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“Usually supersonic cruise missiles fly at a speed of Mach 2-3,” says the candidate of physical and mathematical sciences Nikolay Grigoriev. – We want our devices to fly at speeds of more than Mach 6. Moreover, this flight must be long. At least 7-10 minutes, during which the device must independently reach a speed of more than one and a half thousand meters per second.”

The first hypersonic vehicle was created in the USSR back in the late 70s of the last century. In 1997, the designers of the Dubna MKB "Raduga" first showed it on. It was presented as a system of a new class - a hypersonic experimental aircraft (GELA) X-90. In the West they called him AS-19 Koala. According to the company, the missile flew at a distance up to 3 thousand km. Carried two individually targetable warheads capable of hitting targets at a distance of 100 km from the separation point. The X-90 could be carried by an extended version of the Tu-160M ​​strategic bomber.

In the early 90s of the last century, the ICD carried out working together with German engineers on the problem of hypersound based on another of their rockets X-22 "Storm"(according to classification – AS-4 Kitchen("Kitchen"). This supersonic cruise missile is part of the standard armament of the Tu-22M3 long-range bomber. Can fly 600 km and carry thermonuclear or conventional combat unit weighing in 1 ton. The missile is designed to destroy US aircraft carriers. During the experiment, with additional upper stages installed on the rocket, the vehicle was able to reach hypersonic flight mode.

Moreover, as it reminds Grigoriev, was created spaceship reusable "Buran", which upon entering the dense layers of the atmosphere developed a speed of 25 swings. Today, according to the expert, the task is to make such a flight active, that is, the machine must not just “plan”, but independently develop and maintain such a speed, change the direction of flight.

From "Koala" to "Yars"

Testing hypersonic vehicles is a closely guarded secret. One can judge how things are going with their development only by American reports of success or failure during certain test launches. They conducted the last such experiment in August. Rocket launch X-43A was produced from the Kodiak test site on . The rocket was developed as a joint project American army and laboratories Sandia National within the framework of the “Prompt Global Strike” concept. Her first test occurred in November 2011. It was assumed that during the current tests, the missile, picking up a speed of about 6.5 thousand km/h, would hit a training target on the Pacific atoll of Kwajalein. As a result, the device only worked 7 seconds before burning up in the atmosphere. Nevertheless, they called this flight a success - the machine demonstrated the ability to gain the required acceleration.

Soviet X-90, about which at least something is known for certain, flew further and longer. As the designers say, the machine quickly heated up due to air resistance, which destroyed the device or rendered the mechanisms inside the body inoperative. To achieve hypersound, a ramjet rocket engine required at least fuel consisting largely of hydrogen. And this is extremely difficult to implement technically, since hydrogen gas has a low density. Storing liquid hydrogen presented other insurmountable technical difficulties. And finally, during a hypersonic flight around X-90 arose plasma cloud, which burned the radio antennas, which led to loss of controllability of the device.

However, these shortcomings eventually turned into advantages. The problem of cooling the body and hydrogen fuel was solved by using a mixture of kerosene and water as its components. After heating, it was fed into a special catalytic mini-reactor, in which an endothermic catalytic conversion reaction took place, as a result of which hydrogen fuel was produced. This process led to severe cooling of the device's body. No less original was the solution to the problem of burning radio antennas, for which they began to use plasma cloud.

At the same time, the plasma cloud allowed the device not only to move in the atmosphere at a speed 5 km per second, but also do it with “broken” trajectories. The machine could abruptly change its flight direction. In addition, the plasma cloud also created invisibility effect radar apparatus. X-90 did not enter service; work on the missile was suspended back in 1992.

But the principles of its operation are very similar to the description of the actions of maneuvering nuclear warheads ballistic missiles "Topol M", "Yars" and new RS-26. The Ministry of Defense has repeatedly cited them as an example of overcoming any system. The maneuvering unit can swerve at any second, unpredictably changing the direction of flight, which is guaranteed to hit the target. Not a single national missile defense system is capable of calculating such a trajectory and targeting the attacking missile defense unit.

