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  • Russian tank "Black Eagle" ("object 640")

    Have you ever heard about it? If yes then what do you think?
    I don't have any sourse in English, but there are some in Russian:
    Объект 640 "Черный орел"
    Танк Черный орел Объект 640

    it seems to be very strong
    Last edited by foxhound_nn; 22 Dec 07,, 23:12.

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    foxhound_nn Reply

    Doesn't your own nation prefer the T-95?
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    • #3
      Originally posted by S-2 View Post
      Doesn't your own nation prefer the T-95?
      T-95 is Black Eagle (strange, but i didn't know that Black Eagle was named T-95, I get to know this just now in the internet)

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      • #4
        It's not. The Black Eagle's supposed designation is T-80UM2 (after the Bars which was T-80UM1). It was created by Omsk Transmash. The T-95 is a whole new design with a low-silouette turret, 152mm main gun, and it's supposedly a design for the Nizhniy Tagil tank plant. It has preference ever since T-80 production was effectively halted. Both plan to have certain similar features, except the shape of the turret, and apparently main gun.

        Anyways people here have heard of both. Both projects remain highly controversial. For example the T-95 was supposed to be publicly demonstrated this year, but I have yet to see it. And the Black Eagle has supposedly been complete since 2006 and not put into production.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Feanor View Post
          It's not. The Black Eagle's supposed designation is T-80UM2 (after the Bars which was T-80UM1). It was created by Omsk Transmash. The T-95 is a whole new design with a low-silouette turret, 152mm main gun, and it's supposedly a design for the Nizhniy Tagil tank plant. It has preference ever since T-80 production was effectively halted. Both plan to have certain similar features, except the shape of the turret, and apparently main gun.

          Anyways people here have heard of both. Both projects remain highly controversial. For example the T-95 was supposed to be publicly demonstrated this year, but I have yet to see it. And the Black Eagle has supposedly been complete since 2006 and not put into production.
          Feanor, where did you get this information? "BlackEagle" is a codename of the newest russian tank first time shown in 97. It was made on the basis of T-80 but almost doesn't have any common with it. I know it for about 4 years. But only now i get to know that it's T-95.

          by the way: in English T-95 Black Eagle
          Last edited by foxhound_nn; 23 Dec 07,, 01:13.

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          • #6
            ...there are too twisted information in the internet... just compare
            T-95 Black Eagle
            T-80 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

            But once again, i've seen that BlackEagle is T95 just now, so it's likely to be incorrect information (but in many russian sites)...... so i'm able to admit that T-95 isn't BlackEagle...

            But still what do you think of BlackEagle?

            ps does anybody have at least photos of T-95?
            Last edited by foxhound_nn; 23 Dec 07,, 01:01.

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            • #7
              It's Object 195 that's the T-95 design. Trust me I was very interested in the two tanks for a while. They are two different tanks. One is a continuation of the T-64 - T-80 line, and the other of the T-55 - T62 - T-72 - T-90 line.

              T-95 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

              Russian T-95 Tank, short video - Military Pictures - Air Force Army Navy Missiles

              Nizhny Tagil MBT

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              • #8
                Vasiliy Fofanov's Modern Russian Armour Page

                Look at Black Eagle section on Vasiliy Fofanov's site.
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                • #9
                  One of my links is to it ;)

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Feanor View Post
                    Trust me I was very interested in the two tanks for a while. They are two different tanks.
                    I can say the same. So you can trust Feanor, he's right. I don't know how many times I've had to tell people the T-95 and Black Eagle are not the same thing.

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                    • #11
                      And as far as real life is concerned both projects are dead. Russia inked a deal with THALES for the Catherine MP Thermal systesm for at least 100 T-90's given yearly purchases by the Russian Army we won't see the T-95 enter serial production before 2010 if at all.

                      Personally I think the design just has to many flaws to be viable.

                      Take the crew out of the turret- greatly reduce situational awareness

                      Give it a bigger gun- reduced ammo

                      No crew in turret- longer and harder to reload

                      All three men in front hull- increased mine vulnerability, and what about emergancy egress?

                      Only a 3 man crew- they are already doing a 4 man job and the complexity and difficulty just went up but there are still only 24 hours in a day.

                      Cost- big Russian army- small budget for purchases= not fielded in force.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by zraver View Post
                        And as far as real life is concerned both projects are dead. Russia inked a deal with THALES for the Catherine MP Thermal systesm for at least 100 T-90's given yearly purchases by the Russian Army we won't see the T-95 enter serial production before 2010 if at all.
                        The federal arms program envisions deploying at least 1400 T-90s by 2015. So I would expect to see the size of the purchases increase over the next few years.

                        Personally I think the design just has to many flaws to be viable.

                        Take the crew out of the turret- greatly reduce situational awareness
                        If the information they receive is via sensors, cameras, and other electronics rather then through peep holes in the armor, does it matter if the monitor displaying the info is in the turret or in the hull?

                        Give it a bigger gun- reduced ammo
                        I personally agree with that one. I don't understand why they're obsessed with a 152mm gun.... first it was supposed to end up on the BE, now supposedly the T-95......

                        No crew in turret- longer and harder to reload
                        Auto-loader.

                        All three men in front hull- increased mine vulnerability, and what about emergancy egress?
                        Each crew member is meant to be in a single armored capsule. There is no single internal space in the tank.

                        Only a 3 man crew- they are already doing a 4 man job and the complexity and difficulty just went up but there are still only 24 hours in a day.

                        Cost- big Russian army- small budget for purchases= not fielded in force.
                        Overall you're probably right. The design is head of it's time. Each change on it's own doesn't necessarily mean a bad thing, but overall it doesn't seem like they're going to be able to turn it into a single functioning tank. The technology isn't up to date with the ambitions of the tank designers.

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