MOSCOW – India may buy state of the art advanced ARMATA tanks from Russia,media report has revealed.

Russia’s advanced T-14 Armata tank, first unveiled to the public in 2015,is a next-generation combat vehicle that has an unmanned remote-controlledturret, while the crew is protected by an armoured capsule. Its weaponsinclude a 125-mm smooth-bore cannon and a 7.62-mm remote-controlled machinegun.

At least five countries could be interested in procuring Russia’scutting-edge T-14 Armata tank in the future, the National Interest reportedlink.

According to the magazine, India is one of the nations that is potentiallyseeking to import the Russian combat vehicles. The author of the articleargues that western tanks, such as Leopard 2A7 and M1A2 Abrams areunsuitable for the Indian terrainlink,while its domestically-produced Arjun Mk. 2 allegedly suffers from the poorreputation of its predecessor, Sputnik has reported.

Another major global power that could acquire the tanks is China, which,according to the magazine, is likely to import Armatas in order to assessthem and retrofit their own military hardware with an aim of creating tanksthat could compete with the Russian ones for export.