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He writes the author, Alex:

I want to offer a brief overview of the little-known modern tanks. In terms of chronology is from 1950, unfortunately, the last century to the present day.
It's about the little-known or, more correctly, maloupominaemyh (in literature and on the Internet) limited-edition, experienced and advanced tanks.

Soviet-Russian

Last serial Soviet heavy tank IS-8, also known as T-10, also known as the object 730 are manufactured in 1954-1966 godah.Vypuskalsya fairly large quantities (according to various sources from 2500 to 8000 cars). The last T-10 was officially decommissioned in 1993 alone. The tank I mentioned here as an exception (since the machine fairly well known) because the last Soviet heavy tank (stroyashimsya in the series) and one of the latest in the world of heavy tankov.Na export machine is not delivered in the fighting did not participate.

Combat weight 50 tons, engine power, 700 hp, speed, 42km / h, the book-by-16 mm (bottom) to 201 mm (forehead tower), power reserve, 200 km, the crew of 4 men armed - rifled gun 122 mm D-25TA with a barrel length of 48 calibers, 2 machine guns DShKM 12, 7 mm.





Experienced tank "Object 277". 1957. Released two copies. Armor ob.277 withstand shots close range armor-piercing projectiles caliber 122 mm gun D-25T. Do not pierce it, and was in service by 1957 76 - 122 mm shells and the cumulative jet granatomety.Na ob.277 were first established anti-nuclear elements zaschity.Vpervye in domestic practice was adopted by rangefinder sight TPD-2C, which combined in stabilized two planes with an optical rangefinder sight with the base tube positioned outside bashni.V across the object 277 has been installed semi-cassette mechanism zaryazhaniya.V February 1956 GBTU was considered and rejected by the preliminary design ob.277. However, during the month of CB LB finalized the draft and has made his statement. In 1957, at the Kirov plant it was produced two prototypes ob.277 and started their production tests. One sample was demonstrated ob.277 Khrushchev. But the leader of the tank did not like because he was convinced that the "single" (ie average) tank can solve all the problems of the heavy tank.

Combat weight is 55 tons, engine power-1090 hp, speed, 45km / h, the book-by-20 mm (bottom) to 290 mm (forehead tower), power reserve, 200 km, the crew of 4 men armed - rifled gun 130mm M-65 machine gun KVPT 2 14 5 mm.



Experienced tank "Object 279". 1959. In 1957, the Bureau of the Leningrad Kirov factory led L.S.Troyanova was finished drafting an interesting machine. One of a kind and unique heavy tank with four tracks, which had a lot of non-standard original resheniy.Tank had cast the tower, and the body was welded cast of four blocks. The front and side armor hull and turret of the tank had not made its way 122 mm armor-piercing and 90 mm cumulative projectiles at all angles of fire. The frontal armor hull was two times thicker than the series of T-10M. In addition, the curved design of the molded body provided Spaced Armour, complemented by its contours to a prolate ellipsoid. The first prototype of the tank was manufactured LB in 1959, two more were planned for 1960, but the assembly was not completed. Now "object 279" is in the museum in Kubinka.

Combat weight 60 tons, engine power 1000 hp, speed, 55km / h, the book-by-22 mm (bottom) to 305 mm (forehead tower), power reserve, 250 km, the crew of 4 men armed - rifled gun 130mm M-65 machine gun KVPT 1 14, 5 mm.



Experienced missile tank "Object 775". I mentioned it again as an exception, since the missile tank is completely separate and unique in its theme, worthy of separate work. The tank was equipped with a smoothbore gun-launcher that can fire guided missiles "Ruby" and unguided rocket-assisted projectile "Boer".



Experienced amphibious tank "object 906". 1963. Issued 2 cars. Layout of rear engine compartment. The body of the armor rolled aluminum alloy, steel tower. Suspension Individual torsionnaya.Tank equipped with loading mechanism in the rear recess 15 shots. The armament is stabilized in two planes.

