Object 292

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Object 292
Object 292 in Kubinka Tank Museum
Type	Main battle tank
Place of origin	Soviet Union
Production history
Designer	OAO Spetsmash and VNII Transmash
Designed	1990-1991
Produced	September 1990
No. built	1
Specifications
Width	3.525 m
Height	2.193 m
Crew	3
Armour	rolled and cast steel and combined, protivosnaryadny
Main armament	152.4 mm LP-83 smoothbore tank gun
Engine	1250 hp
Suspension	individual torsion bar
Ground clearance	450 mm

Object 292 (Объект 292) was an experimental tank of design bureau of the Kirov Plant (JSC Spetsmash) and scientists of the All-Russian Research Institute Transmash. The prototype was based on the T-80U with a new turret. The chassis was that of a T-80, with few modifications, but the turret was up-gunned to a 152.4 smoothbore gun. The new gun had the same chamber diameter as the 125mm but was much longer. Anti-tank capacity was improved in such a way that the tank could potentially engage and destroy any Western tank of the time at battle distance with a single shot.

The tank was based on the T-80's chassis, using a new turret, and was armed with a LP-83 152.4 mm smoothbore gun. A variant of the tank utilizing a rifled 152mm armament was never completed. Like most Russian tanks of its time, the gun offered poor depression and slow reload despite the presence of an autoloader. The traverse rates of the barrel and turret were also lower than the regular T-80, thanks to the heavier gun. Despite being less versatile in battle, the firepower was superior to the T-80 and other similarly-armed Russian MBTs. In September 1990 the tank was completed and in 1991 underwent trials. The trials showed high stability and reliability of the gun and the tank itself. However, the absence of funding discontinued further work on the tank's improvement. A major benefit of this new design was that the new turret was interchangeable with the standard T-80 main battle tank turret. The Ammo rack consisted of only 16 152 mm rounds.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

See also[]

• Object 785
• CATTB
• Leopard 2-140
• Pz 87-140
• Object 195

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