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Not by T-14 Alone: New Machine Due to Join Russia's Armata Family28 May 2016, 17:35 GMTThe program of import substitution was launched in Russia in 2014 after Western nations stopped selling
important parts and other equipment to Russia over its alleged involvement in the Ukrainian crisis.
President Vladimir Putin then ordered the country's defense industry to speed up the development and production of a number of vitally important “units and parts,” while still allowing them
to look for alternative Western suppliers.
Shortly before the famous showcase of Russia’s top-of-the-line tanks and armored vehicles based on the Armata and Kurganets platforms during last year’s Victory Day Parade on Red Square, the
deputy head of the Military-Industrial Commission, Oleg Bochkarev, said that they were 100-percent developed and built in Russia.
Gazeta.ru learned that by “hardware components” Bochkarev meant, among other things, thermal sights and motion control gear for Armata and Kurganets tanks and APCs.
Meanwhile, the Defense Ministry is closely monitoring the process of replacing US, European and Ukrainian-made parts in Russian defense production.
The Russian Defense Ministry unveiled its new Armata tank at the May 9 Victory Day military parade in Moscow in 2015.
The tank is operated by a crew of three, housed in an armored capsule at the front. Its main armament includes a 125-mm smoothbore cannon and a 7.62-mm remote-control machine gun.