T-14 Armata
Serial production of Armata tanks to begin in
2020 — source
Military & Defense January 24, 10:56
UTC+3
In the second half of 2018, the delivery of a
pilot batch of the Armata tanks to the Russian Armed Forces is expected to be
completed, according to the source
MOSCOW, January 24. /TASS/. The serial production of the
newest T-14 Armata tanks will begin in 2020, a source in the Russian military
industrial complex told TASS, adding that several hundreds of tanks would be
made to be provided, first and foremost, to the units deployed to the Western
and Southern Military Districts.
"In accordance with the 2018-2027 State Armaments
Program, the serial production of the T-14 tanks based on the Armata platform
is planned to begin in 2020, hundreds of tanks will be made," the source
said.
He pointed out that the First Guards Tank Army
(headquartered in Odintsovo, Moscow Region), the 20th Guards Combined Arms Army
(headquartered in Voronezh), and the Eighth Guards Combined Arms Army of the
Southern Military District (headquartered in Novocherkassk, Rostov Region) will
be the first to receive new Armata tanks.
The source also said that in the second half of 2018, the
delivery of a pilot batch of the Armata tanks to the Russian Armed Forces was
expected to be completed. However, he did not elaborate the number of tanks in
the batch.
TASS has not yet received any official confirmation of
this information.
Tuning of Armata tanks
In late December 2017, Russian Ground Forces
Commander-in-Chief Colonel General Oleg Salyukov said that a contract on the
delivery of a pilot batch of the Armata tanks to the Armed Forces had been
signed. He pointed out that defense companies were tuning the tanks in
compliance with the delivery schedule.
In November 2017, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry
Rogozin announced that the 2018-2027 State Armaments Program stipulated serial
deliveries of the Armata tanks.
Back in April 2016, Vyacheslav Khalitov, the Deputy CEO
of the tank’s designer and manufacturer Uralvagonzavod, said that the first
batch of tanks will be delivered to the Armed Forces in 2017-2018. However, he
did not say if the batch would contain development prototypes intended for
tests.
The T-14 tank, based on the heavy tracked Armata
platform, was unveiled at the Victory Day Parade on Moscow’s Red Square on May
9, 2015. The new tank is the first in history to have an unmanned turret and an
isolated armor capsule for the crew.
Original post: tass.com
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