Combat "Platypus"

Last year the Ministry of Defense reported that hypersonic weapons will equip, first of all, long-range aviation aircraft. At that time, rockets already existed, although their flight was hypersound lasted only a few seconds. The Deputy Prime Minister has repeatedly stated this. However, neither the military, nor the Deputy Prime Minister, nor industry representatives provided any specific details.

Current successes in the creation of hypersonic aircraft can only be judged by indirect evidence. For example, this summer the Tactical Corporation missile weapons", the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Industry and Trade reported that they had agreed on a program for the creation of hypersonic missile technologies. More than 2 billion rubles will be invested in the development of promising technology, and the first device will not appear later than 2020. What kind of devices these will be, what characteristics they will have and for what purposes has not been announced.

The fact that the groundwork, as they say, is there, can be judged at least from the MAKS exhibition in the Moscow region. In 2011 Central Institute aviation engine building company from Lytkarino near Moscow demonstrated a number of promising hypersonic vehicles. At the institute’s stand, several models of promising rockets were exhibited, more similar not to classic cigar-shaped rockets, but to the masterpiece of an avant-garde sculptor, who took the Australian animal platypus as the prototype for his creation - the flattened spade-shaped “nose” of the fairing, the chopped shapes of the rocket body itself. Then the representative of the institute Vyacheslav Semenov reported that in 2012 the Ministry of Defense will present a fully operational hypersonic flight model cruise missile. He also spoke about this. What exactly was discussed is unknown. There were no official reports about the new rocket in the press. However, the name of the promising complex was repeatedly mentioned "Zircon".

According to indirect indications, it is based on a missile created on the basis of a supersonic anti-ship missile "Yakhont" and its Russian-Indian counterpart "BrahMos". Indian BrahMos Aerospace Limited has repeatedly announced work on creating a hypersonic version of its products. Its layout was demonstrated by the same “Platypus”. According to a company employee, hypersonic missile already exists and is being tested. If this is so, then there is its analogue in Russia.

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Incredible facts

At all times, people have tried to impress, especially their sworn enemies. They did this in different ways, for example, by spreading rumors about miraculous super weapons that they allegedly planned to produce.

The Spartans dressed their warriors in red cloaks that showed no blood, and this gave them the reputation of being invincible warriors. The huge storm towers terrified the besiegers and forced them to surrender. Mongol horsemen who invaded Russia, dressed in Chinese silks and carrying expensive Chinese weapons, were perceived by Russian soldiers as heroes.

Parades, magnificent uniforms, photographs of monstrous cannons in magazines and related articles at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century became a powerful weapon to influence the minds of mankind. The dissemination of such information, although not always reliable, often gave a country moral, and therefore political, superiority over its adversary (“we are better because we are more talented and powerful”).

For example, this turned out to be the “trench destroyer”, which appeared in the USA on the cover of the popular magazine “Electrical Experimenter” in February 1917. The author most likely came up with it after being inspired by a Ferris wheel he saw at a fair or amusement park, or perhaps at the first agricultural wheeled tractor show. However, his vehicle was simply amazing: maximum offensive power with maximum protection for the crew.

Nevertheless, he didn't think through how this car would move around battlefield, or how the team will fire shots from the cockpit while swinging on a Ferris wheel. But magazines with this image quickly sold out, and the artist's efforts were certainly rewarded. In addition, people were convinced that there were a large number of capable engineers living in the United States, and they believed in their country.

Back in 1905, a patent was registered in Germany for a tank in the form of an armored ball with a side insert for cannons and machine guns. But it was never made. However, the idea was seriously discussed in the American magazine Popular Science in 1936. In accordance with this project, the tank was to consist of a fixed inner sphere and two rotating outer hemispheres with special "grousers".

The tank's armament consisted of three machine guns: one looked forward, the second - into the towers at the end of the hemispheres, and the third - into the zenith. The engine exhaust gases were located in the space between the shells, and instead of ventilation inside the “tank” they seriously planned to place oxygen cylinders. However, at first glance, the tank in the picture looked quite functional, and the idea that taxpayers don't just give money to the government came up again. Once engineers started “working” on similar projects, it seemed that the United States had no problems.

