| T-Rex | |
| Type: | Project MBT |
| Is Vehicle: | yes |
| Designer: | Arey Engineering Group[1] |
| Crew: | 3 |
| Length: | 6.57 m 9.23 m gun forward[2] |
| Width: | 3.56 m |
| Height: | 2.50 m |
| Weight: | 39 ton[3] |
| Primary Armament: | 125mm gun |
| Engine: | Diesel |
T-Rex (uk|Тірекс) was a Ukrainian main battle tank announced in 2016.
The vehicle was announced in 2016[4] and was developed by the,[1] an engineering group belonging to the Azov Battalion.[4] It was named after Tyrannosaurus rex.[4] Its main competitor was the Russian MBT T-14 Armata. Sergei Stepanov, the chief designer for Arey, claimed that the tank would have a "conceptually new system of fire control and a high level of personnel protection," along with "many features include high maneuverability, 360-degree vision, and a high-bandwidth counteraction analytics system."[1]
The vehicle would be based on the T-64[3] and hulls of T-64 and T-72, inherited by the thousands from the Soviet Union, would be reused in the production of the tanks.[1] The Azov Battalion estimated that up to 20 tanks could be upgraded every month.[4]
The tank would be based on the T-64[3] and would feature an unmanned turret.[3] The three crew members would be seated in an armored capsule at the front of the hull, where they could remotely-control the cannon, the automatic loader and the machine guns[1] T-Rex would weigh 39 tons and be equipped with a 125mm main gun with "high-power projetiles". The armor would utilize both Nizh and Duplet (uk|Дуплет|links=no) explosive reactive armor.[3] The combat capability was said by the Ukrainian press to be exceeding those of the Ukrainian Oplot and Bulat,[1] [3] while at the same time being more cost-effective than the Bulat.[3]