Russia ukraine belarus and kazakhstan in may 1992 these four states signed the lisbon protocol agreeing to join the treaty on the non proliferation of nuclear weapons with russia the successor state to the soviet union as a nuclear state and the other three. At the dissolution of the soviet union in 1991 soviet nuclear weapons were deployed in four of the new republics. The tank is a modern variation of the t 72b and incorporates many features found on the t 80u originally called the t 72bu but later renamed to t 90 it is an advanced tank in service with russian ground forces and the naval infantry the t 90 uses a 125 mm 2a46 smoothbore main gun the 1a45t fire control system.
The t 90 is a third generation russian battle tank that entered service in 1993. The control and custody of nuclear weapons was the responsibility of the 12th main directorate of the ministry of defense and its special units. Delivery units were organic to tank and motor rifle divisions and higher echelons.
The soviet union s nuclear artillery was operated by the rocket troops and artillery branch of the soviet ground forces. Its construction is optimal for opposing to shock waves four crawler track undercarriage to move in the conditions of a nuclear winter heavy tank object 279 was unique and had no competitors. This tank can be considered a symbol of the nuclear war that never happened.
As said above tanks are resistant to fallout due to filtration systems radiation due to liners and the blast. Even within 4 km a tank firing a 1kt nuclear shell would probably be just fine. This russian tank prototype would have withstood a nuclear explosion by caleb larson in the early days of the cold war both american and soviet war planners assumed that the next european war.
That s according to the diplomat citing unconfirmed russian media sources a nuclear tank shell would be the ultimate anti tank missile. Russia s next generation tank may become nuclear capable. Russia military technology world nuclear war tank tanks army why russia s nuclear war tank was a total failure by robert.
April 19 2018 topic. The high weight of the object 279 was intended to keep the tank from flipping over when exposed to a nuclear explosion and the downward angled hull would press the tank into the ground. This special purpose tank was intended to fight on cross country terrain inaccessible to conventional tanks acting as a heavy breakthrough tank and if necessary withstanding even the shockwave of a nuclear explosion.
Object 279 kotin объект 279 котин was a soviet experimental heavy tank developed at the end of 1959.