Combat weight 15 tons, engine power, 300 hp, speed, 75km / h (water 10 km / h), book-from 15 mm to 30 mm, range-500km, 3-person crew , vooruzhenie- rifled gun 85-mm D-58 gun SGMT 1 7 62 mm.



Experienced amphibious tank "object 934". 1975. Issued 1 car. Layout of rear engine compartment. The hull and turret of an aluminum alloy. The tower has a steel lining. Adjustable hydropneumatic suspension. The tank is equipped with an autoloader with 19 shots, the JMA with a laser sight-rangefinder and ballistic computer. Armament stabilized in two ploskostyah.Imeet built bulldozer equipment entrenching and adapted to aviadesantirovaniya parachute. Movement afloat performed using two water cannons.

Combat weight 17, 5 tons, engine power 400 hp, speed, 70km / h (water 10 km / h), book-protection against 23-mm shells, power reserve, 600 km, 3-person crew , vooruzhenie- 1 100 mm gun 2A48, 1 machine gun PKT 7, 62 mm, 4 MANPADS "Arrow", 6 smoke grenade launchers.



Experienced tank "Object 292". 1990. Built on the chassis of the T-80 under the new tower with a gun caliber 152 mm in the first tank is planned to install a rifled gun, but then still installed smoothbore. It was built one machine.



Draft tank "object 450" and T-74. 1972. It was planned to install 125-mm guns and 130-mm. Weapons were handed down in an uninhabited tower. The entire crew was in the building.



One of the last projects of tanks designed in the Soviet Union. Work on this project began in the early '80s in Kharkov. The first prototypes of the tank were in the late eighties, but it was just a shell. With the collapse of the Soviet Union the situation has worsened. Lapping "stuffing" stretched tank and took many more years. Bring the tank until it is ready for production was only at the end of the 90-h.Predpolozhitelno, the tank is equipped with a 152 mm gun mounted in an uninhabited tower, tank ammunition consists of 34 rounds, loaded gun is fully automatic. Rate tank using reverse charging module up to 14 rounds per minute. The module contains 10 shots, which can be replenished as they are spending two modules of 12 shots each. Estimated kind of "object 477" "The Hammer."



Promising Russian tank "object 640", aka "Black Eagle", aka the T-94. It is assumed that the tank is equipped with a new gun, a 135-mm or 152-mm.Dannye on it so different depending on the source that I personally did not dare to give here TTH.Sudya by type tank is equipped with a new design of the tower, the tower-like western tankov.Kto He knows the sources, trustworthy, please share.



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Promising Russian tank "object 195", also known as the T-95. This tank is covered with darkness all the secrets ... Based on these weapons is to express an uninhabited tower, and the crew is in the body in a special bronekapsuly.



Ukraine

The tank "Hold." Designed on the basis of the T-80UD. differs from it in a number of improvements, namely:

New welded-rolled tower;
* Built-in dynamic protection of new generation, providing better protection in the front sector of both the cumulative and armor-piercing shells;
* Thermal sight;
* Engine 1200 hp instead of the 1000-strong engine mounted on the T-80UD;
* The transition to digital technology applied to the components of fire control system and allied systems;
* Complex opto-electronic countermeasures;
* Auxiliary power unit;
* The accounting system of bending barrel;
* System navigation software;
* The wider side skirts to give additional protection for the hull sides and components of running part from antitank means short range action used by infantry of enemy.

Currently, the main battle tank is armed stronghold of Ukraine (in 2000 the Ukrainian Defence Ministry ordered 10 new Oplot).



Tank "Scimitar." Tank "Scimitar" is the result of improved tank "Hold" and adapt it to the requirements of NATO standards. It installed 120-mm smoothbore gun and automatic loader, located in the aft compartment bashni.Tank Scimitar assembled from components of Ukrainian origin, although provided (optional) installation of foreign proizvoditeley.Etot tank was established in 2000. Its design features the technical solutions tested during modernization of T-72-120.V some publications he called KERN2-120 (name of prototype) or the T-84-120.



