Tank T-14 “Armata”
A fundamentally new generation of Russian tanks, which, in particular, can replace the T-14 “Armata” vehicles, can receive an electrothermochemical gun (ETHP), “Zvezda” reports, referring to data from confidential sources in the military-industrial complex.
The weekly writes that ETHP uses a preliminary heating of the propellant, followed by its supply under high pressure to the barrel of the gun, where it is converted into plasma with the help of electrical energy. “In this case, it is possible to obtain a smoother curve than in conventional guns, the pressure curve in the bore and, as a result, increase the muzzle velocity of the projectile to almost 4500 meters per second,” the newspaper writes.
The weekly notes that such a gun can be obtained by an unmanned combat vehicle, controlled not without the participation of an operator by artificial intelligence.
In August, the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov said that the T-14 “Armata” tank could be put into service in late 2020 – early 2021.
Work on the Armata universal tracked platform was carried out in 2009-2015. The contract between the Ministry of Defense of Russia and Uralvagonzavod provides for the supply from the end of 2018 to the end of 2021 of 132 vehicles created on the basis of the Armata platform (T-14 tank, T-15 BMP and T-16 armored recovery vehicle ).
