Serial supplies of
Russia’s new T-14 tanks on the Armata platform to Russian troops will begin in
2021.
MOSCOW, April 19.
/TASS/. The T-14 tank on the heavy tracked vehicle platform has been tested in
Syria, Russian Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov said on Sunday.
"Yes, that’s
right. They [Armata tanks] were used in Syria," he said in an interview
with the Deistvuyushchiye Litsa (Political Actors) with Nailya Asker-zade
program on the Rossiya-1 television channel answering a corresponding question.
"They were used in field conditions, in Syria, so, we took into account
all the nuances."
Alexander Potapov,
CEO of Uravagonzavod, the tank’s developer and manufacturer (incorporated into
Rostec corporation), said in an interview with the Vedomosti daily on February
3 that first batches of Aramata tanks would be supplied to the Russian army in
2020 for field trials.
The Armata is a heavy
tracked standardized platform serving as the basis to develop a main battle
tank, an infantry fighting vehicle, an armored personnel carrier and some other
armored vehicles. The T-14 tank based on the Armata platform was shown to the
public for the first time at Red Square’s Victory Day parade on May 9, 2015.
The new combat vehicle features fully digitized equipment, an unmanned turret
and an isolated armored capsule for the crew.
Serial supplies of
T-14 tanks
Serial supplies of
Russia’s new T-14 tanks on the Armata platform to Russian troops will begin in
2021."It [the T-14 Armata tank] is expensive because it is still
undergoing extra trials and modernization after the defense ministry requested
additional technical solutions in order to begin serial supplies starting from
the next year under the existing contract," said Denis Manturov.
Foreign buyers of
Armata tanks
Russia plans to begin
work with potential foreign buyers of Russian Armata tanks and has already
received a number of advance orders.
"Next year, when
serial supplies of these tanks to the defense ministry are launched and an
exports certificate is obtained, we will begin to work with foreign
clients," said Denis Manturov.
According to the
minister, a number of countries have already demonstrated interest to these
tanks. He noted that Russia already has advance orders. "Preliminarily,
bearing in mind that we cannot provide all the documentation to our foreign
clients, well, we do have preliminary orders," he said.
Source: ITAR-TASS
26-04-2020
