Posted on 03/13/2016 3:36:58 PM PDT by Mariner
Russia’s T-14 main battle tank—which is part of the Armata family of combat vehicles—is already in production.
While Moscow displayed early developmental models of the new the combat vehicles in public during the 2015 Victory Day parade, most Western analysts had believed that the Armata family was still in its developmental stages. However, according to a top Russian defense industry executive, the Armata family is already in serial production.
Asked recently if the Armata main battle tank would be among the projects that the Kremlin would put on hold as Moscow reduces its defense outlays as oil revenues suffer, Sergei Chemezov, chief executive officer of the Rostec state corporation, told the Wall Street Journal that only new developmental efforts would be halted. “That’s already in serial production,” Chemezov said, when asked specifically about the Armata.
According to Chemezov, the Kremlin has decided that projects that have are well into their development will be continued. “You can’t quit when you’re halfway there,” Chemezov told the Journal. “Money has already been invested, and if we stop without finishing, then that will be lost money. Everything that has been started will be finished, and money will be allocated to it.”
The Armata Universal Combat Platform consists of the T-14 main battle tank, the T-15 heavy infantry fighting vehicle and the T-16 armored recovery vehicle, among a host of other vehicles. Another member of the Armata family includes an upgunned heavy assault armored vehicle, which has been dubbed “the Tank Killer” by Russian media. While the T-14 is no slouch in terms of firepower with its new 2A82-1M 125mm gun—which is mounted in an unmanned turret. The “Tank Killer” variant seems to incorporate a derivative of the 2S35 Koalitsiya-SV’s 152mm artillery piece into the Armata chassis in a direct fire mounting.
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How about, “Best tank of 1941”? I would agree with that, but after the Germans armed the Mk IV with a high-velocity long-barreled 75mm gun in mid-1942, the Russians lost their firepower advantage. The T-34’s main advantage was that the Russians built 60-80,000 of them, while German production of all types was less than 30,000. As Stalin said, Quantity has a quality all its’ own.
Yeah, when the US and ROK forces in Korea didn’t have any tanks. There weren’t many tank battles in Korea, since by the time we sent tanks, the Nork tanks had been destroyed by air power.
The Russians demanded that diesel engines be installed in the thousands of Lend-lease tanks we gave them.
Yes, the folks at Warren, in about 6 weeks, figured a way to mount two Detroit 6 cylinder 71 series diesel engines side by side on the engine compartment of the A4 tank. This became the A4M2 version of the Sherman tank. We shipped the Soviets over 6,000 of these diesel powered Shermans. As a side item. the US Marine Corp also used this diesel powered version of the Sherman in the Pacific Theater.
Edit, M4A2, my bad
Russian T-14 Armata Tank Breaks Down On Red Square
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgS9GA3nBco
It was not Stalin who said this, it one of main postulates of Marxist philosophy stemming from German classic philosophy.
Well, I’d bet Stalin said it at one time or another. ;>)
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