Main Automotive-Armoured Tank Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of the Soviet Union (, abbr. GABTU; another translation: Main Directorate of Armoured Forces) is a department of the Soviet/Russian Ministry of Defence which is subordinated to the Chief of Armaments and Munitions of the Armed Forces, vice-minister of defense (). Its director appears to currently be General Major Vladislav Polonskiy, as identified by Krasnaya Zvezda on September 14, 2004.