Uralvagonzavod T - 95 The T - 95 was a future main battle tank , in development at the Russian Federation ' s Uralvagonzavod plant ( designers of the T - 72 and T - 90 series , and the biggest Russian facility producing tanks , leaving JSC KBTM Omsktransmash the transport machine and military factory in Russian city Omsk at the second place . ) . It was first reported by " Jane ' s Defence Weekly " in 1995 , and announced by Russian official sources in 2000 , but the tank had never been seen or photographed , and no concrete data had been released . It was due to be introduced in 2009 , but was perpetually delayed , the Russian government finally terminated its involvement in the project in May 2010 . Characteristics . Most information about this tank is speculative . The tank is presumably a significant departure from the Soviet - era tanks currently in service . In particular , according to " Moscow Defense Brief " , it is expected to have a new hydropneumatic suspension with adaptive features , and the entire crew will be placed in a sealed compartment inside the hull , isolated from other tank components . Although no concrete information has been released , various websites have published descriptions and illustrations of a novel design . The main gun will reportedly be of 152 mm calibre ( larger than the 105 – 125 mm guns in current main battle tanks ) and will have a new multi - channel fire control system that works in optical , thermal , near IR , and radar spectrums . The gun will be located in a remotely - controlled mount . Such an arrangement is anticipated to improve crew survivability compared to existing designs , because the crew compartment is separated from the ready ammunition supply , and also because the tank would be nearly completely hidden and protected in a hull - down position . The crew would number just three , all being carried within the hull itself . The tank will reportedly be built on the principle of identical capabilities for both gunner and commander and fully supports the hunter - killer mode of operation , a unified command information system and tactical level automatic management system , and advanced active and passive defensive aids to protect the tank from various modern and future types of threat . Development and deployment . T - 95 is a name given to the tank by media ; it is not an official name . According to published sources , development of a new tank called " Item 195 " began at the Uralvagonzavod design bureau in the early 1990s . The prototype tank was announced by the Russian Minister of Defense in 2000 . On July 10 , 2008 the Russian government announced that the Russian armed forces would start receiving new - generation tanks superior to the T - 90 main battle tank after 2010 . " The T - 90 MBT will be the backbone of the armored units until 2025 . T - 72 ' s and T - 80 ' s will not be modernized and will be eventually replaced by new - generation tanks , which will start entering service after 2010 , " Sergei Mayev , head of the Federal Service for Defense Contracts Rosoboronzakaz told a news conference . In a July 2008 article in " Jane ' s Defence Weekly " , analyst Christopher F . Foss stated that the tank is expected to have a 152 mm gun with an automatic loader in the chassis , but that it is uncertain whether it will sport a conventional turret or external gun mount . Cancellation . In May 2010 , deputy defense minister and chief of armaments Vladimir Popovkin announced that a number of programs for development of new armor and artillery weapons would be cancelled . The main victim is the mysterious Object 195 program that was aimed to develop a new generation main battle tank to replace existing T - 80 and T - 90 tanks in the Russian Army . The new tank also dubbed T - 95 has been developed by Nizhny Tagil Uralvagonzavod armor manufacturer in complete secrecy for more than 15 years . Popovkin said the military will focus on modernization of the T - 90 instead . The reason given for this was the fact that the T - 95 was already obsolete , as it had been in development for almost two decades , but some sources speculated it had more to do with the recent reduction in Russia ' s military budget , requiring substantial cuts across the board . On the first day of Russian Defence Expo 2010 in Nizhny Tagil , The Director of the Federal Service for Military - Technical Cooperation of the Russian Federation , Konstantin Biryulin , announced to the press that the Russian state monopoly Rosoboronexport was unveiling the prototype of new battle tank called " object 195 " ( T - 95 ) in a private showing to selected VIP guests , though the tank has yet to be seen by journalists or confirmed publicly by any of the participants . Should this tank actually be a prototype T - 95 , it should be noted that that the fate of the T - 95 remains uncertain . In April 2010 the first deputy defense minister of Russia Vladimir Popovkin announced that the Defense Ministry has stopped funding the development of T - 95 and would have no more involvement in the project . He then confirmed this statement in a June 2010 Interview , stating that Russia would no longer fund and was not going to buy the T - 95 , but that Uralvagonzavod might continue to work on the tank without government support . In early July 2010 , as reported by " UralInformByuro " : the Minister of Industry and Science , Sverdlovsk region , Alexander Petrov said that Uralvagonzavod would soon finalize a T - 95 prototype , entirely independently . However without state funding or export permits , the company would be unable to proceed to production .