was shown to the public for the first time earlier this month, on Thursday ground to a halt during the final Victory Day rehearsal.

The tank, T-14 Armata, is said to surpass all Western versions because of its remotely controlled cannon and the protection it offers to its crew. The T-14, which replaces the T-72 and T-90, is set to undergo trials next year.

Weaponry was rolling across central Moscow Thursday morning in the dress rehearsal of the military parade on Red Square on May 9 as Russia commemorates the 70th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.

One of the eight T-14s suddenly stopped while others drove on. The engine was still rumbling but it wouldn't move. After an attempt to tow it failed, the T-14 rolled away under its own steam about 15 minutes later.

While the tank was stranded on the cobbled Red Square, the presenter commenting over the PA system said it was part of the training to "evacuate weaponry" and had been planned.

The tank's producer insisted that the T-14 did not break down.

Alexei Zharich, deputy general director of the Uralvagonzavod factory, said on Twitter that the military were responsible for the way the rehearsal was held but insisted that the tank "was functioning properly and left on its own power."

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Black Eagle (tank) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Чёрный Орёл "Black Eagle" Type Main battle tank Place of origin Russia Production history Designer Omsk Transmash Specifications Weight 48.0 tons Length ~ 7.0 m Width 3.58 m Height 1.80 m Crew 3 Armour Kontakt-5 ERA Kaktus ERA Main armament 125 mm 2A46 gun - 152 mm possible Secondary armament 7.62 mm PKT Machine gun 12.7 mm "Kord" (Корд) anti-air machine gun Engine GTD-1400 (ГТД-1400), gas turbine 1400 hp[vague] (1030 kW or 1040 kW) Power/weight 27 hp/t Suspension Torsion bar Ground clearance 451 mm [show] v t e Post-Cold War tanks Main features The Black Eagle tank (Russian: Чёрный Орёл, Čërnyj Orël, or Object 640), was a presumed prototype main battle tank produced in the Russian Federation. It was thought to have been developed by the KBTM design bureau in Omsk in the late 1990s. A production version of this tank has never been publicly demonstrated. The Black Eagle tank has been cancelled, and all production and development halted. The company that was developing the tank, Omsk Transmash, has gone bankrupt.[1] Design and projects have been absorbed into Uralvagonzavod and state owned services.[2] Uralvagonzavod was developing the T-95 competitor for the Black Eagle, and now owns the rights to both projects, but the Russian government has withdrawn all support and funding for the project.[3] Contents 1 Development 1.1 Cancellation 2 Notes 3 References 4 External links Development Development started during the 1980s, when the design bureau of the Leningrad Kirov Plant (LKZ) developed a new design based on the stretched T-80U chassis. Later, when the bureau closed, the documentation was transferred to KBTM in Omsk. A mock-up of the Black Eagle was first demonstrated at the VTTV arms exposition in Omsk, in September 1997, making a single brief pass, far from the reviewing stands. The tank appeared to be a standard T-80U hull, topped by a very large turret and gun, obscured by camouflage netting and canvas. The turret later turned out to be a crude mock-up.[citation needed] An early prototype was shown at an arms exposition in Siberia, in June 1999. This tank had an elongated hull with seven pairs of road wheels instead of the T-80's six, and a turret still mostly obscured by camouflage netting. The tank was based on a lengthened T-80U hull, with an extra pair of road wheels and a brand new turret. It appeared to have had very thick front armour and new-generation Kaktus explosive reactive armour on the hull and turret. The turret had a very large, box-shaped turret bustle instead of the traditional dome shape of previous Soviet and Russian main battle tanks. According to Russian reports, the Black Eagle design had abandoned the carousel-style autoloader in the fighting compartment for an autoloader mounted in the large western-style turret bustle, which incorporates a blow-out armoured ammunition compartment for crew safety, like the U.S. M1 Abrams, the German Leopard 2, British Challenger 2, French Leclerc and several other modern western tanks. The prototype had a 125 mm tank gun, but it was stated that it may have accommodated a larger 152 mm gun[4] (compared to the 120 and 125 mm-calibre guns of main battle tanks in service). There was debate about whether the Black Eagle would incorporate the Drozd or Arena Active Protection System. Cancellation The Black eagle project was formally cancelled in 2001. Development of the Black Eagle was stopped due to financial problem, questions about the reliability of the design and, most importantly, the terrible performance of the T-80, upon which it was modeled, in the first Chechen war. The T-80 performed so poorly that after the conflict General-Lieutenant A. Galkin, the head of the Armor Directorate, convinced the Minister of Defence to never again procure tanks with gas-turbine engines.[5] This included the Black Eagle, which was promptly cancelled. The manufacturers, Omsk Transmash, attempted to appeal the decision, but were unable to pursue the appeal after filing for bankruptcy in 2002. As of July 2008, the Russian army planned to adopt a new Uralvagonzavod tank after 2010, possibly designated T-95.[6] However, development of the T-95 tank was also cancelled, in May 2010.[7] Colonel Vladimir Voitov, head of research at the Main Directorate of the Armored Troops, denied the existence of the tank in an interview with the Echo Moskvy radio in September 2009. "There was no such project...and those 20-year-old pictures show a mock-up of a futuristic tank which remained just a product of someone's imagination," ... "the turret of the vehicle did not have anything inside."[8] It was announced that some technical solutions developed for the Black Eagle tank will be incorporated into the Armata Universal Combat Platform which is currently in development.[9]