Russia to Receive Advanced Armata Tanks in 2022 March 4, 2021 The Armata T-14 will be Russia’s first main battle tank to be deployed in 40 years. Sergei Bobylev / TASS The Russian military will receive a pilot batch of the hyped Armata T-14 tanks next year, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Thursday. The Armata T-14, which is undergoing state tests amid multiple delivery delays since its first public display in 2015, will be Russia’s first main battle tank to be deployed in 40 years. news “It’s planned to deliver a pilot batch of T-14 tanks, T-15 infantry fighting vehicles and T-16 armored recovery vehicles in 2022,” Shoigu was quoted as saying at a meeting by Interfax.