GLORIOUS T-14 ARMATA PICTURES.

[alanch90]

5 hours ago, Scav said:

Do we know if it still uses the "USSR" style of composite like on T-90 and T-72 hulls? 
Or is it more like NATO armour/T-72B turret?

Also, there's ERA on there too, which should be taken into account.

 

Sides don't appear to be too thick apart from the skirts/ERA.

I´m 99 percent sure that front hull is NERA  like "NATO armour/T-72B turret". Also i do suspect that it makes a lot of sense if the tank uses "reflective plates" just like T-72B/90 or an upgraded derivative. Some pages ago i did a very rough estimation on potential T-14 armor effectiveness if thats the case (although i was using a LOS thickness estimation that was wrong), i should make another one. On the other hand, its been published that the russians did make investigations regarding NxRA and that may be also what is present in T-14, if thats the case then the armor effectiveness may very high.

About the sides, there is at least one confirmed type of ERA and an unconfirmed type of module. The confirmed on is 4S24, covering the ammo section (thus protecting against Tandem HEAT). The unconfirmed type of modules are those which protect the crew compartment and given the overall thickness my guess is that those may vey well may be Malachit modules just like in the front hull.

[LoooSeR]

"Malakhit".... ughhh. This is getting way too dumb.

[alanch90]

You feel like you want to actually say something, comrade @LoooSeR?

[LoooSeR]

3 minutes ago, alanch90 said:

You feel like you want to actually say something, comrade @LoooSeR?

   We need to start sending people to labor camps for that "Malakhit" meme. Nobody was able to find any sources about Malakhit ERA being used on T-14, while there are multyply articles dated early/mid 2000 describing Object 187 that mention that ERA and noting that it was Relikt predecessor. Why would Armata have worse version of Relikt when tanks with Relikt ERA are already in service? 

[alanch90]

20 minutes ago, LoooSeR said:

   We need to start sending people to labor camps for that "Malakhit" meme. Nobody was able to find any sources about Malakhit ERA being used on T-14, while there are multyply articles dated early/mid 2000 describing Object 187 that mention that ERA and noting that it was Relikt predecessor. Why would Armata have worse version of Relikt when tanks with Relikt ERA are already in service? 

I see your point. This is the first time i see someone casting doubts about the name of the ERA used on T-14.

I read too in multiple instances about a 90s prototype referred to as "Malakhit".

But i think that everyone agrees that the ERA on T-14 isnt Kontakt or Relikt, right?

What could be happening is that the name "Malachit" got "recycled". 

 

 

[LoooSeR]

3 minutes ago, alanch90 said:

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What could be happening is that the name "Malachit" got "recycled". 

   I really doubt that.

[alanch90]

But do you agree that the front ERA is of a new type? 

[Scav]

15 hours ago, alanch90 said:

I´m 99 percent sure that front hull is NERA  like "NATO armour/T-72B turret". Also i do suspect that it makes a lot of sense if the tank uses "reflective plates" just like T-72B/90 or an upgraded derivative. Some pages ago i did a very rough estimation on potential T-14 armor effectiveness if thats the case (although i was using a LOS thickness estimation that was wrong), i should make another one. On the other hand, its been published that the russians did make investigations regarding NxRA and that may be also what is present in T-14, if thats the case then the armor effectiveness may very high.

About the sides, there is at least one confirmed type of ERA and an unconfirmed type of module. The confirmed on is 4S24, covering the ammo section (thus protecting against Tandem HEAT). The unconfirmed type of modules are those which protect the crew compartment and given the overall thickness my guess is that those may vey well may be Malachit modules just like in the front hull.

Thanks, I remember reading somewhere that the manufacturer actually gave an armour protection figure (900mm vs KE with ERA) and that there was ERA on the front.

Assuming that's correct, then I think it might be reasonable to assume it's Relikt or perhaps an improved version thereof and that without this ERA the protection would range around 600mm.

Certainly doesn't seem unreasonable given the LOS or the armour levels previously achieved on T-90 etc.

 

Still I wasn't able to confirm this rumour so take it with a pinch of salt.

 

I've always wondered why the side looked the way it does, there's three panels that are hinged to each other while the rest isn't....

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Those three panels are right next to the crew compartment and I assume those aren't the same as the rest, but why are the front ones not hinged too?
What's the purpose of it?

These front panels are also larger than the rear ones as can be seen by the height difference and they also look a little bit thicker if you ask me, maybe they're NERA and not ERA?

 

The box above the side panels has also intruiged me, it looks very much like the boxes on T-72s etc that are for storing equipment, but the size of them makes me wonder why they would leave such a large gap (relatively speaking) in the coverage of the ERA between the hull and the turret.

There's gotta be a reason for it all, the front panels being NERA sort of makes sense as they would be able to sustain multiple hits, which would potentially increase survivability for the crew, but ERA tends to be more effective for the same volume so......

