1980s Soviet tank project - Object 490

[StainlessSteelCynic]

So maybe GDW wasn't so far off the mark with some of their make-believe tanks featuring Crew In Hull layouts?
The following blog lists some info and images they have gleaned from some forums detailing a proposed Soviet tank of advanced design to be built in the mid to late 1980s. Two variants are pictured, one with a traditional gun-in-turret design (Object 490) and the second with a crew-in-hull design featuring a minimal turret (Object 490A)
Apparently named Бунтарь (Buntar, Russian for Rebel), the later variant featured a smoothbore 152mm maingun that via a two-stage autoloader could apparently achieve an ROF of 14-rds/minute.

http://tankandafvnews.com/2015/08/01...tank-revealed/

The only images available so far are all of design models with one hazy pic showing what is claimed is a prototype of the 490A.
Object 490


Object 490A


Something new to terrorize the PCs with hehehe
For anyone interested in various aspects of AFVs, the blog I got this from can be found here http://tankandafvnews.com/