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posted by takyon on Monday September 19 2016, @05:34PM   Printer-friendly
from the dangerous-for-whom? dept.

From the Serious Gun Porn department!

The Russian Ground Forces are set to take delivery of the first production models of the T-14 Armata main battle tank starting in 2017. The Russian army has taken delivery of twenty pre-production version of the tank for operational testing—which is currently under way just outside Moscow at Kubinka. The first operational T-14 unit is likely to be stood up in Siberia with a unit that performed particularly well during the invasion of Crimea according to a source.

"Test of the Armata are going according to schedule without any problems," Alexei Zharich, deputy director of Uralvagonzavod told the Russian language daily Izvestia. "Serial deliveries could begin at any moment—as soon as the customer wants it."

However, Zharich seems to be addressing only the T-14 main battle tank variant. He didn't address the other combat vehicles that are part of the Armata family—it's not clear if those vehicles are also in production. 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. 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.

There are a number of articles about the T-14 Armata on the web - I chose to use this one for this submission. Also at sputniknews.com.

takyon: Here's video of the T-14 in action. Russia is also building six new Project 636.3 Kilo-class attack submarines and is working on railguns, exoskeletons, "robot avatars", and smart bullets.

The U.S. Army will begin testing a truck-mounted 50 kW laser in 2017, and scale it to 100 kW in later tests. The Army will also be testing new 155mm, 50mm, and 35mm guns and artillery. The U.S. Navy will begin using shipping container sized Pulsed Power Container Systems from General Atomics as it tests its own railgun technology.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 19 2016, @08:05PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 19 2016, @08:05PM (#403936)

    There was no involvement in Crimea. That was just a rag-tag group of rebels that took over that part of the Ukraine.

  • (Score: 1, Flamebait) by turgid on Monday September 19 2016, @08:16PM

    by turgid (4318) Subscriber Badge on Monday September 19 2016, @08:16PM (#403948) Journal

    How many times do you conspiracy theorists have to be told? That Nice Mr Putin [youtube.com] told us himself that his loyal and patriotic soldiers were on a well-deserved holiday (one that he sanctioned and paid for himself) in Ukraine and while they were there, they happened to stumble upon an enclave of Neo-Nazis. Being a selfless bunch of red-blooded Russian heroes (in the image of their illustrious leader), and asking for no reward, they did their duty, without even being asked, and ridded the area of the Neo-Nazis.

    During their holiday, the soldiers were shooting pheasants for sport and a Neo-Nazi airliner got in the way, and got hit by stray gunfire. Only Neo-Nazis died, so nothing of value was lost.