Russian armor testing to be completed ASAP with a move toward full rate production.

Thanks to S300v4 for the link.

via TASS

SOCHI, May 13. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin set a task at a defense meeting on Wednesday to complete as soon as possible all the trials of military hardware for the army demonstrated at the WWII Victory Parade in Moscow on May 9.
"We need to complete all the trials within the shortest time possible and switch to serial production," he said.
The Russian president paid special attention to rearming Russia’s Army and modernizing their existing military hardware.
A part of new combat hardware was demonstrated at the parade held in Red Square on May 9 to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s Victory over Nazi Germany in WWII, Putin said.
"The performance characteristics of this new combat hardware considerably exceed the characteristics of foreign alternatives and this hardware is generally highly valued by military specialists," he said.
The Russian army should also use all the possibilities of the operational military hardware, Putin said.

This should have been expected.

The Russians since a great opportunity here.  They've made note at the rapid decline of armored forces in the West.  They've seen the declining defense budgets....they've made note of the arms buildup in the Middle East and Asia....

This is the time to strike.  Sales of the Armata armored vehicle family will boom.  Several countries in the Middle East, Africa and Asia are arming to the teeth.

These vehicles will be best sellers.