T-14 Armata

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Armata T-14 battle tank (Russian)

The most talked-about innovation is the Armata T-14 battle tank, described as a new-generation fighting machine to replace Soviet-era tanks.



The tank is highly automated - the Russian military says it could be the basis for a fully robotic tank in future.

It has a remote-control gun turret with a 125mm smooth-bore cannon that can fire guided missiles as well as shells.

The crew of three is housed in a reinforced capsule at the front, away from the firing systems.

The Armata's chassis is adaptable - it can also serve as the platform for a heavy infantry fighting vehicle, an engineering vehicle, a multiple rocket launcher and some other variants.



Russia plans to bring in about 2,300 Armatas, starting in 2020, to replace Soviet-era tanks. They are built by UralVagonZavod.

Jane's Defence Weekly says the T-14 and Russia's other new armoured systems are "principally clean-slate designs" that "represent the biggest change in Russia's armoured fighting vehicle families since the 1960s and 1970s".

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Along with exposing the tanks during the practices, Russia's Defense Ministry posted images of the Armata and other new armor on its official website under the headline, "Advanced forward-looking military hardware." More than two dozen photographs of the hardware taken during parade practice were also posted on the military's site.

According to the website RT.com, the Armata "is a cutting-edge vehicle with an unmanned turret armed with a brand new 125 mm smoothbore cannon, which is the most powerful gun of its kind to date in terms of muzzle energy."

Russia's TASS news agency reported last year that the tank's crew of two will "operate the gun from an isolated armored capsule."

As well as supporting the main battle tanks, the Armata platform will be used for an infantry combat vehicle, a heavy armored personnel carrier and self-propelled artillery, according to TASS.

The new tanks are expected to be put into service this year, the news agency reported.

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What bothers me most is that it looks like there would not be much of armor in turret.