Engineering:Object 775

Object 775
Type	Missile tank
Place of origin	Soviet Union
Production history
Designer	P. P. Isakov
Manufacturer	Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant
Produced	1964
Variants	Object 775 Object 775T
Specifications
Mass	36 metric tons
Length	6.117 m
Width	3.415 m
Height	1.74 m
Crew	2
Armour	120 mm (maximum)
Main armament	125 mm D-126 rifled missile launcher (15 "Rubin" / 22 "Bur")
Secondary armament	7.62 mm coaxial PKT machine gun
Engine	5TDF diesel engine (Object 775) 2x GTD-350 gas turbine engines (Object 775T) 515 kW (Object 775) 2x 350 hp (Object 775T)
Operational range	500 km
Speed	70 km/h

Object 775 (Объект 775) was a Soviet experimental missile tank built in 1964.

The tank had an extremely low profile, with a crew of two which sat in an isolated compartment in the turret. The main armament was a 125 mm rifled missile launcher, with a maximum range of 4 km for the "Rubin" anti-tank guided missiles, and 9 km for the "Bur" surface-to-surface missiles. It had a rate of fire of 4-5 rounds/min for the "Rubin", and 8-10 rounds/min for the "Bur". Both munitions were guided by an infra-red beam. The "Rubin" anti-tank missiles were capable of penetrating 250 mm of armor at 60° at a range of 4 km.

The Object 775 used the same engine and transmission from T-64 tank. The Object 775T (Объект 775Т) variant used two gas turbine engines instead of the diesel engine.

The prototype tank wasn't adopted for a number of reasons. The crew had poor visibility over the battlefield, the overall complexity of the design, and the low reliability of the missile guidance system.

See also

• IT-1
• Object 287
• SU-152 "Taran"

References

• http://armor.kiev.ua/Tanks/Modern/roket/roket1.php
• https://web.archive.org/web/20100603012254/http://www.museum-tank.ru/IIIwar/pages3/o7750.html