In honor of the 85th anniversary of the 38th Research Institute of Armored Weapons and Equipment, journalists were shown how "Armata" shoots at a fellow strong Soviet T-64 tank. The Zvezda TV channel showed the process in all possible forms: from outside from different angles, in slow motion, from the Armata control room and from inside the target tank. The preparation for the battle was completed in a few touches to the touch screen, during the shot the tank rocked slightly - some water spilled from the glass in the journalist's hands, and the cumulative projectile burned a hole in the armored forehead of the T-64.
The journalists were allowed to approach the T-14 only for the duration of the warm-up shot with a standard shaped projectile. A line of new ammunition of increased power has been developed for Armata, but they are not shown to outsiders even on holidays. The trajectory of the projectile was scanned by a Doppler radar and filmed by a high-speed video camera. Testers are especially interested in the moments when the ammunition leaves the barrel and makes contact with the target. Firing tests of each new tank last up to three months.
Inside the T-14 armored capsule, it is unexpectedly spacious: three people are sitting without touching each other. Preparing for a shot is like dialing a number on a phone: a few touches of the screen and somewhere behind the powerful drives charge a projectile and a powder charge, point a seven-meter barrel at the target. In the control room, you can't hear their work - only the steady hum of the air conditioner pumping coolness from the July heat under the armor. At the moment of the shot, the crew in the capsule swayed slightly, and that was all.
The 38th Research Institute of BTVT issues technical specifications for new models of armored vehicles and their weapons to the design bureau, and then tests prototypes built by the industry. The Armata tank is undergoing state tests in Kubinka.
Anton Valagin