[LoooSeR]

@Scav

Blue part is just sheet metal. Probably there is a big wire, part of anti-mine electromagnetic protection system... or nothing at all.

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   Here is T-14 without those metal sheet covers (from this thread, lol)

 

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   T-15 side ERA modules:

 

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   Side era - middle part are optimized more against HEAT thats why they are thinner and lighter.

 

 

   More about T-14 here - http://btvt.info/2futureprojects/armata/armata17.htm

[alanch90]

@Scav

For me, at least visually, its very clear that even the front section where the lights are mounted there are ERA modules. Now, the very first "module" right besides i think its the same type of ERA too (lets just call it "Malachit" even if Comrade Looser threatens us with a trip to the gulag), look at its thickness, its very similar to the ERA where the lights are mounted and also the modules mounted in the front hull.

 

The next four side panels are like half the thickness, i dont know what they are, perhaps they are NERA/Nxra or "Malachit" (in which case the difference in thickness should be explained). The last five modules are 2S24, only effective against HEAT. I'll try to make some comparisons when i get back home.

 

As for the effectiveness of the front hull armor, my previous estimation assuming a LOS thickness of 950mm and the use of "reflective plates" (the same ones from T-72B), resulted in an effectiveness of around 820mm for the lowest estimate and 870mm for the highest. If you want to check that very rough estimation i think that i posted it in page 57 or 59 of this thread. Those figures should be revised but im expecting of not getting any value lower than 750mm. On top of that, if the front ERA is at least as effective as Relikt, then it should increase the total effectiveness by about 40 percent.

[Scav]

31 minutes ago, alanch90 said:

For me, at least visually, its very clear that even the front section where the lights are mounted there are ERA modules. Now, the very first "module" right besides i think its the same type of ERA too (lets just call it "Malachit" even if Comrade Looser threatens us with a trip to the gulag), look at its thickness, its very similar to the ERA where the lights are mounted and also the modules mounted in the front hull.

Wait, so you mean to say that the armor piece behind the front lights itself is also ERA?
Interesting, I hadn't thought of that.

With the rest I agree, I think it's likely that the frontal side section next to the fender is the same as the following modules and that they just decided to make it fit more closely with the fender to prevent dirt from getting in there too easily.

 

33 minutes ago, alanch90 said:

The last five modules are 2S24, only effective against HEAT. I'll try to make some comparisons when i get back home.

I didn't know 2S24 was only effective against HEAT, I'd assumed it was like Kontakt-5 but just a version that's more easily mounted and covers a larger area.

 

34 minutes ago, alanch90 said:

As for the effectiveness of the front hull armor, my previous estimation assuming a LOS thickness of 950mm and the use of "reflective plates" (the same ones from T-72B), resulted in an effectiveness of around 820mm for the lowest estimate and 870mm for the highest. If you want to check that very rough estimation i think that i posted it in page 57 or 59 of this thread. Those figures should be revised but im expecting of not getting any value lower than 750mm. On top of that, if the front ERA is at least as effective as Relikt, then it should increase the total effectiveness by about 40 percent.

85%+ efficiency?
That seems very high for what is essentially NERA with thicker steel layers, substantially higher than almost any NATO tank.

The ERA is about what I guessed as well, though that's assuming normal KE rounds and not one specialised to deal with heavy ERA.

[alanch90]

5 hours ago, Scav said:

Wait, so you mean to say that the armor piece behind the front lights itself is also ERA?
 

Exactly my point. Look at this:

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5 hours ago, Scav said:

I didn't know 2S24 was only effective against HEAT, I'd assumed it was like Kontakt-5 but just a version that's more easily mounted and covers a larger area.

 

2S24 is, lets say, a less explosive ERA compared to all previous soviet types, contains 2 times less explosives than Kontakt 1, making it compatible with light vehicles which could have been seriously damaged themselves by the use of Kontakt 1 (thats why the development of 2S24 started).  According officially to Nii Stali, it offers protection against 14mm AP bullets, 30mm ammo (doesnt specify if that includes apfsds) and RPG penetrating 500mm (doesn´t specify if that includes tandem warheads). Source: http://www.niistali.ru/products/military/nkdz/addon_era_bmp3_btr90/
Here is another article (from some years ago) about the development of 2S24, and russian experimentation with NxRA and other stuff (which might point in the direction that they might have followed if they decided to make T-14 armor without the T-72 ´reflective plates´) http://www.niistali.ru/products/military/nkdz/addon_era_bmp3_btr90/
 

 

5 hours ago, Scav said:

85%+ efficiency?
That seems very high for what is essentially NERA with thicker steel layers, substantially higher than almost any NATO tank.

The ERA is about what I guessed as well, though that's assuming normal KE rounds and not one specialised to deal with heavy ERA.

