Russia really out did themselves with stealth technology. This tank is so stealthy that nobody has seen it anywhere else besides parades on Red Square.

When the gunner misses a shot, the commander and driver can slap him simultaneously💀

the 14 in T-14 refers to the total number of units built before its inevitable cancellation

Don't worry guys they'll probably have to remake this video in a few months with information generously presented on the war thunder forums

I can best describe this tank as a new toy that has yet to be taken out of its box, and likely never will

"The tank is designed with double uranium, polonium, low-oxidized armor, or DUPLO. This armor helps the T-14 stay modular, as bricks can be clicked into and out of configuration. The extra thickness, as opposed the the Western LEGO modular armor bricking, is thought to help reinforce the tank against direct hits. Further, if the tank were to be stepped on, it would make the unfortunate soldier experience what is often called...'A Big Owie'."

T-14 reminds T-64 at it's release - it was so innovative and expensive that it made soviet tank designs to separate to T-64/T-80 and T-72/T-90.

I don't think there's a tank out there that exists that has more unjustifiable hate than the Armata. It is a step in the right direction for MBT's. I respect its design. But we all know the Bob Semple clearly outmatches any tank out there.

It is also said there will be newer models of the T-14 will include a swimming pool, a kitchen, a library, and a minibar..... but this information has not yet been confirmed.

Suggestion: Can you do a history of the German Leopard Tanks and the Japanese Type 90 Tanks?

"The Russian military is large and modern. Except the large part is not modern, and the modern part is not large."

it is so stealthy that you will NEVER see it coming in the battlefield, as in NEVER.

The most advanced parade tank ever designed. Every parade should have a T-14.

Financial difficulties will make this tank unlikely to be deployed in large numbers until, at least, 2030.

4:45 This practically has no effect against tandem warheads, like the Javelin. The missile uses two charges to defeat ERA, a smaller primary charge detonates first against reactive armor, taking it out before the second and much larger charge detonates next, actually causing the damage.

IMHO, the most plausible theory as to why the T-14 has not been mass-produced yet rests on two main factors: 1- The tank demonstrated in 2014 was a pre-production model, which was tested in Syria circa 2019, after which some modifications were made to it's hull armor and side skirts. But otherwise the Tank is still undergoing additional testing before it sees mass production, which is typical of any brand-new weapons system. 2- Russia has prioritized the modernization of its huge T-72B fleet to T-72B3M standards, and it's smaller but still substantial T-90A fleet to T-90M standards, which would allow them to extend the T-72s service life by another decade and the T-90's by another two. It's a "bird in hand" type of situation, if you must, especially when Ural Vagon Zavod's production capacity is taken into account.

It's called the T-14 because Russia only has 14 of them.

If Russia actually builds it in quantity and up to the specs mentioned it'd be a great tank, but it's Russia

The reduced crew size allows for more space to carry cannisters of Copium for Russians to imagine these tanks actually meet spec. All reports currently are that the tank crews refuse to use the T14 because they break down and jam up but no one is trained to use them so cannot quickly fix the issues. Until these are actually seen outside of parades we may as well be discussing Imperial Guard Leman Russ tanks from Warhammer 40k.

6:10 Ah yes, the american hellfire fired form the T14' cannon Also the " BMPT Terminator 3" is called a BMPT-72 Terminator, and built on the T-72 chassis instead of the T-14 one.

As long as the tanks don’t start walking. The missing link between infantry and artillery. A type of…metal gear, if you will…

Apparently it can take a direct hit from the death star.

If the T-14 armata’s auto loader is anything similar to that of the T-72 or the T-90. Then it’ll likely be another turret popper in the Russian army’s arsenal. EDIT: It’s likely that this is the same case with the T-14 Armata judging by its design. It’s turret isn’t big enough to store a large quantity of tank ammunition, and since the tank crew takes up the front space of the tank and the engine occupies the back of the tank, it very likely that the tank ammunition of the T-14 Armata, is store right beneath its turret. Just like with all the Russian tanks to date since the Cold War.

3:03 the abrams has a blowout pannel for every part of its ammo storage its turret would not plop off that easily

Now you've done a video on the T14 the next gen MBT, I suggest you should do a video on the Centurion Mk 1, the first MBT, it was supposed to fight in wwii

“Giving the tank a lower profile than manned counterparts” …Then why is it taller than most tanks? You said that it’s 3.3 meters tall, and the only tank that even comes close is the Leopard 2A7, and that’s only 3.03 meters tall.

