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Object 416 was born in the famous city of Kharkov. It was designed by The Construction Bureau of Plant No. 75. In 1944, the same design bureau had designed the A-44, a rear-turreted medium tank. The A-44 never saw development as a consequence of the ensuing Russo-German hostilities.
Quote... The vehicle itself never saw service or production, losing out in tests to the SU-100P. Ironically this vehicle also ended up as a cancelled project. The two vehicles sat for a long while side by side at the Kubinka Tank Museum. The Object 416 is now at the Patriot Park in Kubinka.
The Object 416 at Patriot Park in April 2016.
Object 416
Year: 1951
Gun: 100mm Rifled Gun D-54AT
Coaxial: 7.62mm
Quote... The main armament of the 416 was the 100 mm (3.94 in) M63 cannon, a derivative of the D-10T gun found on the famous T-55. It’s ballistic characteristics would have probably been much the same. For reference, the T-55’s Armor-Piercing rounds could penetrate 97 mm (3.82 in) at 3000 m (3300 yd), with its Armor-Piercing Ballistic-Cap penetrating 108 mm (4.25 in) at the same distance.
These values relate to D-10T, as ballistic reports on the M63 are sparse to say the least. To reduce the effect of the heavy recoil on what was essentially a light tank, the gun was tipped with an elaborate Quad-Baffle muzzle brake. The gun was also equipped with a bore evacuator to assist in venting fumes from the cannon after firing.
Weight: 24 tons
Length: 7,940 mm
Width: 3,240 mm
Height: 1,823 mm
Crew: 4
Engine: 400 hp
Notes: All the crew were positioned in the turret, and the power plant and transmission was in the front of the hull. Difficulties in steering the vehicle and firing at the same time caused development work to be dropped.
On the right is the prototype tank Object 416 and on the left a mockup that looks to be the T-44, although I could be wrong.
Quote... The vehicle itself never saw service or production, losing out in tests to the SU-100P. Ironically this vehicle also ended up as a cancelled project. The two vehicles sat for a long while side by side at the Kubinka Tank Museum. The Object 416 is now at the Patriot Park in Kubinka.
The Object 416 at Patriot Park in April 2016.
Object 416
Year: 1951
Gun: 100mm Rifled Gun D-54AT
Coaxial: 7.62mm
Quote... The main armament of the 416 was the 100 mm (3.94 in) M63 cannon, a derivative of the D-10T gun found on the famous T-55. It’s ballistic characteristics would have probably been much the same. For reference, the T-55’s Armor-Piercing rounds could penetrate 97 mm (3.82 in) at 3000 m (3300 yd), with its Armor-Piercing Ballistic-Cap penetrating 108 mm (4.25 in) at the same distance.
These values relate to D-10T, as ballistic reports on the M63 are sparse to say the least. To reduce the effect of the heavy recoil on what was essentially a light tank, the gun was tipped with an elaborate Quad-Baffle muzzle brake. The gun was also equipped with a bore evacuator to assist in venting fumes from the cannon after firing.
Weight: 24 tons
Length: 7,940 mm
Width: 3,240 mm
Height: 1,823 mm
Crew: 4
Engine: 400 hp
Notes: All the crew were positioned in the turret, and the power plant and transmission was in the front of the hull. Difficulties in steering the vehicle and firing at the same time caused development work to be dropped.
On the right is the prototype tank Object 416 and on the left a mockup that looks to be the T-44, although I could be wrong.
