Kharkov's Object 490 Buntar, Bokser and Object 477 "Molot" advanced tanks

[Andrei_bt]

resembles more a Leopard 2 than a Mobile Gun System.

It initially had turret with bustle autoloader.

 

[Andrei_bt]

The very first variant of Object_490A "Boxer", 6 wheel chassis, Wooden model 1:10. 1979 г.

Танки. История и современность. Btvt.info

Самый первый вариант #Объект_490А «Боксер», 6 катковое шасси, Деревянная модель 1:10. 1979 г. В танке Объект «490А» несмотря на относительную «простоту» компоновки, которая была близка к классической, делалась ставка на еще не отработанные и требующие затрат времени на доводку перспективные...

t.me

 

[Andrei_bt]

All versions of 490 had three-man crews, except E.A. Morozov's design, which was rejected out of hand by KMDB director N.A. Shomin very early on, so is somewhat irrelevant beyond historical footnotes.

You're confusing the 490 with the 490A.

 

[Andrei_bt]

#OTD On March 16, 1979, by order of the Ministry of Defense Industry, the Kharkiv Design Bureau was assigned the task of Design and Development work on the development of the main battle tank of the 1990s - code “Boxer”. The tank was to replace the T-64A, T-72 and T-80.You can see the original requirements for the tank in the given thematic chart - these were the requirements the Customer (Army) had for the tank of the 1990s. Within the scope of this theme, the tank was designated Object-490A. Then the requirements were repeatedly changed, as well as the design decisions of the tank, and everything turned into another project (477).Within the 490A there were many variants - the first one on a 6-wheel chassis with the possibility of installing a combat compartment on the chassis of serial Object 219 and 478, then a new 7-wheel chassis and an improved turret, then the installation of a 152 mm gun, “Standat” APS and a new configuration of the combat compartment. All projects of the 490A failed because of the non-standard approach to the ammunition package with the use of rounds with a charge of variable shape - the contractor for the armament system was Burevestnik Research Institute and they did not succeed in their idea. Shot with a charge of variable shape from plastic throwing substance - ZIF, required long development and did not appear in time. Two running models of the 490A were produced, one of them without a turret has survived to this day.

 

[Andrei_bt]

The Soviet analog of the SRV (Surrogate Research Vehicle). This vehicle was part of a program to create a future tank (and not just a tank, but a BMPT) with crew accommodation in the hull and a technical vision. Of the known projects such an idea was planned at the object 299. (http://btvt.info/2futureprojects/object299.htm)

 

[Andrei_bt]

The installation of the then-promising Standart APS on Object 490A provided protection against all types of anti-tank weapons - BPS, ATGMs, including those attacking from above, RPGs and submunitions. The probability of protection was 0.8 (ATGM)...0.5 (BPS). KAZ action within the frontal projection is two times, in other areas - one time.