Actual tank fiasco Ukrainian team at the T-84U "Hold" in the course of recent events Strong Europe Tank Challenge 2018 with new force raised the issue of modernization of armored forces, It leads Dsnews.ua article Ukrainian expert Michael Zhirohova.
The expert notes, that declared the competition "Hold" is only deep modernization of T-64, T-72 and T-80y Soviet T-80 UD. And all other Ukrainian tanks - one or other modification.
Nevertheless, Ukraine has at least one real domestic project - a "conditionally Soviet" "Object 477", also known as the "Boxer" or "Hammer", author writes. Work on it began in 1980 in Kharkov. The program has received state funding, However, achieve great results failed due to poorly developed Soviet industry: Tank planned "crammed" in electronics, creation of which is only at an early stage.
As a result, the sample is obtained raw - without sighting system and autoloader. Next - the collapse of the USSR, put an end to this program.
A new surge of interest in the project relate to the mid-90s. While, According to the expert, Kharkiv designers have offered to work in the interests of the Russian Defense Ministry. It was supposed to finalize the "Object 477A" with updated systems. Thus was born the project 477A1 titled "Note".
"A feature of the car was the original poluvynesennoe placement tools. Instead of a tower on the housing dome placed pursuit of reduced dimensions with a large central unit, which is located inside the breech of the gun and automatic means loading ", - says the material. Thus the 152 mm cannon decided not to.
Besides, writes Zhirohov, Kharkov engineers put into the project advanced for its time armament control complex, which included sights with optical and thermal imaging channels, and developed on-board computer, satellite navigation system, means of identification of goals and other.
Work continued until the early 2000s. Moscow then abandoned the project and stopped funding. Search for other foreign investors did not give results. work stopped, and the project was shelved.
AT 2015 g. Kharkov once again began to actively promote the theme of bringing to mind the "Notes" in order to organize the serial production of the tank. Layout even wanted to demonstrate at the parade in 2016 year. But something went wrong, and the show was moved to this year, Day of Independence of Ukraine.
According to the author, problems with the organization of serial production will not. But who will take up the creation of weapons control system - is not yet clear: it is obvious, that it will have to be created from scratch on a new component base.
Although, the presence of such "great source" and the political will of the leadership question tank improvements can be solved 5-7 years, the expert concludes.
