Armata (combat platform)

2021: Announcement of unmanned version of Armata tank

On July 9, 2021, it became known about the successful tests of the unmanned version of the T-14 tank on the Armata caterpillar platform.

The well-known Armata tank was originally designed as a crew-controlled machine. But the level of modern technology today allows us to turn it into a drone - we conducted the corresponding tests, and they were successful, "said Vladimir Artyakov, First Deputy General Director of Rostec, to the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper.

Where exactly the tests took place is not specified. Most likely, this was done at one of the training grounds, but an extremely important stage of testing is checking the tank in battle.

Armata (combat platform)

The head of Rostec, Sergei Chemezov, previously said that in Armata "everything will be as automated as possible," including aiming - you only need to approximately put a gun on the target, and electronics will accurately determine the distance to the target and point the gun at it. This machine uses elements of artificial intelligence that help the crew fire, he explained.

At the same time, according to Chemezov, the unmanned version of the Armata will not be a production tank. It only runs around autonomous driving technologies, the car is used mainly as crew-controlled equipment.

Earlier, the ex-head of the Main Armored Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, Alexander Shevchenko, said that the unmanned robotic version of the T-14 Armata features an open digital architecture that created a "reinforced concrete basis for robotizing armored vehicles."

By July 2021, the T-14 remains the only tank in the world of the third post-war generation. "Armata" is designed to conduct combat in direct contact with the enemy, support the offensive of motorized rifle units, destroy fortifications, enemy manpower located in shelters and in open areas.^[1]

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