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Russia's T-14 Is Already the Most Advanced Tank in the World, With a Massive New Gun It Would Reign Supreme Against Any Other
The T-14 has been designed from the start with the possible upgrade to a massive 152mm cannon in mind.
With Russia’s T-14 Armata tank fielding a number of cutting-edge technologies designed to give it a considerable advantage over older armored platforms, and with a highly modular chassis developed to facilitate extensive modernizations and the integration of cutting-edge new systems in years to come, the tank may well be one of the most versatile ever to enter service.
Possibly the first of many upgraded or specialized variants of the Armata, Russia’s armed forces reportedly may consider deploying a large new 152mm cannon on the battle tank - an upgrade from the existing 125mm smoothsabre. While Russian battle tanks have long deployed 125mm cannons, the main gun used by the Armata is considerably superior to those of its predecessors - featuring improved accuracy, a firing rate of up to 12 rounds per minute, an 8km effective penetration range and the ability to deploy from an unmanned turret.
An experimental T-80 with a 152mm gun from the 1980s
The cannon can deploy a number of advanced specialized munitions including armor piercing rounds, guided missiles, fragmentation shells and even surface to air munitions - allowing the Armata to respond to a wide variety of threats. The addition of a new and larger cannon could further enhance its combat performance, and due to the vehicle’s far larger chassis than its predecessors such as the T-90 to better facilitate the deployment of a 152mm gun, it remains a potentially highly viable option for the next generation battle tank.
The Soviet military made extensive use of 152mm guns during the Second World War, with these cannons deployed as specialised tank killers designed to penetrate advanced German vehicles such as the Tiger which were otherwise nearly invulnerable to the smaller caliber weapons used by Soviet armored units.
The guns were also used to deploy high explosive shells to eliminate enemy bunkers and infantry formations, and were considered highly successful weapons. Due to advanced in Soviet armor penetrating munitions developed for the country’s new and more capable battle tanks, which the USSR was confident would allow it to eliminate Western armor in the early Cold War, 152mm weapons were retired from frontline service.
It was only in the 1980s, with tensions with the Western Bloc fast rising and the United States Army commissioning the M1 Abrams tank, the most survivable Western battle tank ever built, that the Soviet military sought to again deploy the 152mm cannon to the front lines. A new 152mm gun was developed by the Kirov design bureau’s KB-3 office and was planned as a rifled main armament to be integrated onto the T-80 chassis.
The resulting tank was referred to as Object 292 - though considerable difficulties in development and the eventual collapse of the Soviet Union meant that this project would never materialize into an active frontline platform. An entirely new turret hat to be designed for the T-80, which was a rather small vehicle to mount such a large gun. A new autoloader was also needed to load the massive shells into the gun, and with development taking several years the prototype was only ready in late 1990 - shortly after which the USSR’s disintegration ended the program.
Russia's new 152mm self-propelled artillery gun on the Armata platform
Potential remains for a 152mm cannon to be deployed on future Russian tanks, with such a program likely borrowing heavily from the previous Soviet experience developing Object 292. The T-80 prototype was found to be a highly capable platform, one which would have almost certainly been put into mass production had the Soviet Union survived - with its massive gun having relatively small recoil, the same as that of the 125mm 2A46, due to the highly successful specialized new turret design.
The gun itself had 50% more energy at the muzzle than the 2A46, and the design had a great deal of potential. Russia today is reportedly considering deploying a large 152mm gun on its new battle tanks - allowing them to outmatch rival platforms at range and engage at considerable longer distances when facing enemy armor.
Fielding such a large cannon could serve as an effective force multiplier for the Russian Armata tank platforms, particularly if designers can match the firing rate of the T-14’s existing 125mm cannon using the larger new gun. This would allow the Armata to better contend with rival platforms such as the South Korean K2 Black Panther, which reportedly retains a number of advantages in ranged engagements at present, as well as against upcoming Western fourth generation tank designs which are set to challenge the T-14’s current supremacy.
Fielded alongside the new 2S35 Koalitsiya-SV mobile artillery piece, the longest ranged and most capable self propelled artillery system in the world, a T-14 deploying a 152mm gun will give Russian’s armoured units near absolute technological supremacy on the ground against any potential adversary.
