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2021-08-11 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Russian Army to receive the first T-14 tanks by 2022

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Posted by badanov 2021-08-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 "This year, 20 latest T-14 'Armata' tanks will arrive for the troops," the defense official said during the single military output acceptance day.

By way of discussion, that means a production rate of 1.66 vehicles per month. Keep in mind that this rate includes typical ~~Soviet~~ Russian QA standards.

Although the M1 Abrams is currently not in production (Congressional pork meant that we overproduced to requirements for years), the Lima (OH) Tank Plant is capable of - and has in fact done so - thirty tanks a month.

Keep an eye on it, but don't worry too much.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2021-08-11 05:50|| 2021-08-11 05:50|| Front Page Top

#2 The bigger change s the improved 125mm smooth bore main gun

Took them long enough. The M1 outranged them as early as the first Gulf War. Using the laser rangefinders our guys knew that and exploited it. See the flash then a sand cloud kick up 100 meters out. Followed by return fire on target.

Posted by Procopius2k 2021-08-11 10:00|| 2021-08-11 10:00|| Front Page Top

#3 Took them long enough. The M1 outranged them as early as the first Gulf War. Using the laser rangefinders our guys knew that and exploited it. See the flash then a sand cloud kick up 100 meters out. Followed by return fire on target.

Russians has similar fire control enhancements the US has, and has had them for a good while. And they have retrofitted many of their T-72s with those improvements. (T-72B3)

What they didn't have was an improvement in the 125mm gun itself, and its ammunition.

As far as the shooting in Desert Storm, the M1 could range out to that, but the optics couldn't. Dunno if it's still a problem.

We still do not know, even at this late date, just how good/bad the Russian 125mm smoothbore is, since the Russian "customers' don't receive the same gun/ammunition the Russian Army itself uses. It could well be as good or better than the Rheinmetal 120mm.

Posted by badanov 2021-08-11 10:13|| 2021-08-11 10:13|| Front Page Top

#4 I have seen some chatter about the Armata being a platform for autonomous fighting vehicles. In the tank version, the gun is operated 'remotely' from inside the armored cabin rather than from the turret and it uses an autoloader rather than an extra crewman. Lots of interesting possibilities, IMHO.

Posted by SteveS 2021-08-11 11:20|| 2021-08-11 11:20|| Front Page Top

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