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During the past decade, Saudi Arabia has been interested in a promising Ukrainian tank of the new generation. It is a question of the development of a project, which in the Soviet times received the designation - "object 477".
This was on the air of the "Line of Defense" program, Sergei Berezutsky, an expert on armored vehicle engineering company "Science technology", said.
According to him, he participated in the development of this project in the 80's. Repeatedly received information about the possible participation of the running model of the latest tank in the parade (before 2014). However, it was kept secret.
Despite the fact that the design of the tank began more than 40 years ago, the ideas that underlie the concept of this tank are still promising, says S. Berezutsky:
" The armor does not have analogues, the charging mechanism, the 152 mm gun, the seven-channel fire control system. It was based on the Soviet elemental basis of those times. The screen was pixel-sized with a fist. So, with the use of modern electronics it would be possible to make a Tank which, as Americans say, is a game-changer. This is a real treasure of our defense industry. "
The expert believes that the further development and start of production of these tanks is "more than possible, it is necessary". He believes that the demand for tanks of this type will be "extraordinary".
Reference: Works on the tank of the new generation began in Kharkov at the KMDB after the Soviet era. After the collapse of the USSR, the work on the tank, which received the conventional name "Note" (object 477A1) lasted until the 2000s.
object 477A1
There is information on the production of about 10 samples of tanks that some were stored in Russia (It is now called the Armata T-14) and some on the territory of the KMDB (object 477A1 to be modernized)
https://mil.in.ua/саудівська-аравія-зацікавлена-в-таєм/amp/
*Saudi Arabia wants to revive the project and participate in the development and production with the transfer of technology in full.
So, this is the secret brother of the Armata T-14
Ukraine confirms development of next-generation main battle tank
http://kievreporter.com/news-ukrain...elopment-of-next-generation-main-battle-tank/
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