The T-14 Armata (Russian: Т-14 «Армата»; industrial designation Russian: Объект 148, romanized: Ob'yekt 148, lit. 'Object 148'), is a Russian 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.^{[​11][​12][​13]} By 2018, production and fiscal shortfalls delayed this to 2025,^[​14] before Russia announced the apparent cancellation of the main production run on 30 July 2018.^[​15] However, as of 2021, the Russian state-owned TASS
media agency claimed the Armata had been expected to begin serial
production in 2022, with delivery of a test batch of 100 to the 2nd Guards Tamanskaya Motor Rifle Division expected to begin in 2022.^[​16] The tanks are planned to only be officially transferred following completion of all state tests.^{[​17][​18][​19][​20]} In December 2021 the Russian state conglomerate Rostec stated that serial production had commenced,^[​5] with "more than 40" Armata tanks anticipated to be delivered to Russian troops after 2023.