The finalized weapons set will undoubtedly be revealed over time.Įxternally, the T-14's design makes extensive use of angled surfaces - particularly at the turret. Secondary armament appears to be of some confusion - sources stating a 7.62mm medium machine gun with supporting 12.7mm Kord heavy machine gun (HMG) for local air defense (a Remote Weapon Station (RWS) is showcased atop the turret roof) or 30mm ranging autocannon with 12.7mm HMG for use against low-flying aerial targets. In keeping with Soviet Cold War tank tradition, the main gun also features the useful capability of firing Anti-Tank Guided Missiles (ATGMs) - a feature sorely missing from Western counterparts. The main gun is a remotely-controlled 125mm 2A82-1M smoothbore and features 45 ready-to-fire rounds. One of the key internal characteristics is the tank's crew all being located in the forward hull - none residing in the turret - meaning that the driver is front-left with the commander at front-right and the gunner at center. The T-14 has been developed with extensive modern and advanced systems to make it a featured product of any future Russian armored spearhead.
The 48-ton vehicle continues some Russian/Soviet tank traditions including use of a crew of three, an autoloader for the main gun, and primary armament being a smoothbore 125mm main gun. The T-14 carries the industrial designation of "Object 148". Production began in 2015 with some twenty vehicles having been completed for evaluation and training (ten were featured in the aforementioned parade). Design work on the tank has been handled by the Ural Design Bureau of Transport Machine-Building along with Uralvagonzavod with serial manufacture being managed by the latter party. The T-14 "Armata" was debuted during the 2015 Moscow Victory Day Parade as the Main Battle Tank (MBT) component of the proposed T-99 "Armata" family of armored vehicles (detailed elsewhere on this site) - marking a new generation of Russian-originated systems.
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