New Armata T-14
The T-14 Army is a next-generation MBT filed. and produced by Uralvagonzavod. The T-14 is based on the T99, the prototype platform underpinning the new Russian armored vehicles, such as MBTs artillery by troops for transport. The wagon is equipped with a main gun 2A82-1M Smooth-bore of 125 mm, with a 12.7 mm machine gun remotized and a 7.62 mm coaxial machine gun.
The introduction of the T-14 Russian Army is the step forward that has sanctioned the end of the Soviet MBT. The design of the T-14 is not born in the modern era, but in the 80s the Soviet Union began the study of a future MBT, developed initially Izdeliye 490, featuring two members of crew (the commander was also the gunner function and pilot, the solution has already been tried nell'Izdeliye 775) positioned in the hull below the turret, with rolling train constituted by wheels 7 and 125 mm cannon. The subsequent development dell'Izdeliye 490 was the Izdeliye 490A Buntar in development since 1982 that has a relatively low tower with 125 mm cannon and a crew of 3 components positioned in the hull; also it features thermal camera, infrared sensor and, perhaps, radar sensors. He was later tested the 152 mm 2A73 cannon on Buntar Hull called in this case Izdeliye 477 Molot (or FST-2 in NATO terminology), followed by the 447A version. With the Soviet Union's end, the project was shelved and only in 1995 was taken up again, based on all the studies done before: the first project was the Izdeliye 640 also called Black Eagle, based on T-80U hull with train rolling and elongated with wheels 7, characterized by a 125 mm 2A46 cannon with automatic reload system with total weight of 48t. At the same time the development of the Black Eagle, was designed the Izdeliye 195 (or T-195), characterized by 3 members of crew, weight of 55t and smooth-bore cannon 2A83 152 mm with 30 mm cannon side; This wagon was designated to the Russian Defense Ministry as a successor of the Soviet series, called T-95, which would be submitted in 2009; because of the substantial cost and complexity, the cart was abandoned. The entire design of the T-195 was taken and modified by designing the Izdeliye 148, hereinafter referred to as T-14 Army; early T-14 tests took place in November 2013 and completed in 2015.
The first prototype was shown at the Russian Expo Arms in Nizhny Tagil in September 2013: the design and the Army facility are based in part to a 1995 project, the T95 (Object 195) which a few prototypes were built.
The crew of the T-14 is composed of three people: the pilot, commander and servant (attendant arms), positioned at the front of the hull, protected by a safety cell.
The main armament of the T-14 is a gun-bore 125 mm smooth 2A82-1M (4.92 in), improved version of the 2A46 used on the previous series wagons (T-90/80/72); the main gun, fully automated in charging, is able to shoot 10-12 strokes / min with a maximum range of 8 km.
The optical sensors of the T-14 are able to detect a target at a distance greater than 5 km during the day, 3.5 km during the night by the thermal sensors; the laser rangefinder instead has a maximum operating range of 7.5 km. As in the latest generation cars, there are 2 optical systems, one for the gunner and one for the commander (in the case of the second device is panoramic and is placed next to the machine gun remotized).
The 2A82-1M is capable of firing ammunition Vacuum-1, bullets Telnik to detonazionate controlled and ATGM 3UBK21 Sprinter specially designed for this cannon.
In the future the 2A82-1M will be replaced with the 2A83 cannon 152 mm and the tank could also be equipped with a 30 mm cannon for anti-aircraft purposes.
The secondary armament is made up of a remotized turret with a machine gun Kord (6P49 version) by 12.7 mm and a coaxial machine gun PKTM (6P7K version) 7.62 mm.