Armata Universal Combat Platform

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Armata

Armata MBT

T-14 Armata MBT Armata IFV with Epoch 30mm turret covered up T-15 Heavy IFV
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2S35 self-propelled artillery

Type Tracked Heavy Armored Vehicle

Place of origin Russia

Service history

Used byRussian Armed Forces

Production history

Designer Ural Design Bureau of Transport Machine-Building, Uralvagonzavod

Manufacturer Uralvagonzavod

Unit cost $3,700,000 (T-14)[1]

Produced 2015[2]

No. built 20+[2]

Specifications

Weight 48 tons in an MBT configuration

Crew 3[2]

Armor

steel 44S-sv-Sh[3] (T14/15) Active protection system soft&hard measures,[4]

dual-reactive armour "Malachit",[5][6] the stealth and list is not exhaustive

Main

armament

T-14: 125mm smoothbore cannon,

T-15: Epoch Remote Control Turret,[7]

2S35: 152mm gun[8]

Secondary

armament

T-14: 12.7 mm and 7.62 mm machine guns.

Engine ChTZ 12360 (A-85-3A) diesel engine[9]

1,500 h.p., moderated to 1,200 h.p. in normal operation

Transmission 16-gear automatic transmission (estimate, including reverse gears)

Speed 80 kilometres per hour (50 mph)+ (estimate)

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The "Armata" Universal Combat Platform (Russian: ) is a Russian prototype of an

advanced next generation heavy military tracked vehicle platform. The Armata platform is the
basis of the T-14 (a main battle tank, MBT), the T-15 (a heavy infantry fighting vehicle), a combat
engineering vehicle, an armoured recovery vehicle, a heavy armoured personnel carrier, a tank
support combat vehicle and several types of self-propelled artillery, including the 2S35
Koalitsiya-SV under the same codename based on the same chassis. It is also intended to serve
as the basis for artillery, air defense, and NBC defense systems.[10] The new "Armata" tank
platform is meant to replace the older Russian MBTs and APCs that are currently used by the
Russian military.

If the systems on the Armata are reliably reported, the tank surpasses comparable NATO
technology by a generation at least.[11][12][13]

Contents [hide]
1 Origin of designation

2 Development

3 Design

4 Variants

5 Operators

6 See also

7 References

8 External links

Origin of designation[edit]

The combat platform is formally designated as "prospective family of heavy unified battlefield
platforms". The name "Armata" derives from the plural of the Latin word arma which refers to
weapons of war, and was an old Russian word for 14th century guns; it is also the plural of the
modern Greek word "Arma", meaning "chariot". This was wrongly transcribed as "Armada" by
journalists on several occasions.[14][15][16][17]

Development[edit]

The Armata combat platform has been under design and development since 2009 by
Uralvagonzavod headquartered in Nizhny Tagil.[14] Prototypes of heavy armored vehicles based
on the Armata combat platform were presented at the defense exhibition Russian Arms Expo in
Nizhny Tagil in September 2013.[18] In November 2014 trials of the 2S35 Koalitsiya-SV self-
propelled gun variant were under way.[8]

The first vehicles of were shown to the public in the 2015 Moscow Victory Day Parade, with a
batch of 32 to be delivered to the Russian Land Forces during the same year.[19] Russian media
has previously stated that mass delivery will start in 2015[18] or 2016.[20]

A total of 2,300 MBTs are expected to be supplied by 2020,[18][21] modernizing 70 percent of

the Russian tank fleet.[18][22] The Uralvagonzavod plant is expected to roll out around 500 T-14
Armata tanks per year.[23] At a 2015 Moscow Victory Day Parade practice drill run on the
Alabino training grounds several types of armored vehicles described as various Armata models
appeared with their turrets covered.[24] Russian Defence Ministry signed a long-term contract
for delivery of tanks and heavy IFVs on the Armata basis.[25]

Serial production of the Armata Platform's ceramic armor components began in mid-2015.[26]

Design[edit]

Russian Lieutenant-General Yuri Kovalenko states that the "Armata" combat platform will utilize
many features of the T-95 tank, of which only a few prototypes have been built. In the main
battle tank variant, the ammunition compartment will be separate from the crew, increasing
operational safety while the engine will be more powerful and the armor, main gun and
autoloader will be improved.

According to preliminary reports, the new tank designated T-14 will be less radical and ambitious
than the canceled Object 195 or T-95. It will weigh less, therefore being more agile and more
affordable when compared to its more ambitious predecessors. Additionally, the T-15,
Kurganets-25 IFV and Bumerang IFV will be able to equip the same 30mm Epoch Remote Control
Turret.[7]

The tank will have an unmanned, remotely controlled turret. It will be digitally controlled by a
crew-member located in a separate compartment. It is believed that this would eventually lead
to the development of a fully robotic tank.[27]

Vehicles of the Armata platform will be equipped with the radar and other technologies found
on the Sukhoi T-50 fifth-generation jet fighter. They include a Ka band radar (26.540 GHz) based
on AESA radar. The devices should be ready by 2015.[28]

The Armata will use a new type of lightweight armor designated 44S-SV-SH, developed by Steel
Scientific Research Institute enterprise. This armor does not lose its qualities when used in
extremely low temperatures, which may indicate an interest in using the tank in Arctic
conditions.[29]

The Armata tank will have a remote weapon station turret and an automated control system,
with the crew protected by an armored capsule. It will have an externally mounted 125 mm gun
with 32 rounds of ammunition; in addition to tank rounds, a new laser-guided missile able to be
fired from the main gun with a tandem Kornet-D (or better) anti-tank or anti low flying
helicopters warhead with a range of 7,00012,000 m (23,00039,000 ft). The secondary
armament will consist of a 30 mm cannon and a 12.7 mm machine gun.[30]

Variants[edit]

External video

T-14 and T-15 during night time rehearsal of the 2015 Moscow Victory Day Parade.

T-14: Main battle tank.[19][31] Industrial designation "Object 148".

T-15: Heavy IFV.[32] Industrial designation "Object 149".

BREM-T T-16: Armoured recovery vehicle.[31] Industrial designation "Object 152".

BMOP "Terminator-3": Armoured fighting vehicle.[33]

2S35 Koalitsiya-SV: Self-propelled gun[8][31] However, the 2S35's on display during the 2015
Moscow Victory Day Parade and its rehearsals are not actually built on the Armata platform but
rather a six-wheeled platform that appears to be a T-90 derived chassis.[7][34]

Projects[35]

USM-A1: Combat engineering vehicle.

BMO-2: Heavy armored personnel carrier for flamethrower-squads.

BM-2: Large box-type multi-barrel rocket launcher for the TOS-2 Heavy Flamethrower System,
similar to TOS-1 Buratino.[31]

TZM-2: Reloading vehicle for the TOS-2 Heavy Flamethrower System.

MIM-A: Combat engineering vehicle.

MT-A: Armoured bridge layer.

UMZ-A: Combat engineering vehicle.

PTS-A: Tracked amphibious vehicle.

A mortar carrier which uses the 2S12A Sani or the 2B11 Sani.[36]