However, all of these projects were worse than the "electric tank" that was supposedly developed in 1935 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. For road travel, it had wheels, but for some reason the designers chose propellers for cross-country travel. This fact alone should have alerted people, because before this not a single tank moving on propellers had been put into operation. But it was in this image that the tank looked more impressive.

But what's more interesting is The "tank" was impressive with its weapons. It was not an ordinary flamethrower, but a generator electric charges Van de Graaf.

Inside the ball there was a cabin for an individual, who had at his disposal a large amount of water in a special tank. When a stream of water was directed at an opponent immediately after he had been treated with an artificial lightning bolt with a force of hundreds of millions of electric volts, it would instantly burn him. Other crew members were distracted by controlling the diesel engine of the “super tank.” Van de Graaf managed to create a generator with a power of seven million volts. These are certainly impressive sizes, but the engineers were unable to expand the range of the water cannon, which is what prevented the construction of a tank.

Popular Science magazine wrote in 1940: “An experimental model of a gigantic armored car has been built in Los Angeles, armed with two six-inch guns built into a rotating armored ‘turret.’ This ‘apparatus’ is equipped with thick armor to protect against shells and bombs. Special Effort were applied to protect the machine. Its specially designed tires can travel at speeds of about 105 kilometers per hour. During firing, the “towers” ​​interact with the ground using hydraulic supports. Moreover, in addition to the six-inch gun, the vehicle is also equipped with a machine gun. It was tested by the US Army for four months."

Tested, but without results, despite the fact that all the fighting qualities of this “super tank” were remarkable. But in reality, nothing like this existed because military technology was not yet developed at this level in those days. However, gullible readers of the time believed that it was possible. They thought that the United States, being the most advanced automotive power in the world, could build any combat vehicle.

Interestingly, the same principle was used American media to introduce Reagan's program" star Wars", scaring people with a "binary gas, neutron bomb" and other horrors that ended up being fake. It appears that binary munitions were designed to simply increase shelf life, as well as more to ensure the safety of one's troops. Also, later chemical weapon was prohibited.

The Star Wars program could not be implemented because even if all its components were implemented, frequent launches of blocks into space would destroy the entire ozone layer over the United States. "Neutron bomb" - this is a conventional anti-tank vehicle, today deprived of a corresponding carrier. This means that nothing that the Americans threatened the world with for many decades existed in reality. However, people were afraid, and a lot of money from the state budget was spent to maintain this fear.

Despite Western sanctions, currency fluctuations and falling world energy prices, Moscow continues to develop promising new generation weapons that should enter service Russian army in the coming years. According to The National Interest, who prepared a kind of rating of promising “Russian superweapons”, the United States and NATO countries would do well to pay attention to Russian developments today.

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Russia is developing many new types of weapons and military equipment, most of them already “have no equal in the world,” writes The National Interest, and work is being carried out despite the situation in the currency and oil markets and Western sanctions.

Based on this, the editorial staff of The National Interest prepared a rating Russian weapons, “which should be watched closely in the coming months and years.”

T-50 fighter

By The opinion National Interest, the T-50 fighter (an advanced front-line aircraft) “is perhaps the most outstanding project in the modernization of the defense industry.” It is being developed as a fifth-generation stealth aircraft and is intended to replace the Su-27 and its variations currently in service.

The T-50 is in no way inferior to the F-22 of the US Air Force, the publication notes, in addition, Russian fighter will have higher maneuverability.

Bomber PAK DA

The Tupolev design bureau is developing a promising long-range aviation complex (PAK DA) - a new stealth bomber about which little is known yet. However, the publication believes, the plane will fly at subsonic speeds.

"Armata" program

The editors of The National Interest separately highlighted the complex of armored vehicles that Moscow is developing as part of the Armata program.

