T-14 Armata | |
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![]() A Russian Army T-14 Armata tank in rehearsal for Victory Day celebrations | |
Type | Main battle tank |
Place of origin | Russia |
Production history | |
Designer | Ural Design Bureau of Transport Machine-Building, Uralvagonzavod[1] |
Designed | 2014 |
Manufacturer | Uralvagonzavod[1] |
Unit cost | $3.7–$4.6 million in 2015[2][3] $5–7.1 million in 2022 [4] |
Produced | 2014–2021 (prototypes), 2021–present (serial version)[5] |
No. built | Unknown/Low tens[6][7] |
Specifications | |
Mass | 55 tonnes[8] |
Length | 10.7 m (35 ft)[9] |
Width | 3.5 m (11 ft) |
Height | 3.3 m (11 ft) |
Crew | 3 |
Calibre | 125 mm (4.92 in) |
Effective firing range | 5 km, Uralvagonzavod claims |
Maximum firing range | 12 km, Uralvagonzavod claims |
Armour | 44S-sv-Sh Steel[1][10] |
Main armament | 2A82-1M 125 mm smoothbore cannon with 45 rounds (of which, 32 in the autoloader).[11] Future version may use the smoothbore 2A83 152 mm tank gun. |
Secondary armament | 12.7 mm (1⁄2 in) Kord machine gun (6P49), 7.62 mm (0.30 in) PKTM machine gun (6P7К) |
Engine | 12N360 Diesel Double Turbocharger 1,100 kW (1,500 hp)[12] |
Power/weight | 20.4 kW/t (27.3 hp/t) |
Transmission | 12-speed automatic gearbox |
Suspension | Hydropneumatic suspension |
Operational range | Min. 500 kilometres (310 mi)[12] |
Maximum speed | 75–80 km/h (47–50 mph) (estimated)[12] |
The T-14 Armata (Russian: Т-14 «Армата»; industrial designation Russian: Объект 148, romanized: Obyekt 148, lit. 'Object 148') is a Russian main battle tank (MBT) based on the Armata Universal Combat Platform.
The Russian Army initially planned to acquire 2,300 T-14s between 2015 and 2020.[13][14][15] By 2018, production and fiscal shortfalls delayed this to 2025,[16] before Russia announced the apparent cancellation of the main production run on 30 July 2018.[17] However, as of 2021[update], the Russian state-owned TASS media agency claimed the Armata had been expected to begin serial production in 2022, with delivery of a test batch of 100 to the 2nd Guards Tamanskaya Motor Rifle Division expected to begin in 2022.[18] The tanks are planned to only be officially transferred following completion of all state tests.[19][20][21][22] In December 2021 the Russian state conglomerate Rostec stated that serial production had commenced,[5] with "more than 40" Armata tanks anticipated to be delivered to Russian troops after 2023.[23] On 4 March 2024, Sergey Chemezov, the CEO of Rostec, stated that the T-14 Armata had entered service with the Russian Armed Forces.[24]
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