Russia drafts two-section tank concept to succeed T-14 ArmataThe Russian Defense Ministry has drafted the concept of a two-section tank of the future which is to replace T-14 Armata after the 2040s. The project was presented by the Research Institute of Armor at Army-2020 forum. Gazeta.ru writes about the advantages of the new tank and difficulties its design may encounter.
A predecessor design of what Russia has partly in mind as a successor of the T-14 Armata: the Swedish UDES XX 20 Experimental Articulated Tank Destroyer developed in the early 1970s by the UDES research group, Bofors and Hägglunds companies (Picture source: Imgur)The prospective tank will have a two-section connected construction to decrease the specific pressure on the ground and resolve the weight problem. The front combat section will have the control compartment with three men in an armored capsule. The middle part of the combat module will accommodate an unmanned turret with an electric thermal-chemical gun and recharging unit. The tank will be armed with homing vertically launched missiles with a range of 12 km, as well as dynamic armor, laser blinder and a generator of electromagnetic impulses.
The 3,000 HP gas turbine engine, as well as air and ground unmanned vehicles for reconnaissance and protection will be carried by the second section of the tank.
Experts believe T-14 Armata tank will be effective up to the 2040s, but its replacement has to be designed already now. “There is nothing yet to say about the tank of the future. It is a concept, a perception of prospective armored vehicle. There is nothing new in the concept,” expert Mikhail Baryatinsky said.
The two-section design has been known for long, he added. Such vehicles have been created and are being built. Two-section tracked transporters are used by the Russian troops in the Arctic. “Yet in Soviet times, a family of powerful two-section Vityaz prime movers was designed with a major carrying capacity,” Baryatinsky said.
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