“Rather than developing a specialized vehicle for a specific purpose, Russia is working on a common chassis that can be adapted to any role,” the publication writes.

As part of the Armata program, tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, self-propelled vehicles are being developed artillery installations and other types of military equipment that will be equipped with the latest electronic systems, which have no analogues in Russian troops there hasn't been one yet.

Electronic warfare systems

According to The National Interest, Russian systems electronic warfare comparable to similar developments in other NATO countries or even superior to them. In particular, the publication highlights the Krasukha-4 complexes, designed to cover troops, command posts and air defense systems, as well as Khibiny - aviation complexes, developed for radio direction finding and camouflage of aircraft.

Nuclear submarines

“Russia has always built excellent submarines,” summarizes The National Interest. Nevertheless, modern submarines are modified versions of developments from the times of the USSR. Moscow is aware of all the associated disadvantages and has already begun developing the next generation nuclear submarines, the publication notes. According to the magazine, the new generation of submarines will replace the Granites, Antei and Barracudas.

Project “Status-6” / Photo: topwar.ru

News releases included information about the secret project “Status-6”, powerful weapon a new type being developed in Russia. The fact that the information is indeed secret was confirmed by presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov. And he promised to take measures to prevent this from happening again. TV channels cut out footage with tactical and technical characteristics of “Status” from stories from a military meeting with V. Putin. And while conspiracy theorists are arguing whether the “leak” was accidental or intentional, the details of the “absolute weapon” are being discussed with might and main on military forums.

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The tablet caught on camera shows two submarines. One was identified as a nuclear submarine being built in Severodvinsk special purpose"Belgorod", in the other - the nuclear submarine "Khabarovsk", laid down there in 2014. According to experts, boats will become carriers giant torpedo With nuclear reactor and a thermonuclear warhead. Essentially a robotic submarine. The docking point of submarines is located at the bottom, so the load cannot be seen either from land or from a satellite.

The torpedo has a cruising range of 10 thousand kilometers, a diving depth of one kilometer, and a speed of about 90 knots. Pentagon representatives admitted to the Washington Times that it is impossible to intercept an underwater vehicle with such characteristics. According to the publication, the torpedo is designed to hit the US coastal zone through an artificial tsunami 500 meters high and radioactive contamination of the coast. Warhead power American experts estimated at 100 megatons.

“According to the calculations of Andrei Sakharov and other scientists, a wave will form that will reach a height of 400-500 meters or more off the US coast. Having struck the mainland, it will wash away everything at a distance of more than 500 kilometers. The coastal regions of the United States, which have little elevation above sea level, contain the bulk of the population - more than 80 percent. The country’s main production facilities are also located here,” Corresponding Member explained to the BBC Russian Academy rocket and artillery sciences, doctor of military sciences, captain of the first rank Konstantin Sivkov.

The idea of ​​a giant torpedo with a thermonuclear warhead is not new - academician Andrei Sakharov proposed building it back in the 40s. He planned to increase the power of an artificial tsunami by detonating thermonuclear depth charges off the coast of the United States - the height of the wave in this case would reach one and a half kilometers.

In a tablet from a meeting with the president, the purpose of “Status” is described more specifically: “Inflicting guaranteed unacceptable damage to the enemy by creating zones of extensive radioactive contamination on the coast, unsuitable for human life for a long time.” In open sources, only one weapon appears with suitable characteristics- a cobalt bomb, described by one of the creators of the atomic bomb, Leo Sillard.

The third shell of a thermonuclear weapon is made of cobalt instead of uranium. At nuclear explosion a powerful neutron flux turns the metal into the extremely radioactive isotope cobalt-60 and spreads deadly dust across the entire state. The half-life of cobalt is five and a half years, so it won’t be possible to sit in bunkers.

Practical tests of the cobalt bomb were not carried out - due to the same severe radioactive contamination. According to the military, ammunition of this type cannot serve impact weapon- due to the risk of destroying the entire biosphere of the planet (according to calculations, 510 tons of cobalt will be enough for this). But they may well become a tool of deterrence.

