Soviet Union 1991

"It takes more skills to convince the powerful people in the military. They all understand the advantages and disadvantages of T80 tanks, and they know how to choose without us having to say anything. But if we put one more card on the table, form It's completely different. Amata is a different trump card. After comparing the 90 and the Armata, you will naturally understand which one you should choose. This is the psychological attack technique for dealing with the military. I believe Akhromeyev will be very surprised and angry when he hears it. Of course, the old man might still be happy about such a huge plan."

Yanayev suddenly laughed out loud when he said this. He could even imagine that the military's desire for Armata was just like the joy when he saw the T55 in service. This is an epoch-making tank. It officially means that the Soviet Union bids farewell to the third generation and takes a big step towards the fourth generation. Moreover, after Amata enters service, the United States will feel even more pressure.

The biggest reason why the Soviet Union blocked secret information was that it did not want to attract the attention of the United States and Europe, especially at this sensitive and critical moment. It showed a temporary weakness to the M1 tank to paralyze the nerves of the United States. The black technological achievements that exploded in a few years were enough to stun countries around the world.

Who calls them a black technology empire?

What if the West thinks that the Soviet Union has been eating away at its previous gains and cannot even maintain the upgrading of its armaments?

That could not be more wrong.

Vladimir came to his senses, and everyone in the audience was looking at him, wondering what the new tank was.

Everyone in the audience was surprised by Vladimir's remarks, including the Deputy Minister of Defense. He finally understood why Yazov smiled meaningfully when he heard that he was attending this meeting. It turned out that it really happened. The mystery is hidden inside.

As soon as the slide was turned, the original t90 picture was erased and replaced by another picture.

A picture was displayed on the wall. It was a tank, a tank I had never seen before. It seems to be derived from the shape of the Soviet tank. Although it still maintains a simple and rough structure in appearance, it does not have a round turret and a low chassis. Instead, it has a wide and flat turret. Each end of the turret is equipped with two things similar to machine guns.

"The 640 Black Hawk Engineering Development Project, the Armata tank. It is also a newly built fourth-generation main battle tank for the Soviet army. Once the final test is completed, it will be given priority to the Soviet Army."

In the eyes of Vladimir, Amata is a short-lived project that Yanayev has invested so many years of hard work, but will not let him turn into a wasted pancake.

This is a project that Yanayev has already decided on. He has prepared it for so many years in advance and will not tolerate any failure.

Comrade Vladimir cleared his throat and began to slowly talk about the weapons that the Soviet army was secretly researching.

"The Armata tracked armored platform combines and absorbs all the major developments and innovations in the design and production of combat vehicles over the past decade. The Armata main battle tank is even equipped with a remotely controlled unmanned turret, which can reduce the number of crew members. And conduct simplified operations.”

The turret is equipped with a new 125mm 2a82-1m smoothbore gun. The shooting accuracy of the 2a82-1m smoothbore gun has been increased by 120%, and the shooting intensity has also increased by 1.7 times compared to the previous T80. And there is another plan. The Armata main battle tank will also be equipped with a specially developed 152 mm artillery, which is the most powerful artillery installed in the history of main battle tanks. "

As soon as he finished speaking, the army department was already whispering. Mao Xiong fully displays his standard of justice as caliber and truth as artillery fire. Especially the most powerful gunfire of this main battle tank is enough to instantly kill all the crispy tanks on the battlefield.

Everyone on the stage was not too lazy to raise their eyelids to look at the slides like before, but they were curious about when this new tank would be available for interview.

Thrill and excitement filled the darkness.

"This is not a failed test model, but a 152mm gun that has been actually completed. If such a main battle tank is placed on the battlefield, there is no need to care about tanks from other countries. They have no military at all. strength to withstand this level of firepower.”

Baklanov excitedly said to Akhromeev next to him, as if he saw a new future for main battle tanks.

Akhromeyev did not show the excitement of the other party. He carefully stared at the detailed introduction of the Armata tank given by Comrade Vladimir. He noticed that the tank's turret was also equipped with a 30mm sub-caliber artillery to attack various targets. targets, including low-flying targets such as attack aircraft and helicopters. There is also a 12.7mm heavy machine gun equipped in the turret that is said to be able to hit incoming artillery shells, such as anti-tank missiles in flight. "

30mm caliber artillery, is this going to replace the work of self-propelled artillery?

Although the rate of fire of this 30mm caliber is obviously much slower than that of Tunguska or Shilka, air defense is not its main task.

"One Armata main battle tank may not have much impact on air defense, but ten, twenty, thirty, or even one hundred tanks will form a firepower network that will defeat any enemy trying to attack. The men in the tanks will be surrounded by them and torn apart by 30mm anti-aircraft guns."

The personnel of the Ministry of National Defense were surprised, and the private exchanges were endless.

New tanks, new artillery, it seems that they are ready to say goodbye to the past completely.

It turned out that General Secretary Yanayev refused to say anything, just waiting until the end to give everyone a surprise.

"Are we going to change the caliber?"

Someone frowned and said, he couldn't believe that the final debate between t80 and t90 was to start over again, and let such a tank end their debate.

Vladimir nodded very affirmatively.

"Yes, you heard it right, this means abandoning the 125mm 2a46 series smoothbore gun that has been used for half a century, and replacing it with a newly designed 125mm 2a82 smoothbore gun. Say goodbye to a series of calibers in the past. Moreover, during the development process, the designers and production personnel used the latest technology as much as possible. The 2a82 uses a self-tightening and partially chrome-plated gun barrel artillery system that can fire all existing shells, as well as new types of shells under development."

The entire conference room became very quiet.

Some people even thought that Vladimir was not telling the truth. The so-called Armata project has only one picture and data so far, and they cannot judge whether the Ministry of Defense should purchase them based on these things.

But then the other party's words dispelled all their doubts.

"If you don't believe it, the prototype has arrived in Moscow and will be open to everyone at the right time. We will not launch the Armata project without preparation. Of course, due to technological development. The prototype has not yet reached the point where the turret remote control technology is fully applicable. But we can guarantee that it has reached the standard in other aspects."

Due to the development of electronics, some conditions are still limited to the level of the 1990s. But Yanayev is not worried about these, because Armata is not a thing that can develop rapidly in this era. Yanayev gave the other party ten years.

By 2005, this plan will be fully exposed, because it is a product prepared for the next era. If there is still no significant progress by then, Yanayev will be very happy to bring people from the experimental research and development department into the KGB to talk about life ideals.

Pulling everyone's attention back from Armata to reality, they can't wait to see the true face of this tank.

"Oh, by the way, do you have any questions about the service of T90?"

Comrade Vladimir asked the other party, "By the way, there is also the service of T90 in the Far East, do you have anything else to say?"

Another meaning of this sentence is that since they have made concessions on the Far East issue, the Army should also take a step back on the issue of T90 service, and there is no need for both sides to make the situation too stalemate.

"The Ministry of Defense will hold a meeting on this, but I think there should be no problem."

Everyone's attention is focused on the Armata plan, and the service of T90 will be pushed to the Far East Military Region. Presumably no one will stand up and openly oppose this issue. The T72 tank over there has long needed to be updated.

Now they can't wait to see the true figure of Armata. (To be continued.)