In Kiev, announced the Ukrainian origin of the T-14 Armata
The promising T-14 Armata tank is not a Russian development, but is of Ukrainian origin. According to Defense Express, “Armata” was allegedly developed on the basis of the Kharkov project “Object 477 Hammer”.
Ukrainian experts claim that the T-14 Armata, positioned by Russia as a “revolutionary tank with active protection, a radar, a 152-mm cannon with an automatic loader and a powerful engine,” is in fact the Ukrainian development of the 80s of the last century. The publication writes that in its concept and the specified characteristics, Armata is no different from the Kharkov Hammer, starting "from the caliber of the gun and the crewless tower, engine power and the presence of active protection." The only difference is the availability of modern electronics, but this is explained in Ukraine as the “30-year technological advancement”.
- say Ukrainian "experts."
According to them, Russia began the development of "Almaty" in the 2000s, when oil prices allowed Russian specialists to gain access to foreign technologies, without which Russia allegedly could not create a modern tank on its own.
- writes the edition.
However, the introduction by the collective West of anti-Russian sanctions "for the capture of Crimea" and the cessation of supplies of Western components did not allow Russia to bring "Armata" to a series and supplies to the troops.
- say Ukrainian experts.
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