{"id":10147,"date":"2023-04-26T09:14:19","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T03:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=10147"},"modified":"2025-03-29T17:38:35","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T12:08:35","slug":"t-14-armata-battle-tank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/t-14-armata-battle-tank\/","title":{"rendered":"T-14 Armata battle tank"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About T-14 Armata battle tank:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a new <strong>Russian Main Battle Tank (MBT).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is designed by the Russian Defense Company Uralvagonzavod.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Features<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>It has an <strong>unmanned turret<\/strong>, with <strong>crew remotely controlling the armaments from &#8220;an isolated armoured capsule located in the front of the hull.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Maximum Speed: 75 km\/h.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The tank has a <strong>maximum range of 500 km on internal fuel.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is o<strong>perated by a crew of 3 men,<\/strong> including a commander, gunner and driver.<\/li>\n<li>It is <strong>one of the most protected <\/strong>MBTs in the world. It has newly-developed <strong>composite base armour made of steel, ceramics <\/strong>and other materials.<\/li>\n<li>The tank is <strong>armed with a 2A82<\/strong> (or 2A82-1M) <strong>125 mm smoothbore gun.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is <strong>capable of firing gun-launched anti-tank guided missiles<\/strong> in the same manner as ordinary projectiles. These missiles have a <strong>range of about 5 km <\/strong>and can also target low-flying helicopters.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1)\u00a0What is a Main Battle Tank (MBT)?<\/h3>\n<p>Main battle tanks are regarded as one of the most important components of modern armies. The main battle tank is a tank that fills many modern armies&#8217; maneuver and armor-protected direct-fire roles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/world-news\/russias-new-t-14-armata-battle-tank-debuts-in-ukraine-report-3976815\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Russia&#8217;s New T-14 Armata Battle Tank Debuts In Ukraine: Report<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>T-14 Armata is a new Russian Main Battle Tank (MBT).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":10148,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-10147","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}