Tanks of the T-99 series The first tank of the T-99 series "Priority" was created in 2014 as a promising tank to replace the T-90M. A non-standard layout for Soviet / Russian tanks was used with the rear location of the uninhabited tower and the front - the engine-transmission group. In the stern there was a troop compartment for two soldiers in full gear. The armament was initially a 125mm smoothbore gun-launcher 2A46-M5, a 7.62mm PKTM machine gun paired with it and a 12.7mm Kord anti-aircraft gun. A promising X (X) -shaped diesel engine with a capacity of 1300 horsepower at 3500 rpm was used as the engine. The crew - three tankers - was located in a special armored capsule in the center of the tank. The tank passed factory tests, however, later numerous problems were discovered related to the design of both the engine and the tank itself. Nevertheless, in connection with the outbreak of the war, the tank was put into service along with the T-90M and T-80UD, which had not yet been discontinued. A few months later, production of the T-90M was abandoned. Six months later, the T-80UD was discontinued. The T-99 "Priority" was upgraded more than twenty times before the T-991 "Patriot" was adopted. A total of 97 units were produced. T-991 "Patriot" is the second tank in the series and the most massive - 975 tanks were produced. Despite the similarity in name and layout, the tank differs in many ways from its predecessor. It was decided to abandon the aft troop compartment, the 125mm gun was replaced with a promising 152mm smooth-bore gun-launcher (ATGM for this gun was never adopted). The engine was also replaced. The new X-shaped engine produced 1,520 hp. at 3500 rpm (it was planned to install a more reliable V-shaped engine T-90M, but the MTO layout feature would require the creation of a completely new machine). It was decided to abandon the uninhabited tower in favor of the standard one. In total, the T-991 had more than 143 changes compared to the T-99. However, this generally successful tank had drawbacks. The new engine proved to be very unreliable in low temperature conditions, and it also quickly overheated due to an imperfect cooling system. Especially a lot of complaints from the outside tank crews caused the layout of the fighting compartment, its tightness and high level noise from both engine operation and automatic loader operation. More problems were caused by the rush to assemble the tanks. The most common problem was the absence of some non-critical assemblies, which had to be installed already at the deployment site. T-992 "Vityaz", the third tank in the series. A total of 149 vehicles were produced. The tank is actually a "work on mistakes" made when creating the T-991. A 152mm rifled gun was installed, a new, fully debugged X-shaped engine with a capacity of 1770 horsepower. The layout of the fighting compartment, the engine noise suppression system and general sound insulation have been completely revised. The only tank in the series, which did not cause any complaints from the crews, however, the armament clearly had excessive power. T-1520 "Vector-Alpha" - experimental tank, prototype. In total, three cars were produced, one of which took part in the battles. An attempt to create fundamentally new tank based on the T-99. The armament was a 152mm 2A91 rifled cannon with increased elevation angles. The latter made it possible, if necessary, to fire from closed positions along a mounted (artillery) trajectory. The engine is an experimental X-shaped engine with a capacity of 1850 hp, boosted to 2030 hp. The new automatic loader required the creation of a new turret. An extended uninhabited tower was used as a turret installation, however, it was not isolated from the fighting compartment. The latter was the cause of the death of the crew commander of the experimental tank. Large-sized barred niche, contains ammunition stowage, detachable from the turret for quick change of ammunition. Possible emergency reset of the barred niche to prevent the destruction of the tank by the explosion of the ammunition rack. The tank did not go into production. Tank armament, 125mm and 152mm guns. The 125mm smoothbore gun-launcher 2A46-M5 practically does not differ from the one installed on the T-90M tank. Has slightly higher accuracy and better ballistics. Installed on the T-99 "Priority" 152mm smooth-bore gun-launcher 2A88. It has a great length, for which it was nicknamed "Spinning" in the army. Unitary loading sharply reduced the ballistic characteristics of the gun. The decrease in characteristics was not considered an obstacle, since it was assumed that the main type of ammunition would be 152mm ATGMs, which were never put into service. The carousel-type autoloader made it possible to achieve a rate of fire of 8 rounds per minute. The gun was installed on the T-991 Patriot. Also, a gun with a modified for separate-sleeve loading automatic loader with a rate of fire of 6 rounds per minute was installed on the later modifications of the T-99 "Priority". 152mm 2A90 rifled gun. Due to the long length of the unitary shells - 145cm - a new automatic loader was required. The ballistics of the gun approached that of the 2A46-M5. The rate of fire reached 8 rounds per minute, however, the power of the gun was excessive. Installed on the T-992 "Vityaz" and anti-tank self-propelled artillery mounts 2S39 "Kraken". The 152mm 2A91 rifled gun is actually a modification of the 2A90 (2A90-U2). New, even more powerful unitary projectiles 165 cm long required a new autoloader, arranged like the French one: the autoloader's ammo rack was located not on the floor of the fighting compartment, but in a turret niche. Also, the gun had increased elevation angles, which made it possible to fire from closed positions along a high trajectory. The weapon was considered unpromising and unnecessarily powerful and difficult to manufacture. Installed on the experimental tank T-1520 "Vector-Alpha". In the future, all work on 152mm guns was curtailed.