United States

Experienced heavy tank T57. 1957. Equipped with automatic loader for 8 rounds. It represents a slightly modified tank T43. October 12, 1951 it was decided to create an experimental heavy tanks with the main weapons in the so-called "rocking" tower and automated zaryazhaniya.Ideya "rocking" of the tower has been borrowed by American engineers in France, where by this time these towers already installed on tanks AMX-13 and AMX-50. "Rocking" the tower consisted of two halves - the lower, the pursuit turns to 360 °, and the upper, which sets strict gun itself. The upper part of the tower can move in the vertical plane for aiming guns. Because of this, the breech artillery system always remained immobile and, therefore, could be behind it relatively easy to place automatic zaryazhaniya.Novy American tank, designated T57 (according to the American post-war terminology - "120-mm gun tank T57") was based on the chassis T43 tank and still have a "swinging" a tower with a 120-mm gun on heavy external journals. With the instrument has been paired 7 62-mm machine gun (left), and the right is telescopic sight. Automatic loader was located in the back of the massive towers and consisted of the feeder battery and 8-drum located below the gate guns. The drum driving the hydraulically could charge three types of ammunition, the choice of which carried a tank commander or gunner. Spent cartridges are ejected through a special hatch on the roof of the tower. It should, however, be noted that the total tank ammunition T57 is only 18 rounds. According to the US military, it was not enough. Relatively small (because of the massive tower niche deviates when lifting down guns on the engine compartment) and the angle was vertical lay orudiya.Po initial assignment produced two experimental tower with weapons. T43E1 tank chassis has been modified for installation of new towers, but for some reasons the program in January 1957 has been canceled. It should be noted that one of the factors that affect the fate of a fatal US tanks with "swinging" tower became a catastrophic delay in the delivery of equipment for the domestic first sample T57. Unfinished, of course, did not inspire confidence in the military, and, moreover, at that time there was a prospect of more light tanks, capable of delivering a similar service. As a result, the T57 turret written off for scrap, and decided to keep the chassis for further experiments.

Fighting Weight-54, 4 tons, engine power 810 hp, speed, 36km / h, book-51-137 mm, power reserve, 140 km, the crew of 4 men armed with a gun-1 120 mm, 1 12 machine gun, 7-mm machine gun 1 7 62 mm



Heavy tank project? 58. 1957. This tank suffered the same fate as the T57, also with a "swinging" tower. His main weapon was to be a 155-mm gun, equipped with automatic loader. Now automatic loader was equipped with a 6-round magazine, which is located behind the shutter guns. Drum shop had separate-case loading, the first cartridge cases fall back to the store, and then manually delete the loader. The crew? 58 consisted of four people, three of them were in the tower (commander, gunner and loader). A feature of the towers and tanks T57? 58 began construction of the roof, equipped with movable middle part. Using hydraulics she could recline up to 60 ° angle with the commander's cupola and the loader's hatch. At the same time the roof was to serve as a protective shield during the emergency evacuation ekipazha.Takzhe as in the case of the T57, it was commissioned by two towers for the tank? 58, and plan their installation on the chassis T43E1, but at the same time freezing projects T57? 58 and put an end to all the works in the "swinging" towers. Thus, the French type of tower and American designers are not accepted. Despite the automatic loader in the "swinging" tower, the crew attended the fourth tanker, which is "reloaded" the machine. Note that theoretically the use of an automatic loading system on the American tanks ensured the rate experienced up to 23 rounds per minute to two at the loading manual, however, to store just six or eight rounds this rate of fire was clearly unattainable.

Fighting Weight-59, 8 tons of engine power 810 hp, speed, 36km / h, book-51-137 mm, power reserve, 130 km, the crew of 4 men armed with a gun-1 155 mm, 1 12 machine gun, 7-mm machine gun 1 7 62 mm.