According to the Washington Times, the Status torpedo will be ready in 2019 and will be tested together with the carrier boat.

In conditions of strained relations with the United States, its allies and satellites, only Russia’s latest weapons become a guarantee of the country’s security and preservation state sovereignty. Let's talk about the newest samples nuclear missiles, tank, armor-piercing, small arms of the Russian army.

New types of nuclear weapons

Modernization of the Strategic Missile Forces is the most important task Russian leadership in the defense sector, especially given the aging of Soviet nuclear weapons, the imminent end of their service life, the need to replace components previously supplied from Ukraine, where a coup d’état took place in February 2014 and American puppets seized power.

The problem is being successfully solved. What kind of missiles? newest generation designed to replace the old ones?

RS-24 "Yars"

RS-24 - three-stage intercontinental ballistic missile(ICBM) on solid fuel, which entered service instead of the RS-18 and RS-20A. The rocket was designed by the Moscow Institute of Thermal Engineering (MIT). The RS-24 is manufactured at the Votkinsk Machine-Building Plant, and the automatic launcher(APU) for mobile complex"Yars" - at the Barricades Production Association (Volgograd).

The flight control of the RS-24 (range reaches 12 thousand km) is carried out by the nozzles of the stage engines. The rocket is corrected by an on-board electronic computer complex, taking into account data from GLONASS satellites. The RS-24 is equipped with the latest complex for overcoming missile defense systems. Improvements also affected the thermonuclear charge.

Large-scale supply of units of the Strategic Missile Forces with RS-24 missiles began in 2018, the first Yars complexes were deployed in December 2009 after the completion of numerous tests.

RS-26 "Rubezh"

The RS-26 with the Rubezh launch complex was developed with an innovative approach to the design of the rocket engines and control system. The rocket stages are equipped with liquid fuel engines. Range - 6 thousand km. The formidable new product is assembled at the aforementioned machine plant in the city of Votkinsk (Udmurtia).

RS-28 "Sarmat" (ICBM)

The design of the new generation heavy ICBM Sarmat RS-28 began in 2009. The designers were faced with the task of developing the best possible replacement for Satan (RS-20 Voevoda).

In October 2012, the Russian defense department generally approved the new project. In 2014, a cooperation of enterprises was formed, which was entrusted with the production of missiles (Krasnoyarsk Machine Plant and related companies), and a full-scale Sarmat model was built. In 2018, a number of tests of the RS-28 were carried out.

The new missile system has unique ability- deliver warheads to the target using technology that makes it impossible to repulse an attack even with the most modern missile defense systems. He is ready for an “orbital bombardment” of the United States and its allies, successfully bypassing anti-missile weapons through the South Pole.

It is also envisaged to use Yu-71 Avangard warheads as a warhead carrier, which increases the accuracy of the strike and makes it possible to destroy enemy strategic targets with the kinetic energy of the units even without a nuclear explosion.

Equipping with new ICBMs military units will begin in 2021.

BZHRK "Barguzin"

"Barguzin" is a combat railway missile system, the creation of which started in 2013. The newly created BZHRK are designed to replace the Soviet " rocket trains", liquidated under the START II treaty.

"Barguzin" was developed for installation on cars with launch complexes for the RS-24 missiles described above. One train is designed for six cars with ICBMs, which corresponds to one regiment missile forces, and five compositions are equal to a division of the Strategic Missile Forces.

In 2016, “Barguzin” successfully passed throw tests. However, in December 2017 " Russian newspaper“announced the closure of the topic of creating a BZHRK due to a lack of funds to simultaneously finance the production of Barguzinov and Avangard silo-based complexes, which replaced trains in the state armament program until 2027 (GPV-27).

R-30 (Bulava-30)

The Bulava-30 solid-fuel three-stage missile is designed to equip 955 Borei series submarines and TK-208 Dmitry Donskoy submarine cruisers. Its creation not only solved the problem of the aging of existing submarine missile systems, but also greatly increased the power of the naval component of the domestic “nuclear triad.” In particular, the developers have successfully implemented a system for overcoming enemy missile defenses.