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Apparently, the tank really turned out to be quite good. Chinese designers, according to foreign experts, tried to embody in it the advantages of the Russian T-72 and T-80, the American Abrams, the German Leopard and the Israeli Merkava. This is especially true of the latest modification of the vehicle, designated T-99A2. The driver controls the 60-ton vehicle using the steering wheel. It has powerful turret and hull armor. Protection consists of homogeneous armor with a thickness of 500-600 mm, as well as two-layer active armor, which in total gives the equivalent of 1000-1200 mm of armor. Chinese designers believe that the American 120-mm gun of the Abrams tank is capable of penetrating armor no thicker than 810 mm. The Chinese 125-mm cannon, created on the basis of Russian samples, "mastered" with the participation of Ukrainian engineers and craftsmen, breaks through 850-mm armor, while the protection of the Abrams is equivalent to 600-700 mm of homogeneous armor. It is also claimed that a new projectile has been created for the T-99 in the PRC that penetrates 950-mm armor.

The tanks have passed extensive tests in various climatic zones, including the northern ones, imitating the circumpolar regions.

Tank T-99 on the march.

According to the American magazine Defense News, the task of acquiring new armored vehicles is a priority for the PLA. At the same time, the military from the Middle Kingdom would like to buy more T-99A2 tanks. However, the pace of equipping army units with them lags behind the planned volumes and terms. First, the car turned out to be difficult to manufacture. Secondly, it turned out to be very expensive. Each production tank costs 16 million yuan ($ 2 million or 1.6 million euros), which is about twice the price of the Chinese main battle tank T-96. That is why the "kings of Asia" only go into service with the elite units of the PLA.

The T-99 also has other hard-to-fix drawbacks. First of all, it's weight. It is too heavy for most Chinese bridges. There are also restrictions on the carriage of a car by rail.

The latest modification of the T-99, the T-99KM, has not yet been delivered to the conveyor. The tank is equipped with a 2,100-horsepower diesel engine, a new modular active protection and an integrated JD-3 laser countermeasure system. The latter in automatic mode, after receiving data on laser irradiation by the enemy, turns the tower in his direction and makes a "shot" with a powerful beam, disabling the optical means or organs of vision of the enemy operator. According to some data for

T-99KM created a 152-mm cannon capable of firing guided missiles and kinetic shots of a new generation, including penetrator projectiles, consisting of several penetrating elements made of special alloys. Of course, the tank gained more weight and its dimensions increased. The price of this "super-king" has inevitably increased.

This circumstance forces the Chinese military leadership to look for new options for equipping the PLA with armored vehicles. Work in progress over the tank fourth generation... He, according to the director of the Chinese Northern Automobile Research Institute, will be lighter than the T-99A2. The crew of two will receive the information necessary for control and combat from numerous sensors (infrared, television, etc.). Most likely, the main weapon will be a 140-mm cannon-launcher, which, it is said, is already "mature enough." The active defense system is designed to destroy incoming anti-tank missiles.

As you can see from this rather scanty description, the promising Chinese tank is conceptually close to the unrealized Russian T-95. In any case, the influence of his ideology is undeniable.

Russia plans to start modernizing its armored and mechanized troops by 2015, Defense Update writes on August 10. A new family of combat vehicles is being created, including the "radically new main battle tank" T-99.

The prototype of the tank will be ready for testing in 2013, or about 10 months earlier than planned, said Russian First Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Sukhorukov. The new tank is being developed "at Uralvagonzavod in Omsk." Deliveries of the first tanks are scheduled for 2015. A total of about 2,300 main battle tanks are expected to be produced by 2020.

It should be remembered, writes Defense Update, that Russia is planning military actions not only against NATO forces, but plans of confrontation with radical Islamic countries on the southern borders and the growing power of China in the East are of paramount importance. Armored and mechanized troops are the main factor in achieving military superiority or parity against such threats. The level of technology to counter such threats may not be as advanced as against the US and NATO.

