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T-14 Armata
T-14 Armata
First operational-design MBT with an unmanned turret.
Specifications
- Crew
- 3
- Combat weight
- 52 t
- Engine
- 1500 hp
- hp / tonne
- 28.8
- Road speed
- 80 km/h
- Range
- 500 km
- Main gun
- 125 mm 2A82-1M (unmanned turret)
- In service
- Limited, 2015–present
12N360 diesel, ~1,500 hp
Armor: Crew in an armored capsule; Afghanit APS; Malachit ERA
Secondary: Remote 7.62 mm
Briefing scores
Relative 1–10 for teaching, not a wargame rating.
- Firepower
- 9/10
- Protection
- 9/10
- Mobility
- 8/10
- Awareness
- 8/10
- Logistics
- 3/10
Ammunition natures
Vacuum-1 APFSDSHEATHEATGM
History
Rolled through Red Square in 2015. Serial fielding has been repeatedly delayed; a handful may have been tested in Ukraine. Whether Armata is the future or a dead end depends on factories, not parades.
Doctrine
The paper answer to Western optics and Javelins: keep the crew in a hull capsule, put the gun in a remotely operated turret, and intercept incoming missiles with Afghanit. A generational bet Russia has struggled to put into serial production.
Strengths
- Crew capsule
- APS
- Growth gun (152 mm studies)
Limits
- Production
- Unproven in mass combat
- Cost
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