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More details have come out now about this vehicle family - here is a full run down for each one. The Armata is a conventional MBT with a rear mounted engine. No details yet as to whether it is a V-12 diesel or gas turbine though. Plus it is interesting to read about the possibility of a 152 mm...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3iKuLW8Q6w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXAuRWTIUc8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcUFYyo20eg

Just for comparison, here is another current attack helicopter the Russians use and have also exported around the world : Mil Mi-24 Hind. Very different design - that is larger with the inline pilot & co-pilot seating and the ability to carry troops. They are also a formidable attack helo, but...

This will get it back on track.... Russian Kamov Ka-52 attack helicopter. It's the two seat version of the original Ka-50. Lot's of details in this video - shows a lot of close ups of outside, inside the cockpit and explains its systems. These are quite unusual to me with the counter rotating...

This one is just as good, if not better. Quite a variety of aircraft shown here - everything from a slow poke C-130, to the quiet B-2 to the F-16 in full afterburner. Notice that the F-15, F-16 and F/A-18 take off using afterburner....while the F-22 and RAF Typhoon do not...

Red Flag 2015 - Night Launches We have already explained what happens on the flight line at Nellis Air Force Base, near Las Vegas, during Red Flag exercises. This video shows local planes along with aircraft deployed to the airbase in Nevada to attend Red Flag 15-2, including U.S. B-52...

Looks like it was leaving quite a trail of oil as it limped along.

Are you referring to the Tupolev Tu-4 "Bull"? It was truly a reverse engineered B-29, as several were interned in the Soviet Union during WWII. Even the radial engines were copied. I'm sure the knowledge gained from the B-29s influenced the design of Tu-95, but they are quite different...

Here is the Russian Army Parade from today. In an effort to minimize some of the the obvious political propaganda contained in this parade - you can fast forward 30 minutes in to start seeing some T-34/85s. All of the tracked & wheeled military equipment follows them. Then you will start...

The new T-14 without the tarp on the turret. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB24OapubvA

Nice video of modern Russian military hardware here. Good way to see a variety of their their equipment. Included are tanks, surface to surface missile systems, SAMs, helos and aircraft etc. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoM6bpVV7NI

Gotta love the Tu-95 Bear. It's such a relic, yet it will probably be flying 20 years from now. It's like the B-52 - it's such a good platform that they just stay in service. They are very adaptable to the new environments they encounter with each passing decade. The Tu-95s eight...

Looks like more details are coming out as they rehearse for May 9th parade. Here are some images of the vehicles without tarps. http://aviationweek.com/defense/red-square-revelations#slide-6-field_images-1299191 Russia’s long-awaited T-14 Armata main battle tank, believed to be in low-rate...

Russian Arms Expo - 2013. Some interesting stuff here - looks like some T-90s, along with several other vehicles, helos, firefighting tracked vehicles, etc. Even Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev is in attendance! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZn8Sd8eM5Q Russian Military Trucks...

TU-160 - The Blackjack bomber. Russia may start building the Tu-160 again....For such a large aircraft, the cockpit seems very small. http://www.janes.com/article/51109/russia-may-revive-tu-160-blackjack-production Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has authorised a study to asses...

Hopefully you will rejoin the forum soon. I have enjoyed the posts you have added.

If my memory serves me right...the first to use the forward engine location in a modern MBT was the Israeli Merkava. Notice how the turret seems shifted more to the rear. Edit: The T-14 tank does not have a front engine as once thought. It has a regular layout with the engine in the rear.

The turrets were covered on the T-14 tanks in the parade - unusual too me since that's when they should have been uncovered. From what I have been reading they are trying to hide the exact details of the turret. They don't want to show the shape as it would reveal more details of the armor...

Here is what I found on it. It does not state specifically whether it is amphibious or not. http://www.military-today.com/apc/armata_heavy_ifv.htm The Armata is a new Russian heavy infantry fighting vehicle. Some sources refer it as T-15. Its development commenced in 2011. It was developed as...