Чёрный Орёл "Black Eagle" | |
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![]() Black Eagle at Omsk Arms Show in June 1999 | |
Type | Main battle tank |
Place of origin | Russia |
Production history | |
Designer | Omsk Transmash |
Designed | 1980s |
Specifications | |
Mass | 48.0 tons |
Length | ~ 7.0 m |
Width | 3.58 m |
Height | 1.80 m |
Crew | 3 |
Armour | Kontakt-5 ERA Kaktus ERA |
Main armament | 125 mm 2A46 gun - 152 mm possible |
Secondary armament | 7.62 mm PKT Machine gun 12.7 mm "Kord" (Корд) anti-air machine gun |
Engine | GTD-1400 (ГТД-1400), gas turbine 1400 hp[vague] (1030 kW or 1040 kW) |
Power/weight | 27 hp/t |
Suspension | Torsion bar |
Ground clearance | 451 mm |
The Black Eagle tank (Russian: Чёрный Орёл, Chyornyy Oryol) or Object 640 was a presumed prototype main battle tank based upon the T-80U, developed by the KBTM design bureau of Omsktransmash in the late 1990s for the Russian Federation. The Black Eagle was cancelled, with all production and development halted in 2009.[1]
The company developing the tank, Omsktransmash, went bankrupt,[2] with its designs and projects absorbed into Uralvagonzavod and state-owned services.[3] Before the acquisition Uralvagonzavod was developing the T-95 in competition to the Black Eagle, and then owned the rights to both projects. However, the Russian government withdrew all support and funding for both projects, and they were superseded by the T-14 Armata,[4][1] which was also being developed by Uralvagonzavod.[5]