Another modern russian tank is the 2S25 Sprut-SD/M1 light airborne tanks, they are one of the few new generation light tanks being produce in the 21st century. As most countries have abandoned the light tank concept in favor of the IFV's. Also the Kurganets-25 IFV, the T-14 of russian IFV's.

it's amazing that russia has been able to design a tank that is totally invulnerable to anything else on the battlefield. Of course that's because it's never going to actually make it onto one

I think the AbramsX layout is more efficient. Similar to the Armata, but ammo is in the bustle not the hull, providing room for the crew to go into the turret to fix any problem with the main gun and machine guns. Plus it’s useful for the commander to stick his head out of the turret when he needs it.

1400mm of RHA equivalent doesnt mean its 1400mm thick. It means its usually much thicker but lighter than 1400mm of RHA. Also APFSDS rounds in flight do not spin. That actually destabilizes this type of projectile.

It's a cool tank but it's electronics is mostly western. Who knows how much time it will be until it would be replaced by homemade stuff. I think it'll take about 5-10 years.

Will you be doing videos on other next-generation battle tanks such as Challenger 3, KF51, and EMBT?

I keep seeing videos of how great this tank is supposed to be and I feel like at this rate, Russia's gonna be so in love with the myth behind the Armata, they may never make any production model since it will never live up to the hype created around it.

5:09 I love the fact they got this sight from a steam review for Squad

I have yet to see a menace that never saw combat and still suffered engine failure on parade, but hey, you never know.

The best tank that the World has never seen :D

Where are the cameras located. It seems like without the cameras the tanks would be much more vulnerable to attack. Assuming they have several around the tank.

remembers me of the su 57 its told that we cant destroy a squadron of those becouse its hard to kill a squadron when there isnt one

I heard that updated version includes compartments for stolen toilets and washing machines!

5:25 Damn Simple History out here with the SQUAD Abrams Sight Lol

Armata broke down twice during parades, even tho all of armored vehicles before a roll out were checked 3+ times.

A quite knowledgeable former officer of the Soviet coast guard, Andrei Martyanov, stated that he expects Russia to deploy the T-14 at the later stages of the war, when Russia manages to gain enough momentum that the vehicle (still in experimental stages in the eyes of the Russians) can be trailed by fire, while not getting its performance potential overshadowed by the overwhelmingly unfavorable chaotic conditions currently in the Donbass. The experience gained will be used to further improve the design and rat out any significant faults in its design.

I really liked object 195. Armata took a lot from this project. Important technologies have been developed. Let it possibly remain in small quantities, but at least it is mass-produced and can very significantly complement the current tank formations in the role of a commander's tank.

pretty much every modern tank can survive an RPG

Sure, the Armata looks good - on paper, but given the Russian limitations with high-tech systems I very much doubt that it's anything more than a paper tiger. The crew may be fairly well protected, but I doubt the effectiveness of the anti-missile defences and think that top-down attack munitions will still kill these tanks. They retain the auto-loader/carousel system and will be just as vulnerable to ammo cooking off after being hit as their older tanks. No hatches or blast panels means their turrets will fly high when hit.

It was just in the news that Armata will not be mass produced, as the factory for it is empty of machinery. Sanctions prevented the start of the production, as said machines were supposed to be Western, and even with those, lack of electrical components were the final nail to the coffin. Those already existing were so expensive to make, as they are hand built, that the whole project has been shelved at least for now. So, Armata is the Paper Kitten of the Paper Tiger. A promising curiosity.

I just really like the design of this tank!

From what we know from the Ukraine war, it probably has layered cardboard armor and uses a big super soaker cannon.

the idea that it can resist javelins is hilarious.

