Russia will complete the first
prototype of the new Armata main battle tank by 2013 and begin
production and deliveries to the Russian Armed Forces in 2015, Defense
Minister Anatoly Serdyukov and the CEO of tank manufacturer
Uralvagonzavod Oleg Sienko told Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, the
Lenta.ru news portal reported.
Uralvagonzavod
and the military are testing the main components of the new tank. No
other details were reported. Meanwhile, the Defense Ministry has signed a
contract worth six billion rubles with Uralvagonzavod to upgrade 170
T-72 main battle tanks, to be carried out at a specially prepared
facility in Omsk, Lenta.ru said.
Russian-made Black Eagle main
battle tank. According to the Sverdlovsk "Regional Newspaper", the
Russian military, so, in fact, refused to purchase T-90 tanks, has been
repeatedly criticized by the Commander of Land Forces Alexander
Postnikov and Chief of General Staff of Russian Armed Forces Nikolai
Makarov. (photo : Army Recognition)
“The
Russian armed forces will have a new main tank with fundamentally new
characteristics, fully automated loading and separate crew compartment
by 2015,” Lieutenant-General Yuri Kovalenko, former First Deputy Head of
the Russian Defense Ministry’s Automotive Armor Directorate said last
April.Kovalenko said work from other projects, including Object 195 and
Black Eagle, will be incorporated in Armata's design.
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