Obiekt 187

Obiekt 187
TypeMain battle tank
Place of originSoviet Union
Service history
In serviceNever, prototype only
Production history
DesignerVladimir Ivanovich Potkin
(chief designer)
UKBTM - Ural Design Bureau of Transport Machine-Building
Designedlate 1980s - middle 1990s
ManufacturerUralvagonzavod
Variants6
Specifications
Mass50 metric tons
Crew3

Armour950 mm
(maximum physical thickness, not counting the reactive armor)
Composite armour / reactive armour
(turret and hull front)
Rolled homogeneous armour
(rest of the tank)
Main
armament
125 mm 2A66 smoothbore tank gun
(48 calibers long barrel)
Secondary
armament
7.62 mm coaxial PKT machine gun
12.7 mm NSVT heavy machine gun
EngineА-85-2 diesel engine
1200 hp

Object 187 (Объект 187), was a Soviet experimental main battle tank developed between the late 1980s and middle 1990s. It remains a relatively unpublicized development because of high levels of secrecy surrounding the project.