Heavy Tank M103. 1958. It was created as a response to the Soviet IS-3 and T-10. In an embodiment of M103 and M013A1 released 74 cars (with the carburettor engine producing 810 hp) and in the version M103A2 released 208 cars (with diesel engine capacity of 750 hp).

Fighting Weight-56 (58, 1) ton, engine power 810 (750) hp., The speed of-37 (34) km / h, book-25-254 mm, power reserve, 130 (450) km, Crew-5 men armed with a gun-1 120 mm, 1 machine gun 12, 7 mm 2 7 gun, 62 mm.



Pilot light tank T92. 1957. Created as Airborne.

Fighting Weight-16, 3 tons, the engine power-310l.s., Speed, 65km / h, reservations, bulletproof, the crew of 3 men armed with a gun 76-1, 2-mm machine gun 1 12 7 mm, 1 7 gun, 62 mm.



At the time, the United States rushed to the crazy in my opinion the idea of ​​creating a tank with an atomic dvigatelem.Podobnye topics were studied in SSSR.Vot one of the options developed atomic monsters in his time in the United States under the program «Astron».



Another project of the atomic tank TV-1



Experienced tank XM803. 1978. It is a simplified version of the prototype tank MBT-70 produced at the time, together with Germany.

Fighting Weight-51, 3 tons, the engine power-1475l.s., Speed, 65km / h, the crew of 3 man-640km cruising range, weapons-1 gun-launcher 155 mm HM150E6, 1 machine gun 12, 7- mm 1 7 gun, 62 mm.



Pilot light tank M8 Buford. 1994.

Combat weight 17 tons, engine power-550l.s., Speed, 72km / h, the crew of 3 man-480km cruising range, weapons-1 gun 105 mm M35, 1 machine gun 12, 7-mm machine gun 1 7 62 mm.



Pilot light tank RDF-LT ARES. 1982. Layout of rear engine compartment. Tower single. Housing welded aluminum broni.Podveska individual torsionnaya.Ustanovlen automatic loader 60 shots. There is a laser range finder, a digital ballistic computer, a thermal imager, atmospheric sensors, displays each member ekipazha.Pushka automatic can fire bursts. Anti-aircraft machine gun with a remote upravleniem.Vooruzhenie stabilized in two planes.

Combat weight 15 tons, engine power-350l.s, speed, 64km / h, the crew of 3 man-480km cruising range, weapons-1 75-mm cannon HM274 ARES, 2 7 gun, 62 mm.



Pilot light tank RDF-LT M32. 1982. Created on the basis of the tank RDF-LT ARES. Distinguished by installing a double tower with 76 mm cannon M32. Layout of rear engine compartment. Housing welded aluminum armor. Suspension Individual torsionnaya.Imeyutsya laser range finder, a digital ballistic computer, teplovizor.Vooruzhenie stabilized in two planes.

Fighting Weight-13, 2 tons, the engine power-350l.s, speed, 64km / h, the crew of 3 man-480km cruising range, weapons-1 76mm gun M32, 2 7 gun, 62 mm.



Pilot light tank "Stingray". 1985. Established as aerotransportabelny. Layout of rear engine compartment. The hull and turret welded. Suspension Individual torsionnaya.SUO includes a digital ballistic computer. Night vision devices of passive type.

Fighting Weight-20, 2 tons, the engine power-535l.s, speed, 67km / h, 4-person crew, cruising range, 480km, weapons-1 105 mm cannon LRF, 1 machine gun 12, 7-mm machine gun 2 7, 62-mm.



Pilot light tank "Stingray-2." 1986. It is an improved version of the tank "Stingray". It features enhanced reservation, install OMS from M1A1 tanks and thermally insulating cover on the barrel of the gun.

Fighting Weight-22, 6 tons, the engine power-550l.s, speed, 71 km / h, 4-person crew, cruising range, 450km, weapons-1 105 mm cannon LRF, 1 machine gun 12, 7 mm, 1 machine gun 7, 62-mm.



Pilot light tank TCM (Teledyne Continental Motors).



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