MIT began developing the Bulava back in 1998. Serial production was launched in Votkinsk ten years later, and in 2018 the R-30 was adopted by the Russian Navy.

The maximum range of the Bulava-30 reaches 11 thousand km. The launch weight of the rocket is 36.8 tons, the weight of the warhead is 1150 kg.

Samples of armor-piercing weapons

ATGM "Kornet"

Anti-tank missile systems 9K135 "Cornet" and "Hermes" were created in design bureau Instrument Engineering (KBP) of the glorious city of gunsmiths and the Hero City of Tula.

“Cornet”, which differs from its anti-tank predecessors in that the ATGM is controlled by a laser beam and not by wires, is capable of turning tanks and other armored vehicles into a pile of metal, even equipped with the latest protective equipment. This was achieved by launching two missiles in one laser beam with a break shorter than the response time of the defense systems.

A modification called “Kornet-D” can also be used to destroy air targets moving at speeds of up to 250 m/s, at a distance of up to 10 km and to a ceiling of 9 km. It should be added that in the latest variations of “Cornets” the “fire and forget” principle is implemented.

RK "Hermes"

"Hermes", which also does an excellent job of destroying armored vehicles, was originally developed as a multi-purpose missile system for all or at least most branches of the military. It is created in the form of several variations for a variety of bases:

• "Hermes" - ground launchers;
• “Hermes-A” (pictured below) - for aviation, in particular, for Mi-28N and Ka-52 helicopters;
• "Hermes-K" - for equipping ships;
• "Hermes-S" is a stationary complex for coastal defense.

It is also envisaged to use two-stage Hermes guided missiles with the Pantsir S1 air defense system.

MGK "Bur"

MGK BUR - a small-sized grenade launcher system with a reusable starting device and a one-shot. It was created by the Tula KBP on the basis of the RPO-M flamethrower.

Characteristics of the grenade launcher:

• Caliber - 62 mm;
• Length - 742 mm;
• Weight - 4.8 kg;
• Grenade weight - 3.5 kg;
• Direct shot range - 650 m;
• Sighting range - 950 m;
• Armor penetration - depends on the type of shot.

MGK "BUR" was first presented to the public at arms exhibitions in 2010, and in 2014 it was launched in mass production and entered service Ground Forces RF.

New small arms

Kalashnikov 15 assault rifle

AK 15 is designed using innovative technologies. Implemented the ability to shoot while holding a Kalash in one hand, bring it into combat status in a matter of moments. Three firing modes have been introduced - triple has been added to automatic and single.

The universal barrel of the new AK allows you to fire grenades from various manufacturing companies. The design of the Kalash includes Picatinny rails intended for mounting sights. It is possible to replace the telescopic butt with a plastic one.

Other important improvements:

• double-sided placement of the shutter button with mass displacement, which improved the accuracy of fire;
• shifting the magazine lever back, making the machine guns more convenient;
• simplification of the design of a standard stock;
• closing the slot for ejecting cartridges;
• reduction of muzzle brake;
• improved noise reduction;
• installation of a sight with the widest range of views.

The AK-15 went into serial production in 2016. Today it, along with the AK-12, is in greatest demand on the market small arms CIS.

Double-medium ADS machine

The double-medium special ADS assault rifle is an unsurpassed novelty that shoots perfectly both on land and under water. The option of firing from the left or right shoulder adds greater versatility.

The development of the ADS, which began at the Tula KBP, was completed in 2007, followed by careful fine-tuning based on test results. In 2013, the assault rifle was approved for armament and began to be supplied to special forces of the Russian Federation.

SVLK-14S

SVLK-14S “Twilight” - ultra-precise, longest-range in the world sniper weapon, capable of accurately hitting targets at a distance of 1.5-2 km and even up to 2.3 km. The rifle was created in 2012 by Vladislav Lobaev, produced under his personal brand “Lobaev Arms” both by order of the Russian law enforcement agencies and non-governmental buyers.

