Vitaliy Kuzmin
February 4, 2021 at 9:22 am
The newest Russian tank T-14 "Armata" has received an export passport, in the near future the combat vehicle will be presented abroad for the first time. On Thursday, February 4, RIA Novosti was informed about this in the press service of Rosoboronexport.
"An advertising passport has been issued for the T-14 Armata tank, and in the near future you will see its foreign debut," the company said.
Military.RF, Nikita Grigoriev
Earlier, the general director of Rosoboronexport, Alexander Mikheev, announced consultations with foreign partners on the supply of the latest tanks. The nearest foreign exhibition with the participation of Russian defense enterprises, including the developer of "Armata" - concern "Uralvagonzavod", will be the IDEX-2021 weapons salon in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates).
The press service of the Russian special exporter also reminded that earlier the newest wheeled combat platform "Boomerang" had been brought to the foreign market .
T-14 "Armata" - the world's only third post-war generation tank. The turret of the Armata tank is uninhabited, and the crew is for the first time placed in an armored capsule, separated from the ammunition load.
At the forum "Army-2018"for the purchase of 132 T-14 battle tanks and T-15 infantry fighting vehicles on the Armata platform from Uralvagonzavod.
In February 2019, sources in the Russian Ministry of Defense claimed that by the end of the year, the military would receive 12 T-14 Armata tanks and four T-16 armored repair and recovery vehicles. But in January 2020, the head of the Rostec state corporation, Sergei Chemezov, admitted that the military had not yet received the first batch of T-14s.
In December 2020, Sergei Chemezov announced that serial deliveries of new tanks had been postponed to 2021 .
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