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Russian Tanks, 1900–1970: The Complete Illustrated History of Soviet Armoured Theory and Design, Harrisburg Penn.: Stackpole Books. ISBN 0-8117-1493-4. Zaloga, Steven J., James Grandsen (1984). Soviet Tanks and Combat Vehicles of World War Two, London: Arms and Armour Press. ISBN 0-85368-606-8
Limited use with Russian naval infantry, armoured, and special forces. [11]: 24 AKMS: 7.62×39mm Soviet Union: Assault rifle: Limited use with Russian naval infantry, armoured, and special forces. Seen in use with PBS-1 suppressors. [11]: 24 AS Val: 9×39mm Soviet Union: Suppressed assault rifle Limited use by special forces. [16] AK-74M: 5.45 ...
This yields a balance of immediately available tanks of about 4:1 in the Red Army's favour. The T-34 was the most modern in the world, and the KV series the best armoured. The most advanced Soviet tank models, however, the T-34 and KV-1, were not available in large numbers early in the war, and only accounted for 7.2% of the total Soviet tank ...
The T-14 Armata (Russian: Т-14 «Армата»; industrial designation Russian: Объект 148, romanized: Obyekt 148, lit. 'Object 148') is a Russian fourth-generation main battle tank (MBT) based on the Armata Universal Combat Platform. The Russian Army initially planned to acquire 2,300 T-14s between 2015 and 2020.
The T-54 and T-55 tanks are a series of Soviet medium tanks [3] introduced in the years following the Second World War. The first T-54 prototype was completed at Nizhny Tagil by the end of 1945. [4] From the late 1950s, the T-54 eventually became the main tank for armoured units of the Soviet Army, armies of the Warsaw Pact countries, and many ...
The 4th Guards Tank Division [a] is a Guards armoured division of the Russian Ground Forces.The division is named after Yuri Andropov.. The division has the Military Unit Number 19612 and is one of the key formations of the Western Military District.
The Russian Tank Troops (Russian: Танковые войска Вооружённых сил Российской Федерации, romanized: Tankovyye voyska Vooruzhonnykh sil Rossiyskoy Federatsii) is the armored warfare branch of the Russian Ground Forces.
The "Armata" Universal Combat Platform (Russian: Армата) [8] [9] is a Russian advanced next generation modular heavy military tracked vehicle platform. The Armata platform is the basis of the T-14 (a main battle tank), the T-15 (a heavy infantry fighting vehicle), a combat engineering vehicle, an armoured recovery vehicle, a heavy armoured personnel carrier, a tank support combat vehicle ...