Sniper complex 6S8

6S8 – large-caliber sniper rifle, which is manufactured at the plant named after. Degtyareva. Entered service in June 2013. Designed to destroy lightly armored and unarmored enemy vehicles, as well as openly located manpower at a distance of up to 1.5 km with 12.7x108 mm caliber cartridges.

T-5000 OrSys

The ORSIS T-5000 rifle is a high-precision sniper weapon with manual reloading. Important Feature- sliding, longitudinally rotating bolt, locked with two lugs. The barrel is threaded for installing a muzzle brake-compensator.

The trigger mechanism is adjustable according to the pull force and the free movement of the trigger. You can install a trigger of any geometry on a rifle. Magazine capacity is five or ten rounds.

New military equipment

T-14 "Armata"

T-14 is the world's first fourth generation main battle tank (MBT). Created on the Armata tracked platform by UKBTM design specialists, it is produced by the Uralvagonzavod enterprise. Began development in 2009. In 2015, the first batch of tanks was produced for the parade on Red Square on the day of the 70th anniversary of Victory in the Second World War. Serial production began in 2017.

The design concept embodies the concept of “network-centric warfare”, where the T-14 plays the role of an armored reconnaissance vehicle, target designation and fire adjustment of self-propelled guns, air defense systems and T-90 tanks accompanying its tactical unit.

The T-14 is equipped with the latest active and dynamic protection systems - “Afganit” and “Malachite”, which:

• intercept anti-tank shells;
• blind ATGMs, preventing the tank from being hit by shots from ATGMs;
• reflect RPG shots;
• destroy modern sub-caliber anti-tank shells.

The crew is located in the bow of the tank, separate from the fighting compartment; the T-14 turret is uninhabited. This decision means that in the event of detonation of ammunition, the crew will most likely remain alive. An uninhabited tower also has a significant disadvantage - the deterioration of tank crews’ orientation in what is happening on the battlefield.

Another feature of the T-14 is the presence radar station(radar) with a phased array, which was previously equipped only with the latest fighter aircraft.

Tank armament:

• FCS (fire control system);
• smoothbore gun of 125 mm or 152 mm caliber with 45 shells;
• RK "Reflex-M" for launching missiles through the barrel of a 125-mm cannon or the "Cornet" described above, when using a 152-mm cannon;
• anti-aircraft machine gun "Kord" 12.7 mm;
• PKTM 7.62 mm.

The maximum speed of the T-14 is 90 km/h. Fuel tank designed to cover 500 km without refueling.

"Coalition-SV"

In a “network-centric war”, following the T-14, self-propelled guns move across the battlefield in the distance, supporting the offensive with powerful artillery fire. The 152-mm 2S35 “Coalition-SV”, created by engineers from the Burevestnik Central Research Institute (Nizhny Novgorod), also participated in the Victory Parade, however, in the form of a small batch of self-propelled guns on the T-90 chassis, although it will go into mass production on the Armata platform. .

Features of the self-propelled gun:

• bulletproof armor;
• laser irradiation warning sensors;
• grenade launchers for setting smoke screens;
• machine gun for 50-70 shots;
• 152 mm gun;
• anti-aircraft machine gun;
• shooting with various ammunition, including guided ones.

The self-propelled gun has 90 rounds of ammunition, a rate of fire of 16 rounds per minute, and a firing range of up to 80 km.

T-15 "Kurganets" (TBMP)

T-15 "Kurganets" is a heavily armored infantry fighting vehicle on the "Armata" platform with the "Afganit" and "Malachite" protective systems, like the T-14 tank. The vehicle is equipped with an uninhabited combat module AU-220M, equipped with an automatic 57-mm cannon, a coaxial 7.62-mm machine gun, a Kornet-EM ATGM and a perfect fire control system. The vehicle's air defense system is capable of shooting down drones and Apache class helicopters.

The crew of the Kurganets, like the T-14 tank and the Coalition-SV self-propelled gun, consists of three people. Landing party - out of nine.

The speed of the T-15 is up to 50 km over rough terrain.

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