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| Russian Army to receive the first T-14 tanks by 2022 |
| 2021-08-11 |
| The T-14 is a big change in Russian tank design, discarding with "inverted frying pan" motif of traditional tank turret design. The bigger change s the improved 125mm smooth bore main gun, said to be even more powerful than previous iterations. [TASS] The Russian Army will receive 20 latest T-14 ‘Armata’ tanks by the end of this year, Deputy Defense Minister Alexei Krivoruchko said on Tuesday. "This year, 20 latest T-14 'Armata' tanks will arrive for the troops," the defense official said during the single military output acceptance day. Also, "65 (each)T-90M Proryv serially produced tanks" will be handed over to the troops this year," he added. The domestic defense industry will also deliver 18 medium-and heavy-class reconnaissance/strike drones to the Russian troops while a brigade set of the Iskander-M tactical missile system will arrive for the Army ahead of schedule, the deputy defense minister said. A Russian missile brigade is about 20 launchers. The Armata is a heavy tracked standardized platform serving as the basis to develop a main battle tank, an infantry fighting vehicle, an armored personnel carrier and some other armored vehicles. The T-14 tank based on the Armata platform was shown to the public for the first time at Red Square’s Victory Day Parade on May 9, 2015. The new combat vehicle features fully digitized equipment, an unmanned turret and an isolated armored capsule for the crew. 2021 state defense order According to Alexey Krivoruchko, this year's state defense order was fulfilled 34% in January thru June. "As at the end of the first half of the year the 2021 state defense order for the supplies of new weapons and military equipment has been fulfilled more than 34% of the annual amount, which is in accordance with the expected target," Krivoruchko reported to Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu. He added that the conclusion of long-term state contracts had proved highly effective and guaranteed steady supplies of weapons and military equipment for the armed forces throughout the calendar year. "The industry's pace of providing new weapons and military equipment ensures the fulfillment of the state defense order," Krivoruchko said. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #4 I have seen some chatter about the Armata being a platform for autonomous fighting vehicles. In the tank version, the gun is operated 'remotely' from inside the armored cabin rather than from the turret and it uses an autoloader rather than an extra crewman. Lots of interesting possibilities, IMHO. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2021-08-11 11:20 |
| #3 Took them long enough. The M1 outranged them as early as the first Gulf War. Using the laser rangefinders our guys knew that and exploited it. See the flash then a sand cloud kick up 100 meters out. Followed by return fire on target. Russians has similar fire control enhancements the US has, and has had them for a good while. And they have retrofitted many of their T-72s with those improvements. (T-72B3) What they didn't have was an improvement in the 125mm gun itself, and its ammunition. As far as the shooting in Desert Storm, the M1 could range out to that, but the optics couldn't. Dunno if it's still a problem. We still do not know, even at this late date, just how good/bad the Russian 125mm smoothbore is, since the Russian "customers' don't receive the same gun/ammunition the Russian Army itself uses. It could well be as good or better than the Rheinmetal 120mm. |
| Posted by: badanov 2021-08-11 10:13 |
| #2 The bigger change s the improved 125mm smooth bore main gun Took them long enough. The M1 outranged them as early as the first Gulf War. Using the laser rangefinders our guys knew that and exploited it. See the flash then a sand cloud kick up 100 meters out. Followed by return fire on target. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2021-08-11 10:00 |
| #1 "This year, 20 latest T-14 'Armata' tanks will arrive for the troops," the defense official said during the single military output acceptance day. By way of discussion, that means a production rate of 1.66 vehicles per month. Keep in mind that this rate includes typical Although the M1 Abrams is currently not in production (Congressional pork meant that we overproduced to requirements for years), the Lima (OH) Tank Plant is capable of - and has in fact done so - thirty tanks a month. Keep an eye on it, but don't worry too much. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2021-08-11 05:50 |