Source: Military Watch
The T-14 has been designed from the start with the possible upgrade to a massive 152mm cannon in mind.
With Russia’s T-14 Armata tank fielding a number of cutting-edge technologies designed to give it a considerable advantage over older armored platforms, and with a highly modular chassis developed to facilitate extensive modernizations and the integration of cutting-edge new systems in years to come, the tank may well be one of the most versatile ever to enter service.
Possibly the first of many upgraded or specialized variants of the Armata, Russia’s armed forces reportedly may consider deploying a large new 152mm cannon on the battle tank - an upgrade from the existing 125mm smoothsabre. While Russian battle tanks have long deployed 125mm cannons, the main gun used by the Armata is considerably superior to those of its predecessors - featuring improved accuracy, a firing rate of up to 12 rounds per minute, an 8km effective penetration range and the ability to deploy from an unmanned turret.
An experimental T-80 with a 152mm gun from the 1980s
The cannon can deploy a number of advanced specialized munitions including armor piercing rounds, guided missiles, fragmentation shells and even surface to air munitions - allowing the Armata to respond to a wide variety of threats. The addition of a new and larger cannon could further enhance its combat performance, and due to the vehicle’s far larger chassis than its predecessors such as the T-90 to better facilitate the deployment of a 152mm gun, it remains a potentially highly viable option for the next generation battle tank.
The Soviet military made extensive use of 152mm guns during the Second World War, with these cannons deployed as specialised tank killers designed to penetrate advanced German vehicles such as the Tiger which were otherwise nearly invulnerable to the smaller caliber weapons used by Soviet armored units.
The guns were also used to deploy high explosive shells to eliminate enemy bunkers and infantry formations, and were considered highly successful weapons. Due to advanced in Soviet armor penetrating munitions developed for the country’s new and more capable battle tanks, which the USSR was confident would allow it to eliminate Western armor in the early Cold War, 152mm weapons were retired from frontline service.
It was only in the 1980s, with tensions with the Western Bloc fast rising and the United States Army commissioning the M1 Abrams tank, the most survivable Western battle tank ever built, that the Soviet military sought to again deploy the 152mm cannon to the front lines. A new 152mm gun was developed by the Kirov design bureau’s KB-3 office and was planned as a rifled main armament to be integrated onto the T-80 chassis.
The resulting tank was referred to as Object 292 - though considerable difficulties in development and the eventual collapse of the Soviet Union meant that this project would never materialize into an active frontline platform. An entirely new turret hat to be designed for the T-80, which was a rather small vehicle to mount such a large gun. A new autoloader was also needed to load the massive shells into the gun, and with development taking several years the prototype was only ready in late 1990 - shortly after which the USSR’s disintegration ended the program.
Russia's new 152mm self-propelled artillery gun on the Armata platform
Potential remains for a 152mm cannon to be deployed on future Russian tanks, with such a program likely borrowing heavily from the previous Soviet experience developing Object 292. The T-80 prototype was found to be a highly capable platform, one which would have almost certainly been put into mass production had the Soviet Union survived - with its massive gun having relatively small recoil, the same as that of the 125mm 2A46, due to the highly successful specialized new turret design.
The gun itself had 50% more energy at the muzzle than the 2A46, and the design had a great deal of potential. Russia today is reportedly considering deploying a large 152mm gun on its new battle tanks - allowing them to outmatch rival platforms at range and engage at considerable longer distances when facing enemy armor.
Fielding such a large cannon could serve as an effective force multiplier for the Russian Armata tank platforms, particularly if designers can match the firing rate of the T-14’s existing 125mm cannon using the larger new gun. This would allow the Armata to better contend with rival platforms such as the South Korean K2 Black Panther, which reportedly retains a number of advantages in ranged engagements at present, as well as against upcoming Western fourth generation tank designs which are set to challenge the T-14’s current supremacy.
Fielded alongside the new 2S35 Koalitsiya-SV mobile artillery piece, the longest ranged and most capable self propelled artillery system in the world, a T-14 deploying a 152mm gun will give Russian’s armoured units near absolute technological supremacy on the ground against any potential adversary.
Source: Military Watch
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