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Article: Russians deny new type of 'supertank'.
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- UPI Energy Resources
- Article date:
- September 13, 2009
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Russian military officials say they are not developing a new type of supertank.
Col. Vladimir Voitov, head of research at Russia's Main Directorate of the Armored Troops, said in an interview Saturday with Echo Moskvy Radio that reports of a new-generation main battle tank based on T-80 design and featuring explosive reactive armor and a box-shaped turret are fiction, RIA Novosti reported.
Referring to images of the supposed new tank appearing on the Internet, Voitov said, There was no such project C* and those 20-year old pictures show a mock-up of a futuristic ...