" Armata " - this is not a tank , and a ground forces combat complex , including guided missiles and a radar system to monitor the space in a radius of 100 km .
Newest tank based on the unified platform armored " Armata " is today one of the most secret projects of the Russian defense industry. Although the first prototype machine was already shown to experts at exhibition in Nizhniy Tagil , its performance characteristics still impossible to find . However, some details of the appearance of " Armata" we have been able to find out . From the information available it can be concluded that this is not a tank in the classic sense , but a universal attacking machine ground troops , equipped with 16 different types of weapons. Including missile system of medium-range guided missiles with independent targeting .
Let's start with the fact that it is the world's first unified platform of modular type for all types of heavy armored vehicles . We are planning to create a main battle tank , a heavy infantry fighting vehicle , tank support combat vehicle , armored recovery vehicle chassis for self-propelled artillery , etc. Unification will greatly enhance the technological viability of ground forces in war and in peacetime provide reduced cost of production equipment by 30-40% without compromising quality. Features of the platform include state secrets category "VC" ( very secretly) , the disclosure of which entails a prison sentence of up to 25 years. So with the permission of the readers I will not talk about them .
As for the tank , then there is really tasty information . Of the design features primarily is - tremendous security crew - it is not in the tower, inside behind the engine in a special sealed capsule that can withstand any projectile shot from either side of the tank. That is like " Armata " nor incited the people in it will stay alive , and to pull them out without their consent is unsolvable problem. Tankers in any case wait for their help , even if they have to wait for the end of the war as such ( unless, of course , it does not last for years ) .
The car will be sold in-line arrangement of all crew are in it - it will allow them to make decisions more quickly . In the " Armata " process of control tower and firing will be automated . Crew will be applied completely different protection technologies : special steel to withstand cumulative projectiles any existing power, the individual elements nonoceramic protection, multilayered armor. According to planned by the developers will also be a new concept of automatic ammunition feed and ejection. Ammunition "Armata" will contain 32 projectile for various purposes, and the tank will be able to conduct aimed fire of 125 mm caliber gun in motion with an accuracy of 0.1 meters.
Some critics argue that " Armata " is a simplified version of the T-95 . Clearly it is not. First, the uniqueness lies in the fact that it is not just a tank and a single combat platform that can carry about 30 sorts of weapons . Claimed by the developer level of unification has no analogues in the world : on the platform " Armata " will be collected in the future not only fighting vehicles , but also command and control machines , machine artillery and missile systems , machinery and equipment of the military defense logistics. Their component parts are interchangeable , which will in the short term repair and maintenance. Second, the " Armata " will shoot both traditional shells of different types ( high-explosive , armor-piercing subcaliber , cumulative ) and guided missile "land - land" with opto- electronic, infrared and satellite guidance, as well as anti-aircraft missiles class " air - land ".
In fact, this is not a tank , and the universal attacking machine of army, which includes a full tactical missile system , anti-aircraft defense system , a complex of military intelligence and target designation and actually tank. It turned out that " Armata " will be equipped with the same radar technology , and that the fifth generation fighter T-50 , which is known for its range and accuracy of detection and capture objectives has no analogues in the world. According to the terms of reference Minpromtorg , " Armata " will receive Ka-band radars ( 26,5-40 GHz ) based on active phased array ( AESA ) made by low-temperature ceramic technology .
AESA consists of a plurality of cells - of microwave transmitters. This antenna is able to quickly change direction location (no mechanical moving "plates" locator ) and has high reliability - the failure of one element does not lead to a significant drop in power and distortion of the ray. This radar will be indispensable in the armor in the decision and defensive and offensive purposes . There are two versions of its applications - part of the fire control system or as a set of active protection . It consists of an antenna that detects the means of destruction , flying up to the tank. AESA determine coordinates and parameters of such a threat , and the tank will destroy these targets . The system is capable of simultaneously "lead" to 40 dynamic and up to 25 aerodynamic targets - completely unattainable figure for all radar , the armament of other armies. The system will control the territory within a radius of 100 kilometers and can automatically destroy targets in the area of up to 0.3 meters .
According to the documents Minpromtorg, machines based on the unified platform track "Armata" should get such devices by 2015.
According to the statement of Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, tanks on the basis of "Armata" will enter the army in 2014-2015. Development of technology for mass production of electronics locator according to plans of Industry and Trade, will last until early 2016. No contradictions: locator can be set on a ready-made armored vehicles.
The complex of active defense is now undergoing preliminary tests.
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also just so you know the majority of "sophisticated" Russian tanks from the guld war dated back the the 1940s and 1950s and many were not even Russian but kits built tanks from the Warsaw or Chinese tanks based off old T-54/55s just as important is that Iraq consisted of poorly led and poorly trained forces.
