The Obiekt 279, or Object 279, (Объект 279) was a Soviet experimental heavy tank developed at the end of 1959. This special purpose tank was intended to fight on cross country terrain, inaccessible to conventional tanks, acting as a heavy breakthrough tank.

Mar 30, 2022 · Among the heavy tanks of this era, the remarkable Object 279 developed by the Soviet Union was perhaps the most awe-inspiring. While this 66-ton behemoth, with its bizarre …

Aug 13, 2023 · Object 279, at around 60 tons in weight, absolutely put the heavy in heavy tank. With armored plating around 11 inches thick, the concept for Object 279 was seemingly …

Mar 4, 2022 · Perhaps the strangest of them all, the Object 279 had more tracks, more armor and more firepower than just about anything else at the time. This bizarre machine appeared during a wild period for Soviet tank design – from around the final months of WWII to the mid 1960s.

Apr 12, 2018 · Object 279 was the brainchild of the Kirov Plant in Leningrad. Designed in 1957, the sixty-ton vehicle would have been assigned an assault role typical of World War II heavy tanks, which was to...

The only surviving heavy tank of the “Object 279” type is currently on display at the museum of armored vehicles in Kubinka.

Mar 24, 2016 · Object 279 was one of the last heavy tank prototypes made by the Soviet Union before tanks heavier than 37 tons were banned by Nikita Kruschev. There was only a single unit of this particular tank made. It was built in Leningrad at Kirov Industrial Plant weighing 60 …

The Obiekt 279, or Object 279, (Объект 279) was a Soviet experimental heavy tank developed at the end of 1959. Quick Facts Type, Place of origin ... This special purpose tank was intended …

Oct 9, 2016 · Enter the Object 279 tank, a curious oddity from the late 1950s which was obsolete — despite its design principles deliberately reflecting the fear of a nuclear battlefield — by the time it...

Sep 25, 2018 · The Russian Obyekt (translating to "Object") 279 Soviet heavy tank was developed in 1957 at the Kirov Plant in Leningrad by L. Troyanov, an engineer in charge of prototype tank design.