- 5 May 2015
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Russian Ministry of Defense for a long time kept the intrigue, but on Monday the public could finally see the latest armored vehicles without harboring its earlier canvas.
At this point, the new models of equipment in the spotlight several times.
The flagship of the new series – the T-14 “Armata” – hit the lens motorist phone immediately as soon as left the range and went for loading to the railway station to go to Moscow. Since then, this video has gained over 6.5 million views.
BBC Russian Service spoke with experts from Russia, Ukraine and the United Kingdom, who noted that Russia really were the first to make a technological breakthrough in the production of armored vehicles.
In this case, According to them, presented at the parade tanks, armored personnel carriers and infantry fighting vehicles are essentially pre-production samples, is not taken into service.
They have yet to pass state tests, which resulted in the design are subject to change .
Tank for the Third World?
Although the new tanks and armored vehicles have shown fully open, the data for a detailed analysis of the technical characteristics of the new armored vehicles are still not so much. First of all, it concerns the optical and electronic devices, which are in the same tank T-14 plays a key role.
However, as told BBC Russian Service Specialist Ukrainian armored Andrei Tarasenko, judging by the shape, the designers paid more attention to the frontal armor of the new tank, which indicates the fact that they were building a machine for mass tank battles.
“Three people sitting shoulder to shoulder in front of the body, but we can see that the size of the tank, its width remains the same. She could not change because there is the railway gauge and the tank will not be able to move by rail across the country. Accordingly, we can see that the crew members rest against the side of the shoulder, which is the thickness is not much superior to the board of the same T-72 “, – he said.
According to the expert, in modern conflicts, such as Syria or Iraq, most of the results had cumulative ammunition in the side, which is protected only by a complex of active protection is impossible.
“The tank is designed for full-scale conflicts, such as the third world war “- he concluded.
In turn, told Russian military expert Victor Murakhovski in the terms of reference has been provided the necessary level of protection from all angles, including the upper hemisphere.
“The level of protection of the tank has no analogues in the world, and I’m not sure that in the near future will be able to do [something like],” – he said.
Murakhovski also believes that consider the use of tanks in a particular type of military conflict should be based on the fact that in parallel developed several platforms tracked and wheeled armored vehicles.
agrees with him military commentator Konstantin Bogdanov Heathcliff, who also said that for urban combat to accompany the tank is built heavy infantry fighting vehicles based on it. However, he admitted that the T-14 – the “universal tank battlefield on the plain”.
“But strictly speaking, most of the applications of this tank would be in such conditions. It would be strange to see that -What else “- he concluded.
Samples
According to the experts represented in the Victory Parade models of equipment are likely pre-production prototypes that have completed or are completing factory tests.
“This is the pilot batches of samples, which this year, as a last resort – next year – will take to the stage of state tests.
According to Andrei Tarasenko, a revolutionary design of the new tank, as well as conceptually new to the Russian infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers in the middle track (“Kurganets”) and the wheel (“Boomerang”) require a serious improvement for several years – in his words, it is inevitable for such machines in any country.
Konstantin Bogdanov believes that the future evolution of the T-14 will go on ways to simplify.
He thinks it’s more likely a sample, all available technology demonstrator “Uralvagonzavod”, and the only question that can and should be asked – whether all installed systems brought to a healthy state?
The expert believes that only then, “building on the results of pilot tests [Defense Ministry] will decide whether it is necessary as such, or it can be set less technologically advanced systems, but cheaper and that the criterion of cost-effectiveness are more suited Army “.
Calling NATO?
According to Andrei Tarasenko, with all the disadvantages he sees in the T-14, the tank – “Russia is a serious bid to restore parity with leading tankostroitelnymi countries – the United States and Germany”.
“That What we see, can seriously change aspects of the construction and defense of the European countries, and neighbors [Russia], “- said the expert, adding that in the coming years will be ready to answer the Western countries to the emergence of” Almaty was “.
However, the British military expert Paul Beaver told BBC BBC said that against the backdrop of the emergence of new technology in Russia Western countries – the US and the UK – are engaged in a modernization of the existing tanks.
“In the West, there are no plans for the creation of a new tank, “- said the British expert.
According to Paul Beaver, over the past 20-30 years, the Western countries to cope with all the challenges that required the intervention of tanks, using existing armor.
He believes that as long as there is no reason to believe that will follow any response to the emergence of “Almaty was”: “The arms race between Russia and the West is not”.
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