According to preliminary data, the new T-99 will be less revolutionary in terms of technology than the "unsuccessful" object 195 (T-95). The T-99 will weigh less and thus be more mobile and less expensive than its "more ambitious predecessor."

The Russian industry is also developing the Boomerang family of 8-wheeled armored fighting vehicles to replace the BTR-90 armored personnel carriers. In addition, the Kurganets-25 tracked combat vehicle is being developed, which will have a high degree of unification with the new tank. On its basis will be developed different models, which will gradually replace BMP, BMD, MT-LB and other types of tracked platforms.

Discussions about the creation of fourth-generation tanks have been going on for quite some time. A certain obsolescence of third-generation technology became noticeable already in the 1990s in connection with the improvement of anti-tank weapons and the transition to hybrid wars. Accordingly, tanks of the fourth generation apply not only the requirements for the best survivability and firepower, as in the era cold war... In modern local wars, the maneuverability of equipment and the availability of modern systems observation. This is due to the fact that the main enemy is usually not tanks, but mobile infantry formations with light anti-tank weapons. Also, the requirements for the survival of the crew are increasing. To a certain extent, these problems are solved by modernization, but far from completely.

Background

Tank T-99 "Priority" did not appear from scratch, but became the heir of several promising developments at once. Soviet tanks The T-72 and T-80 were perfectly adapted to repel a massive tank attack from a hypothetical enemy, surpassing their Western counterparts in terms of price-quality ratio. However, in local conflicts, their serious shortcomings quickly emerged.

First of all, this is the poor survival rate of the crew after armor penetration, since the ammunition is not isolated by an armored partition. And the second problem was the lag in equipment with modern electronics.

Based on the T-72 chassis and the T-80 turret, the new T-90 tank was only a temporary solution. To replace it, the promising Black Eagle tank was developed in Omsk, and the T-95 project in Chelyabinsk. Both developments were eventually phased out. But many of them found their application in the T-99 "Priority" or T-14 "Armata" tanks. Currently, the second variant of the name is more common. But until the equipment passes all the tests and is not accepted for service in the final version, the name may still be changed.

General information

The named tank is still classified, but certain information about it is gradually accumulating.

The newest Russian tank T-99 on this moment is the only fourth generation tank fully embodied in metal. Its layout is radically different from all Soviet combat vehicles.

The tower is completely uninhabited, which greatly increased the safety of the command staff. The team is in an isolated armored capsule. Crew members, who, according to some sources, are two, and according to others - three, sit shoulder to shoulder in the front of the tank. The main succession of the T-99 "Priority" relative to previous tanks is the rear-mounted engine, relatively low weight and a standard caliber of 125 mm cannon.

Node layout and armor

The 1200-horsepower engine and transmission are maximally isolated from each other. In a separate armored compartment there is also an automatic loader with ammunition. All this is designed to maximally protect equipment in the event of armor penetration from fire and detonation of ammunition.

Armor T-99 "Priority", like any modern tank, is made according to the composite principle. It alternates between layers of steel, composites and air spaces, which maximizes the durability of the armor with a small thickness. With the same thickness, the armor resistance of composite armor can be two or more times higher than that of classic homogeneous armor.

A new steel grade 44S-sv-Sh was used in the armor of the tank, which is characterized by high hardness combined with high viscosity. It is assumed to be a silicon-doped medium carbon steel. Additional additions of vanadium and molybdenum are possible. On top of the composite armor, there is a built-in multi-layer explosive reactive armor of the "Malachite" type, covered with a five-millimeter armor plate to protect it from being triggered by bullets. In addition, the T-99 "Priority" is equipped with the newest complex active defense "Afghanit".

Armament

The tank is equipped with a fully automated 125-mm 2A82-1C cannon, which is a further development of the T-72 family of tanks, and two machine guns, a course and anti-aircraft. It should be noted that the issue of equipping the tank with a 152 mm cannon has been repeatedly raised, and the design of the tank allows this to be done.

But the 152 mm caliber will significantly make the tank heavier, reduce the ammunition load and rate of fire. And its main advantages are only in the battle of a tank against a tank. In modern hybrid wars much more important is mobility and rate of fire. Fortunately, a 125 mm cannon is enough to defeat western tanks at a distance of up to 1.5 kilometers.

