Russia’s army has shown how its latest tank, the Armata, fires on its counterpart, the Soviet T-64 tank, Russia Beyond reports.
The shots are from several different angles, as well as from inside the Armata tank and from inside the target tank.
Preparation for the paint is done with a few touches on the touch screen, during the shot the tank shakes slightly – a little water spills from the cup in the journalist’s hand – and the cumulative projectile leaves a hole in the armored T-64, Rossiyskaya Gazeta writes.
Journalists were allowed to approach the T-14 only during the warm-up shot with a standard cumulative projectile. A line of new ammunition with increased power has been developed for the Army, but they are not shown to outsiders. The flight path of the projectile is scanned by Doppler radar and captured by a high-speed video camera. The testers are very interested in the moment the ammunition leaves the barrel and is in contact with the target. The firing tests of each new tank last up to three months.
The armored capsule of the T-14 is unexpectedly spacious: three people sit normally next to each other. Preparing for a shot is like dialing a phone: a few taps on the screen and somewhere in the back, the powerful drives charge the projectile and projectile, directing the 7-meter cannon to the target. Their work is not heard in the cabin – only the steady hum of the air conditioner – cool from the July heat in the armored car. At the moment of the shot, the crew in the capsule swayed slightly and that’s it.
The 38th Research Testing Institute (NII) issues to the design bureaus technical tasks for new models of armored vehicles and their armament, and then tests the built prototypes. The Armata tank is undergoing state tests near Kubinka.
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