The T-95 is a future main battle tank, in development at the Russian Federation's Uralvagonzavod plant (designers of the T-72 and T-90 series, and the only Russian facility currently producing tanks). It was first reported by Jane's Defence Weekly in 1995, and announced by Russian official sources in 2000, but the tank has not been seen or photographed, and no concrete data has been released. It is due to be introduced in 2009, and production could be launched in 2010.
Most information about this tank is speculative. The tank is presumably a significant departure from the Soviet-era tanks currently in service. In particular, according to Moscow Defense Brief, it is expected to have a new hydropneumatic suspension with adaptive features, and the entire crew will be placed in a sealed compartment inside the hull, isolated from other tank components.
Although no concrete information has been released, various websites have published descriptions and illustrations of a novel design. The main gun will reportedly be of 135 mm or 152 mm caliber (larger than the 105-120–125 mm guns in current main battle tanks) and will have a new multi-channel fire control system that works in optical, thermal, near IR, and radar spectrum. The gun will be located in a remotely-controlled mount. Such an arrangement is anticipated to improve crew survivability compared to existing designs, because the crew compartment is separated from the ready ammunition supply, and also because the tank would be nearly completely hidden and protected in a hull-down position. The crew would number just three, all being carried within the hull itself.
The tank will reportedly be built on the principle of identical capabilities for both gunner and commander and fully supports the hunter-killer mode of operation, a unified command information system and tactical level automatic management system, and advanced active and passive defensive aids to protect the tank from various modern and future types of threat.
T-95 is a name given to the tank by media; it is not an official name. According to published sources, development of a new tank called "Item 195" began at the Uralvagonzavod design bureau in the early 1990s.
According to Moscow Defense Brief, T-95 has been in development for a long time, and the development has been delayed in part because of the workload imposed by the T-90 export contracts on Uralvagonzavod and the design bureau. The journal also points out, that "whether Russia’s defense industry is capable after fifteen years of near-paralysis of providing the Russian army with a high-technology product in the quantities it needs" remains an open question.
The prototype tank was announced by the Russian Minister of Defense in 2000. Another recent Russian prototype tank, the Black Eagle tank built by Omsk Transmash, appears to have been built only for the export market, not for Russian forces. In a recent editorial a Russian engineer stated that the T-95 is currently being tested and will begin entering service with the Russian army in 2009.
On July 10, 2008 the Russian government announced that the Russian armed forces would start receiving new-generation tanks superior to the T-90 main battle tank after 2010. "The T-90 MBT will be the backbone of the armored units until 2025. T-72's and T-80's will not be modernized and will be eventually replaced by new-generation tanks, which will start entering service after 2010," Sergei Mayev, head of the Federal Service for Defense Contracts (Rosoboronzakaz) told a news conference.
In a July 2008 article in Jane's Defence Weekly, analyst Christopher F. Foss stated that the tank is expected to have a 152 mm gun with an automatic loader in the chassis, but that it is uncertain whether it will sport a conventional turret or external gun mount.
Most information about this tank is speculative. The tank is presumably a significant departure from the Soviet-era tanks currently in service. In particular, according to Moscow Defense Brief, it is expected to have a new hydropneumatic suspension with adaptive features, and the entire crew will be placed in a sealed compartment inside the hull, isolated from other tank components.Although no concrete information has been released, various websites have published descriptions and illustrations of a novel design. The main gun will reportedly be of 135 mm or 152 mm caliber (larger than the 105-120–125 mm guns in current main battle tanks) and will have a new multi-channel fire control system that works in optical, thermal, near IR, and radar spectrum. The gun will be located in a remotely-controlled mount. Such an arrangement is anticipated to improve crew survivability compared to existing designs, because the crew compartment is separated from the ready ammunition supply, and also because the tank would be nearly completely hidden and protected in a hull-down position. The crew would number just three, all being carried within the hull itself.
The tank will reportedly be built on the principle of identical capabilities for both gunner and commander and fully supports the hunter-killer mode of operation, a unified command information system and tactical level automatic management system, and advanced active and passive defensive aids to protect the tank from various modern and future types of threat.
T-95 is a name given to the tank by media; it is not an official name. According to published sources, development of a new tank called "Item 195" began at the Uralvagonzavod design bureau in the early 1990s.
According to Moscow Defense Brief, T-95 has been in development for a long time, and the development has been delayed in part because of the workload imposed by the T-90 export contracts on Uralvagonzavod and the design bureau. The journal also points out, that "whether Russia’s defense industry is capable after fifteen years of near-paralysis of providing the Russian army with a high-technology product in the quantities it needs" remains an open question.
The prototype tank was announced by the Russian Minister of Defense in 2000. Another recent Russian prototype tank, the Black Eagle tank built by Omsk Transmash, appears to have been built only for the export market, not for Russian forces. In a recent editorial a Russian engineer stated that the T-95 is currently being tested and will begin entering service with the Russian army in 2009.
On July 10, 2008 the Russian government announced that the Russian armed forces would start receiving new-generation tanks superior to the T-90 main battle tank after 2010. "The T-90 MBT will be the backbone of the armored units until 2025. T-72's and T-80's will not be modernized and will be eventually replaced by new-generation tanks, which will start entering service after 2010," Sergei Mayev, head of the Federal Service for Defense Contracts (Rosoboronzakaz) told a news conference.
In a July 2008 article in Jane's Defence Weekly, analyst Christopher F. Foss stated that the tank is expected to have a 152 mm gun with an automatic loader in the chassis, but that it is uncertain whether it will sport a conventional turret or external gun mount.
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