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| Russian Army to receive newest T-90M in 2018 |
| 2017-09-11 |
| The Russian tank’s manufacture Uralvagonzavod (UVZ) displayed publicly for the first time a new version of T-90 main battle tank during the demonstration of newest armored vehicles in honor of the tanker’s day on the territory of the 33rd combined-arms training range. The upgraded version of T-90 main battle tank is called T-90M. The new tank will likely feature many of the technologies developed for Russia’s revolutionary T-14 Armata. The T-90M will also incorporate advanced defensive systems such are slat armor, active protection systems and new reactive armor. The T-90 main battle tank is an armed with a fully-stabilized longer 2A46M-4 125 mm smoothbore gun. This gun is also used to launch 9K119 Refleks (NATO designation AT-11 Sniper-B) anti-tank guided missiles, in the same manner, as ordinary munitions. Secondary armament consists of a coaxial PKT 7.62 mm machine gun and a roof mounted remotely-controlled NSVT 12.7 mm machine gun, used against both ground and air targets. The new 125mm tank gun that is destined to be the main gun for the T-14 Armata is a more durable version of the current gun. The barrel also is longer than the old model, which will increase velocity and range, but to what extent is anyone's guess. The Russians ain't sayin'. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #1 The latest variant of the T-72... I am not sure what to make of this -- the US can't seem to come up with something to replace the "Ma Deuce" M2 HMG or the B-52... |
| Posted by: magpie 2017-09-11 13:33 |