By the end of the Cold War in the USSR, it was engaged in the development of a 1k17 tank equipped with a laser, which would be able to dazzling the attachment system of approaching missiles or vehicles. About the combat vehicle of Soviet engineers remembered the Sandboxx portal created in the United States.
According to the portal, the main task of a similar tank should be blinding or combustion of electron-optical sensors, due to which the enemy rockets detect targets for the attack. In addition, it was supposed to use and against tanks and other heavy combat vehicles.
As noted, two prototypes 1k17 were manufactured, which were called “compression”. The first of them was created on the basis of the self-propelled car 2C19 “Msta-C” and was presented in 1990. Installation has 12 optical channels with a guidance system. The tank could be used to defeat the objectives at different distances.
Although after the tests of 1Q17, it was recommended to adopt into service, as a result, to supply this tank to the army did not begin. According to the portal, it was due to the high-cost car – after the collapse of the USSR, Russia could no longer afford to finance such a project. Despite the resulting development of fate, it was characterized by high efficiency, recognizes sandboxx.