The Armata is a new Russian Main Battle Tank (MBT). It is also referred to as the T-14. Its development commenced in 2011. The Armata was developed as a replacement to the canceled T-95, and possibly uses some of its technology. The whole project was kept in high secrecy. In 2012 the project was approved by the Russian MoD. First mock-up was revealed to Russian military officials in 2013. The new MBT was first publicly revealed in 2015. A first batch of 12 pre-production tanks was delivered to the Russian Army in 2015.