Some say the T-14 use the same amazing optics as are used on the great 100% russian Orlan-10 drone =D

*Excellent video as always Simple History, we always enjoy your content!*

The T-14 Armata is a Russian main battle tank based on the Armata Universal Combat Platform. The Russian Army initially planned to acquire 2,300 T-14s between 2015 and 2020. By 2018, production and fiscal shortfalls delayed this to 2025, before Russia announced the apparent cancellation of the main show run on 30 July 2018. However, as of 2021, the Russian state-owned TASS media agency claimed the Armata had been expected to begin serial production in 2022, with the delivery of a test batch of 100 to the 2nd Guards Tamanskaya Motor Rifle Division expected to begin in 2022. The tanks are planned to only be officially transferred after completing all state tests. In December 2021 the Russian state conglomerate Rostec stated that serial production had commenced, with "more than 40" Armata tanks anticipated to be delivered to Russian troops after 2023.

New generation tank t-14 Armata is so good, that it fails to start at a parade 😎

Great video, it's on paper a nice tank but too little in known about it. It definitly has quite a bit of nice features to it, but the numbers are just too little to have an impact. And since russian doctrine is more about numbers than about survivalbility or technology I guess we won't see a lot of them in action.

The reason it's called the "T-14 Armata" is that they could only afford to build 14 of them.

The Ruzzian high tech tow hooks fitted to the tank work incredibly well, the red square parade showed their effectiveness to the world, stunning design allowed the prompt use and deployment, The LADA of MBT's

Most probably the absense of those tanks in an actual warfare may be caused by two factors: распил and откат

Great detailed video of the armata

The MiG-25 Foxbat of the 20xx's

It’s amazing on paper, next Gen tank better than anything American has. Only one problem, the transmission sucks. When it locks up, the tank can’t move. There is a famous video of one that broke down during a parade and they could not move it. Spare parts will keep this tank from getting any kills in Ukraine. Russian is currently retrofitting only tanks from the 60s, this tank will never see combat.

the truth is that tanks are never obselete they need infantry support for survivability especially in urban areas but realistically 1 amazing tank crews can probably really turn the tide a battle.

This tank is great, now upgrade the infantry

It looks great on paper. Still yet to be proven.

A video about the challenger tanks series would be a great video

Ukrainian Farmers: "wow the latest tractor variant looks great!"

5:12 that is one unique gun, in protrudes from the hull.

I think that if the allied tank is experienced anough, they can stick a round into the turret ring jamming it, it looks very exposed for a main battle tank. The turret looks very "weak".

The T-14 armata is starting to become a pipe dream for the Russian military seeing that it’s still not in active service and how it still is constantly falling short of its demands. The first time this tank showed itself during the parade, one of them ended up breaking down in the middle of the parade rehearsals and had to be towed away. And even if 132 have supposedly been delivered, it’s likely that only around of tenth of that are fully operational. Yet the ones that are apparently operational are still in the pre-production phase. And with Russia being heavily sanctioned since the war in Ukraine, it’s very unlikely that we’ll even see more of these rolling off the production lines anytime soon since Russia relies on western components for the military equipment, including its most modern ones like the T-14.

The new abrams reportedly can transform into the f35. It's true.

For each Armata that gets built, a thousand aluminum garbage cans go missing.

I was literally looking up T 14 pictures and then two minutes later this video just gets uploaded

t14 can't even go in parades without breaking down I am more scared of a t34 with thermal vision than a t14

I would see myself driving a T14 Armata. The designs are super sharp. For me really, the bells and whistles on it bring a lot of revolutionary innovations. Sure the treads would leave some scratches on the pavement. All it needs are some cameras for the blind spots, cameras for the front and rear of the tank, and you have a custom tank. Put some rubber tank tread pads, and thr tank can be more traversable. With some precision maneuvering. The name i would put for my ideal tank, the karen hunter

Can you please do a video of different shocking tales of survival? With Juliane Koepcke, Phineas Gage, The man who survived for days in Africa dehydrated with his legs pinned beneath a plane (i forgot his name)? And definitely my favourite, Aron Ralston

I don’t think ‘laser guided’ munitions are considered state of the art anymore

I had a change to see the T14 up close in Russia. What puzzles me to this day is the turret: instead of the edges of the sides align, the whole corner was made out of welding seams!!! That cannot be a good solution?!

very cool idea but this will be very VERY expensive to much to be mass produced during war and most prob will never see combat

It will be nice to see Russia give more tanks to Ukrainian farmers, that was nice of them

5:14 The sight here threw me for a loop. Is that inspired by the one in Squad?

Russia says it has 20 of these, ten are proto types according to Russia.

