PROBABLE TESTING OF GAS TURBINE-POWERED MEDIUM TANKS MOSKVA AIRCRAFT ENGINE RESEARCH CENTER MYACHKOVO TSIAM, USSR(SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: February 15, 1984
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15 FEBRUARY 1984
PROBABLE TESTING OF GAS TURBINE-POWERED MEDIUM TANKS
MOSKVA AIRCRAFT ENGINE RESEARCH CENTER
MYACHKOVO TSIAM, USSR ;SWN)
1. SIGNIFICANCE: IMAGERY OF MOSKVA AIRCRAFT ENGINE RESEARCH
CENTER MYACIIKOVO TSIAM DURING 1983 INDICATED THAT THE SOVIETS
WERE PROBABLY TESTING MEDIUM TANKS POWERED BY GAS TURBINE
POWER PLANTS. 1SWN)
2. REMARKS: IA CANVAS-COVERED MEDIUM TANK WAS
IN FRONT OF THE LARGE, OUTDOOR WIND GENERATOR IN THE
WEST-CENTRAL PORTION OF TSIAM. A
SECOND MEDIUM TANK WAS ADJACENT TO THE OUTDOOR FACILITY.
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TO BE EQUIPPED WITH TWO POSSIBLE REAR FENDER-MOUNTED FUEL
TANKS, A FEATURE PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED ONLY ON THE SOVIET
M-1983/1 MEDIUM TANK. THE TWO MEDIUM TANKS WERE LAST
OBSERVE T THIS F I ITY AND HAD BEEN 25X1
REMOVED PRIOR TO 1983, NO SOVIET GROUND 25X1
FORCES VEHICLE HAD EVER BEEN IDENTIFIED AT TSIAM. !SWN)
THE OUTDOOR WIND GENERATOR ',ALSO REPORTED AS THE AIR EJECTOR
TEST FACILITY) WAS CONSTRUCTED DURING THE LATE 1960s TO
FACILITATE THE TESTING OF VARIOUS GAS TURBINE ENGINES
;TURBOFAN, TURBOJET, TURBOSHAFT, AND TURBOPROP). THE
FACILITY PERMITS TESTING OF THESE ENGINES UNDER BOTH NORMAL
AND ADVERSE OPERATING CONDITIONS. PLACING A TEST ARTICLE
DOWNSTREAM FROM THE WIND GENERATOR ALLOWS INVESTIGATION OF
THE EFFECTS OF INDUCTED AIRFLOW TO THE ENGINE AND PROVIDES
INFORMATION ON SUCH ITEMS AS FLOW RATES, CROSSWIND EFFECTS,
AND COMPRESSOR STALLS. THIS INFORMATION IS VITAL IN BOTH
ENGINE DEVELOPMENT AND INLET DESIGN. THE ASSOCIATION OF
MEDIUM TANKS WITH THIS FACILITY STRONGLY SUGGESTS THAT THEY
ARE EQUIPPED WITH A GAS TURBINE POWER PLANT, AS IS TIIE US MI
ABRAMS MAIN BATTLE TANK, AND NOT A DIESEL ENGINE, WHICH IS
THE STANDARD POWER PLANT OF MOST SOVIET ARMORED VEHICLES.
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