In November 2022, The Moscow Times and Newsweek reported that the state program under which the T-14 Armata is being developed had been halted because the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine necessitated radical changes to the planned expenditure for urgent needs. Subsequently in July 2020, testing of an unmanned version of the T-14 called ' Tachanka-B' (Russian: Тачанка-Б) was announced. This became known in April 2020, when Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov stated the T-14 has already been tested in combat conditions on the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic. The state trials of the tank started in early 2020. Four were anticipated in promotional materials in advance of the 2019 parade. Īt least seven T-14 Armata tanks appeared in the 20 Moscow Victory Day parade, five in 20. During the 2015 rehearsals, one of the tanks suddenly stopped moving, and after attempts to tow it failed, it moved away under its own power after about 15 minutes. It was subsequently revealed on 9 May during the 2015 Moscow Victory Day Parade. The T-14 first publicly appeared in March 2015, when several tanks with covered turrets were seen loaded on train carriage in Alabino. The Russian Army curtailed T-90 orders beginning in 2012 to prepare for the arrival of the new tank. The study resulted in the Object 148 based on the T-95 (itself based on the Object 187). History Īfter the cancellation of the T-95 in 2010, Uralvagonzavod began the OKR Armata (Armament) design study. In December 2021 the Russian state conglomerate Rostec stated that serial production had commenced, with 'more than 40' Armata tanks anticipated to be delivered to Russian troops after 2023. The tanks are planned to only be officially transferred following completion of all state tests. However, as of 2021, the Russian state-owned TASS media agency claimed the Armata had been expected to begin serial production in 2022, with delivery of a test batch of 100 to the 2nd Guards Tamanskaya Motor Rifle Division expected to begin in 2022.

By 2018, production and fiscal shortfalls delayed this to 2025, before Russia announced the apparent cancellation of the main production run on 30 July 2018.

The Russian Army initially planned to acquire 2,300 T-14s between 20. The T-14 Armata (Russian: Т-14 «Армата» industrial designation Russian: Объект 148, romanized: Ob'yekt 148, lit.'Object 148') is a Russian main battle tank (MBT) based on the Armata Universal Combat Platform.

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