Moscow. April 19. INTERFAX.RU — the New Russian tank T-14 “Armata” has passed testing in Syria, said the head of Minpromtorg Denis Manturov.
“Yes, that’s right… they were in Syria,” he said Sunday on TV channel “Russia-1” (VGTRK).
According to the Minister, to Syria of these tanks were directed “to take into account all the nuances in combat.” “In Syria, as you know, that’s the kind of test,” — said Manturov, noting that it will help the formation of the “final look” of the tank, which will be supplied to the Russian army.
As the Minister noted, the serial supplies to army will start in 2021.
According to him, T-14 “Armata” — tank road. “It’s expensive because it takes another cycle of additional tests, modernization. With increasing volumes of production and supply, of course, and the price to decline,” — said Manturov.
the Minister told that the car is very technically advanced, and equipped with the most advanced technological solutions, “stuffed with electronics, it has a special design based on those requirements that have been brought to the main customer — Ministry of defence”.
in addition, the Minister announced that the T-14 “Armata” will be exported. “Next year, after we start shipping already commercially available machines to the Ministry of defence, in obtaining a passport export image, we will start working with foreign customers,” he said.
Responding to a question in the program of such applications, Manturov said that “previously, given the fact that we can’t provide all the documentation to our foreign customers — pre-is”.