Possible disadvantages

The design of the T-99 "Priority" is still being finalized. But some controversial points can be noted. First of all, this is an excessive emphasis on electronics, the survivability of which in combat conditions is not yet understood. In case of failure of even a small unit, the crew sitting in the armored capsule will not be able to do anything. In addition, it perfectly protects the crew, but makes it difficult to evacuate if the tank is nevertheless destroyed.

Obviously, the newest Russian tank T-99 "Priority" or T-14 "Armata" was a breakthrough. However, at this stage, it is very important to conduct comprehensive tests to eliminate all childhood diseases of the formidable machine, since after the start of mass production, it will be rather difficult to change an expensive design.

Tank T-14 "Armata" or T-99 "Priority"

Work on the creation of a new tank, code-named "Armata", which should become the main tank of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, was opened in 2010, together with a message from the Ministry of Defense about the termination of work on the "Object-195" (T-95 tank)).

The designers of OAO NPK Uralvagonzavod (UVZ) have been given a specific task - by 2015, the tank should be on the production line.

The unified heavy platform of the cipher "Armata" (often referred to in the press as "Armada") is a promising Russian tracked platform of the fourth generation, developed by Uralvagonzavod since 2009-2010. On the basis of the Unified heavy platform of the "Armata" cipher, it is planned to create a main battle tank, combat vehicle infantry, heavy armored personnel carrier, tank support combat vehicle, armored recovery vehicle, chassis for self-propelled artillery installations and others. In fact, Armata is a unified interspecific heavy tracked platform for vehicles weighing from 30 to 65 tons, an analogue of the GCV in the United States.

Serial production of new Russian tanks T-14 "Armata" or T-99 "Priority" will begin in 2015 and until 2020

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will receive 2.3 thousand of these machines.

The Russian Ministry of Defense actually refused to purchase T-90 tanks, and pending completion of work on the new Uralvagonzavod combat vehicle (the new Russian Armata tank), the military department intends to support the combat effectiveness of armored forces by deeply modernizing the "best tank of the second half of the 20th century" T- 72. The entry into service of the newest tank of the XXI century, Russian tankers are invited to wait another three years.

So far, the Russian Ministry of Defense has signed a contract with Uralvagonzavod for the modernization of 170 T-72 main battle tanks worth over six billion rubles.

Technical specifications for the new tank and the Armata family of vehicles are classified. However, an analysis of existing developments and fragmentary information from open sources allow us to outline a possible version of the future tank.

Layout

The drawing of the Russian Armata tank was created on the basis of images of a promising modification of the T-90 tank, by Aaron Sheps

The purpose of the new Armata vehicle is to create a single chassis, engine-transmission unit, chassis controls, driver interface, unified onboard electrical equipment, life support systems that are identical for all army tracked armored vehicles. This level of unification, at present, has no analogues in weapons systems abroad.

It is also known that the unified interspecific heavy platform has two configuration options: a chassis with a front or rear engine compartment (PMTO or ZMTO).

Suspension "Armata" 6-roller, controlled by blade shock absorbers, differential swing mechanism with hydrostatic transmission (GOP). 12-speed automatic transmission with manual shift option. Controls: steering wheel, gear lever and gas and brake pedals.

The promising Armata tank will definitely have an IMS chassis - this is an information and control system - a "digital board". With its help, start-up and control, diagnostics, adjustments, protection, etc. are carried out. That is, in the event of a breakdown, the electronics will report what has broken and tell you what needs to be done.

Ammunition in a promising tank is located in a special module. This approach to the "storage" of shells increases the "survivability" of the tank, preventing ammunition from detonating when an enemy shell hits the tank's hull.

"Armata" will fire both shells of various types (high-explosive, armor-piercing subcaliber, cumulative), and guided surface-to-surface missiles with optoelectronic, infrared and satellite guidance, as well as surface-to-air anti-aircraft missiles ". In fact, this is not a tank, but a universal strike vehicle. ground forces, which includes a full-fledged tactical missile system, anti-aircraft system air defense, an army reconnaissance and target designation complex and, in fact, a tank.

The promising Armata tank will be equipped with radars of the same technology as that of the fifth generation T-50 fighter. According to the terms of reference of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, "Armata" will receive Ka-band radars (26.5-40 GHz) based on an active phased antenna array (AFAR), made using low-temperature ceramics technology.

