Armata Universal Combat Platform

Armata
TypeTracked heavy armored vehicle
Place of originRussia
Service history
Used byRussian Armed Forces
Production history
DesignerUral Design Bureau of Transport Machine-Building, Uralvagonzavod
ManufacturerUralvagonzavod
Unit cost$3,700,000 (T-14)[1]
Produced2015
No. built20+
Specifications
Mass48 tons in an MBT configuration
Crew3[citation needed]

Armor
(the stealth and list is not exhaustive)
Main
armament
Secondary
armament
T-14: 12.7 mm and 7.62 mm machine guns
EngineChTZ 12N360 (A-85-3A) diesel engine[7]
1,500 hp (1,100 kW), moderated to 1,200 hp (890 kW) in normal operation
Transmission16-gear automatic transmission (estimate, including reverse gears)
Maximum speed
  • 80 km/h (50 mph) (forwards, estimate)
  • 80 km/h (50 mph) (reverse, estimate)

The "Armata" Universal Combat Platform (‹See Tfd›Russian: Армата)[8][9] is a Russian advanced next generation modular heavy military tracked vehicle platform. The Armata platform is the basis of the T-14 (a main battle tank), the T-15 (a heavy infantry fighting vehicle), a combat engineering vehicle, an armoured recovery vehicle, a heavy armoured personnel carrier, a tank support combat vehicle, and several types of self-propelled artillery, including the 2S35 Koalitsiya-SV under the same codename based on the same chassis. It is also intended to serve as the basis for artillery, air defense, and NBC defense systems.[10] The new "Armata" tank platform is meant to replace the older Russian main battle tanks and APCs that are currently used by the Russian military.[11][12]

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