Īn early prototype was shown at an arms exposition in Siberia, in June 1999. The turret was later found out to be a crude mock-up. The tank appeared to be an elongated T-80U hull topped by a very large turret and gun, obscured by camouflage netting and canvas. The bureau closed, and the documentation was transferred to KBTM in Omsk.Ī mock-up of the Black Eagle was first demonstrated at the VTTV arms exposition in Omsk, in September 1997, making a single brief pass, far from the reviewing stands. Development ĭevelopment started during the 1980s, when the design bureau of the Leningrad Kirov Plant (LKZ) developed a new design based on the stretched T-80U chassis. However, the Russian government withdrew all support and funding for both projects, and they were superseded by the T-14 Armata, which was also being developed by Uralvagonzavod. Before the acquisition Uralvagonzavod was developing the T-95 in competition to the Black Eagle, and then owned the rights to both projects. The company developing the tank, Omsktransmash, went bankrupt, with its designs and projects absorbed into Uralvagonzavod and state-owned services. The Black Eagle was cancelled, with all production and development halted in 2009. The Black Eagle tank ( Russian: Чёрный Орёл, Čërnyj Orël, Chyornyy Oryol) or Object 640 was a presumed prototype main battle tank based upon the T-80U, developed by the KBTM design bureau of Omsktransmash in the late 1990s for the Russian Federation. Graphical representation of the longer chassis variant 12.7 mm "Kord" (Корд) anti-air machine gun
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