An active phased array antenna consists of many cells - microwave transmitters. Such an antenna is able to quickly change the direction of the location (no mechanical movement of the locator dish is required) and has high reliability - failure of one element does not lead to a significant drop in power and distortion of the beam. Such a radar in armored vehicles will be indispensable in solving both defensive and offensive tasks. There are two options for its use - as part of a fire control system or as an active protection complex. It includes an antenna that detects weapons flying up to the tank. AFAR will determine the coordinates and parameters of such a threat, and the tank will destroy these targets.

The system is capable of simultaneously "tracking" up to 40 dynamic and up to 25 aerodynamic targets - a completely unattainable indicator for all radars in service with other armies. The system will control the territory within a radius of up to 100 kilometers and will be able to automatically destroy targets up to 0.3 meters in size on this territory.

Armor

The new 44S-sv-Sh armored steel will be used on the new Russian Armata tank. The steel was created by the specialists of JSC Scientific Research Institute of Steel.

The use of this steel on the promising Armata platform will make it possible to “remove” hundreds of kilograms of weight from the vehicle, where it will also be used not only for armored purposes, but also as a structural material.

The new steel was developed according to terms of reference Of the Ural Design Bureau of Transport Engineering, part of the NPK Uralvagonzavod, which acted as a customer. Development and industrial development fell on the shoulders of one of the flagships of Russian metallurgy - the Volgograd Metallurgical Plant Krasny Oktyabr, which is also part of Uralvagonzavod ..

Although the hardness of the steel is not less than 54HRC, its plastic characteristics remain at the level of serial steels with a hardness of 45-48HRC. It is this combination that makes it possible to reduce the thickness and, accordingly, the weight of armored structures made of new steel by 15% without reducing the protective characteristics and survivability at low temperatures.

Now steel 44C-sv-Sh has been assigned the letter "O", it is at the stage of pilot industrial development, at which both the developer, the customer, and the manufacturer are solving dozens of technical technological and organizational issues.

Power point

The power plant is a single 1200-horsepower diesel turbo-piston engine A-85-3A (sometimes referred to as 2A12-3, 12ChN15 / 16 or 12N360) for front and rear-mounted MTO. Motor resource not less than 2000 hours. Weight up to 5 tons. The volume of MTU is up to 4 m3. There is a possibility of modernization. In terms of overall, mass and power characteristics, the novelty should surpass the best foreign models of engine-transmission units. It should be noted that the rated power of the engine is 1500 HP, up to 1200 HP. a restriction was introduced, which significantly increased the service life.

The engine was developed by the Chelyabinsk GSKB "Transdiesel", and will be produced at the Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant. Diesel four-stroke, X-shaped, 12-cylinder with gas turbine turbocharging and intercooling of air, liquid cooling, the 12N360 engine passed the whole series of tests, from service life to running gear back in 2011.

Technical characteristics of the A-85-3A (12N360) engine for the promising Russian Armata platform:

· Engine type - four-stroke, X-shaped, 12-cylinder with gas turbine turbocharging and intermediate air cooling.

Mixing system - direct fuel injection

Engine power without resistance at the inlet and outlet, kW (hp) - 1103 (1500)

Rotation frequency, s-1 (rpm) - 33.3 (2000)

Torque reserve,% - 25

Specific fuel consumption, g / kW * h (g / hp * h) - 217.9 (160)

Weight, kg - 1550

Specific power, kW / kg (hp / kg) - 0.74 (1.0)

Overall power, kW / kg (hp / kg) - 1026 (1395)

Specific weight, kg / kW - 1.32

Length, mm - 813

Width, mm - 1300

Height, mm - 820

The 12N360 engine is a completely mastered engine, by no means a bench engine, it was exactly the same on our promising tanks (object 195), which underwent state tests not so long ago. In terms of the power plant, the GI completed successfully, the engine had no complaints - despite the fact that the tests were very tough.

A gun

Based on reports about the refusal to upgrade the T-95 tank with a 152-mm cannon to the series, it can be argued that the new vehicle is scheduled to be equipped with a regular main 125-mm gun.

Until recently, the main domestic cannon were versions of the well-known 2A46M tank gun. The latest modification 2A46M-5 has a firing accuracy of 15-20% higher, the total dispersion when firing on the move has decreased by 1.7 times. Thanks to improvements, the gun acquired the ability to fire new armor-piercing sub-caliber projectiles of increased power.

The best western gun is currently considered to be the 120-mm L 55 smoothbore cannon with a 55-caliber barrel of the Leopard-2A6 tank. Compared to the old 120mm L-44 smoothbore gun, the barrel length of the L-55 has been increased by 130 cm.

