“Russia has worked to prepare a small number of T-14 Armata main battle tanks for the type’s first operational deployment in Ukraine,” the MoD said. The MoD, in its latest published intelligence update, suggested that Moscow’s most advanced tank had been rushed to Ukraine and was unlikely to be fully operational. A destroyed Russian tank is seen by a road near Kivsharivka village in a suburb of Kupiansk, Kharkiv, Ukraine (Photo: Sergey Bobok/AFP via Getty) Could it be used in Ukraine? So far, it remains untested on the battlefield. Russian weapons manufacturer Uralvagonzavod plans on testing the T-14 Armata battle tank at a test range in the industrial city of Nizhny Tagil, deputy prime minister Dmitry Rogozin told. However, the T-14 has been plagued by design problems and production delays, with only a small number manufactured – possibly in the low tens, according to the UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD). Russia once said it could form the basis of a robotic tank. It was officially unveiled for the first time during the Moscow Victory Day Parade in May 2015. Marking a huge improvement over the Soviet-era tank stock, it incorporates automated features including a remote-controlled machine gun. T-14 Armata is a new-generation main battle tank (MBT) developed by Russian company Uralvagonzavod (UVZ). ![]() The T-14 Armata is Russia’s most modern tank, weighing 48 tonnes and boasting a maximum speed of 55mph.
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