Object 279, heavy 4-track tank

virtual excursion to the tank museum of Kubinka

Soviet heavy experimental 4-track tank (“object 279”)

It was developed in 1957. A prototype has been issued. He was not in service. In the battles was not used

Object 279, soviet experimental heavy 4-track tank, Kubinka museum

Object 279, heavy 4-track tank, Kubinka museum, archive photo

Object (Project) N279 Performance characteristics:

Weight – 60 tons
Crew – 4 people
Overall dimensions (length x width x height) – 10238.x 3400 x 2475 mm.
Armament of the Object N279:
gun – 1 piece, caliber – 130 mm., ammunition – 24 shots
machine gun – 1 piece, caliber – 14.5 mm., ammunition – 300 shots
Armor protection; the forehead of the body is 269 mm., the forehead of the turret is 305 mm.
Engine power – 1000 horsepower
The maximum speed is 55 km / h
Cruising range on the highway – 250 km.
The depth of water barriers, fordable – 1.2 meters

Object 279 with the tank museum, photo 2016.

Sviet heavy experimental tank Object (Project) N279 Design Features

The base is special.

The overall layout is classical.

Armament – there are: semi-automatic loading mechanism, armament stabilizer in two planes, sight-range gauge, automatic guidance system.

Protection – the body of molded curvilinear form with thin sheet anti-cumulative screens; tower cast spherical shape with thin sheets.

Chassis – engine 16-cylinder, H-shaped, four-stroke diesel with a vertical arrangement of cylinders; transmission hydromechanical with a complex torque converter and a three-stage planetary gearbox; the suspension is hydropneumatic.