[Official] Armata Discussion thread #1

George1 wrote:Russia’s Armata Tank on Par With US Abrams and German Leopard

Russia's innovative T-14 Armata tank can compete with the US M1A2 Abrams and the German Leopard 2, a Chinese media source claims.

Russia's new tank, the T-14 Armata, that will make its first official appearance at Moscow's May 9 Victory Day parade, can compete equally with the US M1A2 Abrams and the German Leopard 2, a Chinese media source pointed out.

The much-anticipated 5th generation innovative battle vehicle was developed by the Uralvagonzavod Research and Production Corporation and combined the most advanced developments in the design and construction of heavy armored platforms. The multipurpose vehicle will be produced as a battle tank T-14, an infantry fighting vehicle, a combat engineering vehicle, a tank support combat vehicle and a self-propelled artillery platform. The Armata Universal Combat Platform is also designed to be used as sophisticated air defense and nuclear-biological-chemical (NBC) defense systems.

The T-14 battle tank is equipped with an unmanned remotely controlled turret armed with a new generation 125mm smoothbore cannon — the 2A82-1M. The new 2A82-1M gun boasts 15 to 20 percent improved accuracy compared with the T-90's 2A46M canon. It has also outstripped the German Leopard 2 A6's 120mm gun in muzzle velocity. Reportedly, the T-14 might also be armed with a specially designed 152mm cannon, the most powerful gun ever carried by a main battle tank.

Remarkably, the armored platform's turret carries a 30mm machine cannon capable of neutralizing low-flying aerial targets, such as drones and helicopters, while its 12.7mm heavy machine gun could be used for both attacking enemy infantry and intercepting shells and anti-tank missiles approaching at speeds up to 3,000 meters per second.

The designers also developed a multi-layer armored capsule for the Armata's crew. It should also be noted that the multipurpose vehicle is fully computerized.

The Russian army will reportedly receive around 2,300 T-14 battle tanks by 2020, equipping up to 70 percent of its tank fleet with innovative battle vehicles.

Read more: http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20150324/1019956133.html#ixzz3VLGK31fC

On a side note.. if that is indeed armata. main battle tank.. wouldn't that means the tank will be
very vulnerable from the sides like their T-72 and only reactive armor be slapped there
to cover the lack of armor in the sides?

flamming_python wrote:I'm absolutely not one to judge it's lethality and characteristics by its looks

But that said

Looks more than crappy.

Zivo wrote:The shape of the turret is an optical illusion, the flat, round part is more like an oval shape, and the turret is taller and more narrow than it appears on the model from that angle.

There's the same model from the front.

magnumcromagnon wrote:

TR1 wrote:
On another note, I am happy they are using the smaller road wheels...reminds me of the T-80. Always preferred its suspension to the T-72/90.
Just talking rough analysis here, but the T-14 seemed very smooth int hat short video. Hull totally steady.

TR1 wrote:In what way was T-80s suspension inferior?

Every Russian tanker/industry person (well ok, not every but most) I have seen has lauded the T-80 for being particularly nimble and smooth.
Part of that is no doubt its monster HP/weight ratio, but I think the suspension has its part.

TR1 wrote:T-64 was extremely troublesome for some time, but Zaloga is talking out of his butt about the T-80. Never heard major problems after the type was introduced.
Remember, the T-80 went back to torsion bar, like T-72.