Given the quality of all else Russian the past year I'm going to assume these are actually cardboard and have pedals for the crew.

"If reports are true" that one got me hard🤣

Ukrainians seeing T-14: "Wow. Cool. Taras, pass the Javelin."

Judging from all the hype surrounding everything else in Russia’s military, compared to how it turned out, I expect we’ll see a T 14 eventually out of fuel and abandoned with a bunch of broken parts in the next few months

@Simple History Just to be clear, you mentioned that western tanks use a four man crew while the T-14 has a crew of three. The three man crew is not new to Russian/Soviet tanks. Russian/Soviet tanks have been using three man crews and auto loaders for the main gun since the mid to late 1960s. The first tank to use a three man crew with an auto loader was the T-64 and every Russian tank has used those two features ever since. The only thing that is new about the T-14 is the unmanned turret (for an actual production tank anyway).

Russia is in no hurry to bring the latest tanks to the battlefield when there are many old tanks. Even the T90 appeared in Ukraine only at the end of the first year of the war. War requires a mass product, in this regard, the Armata is not the best tank for a large-scale war, but rather for small conflicts.

now that we have the armata i think it'd be nice to make a video about the M84 series of MBTs (yugoslav and later Serb tanks), also M91 "Vihor"

I can only imagine the Lovecraftian scene of a T-14 lavatory after 10+ years in service....

Can I make a suggestion too? can we also make a concise detail about the M2A5E "Abrams X"?

Ah yes… T14 Armata, The best parade Tank!

Simple history, please do a video of the tiger 2 tank.

"T-14 Armata" tank existing only on Russian propaganda.

1100 kilowatts is 1500 horsepower not 1200, what you said in this video is basically "my car can do 100 miles per hour while doing 80 kilometers per hour", this doesn't work like this

the worst thing is not to believe the enemy, it will play a cruel joke on you*

not only does the tank not exist, but their show model broke down at the parade lmao. its another autoloader mess with the same armor and issues with the majority of the t model fleet. the "softkill hardkill system" is yet to be tested or shown to work, sort of like the IF dazzlers on the t80

Hmmm, if they don't pair it with infantry units and anti air defenses it is toast. They also should take anti tractor meassures.

The turret is very lightly armored, only sufficiently to withstand autocannon fire. This makes sense since the turret has no crew members (one of the most important parts of a tank) and with hard kill APS, the only thing that can penetrate the turret is other tanks fire APFSDS, which is relatively rare on the battlefield compared to IMVs, APCs, IFVs, and infantry. The areas that can be hit would destroy or disable a more conventional design regardless, since hitting the gun mantlet or the gun itself will result in penetration or disabling the main gun at minimum. The small turret means that there is not much area to be protected to begin with and since it is relatively lightly armored, most of the armor can be concentrated in the hull front, which allows Armata to have very thick armor without being super heavy. This is one of the major benefits of Armata and something that has been featured with the AbramsX demonstrator, although that does have an optionally manned turret as opposed to the Armata’s completely unmanned turret so it does resemble a more conventional design. Another thing that should have been noted is the gun. The 2A82-1M gun is an improved 125mm gun with the main claim to fame being the extended L/56 (compared to the L/48 found on most 125mm guns), whose added velocity aids in penetration for APFSDS rounds and the new 3BM69 Vacuum-1 round that reportedly has 1m of RHAe penetration. The gun can also accept all existing 125mm rounds from the 3BM60 and 3BM59 rounds originally designed for the T-90A, to legacy Soviet rounds like 3BM42 which is what Russia primarily uses, which is beneficial since I could not imagine the logistical shitshow if T-14s had to run into Ukraine with the originally planned 152mm gun back in February of 2022 I cannot imagine that this will enter service in any large numbers if at all, which is made worse by the war in Ukraine. If the T-14 enters service, it will likely be in very small numbers. I suspect that Russia is currently working on or will soon work on an economized version of the T-14 that it can actually produce at scale in order to replace the aging T-72 as it’s armored backbone, much like we saw with the T-64 and T-72 back in the Cold War.

1:13 It's not "zavor" but "Uralvagonzavod" meaning "a factory (zavod) for wagons (vagons)(and if necessary tanks) on Ural"...

Finally, a Russian tank with depression

I want to see T-14 Armata vs Javelin in Ukraine