Armata makes the West nervous

The T-14 Armata is a Russian main battle tank based on the Armata Universal Combat Platform. All photos provided by Russia's Defense Ministry

There is no other tank in the world like Russia's Armata. All photos provided by Russia's Defense Ministry

The Russian Army plans to acquire 2,300 T-14s in the period 2015-2020. The first batch of T-14 Armata tanks will be deployed to the Taman division after 2020, tanks will be transferred only after the completion of all state tests.  All photos provided by Russia's Defense Ministry

TThe main armament of the T-14 is the 2A82-1M 125 mm (4.92 in) smoothbore cannon,a replacement for the 2A46 of previous Russian and Soviet tanks . All photos provided by Russia's Defense Ministry

The 2A82-1M 125 mm smoothbore cannon can fire high-powered munitions, including armor-piercing discarding sabot projectiles, guided missiles, shaped-charges and other types of munitions. All photos provided by Russia's Defense Ministry

The secondary armament consists of a 12.7 mm Kord (GRAU index 6P49) machine gun with 300 rounds (not observed during the 2015 parade) and a 7.62 mm PKTM (6P7К) machine gun with 1,000 rounds.

All photos provided by Russia's Defense Ministry

In the future, the T-14 may use the 2A83 152 mm gun instead of its current 2A82 125 mm gun.This gun, created around 2000 for the T-95 prototype,has a high-speed APFSDS shell with a 1,980 m/s muzzle velocity, only dropping to 1,900 m/s at 2 km . All photos provided by Russia's Defense Ministry

The T-14 is powered by a ChTZ 12Н360 (A-85-3A) diesel engine delivering up to 1,500 hp.The engine's theoretical maximum power, not normally used,is 2,000 hp, at the cost of radically decreasing its service life, projected min2,000 hours at nominal 1,500 hp,comparable to other modern tank engines, and up to 10,000 hours at moderated 1,200 hp. The engine is electronically controlled. Operational range is over 500 km . All photos provided by Russia's Defense Ministry

The T-14's crew of three is protected by an internal armored capsulewith more than 900 mm RHA equivalent,increasing their chance of survival in case of a catastrophic kill. All photos provided by Russia's Defense Ministry

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