The DM-53 and DM-63 projectiles used on this gun have very high penetration characteristics. This is despite the fact that, unlike American ammunition, the Germans do not use depleted uranium as a core material.

Of course, when creating a Russian main battle tank based on a heavy unified platform great attention paid to ensuring high performance in terms of firepower.

In the 2000s, a new 125-mm tank gun 2A82 was created in Russia. By the fall of 2006, 787, 613 and 554 shots were fired from the prototype and two prototypes at Plant No. 9, respectively.

The system with an auto-fastened and partially chrome-plated barrel is capable of firing both existing and future ammunition. On a technical level, it surpasses all existing tank guns 1.2-1.25 times.

The muzzle energy of the 2A82 cannon is 1.17 times higher than the best NATO gun, the 120mm system of the Leopard-2A6 tank, while the tube length of our gun is 60 cm shorter.

Cannons 2А46М and 2А82
High-precision cannon 2A46M-5

The fastening of trunnion clips in the turret with a reverse wedge has been introduced. The rear support of the sliding parts is located in the cage part of the cradle. The cradle neck is lengthened by 160 mm. In the neck of the cradle, the rigidity of which is increased, there are two additional backlash-selecting devices. Both guide cradles are made as prisms.

These measures made it possible to reduce the average technical dispersion for all types of projectiles by 15% against the table values.

They decided to modernize the 2A82 gun for the "Armata", lengthening the barrel by a whole meter - up to 7m. To automatically take into account the bending of the barrel on the muzzle of the barrel tube, a reflector of the bending meter (CID) is provided for mounting.

The digital signal processing adopted in the device ensures the measurement of the required parameters of the wellbore in a wide range of interference and operational influences. The obtained data are issued as corrections to the ballistic computer, which improves the accuracy of shooting.

For this tool, the sweeping contour of the AZ was also modified. However, it doesn't differ much from the standard one.

Sweeping contour AZ 2A46M-5 and 2A82.

For the new cannon 2A82, new ammunition BPS "Vacuum-1" with a length of 900 mm was developed. For the 82nd cannon, a new "Telnik" was also developed with a detonation on the trajectory and the URS 3UBK21 "Sprinter".

Further modernization of both guns and ammunition has already been planned.

The Germans, based on Rh120L55, make an electrothermochemical cannon (this is the type of throwing). We are walking along the same path with very fast steps. Within the framework of research and development with very telling names "Levsha" and "Levsha-M", the first experiments on ETX-throwing were carried out. They gave positive results. It has already been decided to develop this direction using the existing 2A82 type cannon.

New ammunition for the 2A82 guns of the T-14 "Armata" tank successfully passed state tests in 2013 and was accepted for supply.

Their serial production began, the first batch was accepted by representatives of the Ministry of Defense in 2013 and sent to arsenals to form regulatory reserves.

By the time the main tank of the "Armata" family is put into service, both the standard stocks of ammunition and the current demand for combat training will be provided.

The production of 2A82 cannons is in full swing at Plant No. 9 in Yekaterinburg.

Machine gun.

A coaxial 7.62 mm PKTM (6P7K) machine gun is located outside the turret on a separate pastel connected by a parallelogram drive to the cannon. Ammunition ready for battle - 1000 rounds. Another 1000 cartridges in strips are stored in the spare parts box at the rear of the turret.

An additional installation with a 12.7-mm Kord machine gun (6P49) is mounted synchronously with the commander's panorama and monitors the vertical stabilization of its mirror, as well as horizontal rotation. Pumping angles - from -10º to +70 degrees. Ammunition ready for battle - 300 rounds of rounds. Another 300 rounds in ribbons are in the spare parts box at the rear of the tower.

Active protection complex - KAZ.

Armored vehicles based on this platform will be equipped with the Afghanit active protection system - special charges allow you to fight enemy shells and missiles at a short distance, no more than 15-20 m.

KAZ "Afganit" was developed at the Kolomna KBM. From open sources of information, only the millimeter range of the operation of its radar, the close range of interception and maximum speed interception of armor-piercing sub-caliber projectiles - 1700 m / s. Nevertheless, it can be assumed that, unlike domestic and foreign predecessors, for the first time it is planned to use protective ammunition with a warhead of the shock core type described in Russian patent RU 2263268 in "Afganit". The launcher consists of a carriage that rotates vertically and horizontally. Additional guidance of the shock core to the target is carried out using programmed initiation of one of the fuses, located in the form of a matrix on the back side of the explosive unit of the warhead.

Launcher KAZ "Afshanit"