I only extrapolated the same estimation method used for T-72B on Tankograd (the author there concluded in rating the turret at 550-600 KE,)


Now a couple of notes. Just checked the russian Nii Staly website on Relikt ERA, there it specifies a 40 percent of performance vs KE BUT also refers to this types of modules as 2S23(http://www.niistali.ru/products/military/relict/relikt_t72m_t90sm_bmpt/).  BUT on the other hand, on the english site, Relikt is described as composed by 2S24 and 2S25 (http://www.niistali.ru/en/products-and-services/#RELICT).

[LoooSeR]

 

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   Suppliers of "stuffing" for an armored personnel carrier on the universal platform "Boomerang" overpriced parts by 5-6 times, using their monopolistic position in the market. This was said in an interview with TASS by Alexander Krasovitsky, the general director of the Military Industrial Company, which produces armored personnel carriers. According to him, in the near future due to the replacement of components with cheaper ones, it will be possible to reduce the cost of the combat vehicle by at least three times.

 

[Scav]

On 7/19/2019 at 5:09 PM, LoooSeR said:

Blue part is just sheet metal. Probably there is a big wire, part of anti-mine electromagnetic protection system... or nothing at all.

I see, thanks for the clarification.

(Not sure why I didn't see your reply before...)

 

On 7/19/2019 at 11:45 PM, alanch90 said:

I only extrapolated the same estimation method used for T-72B on Tankograd (the author there concluded in rating the turret at 550-600 KE,)

Hmm, I think he was referring to the turret cheeks that are around 750mm thick though.

I'll re-read that part on his blog.

 

On 7/19/2019 at 11:45 PM, alanch90 said:

Now a couple of notes. Just checked the russian Nii Staly website on Relikt ERA, there it specifies a 40 percent of performance vs KE BUT also refers to this types of modules as 2S23(http://www.niistali.ru/products/military/relict/relikt_t72m_t90sm_bmpt/).  BUT on the other hand, on the english site, Relikt is described as composed by 2S24 and 2S25 (http://www.niistali.ru/en/products-and-services/#RELICT).

Wouldn't be the first time that the English site has labelled things wrong, but it could be the other way around as well.

Thanks for the links.

[alanch90]

20 hours ago, Scav said:

Hmm, I think he was referring to the turret cheeks that are around 750mm thick though.

I'll re-read that part on his blog.

 

The increase of effectiveness relative to LOS is explained by two aspects:
1) The use of RHA instead of CHA (as in T-72B turret) which on itself would make the overall effectiveness higher by about 10-15 percent.
2) Because of the bigger volume available, it would allow to placing many more "reflective plates" compared to the T-72B/90A turret (in both of these tanks, depending on the angle, a projectile would have to go at most through 3-4 reflective plates)

[alanch90]

Third time is the charm. I made yet another thickness estimation but this time i used a picture with much higher resolution, which should yield much more precise results. Also took advantage and calculated several parts of the upper front hull of T-14. 



So, the hull armor keeps getting thinner and thinner at every estimation i make.  Anyways, this estimation (~780mm) is very close to the maximum physical thickness of T-72B turret (from the front), but the question about the possibility of "reflective plates" being re-used yet again on T-14 remains unclear.

[Zadlo]

11 hours ago, alanch90 said:

Third time is the charm. I made yet another thickness estimation but this time i used a picture with much higher resolution, which should yield much more precise results. Also took advantage and calculated several parts of the upper front hull of T-14. 



So, the hull armor keeps getting thinner and thinner at every estimation i make.  Anyways, this estimation (~780mm) is very close to the maximum physical thickness of T-72B turret (from the front), but the question about the possibility of "reflective plates" being re-used yet again on T-14 remains unclear.

 

522mm LOS of armor (total thickness minus reactive layer) almost equals to 400mm armor sloped to 40 degrees.

[Karamazov]

Some new photos of T-14 Armata interior 

The first photo seems to be from the TV program.

[LoooSeR]

36 minutes ago, Karamazov said:

Some new photos of T-14 Armata interior 

The first photo seems to be from the TV program.

"New"

 Good view on crew compartment was avaliable several years ago, pics in this thread.

[skylancer-3441]

2 hours ago, Karamazov said:

The first photo seems to be from the TV program.

IIRC its from Voennaya Priemka on Zvezda channel,  episode titled "Armata - Terra incognita", which aired on September 13, 2015

[Karamazov]

1 hour ago, LoooSeR said:

"New"

 Good view on crew compartment was avaliable several years ago, pics in this thread.

i know, but i am tell about new photo from a new perspective.

[Karamazov]

1 minute ago, skylancer-3441 said:

IIRC its from Voennaya Priemka on Zvezda channel,  episode titled "Armata - Terra incognita", which aired on September 13, 2015

yep

[alanch90]

You mean this one, @Karamazov ?

[Karamazov]

11 hours ago, alanch90 said:

You mean this one, @Karamazov ?

Yeah

[skylancer-3441]

This one is (or might be) indeed new - in a sense that it (probably) was created recently -
although it seems to be composed using two screenshots from TVC channel's news program Sobytiya (Events) special report Zheleznaya Logika (Iron Logic), aired back in February of 2016

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